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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:02:59.920><c> So,</c> paid family medical leave bills. So, paid family medical leave bills.
- </c> the Paid Family Medical Leave the Paid Family Medical Leave applications<00:03:44.600><c> that</
- c> the</c> goes out on leave, on medical leave, the goes out on leave, on medical leave, the apprentices
- </c> paid family medical leave. paid family medical leave.
- </c><01:02:16.600><c> But</c> you need parental leave. But you need parental leave.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 1/16/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Leave Leave mandates<00:04:48.880><c> for</c><00:04:49.120><c> those</c><00:04:49.320><c> who</c><00
- </c><00:20:56.240><c> premium</c> included in Paid Family Leave premium included in Paid Family Leave
- </c> clear understanding of the paid leave clear understanding of the paid leave options<00:21:08.559
- A clear intent for employees to coordinate with employers on paid leave intermittent leave schedules.
- </c> parental leave or a paid medical leave parental leave or a paid medical leave and<00:52:55.440><
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Financial Services Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The financial burden of this leave was the sole reason I chose not to take a second leave in late 2022
- In addition to 12 weeks of leave for bonding, PFML offers up to 14 weeks of medical leave.
- , 24 weeks of parental leave.
- , 24 weeks of parental leave.
- or other forms of leave."
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Financial Services
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Financial Services held a public hearing with about 43 witnesses and a 1:00 p.m. hard stop, and the chair repeatedly asked speakers to keep testimony to three minutes. Much of the hearing focused on S. 747/H. 1336, which would extend paid family and medical leave and unemployment insurance to graduate student workers. Supporters included legislators, union leaders, graduate workers from MIT, Harvard, BU, WPI, UMass Lowell, and others, and legal advocates. They argued graduate workers perform full-time teaching and research work, pay taxes, and should not be excluded from basic safety-net benefits; several witnesses described personal hardships involving childbirth, serious illness, mental health crises, funding cuts, or fear of losing income. Testifiers also said the change would be revenue-neutral or revenue-generating and would not create major administrative burdens for universities, which already provide similar benefits to other employees.
The committee also heard testimony on insurance-related bills. Christopher Stock of the Massachusetts Insurance Federation supported H. 1113 on public adjusters and H. 1345/S. 753 on flood-zone notifications for homebuyers, but opposed H. 4112, which would add a $2 surcharge on home insurance policies to fund fire cistern programs. The Metropolitan Area Planning Council strongly supported H. 1345, saying flood disclosure is needed because Massachusetts lacks statewide flood-notification requirements and flooding risks are increasing. Karen Alvarado supported H. 4352 on travel insurance, and John Fielding supported H. 1186 on pet insurance; both said the bills would create uniform regulatory frameworks and consumer protections. Rep. LeBoeuf testified for H. 4061 on workers’ compensation premium fraud, describing the bill as a transparency measure to combat fraud in construction by creating a public certificate-of-insurance database and QR-code verification system. Joe Bright of the carpenters’ union also supported H. 4061, citing fraud, misclassification, and the harm to injured workers.
The hearing also included testimony on H. 4112, a bill to create a statewide fire suppression water resource fund and cistern program. Rep. Hogan and a Stowe fire chief described drought, brush fires, and the need for dedicated cisterns in communities without municipal water systems, saying the tanks provide reliable water for firefighting and are relatively low-tech once installed. Committee members asked questions about tank capacity, siting, maintenance, and funding. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Jan 27th, 2025
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Employed individuals can take up to 12 weeks of leave per year for what we call family leave, which is
- For call ex exigency leave, medical safe and exigency leave duration is subject.
- family leave would kick in.
- Medical leave is kicked in.
- . medical leave.
Committee:
House House Health & Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> motans on leave. motans on leave.
- Caring leave is to sublines of family leave. Uh bonding sublines of family leave.
- on leave?
- on leave?
- leave? leave?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 11/19/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And paid leave will send benefit payments directly to Minnesotans on leave.
- There's parental bonding leave. There's military family leave.
- The paid leave law the paid leave law.
- </c> leave. There's parental bonding leave. leave. There's parental bonding leave.
- Leave because of there's safety leave.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Public Pension Oversight Board (7-29-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> employers utilizing this sick leave employers utilizing this sick leave function<00:04:22.800><c
- </c> and procedures surrounding sick leave. and procedures surrounding sick leave.
- of annual leave to sick rolling over of annual leave to sick days<00:16:42.240><c> now.
- Annual leave is paid out at 100% leave.
- . leave. leave.
Summary:
The meeting opened with roll call, a quorum was confirmed, and the minutes were approved. The committee then heard testimony on Senate Bill 9, which concerns TRS sick leave audit requirements and process. Auditor Allison Ball’s staff said the audit is an information-gathering review of how teacher sick leave is accumulated, current balances, how many employers use the sick leave function, and the policies and procedures governing sick leave. Members discussed how unused sick leave affects retirement calculations, the distinction between the state’s financial responsibility and school districts’ responsibility, and whether the audit would also examine related leave categories such as personal leave, annual leave, and leave of absence. Committee members emphasized that Senate Bill 9 was intended to add accountability and standardize reporting, including preventing annual leave from being rolled into sick leave.
Several members asked for clarification on how sick leave is factored into retirement benefits. Witnesses and members explained that, under the system described, accumulated sick leave can be converted into retirement credit based on a teacher’s daily rate and then multiplied by a percentage, with the school district often bearing the cost. Members also noted nuances in the law, including different accumulation limits by hire date and tier, and that the audit may help the public better understand why some educators retire relatively young. The auditor’s office said it is still early in the process, has met with TRS leadership, and will report back once the audit progresses. The committee also asked whether maternity leave would be included; the auditor’s office said it was not specifically mandated but could be examined if the body requests it.
The committee then received an overview of Senate Bill 10 from KPA representatives Ryan Barrow and Rebecca Atkins. They explained that the bill enhances retiree health insurance benefits for certain CRS members who are non-Medicare participants and meet specified career thresholds, with different rules for hazardous and non-hazardous service. They described the benefit as $40 per month per year of service for non-hazardous service and $50 per month per year for hazardous service, both inflated annually, and clarified that these amounts are not cumulative with prior benefit formulas. Members asked about the interaction between the new amounts and existing benefits, and the presenters explained that the bill also changes current employee health insurance contribution rates effective July 1, 2026, with different impacts by tier and hazardous status. The committee discussed the need for clear communication to affected employees and reviewed example calculations showing how the new contribution structure would work.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 1/23/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- covering for others on leave.
- covering for others on leave.
- She worked for one week and then submitted for bereavement leave and then a medical leave.
- leave.
- </c> accumulated leave and these sick leave accumulated leave and these sick leave banks<00:46:56.280
Summary:
The committee opened by approving the January 16 and January 21 minutes. Members then heard testimony focused on the impact of Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) and the proposed paid family and medical leave program on Minnesota school districts, with the chair framing the hearing as an opportunity to hear from major employers and school leaders about costs and operational effects.
Kimberly Lewis, speaking for the Minnesota School Boards Association and related school administrator groups, said districts generally already provide generous, locally negotiated sick leave and had initially adapted to ESST by separating vacation, sick time, and ESST into different buckets. She argued that a 2024 law effectively converted previously bargained sick leave into ESST, which she said undermines contracts, creates large unfunded costs, and may raise constitutional contract-clause concerns. Lewis cited large accumulated leave banks in some districts, increased sick leave use, and estimated significant costs from paid leave, including a reported $2.5 million impact for one large district. She urged flexibility such as prorating ESST for midyear hires and part-time staff and exempting coaches, short-term substitutes, and similar employees from ESST.
Superintendent Anarie Fuco of St. Michael-Albertville said her district expects about $400,000 in added fiscal 2026 costs from ESST and paid leave, plus indirect costs from substitute coverage and increased absenteeism. She said schools already have generous bargaining agreements, but the new laws reduce verification and require districts to track leave for temporary staff, creating what she described as a need for “substitutes for our substitutes.” Fuco said the district would face more than $211,000 in direct payroll costs from paid leave alone and asked for flexibility or exceptions for districts already offering comparable benefits. Members asked follow-up questions about how substitute teachers accrue leave and how many districts may be cutting budgets; Lewis and Fuco said many districts are making cuts and that substitute and staffing burdens are growing. A third testifier began by Zoom, but the transcript cuts off before her full testimony.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- They just don't leave a don't eat.
- And in paid family medical leave.
- paid leave in our lifetimes.
- </c> paid family medical leave. paid family medical leave.
- </c> leave depends on what the worker needs. leave depends on what the worker needs.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on State & Local Government (3-3-25) - Reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- This will also apply to annual leave and not allow that to be rolled into sick leave.
- This legislation will make sure that no annual leave is rolled into sick leave.
- The sick leave payout would be 30% of that total for sick leave, which would be $43 per day, and the
- The $121,000 sick leave, plus $8,769 annual leave, makes the final calculation for retirement add an
- Well, mine says maternal leave.
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government first took up Senate Bill 193, a simple measure described as restoring wallet cards for jailers to carry when they are outside the jail. The sponsor noted the fiscal impact was essentially zero, there were no questions, and the committee approved the bill 9-0 for passage to the Senate floor.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 9, sponsored by Senator Higdon, which would change how the Teachers Retirement System (TRS) treats sick leave, personal leave, and annual leave in retirement calculations. The sponsor argued the bill is intended to address TRS’s financial challenges by standardizing leave rules statewide, limiting TRS retirement credit to 10 sick days and 2 personal days per year, preventing annual leave from being rolled into sick leave, requiring districts to pay the actuarial cost for any leave beyond the cap, and adding reporting and oversight requirements for participating agencies. He also said the bill would add 30 days of maternity leave, allow voluntary district contributions for tier four teachers, and direct the state auditor to audit TRS and report on agencies.
Committee members asked about how overages would be audited and billed, the cost of a sick day, and how the bill would interact with local leave policies, including paid parental leave in some districts. The sponsor clarified that existing accumulated leave would not be affected, that the bill applies going forward, and that districts could still offer more leave but would bear the added cost. Members also discussed whether the maternity leave language set a cap or a minimum, and one senator noted the bill was intended to preserve personal days while stopping annual leave from being converted into pension credit. No vote on Senate Bill 9 was shown in the transcript excerpt.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- types of leave that you might consider under family leave.
- types of leave that you might consider under family leave.
- bonding leave.
- bonding leave.
- > we</c><00:54:04.200><c> ask</c> taking leave for bonding leave we ask taking leave for bonding leave
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- So this option put forth is to use accrued leave in accordance with the leave policy, meaning sick leave
- Madam Chair, Senator, so the leave policy legislative employees accrue leave.
- MLK holiday gets banked as leave.
- I mean, I think you leave as you leave, and you use it as you want it, Madam President, and Ms.
- leave.
Committee:
House Legislative Council
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:33:51.080><c> my</c> something like that of paid leave my something like that of paid leave my
- </c><00:37:33.880><c> is</c> that this uh you know paid leave is that this uh you know paid leave is
- ><c> you</c> have no maternity to leave policy if you have no maternity to leave policy if you don't<
- She said paid family leave helps all state workers and is much bigger than maternity leave.
- He said he was happy to answer any questions. leave um and in this case this could be leave um and in
Committee:
House Labor
SC
Transcript Highlights:
- Garrett has leave. Mr. Goldfinch has leave. Mr. Grooms: aye. Mr. Hembree: not voting. Mr.
- Garrett has leave. Mr. Goldfinch has leave. Mr. Graham: Not voting. Mr. Grooms: Aye. Mr.
- Garrett has leave. Mr. Goldfinch has leave. Mr. Graham: Not voting. Mr. Grooms: Aye. Mr.
- Garrett has leave. Mr. Goldfinch has leave. Mr. Graham. Votes aye. Mr. Grooms. Mr.
- Garrett has leave. Mr. Goldfitch has leave. Mr. Graham. Votes. Aye. Mr. Grooms. Mr.
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Transcript Highlights:
- Leave. You're recognized. Leave for Representative McElendon.
- Leave. You're recognized. Leave for Representative Henley.
- Leave. You're recognized. Leave for Representative McElendon.
- Leave. You're recognized. Leave for Representative Henley.
- For leave.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum, and granted several leave requests for absent members. After dispensing with the reading of the previous day’s journal and noting no committee reports or unfinished business, the chamber took up House Resolution 1002, which authorizes recesses of the House or Senate for four consecutive days or longer. The resolution was explained by Representative Walker, no one spoke against it, and it passed by voice vote.
During morning hour, the House recognized visiting guests, including law enforcement officers, Dr. James Hunt of Little Rock, and Nurse Lee Fasio. The chamber then moved to the budget calendar and considered House Bill 1002, the general appropriation bill required to be passed before other appropriation measures. Representative Johnson explained the bill, and it passed third reading with the emergency clause by a vote of 93 ayes, 0 nays, and 1 present.
The House then adopted a motion to adjourn until 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Committee announcements included House Management meeting 15 minutes after adjournment on Tuesday, the Arkansas Code Revision Commission meeting at 1:30 p.m. that day, Joint Budget meeting Tuesday at 9:00 a.m., and Personnel Committee meeting Tuesday at 8:00 a.m.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- shall an employee be required to use, exhaust, or substitute any accrued vacation leave, sick leave,
- leave pursuant to sections 398-4.
- 25.680><c> sick</c> 3984 if the ACW vacation leave sick 3984 if the ACW vacation leave sick leave<00:
- leave sick leave or that acred vacation leave sick leave or other<00:53:38.799><c> paid</c><00:53:39.040
- </c><00:54:03.680><c> time</c> vacation leave sick leave or pay time vacation leave sick leave or pay
Committee:
House Labor
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- And charged with was leaving the scene.
- Gets back in the vehicle and leaves, gets scared, which is kind of understandable, but leaves the scene
- We're incentivizing them to leave the scene.
- </c> incentivizing them to leave the scene. incentivizing them to leave the scene.
- It also takes the leaving the scene of an accident.
Bills:
SB169 , SB180 , SB203 , SB87 , SB195 , SB192 , SB169 , SB180 , SB203 , SB87 , SB195 , SB192 , HB132 , HB37 , HB13 , HB54 , HB126 , HB7 , SB30 , HB188 , HB189 , HB26 , HB264 , HB288 , HB248 , HB249 , HB227 , HB228 , HB132 , HB37 , HB13 , HB54 , HB126 , HB7 , SB30 , HB188 , HB189 , HB26 , HB264 , HB288 , HB248 , HB249 , HB227 , HB228
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
Lieutenant Governor, vacancy, governor appointment, Alabama Constitution, state government, media monitoring, government contracts, state agencies, local agencies, media regulations, transparency, dental insurance, medical loss ratio, premium regulation, insurance commissioner, rebate, consumer protection, midwifery, licensed midwives, State Board of Midwifery
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Look, leave Birmingham alone. Just leave them alone. Just leave them alone.
- </c> leave home? leave home?
- Yeah, but kids leave, but when they leave, they're leaving their class blocks.
- Yeah, but kids leave, but when they leave, they're leaving their class blocks.
- Yeah, but kids leave, but when they leave, they're leaving their class blocks.
Summary:
The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a quorum present, then quickly handled routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with the prior journal, and allow bills and committee reports throughout the day. The chamber first took up House amendments to Senate Bill 19 on insurance, including a changed start date and a bill name honoring David McHanie and Roy Johnson. On a long roll, the Senate concurred 22-0 with one abstention. Senator Singleton then used personal privilege to present a Black History observance highlighting Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., and Mahalia Jackson.
Committee reports followed, with the Senate confirming Brandy Williams to the Alabama Fire College and Personnel Standards and Education Commission and Lynn Brewer to the Alabama Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors. Senator Singleton spoke at length in support of the trades-related confirmation, emphasizing the importance of skilled labor, contractor oversight, and workforce training, while also discussing the need to support such professions and the role of boards in protecting consumers. The Senate also received favorable reports from Judiciary, Education Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Tourism, and Local Legislation on a range of bills, many with amendments or substitutes, and placed them on the next day’s calendar.
In motions and resolutions, Senator Elliott recommitted Senate Bill 310 to local legislation and introduced Senate Joint Resolution 50 honoring Coach Tim Carter, which was sent to rules. The Senate adopted Senate Joint Resolution 51 mourning Junior Harold Sorrells and several House resolutions from the Rules Committee, including recognitions for the Alabama State Games, Mack McCutcheon’s retirement, the Black pioneers of Macon County, Alicia Cannon, Joseph William Jones Jr., and Louis Vuitton the Pitbull Day. The chamber also recognized several school leaders in the gallery and then moved into local bills, beginning with Senate Bill 266, a proposed constitutional amendment regarding Covington County, for which a bill reading was requested using the previous roll.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Feb 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And today there is a perception of delays or confusion about paid family leave assistance.
- Paid family leave is the state's most recent addition to its benefit programs.
- So the paid family leave program is intended to provide benefits for those who are...
- The duration for paid family leave is up to eight weeks.
- Same thing with paid family leave program.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 03/17/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There's two types of Minnesota paid leave. There's the family leave and the medical leave.
- There's two types of Minnesota paid leave. There's the family leave and the medical leave.
- There's two types of Minnesota paid leave. There's the family leave and the medical leave.
- There's two types of Minnesota paid leave. There's the family leave and the medical leave.
- There's two types of Minnesota paid leave. There's the family leave and the medical leave.