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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- And each year, over $600 million is stolen from workers in Washington State.
- It doesn't just steal from the individual worker, though.
- It's about supporting the workers that keep our economy going, and I urge your support.
- would be capped and available only to low-wage workers.
- worker protection laws, but wage theft does remain a serious and ongoing problem.
Bills:
HB2479 , HB2091 , HB2105 , HB2107 , HB2151 , HB2190 , HB2191 , HB2218 , HB2243 , HB2303 , HB2345
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
unpaid wages, wage theft, wage recovery, labor standards, Department of Labor and Industries, L&I, worker protection, low-wage workers, back pay, interest on wages, civil penalties, retaliation, immigration status coercion, gig workers, transportation network companies, rideshare drivers, app-based drivers, employment law, wage complaint, payroll enforcement
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- These are issues that directly impact Texas workers, families, and businesses, and I'll look forward
- Chair lays out HB 673 relating to the eligibility of first responders for workers' compensation benefits
- Chair lays out HB 673 relating to the eligibility of first responders for workers' compensation benefits
- This bill ensures that all first responders have access to care and treatment for PTSD under the workers
- What we really didn't know at the time is how workers' comp works: it covers multiple chapters of the
Committee:
House S/C on Workforce
Keywords:
JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, first responders, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, benefits, compensation, presumption of disability, emergency services, healthcare, Medicaid, mental health, substance abuse, treatment access, cost, insurance coverage
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Feb 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- So this is a bill about worker safety.
- safety area for Washington workers.
- workers rather than requiring it to be only as stringent as the federal law.
- A couple of things: we want to be able to protect workers.
- to require training for workers or supervisors to remove asbestos.
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
workers' compensation, industrial insurance, premium rates, rate transparency, actuarial rates, contingency reserves, Department of Labor and Industries, L&I, risk classifications, employer premiums, insurance regulation, rate setting, premium increase limits, workers' compensation advisory committee, retrospective rating, state insurance fund, accident and medical aid funds, SB 6188, asbestos, asbestos training
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/16/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Committees:
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs , House House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee of Reference
Keywords:
air pollution, wildfires, environmental standards, public health, Arizona Revised Statutes, wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, forest fire, brush removal, defensible space, community hardening, vegetation management, fire-resistant construction, wildland urban interface, WUI, insurance premium tax, property insurance, homeowners insurance, commercial property insurance
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- Ninety percent of the workers that have these claims through workers’ comp are probably fine.
- I represent injured workers.
- None of this benefits injured workers.
- A workers' rights poster to be used by employers, a template posting for notifying workers of a notice
- They're farm workers, caregivers, health care workers, construction workers, and business owners who
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
public employers, employee information, bargaining representatives, labor relations, union representation, immigrant worker protections, immigrant rights, worker protections, I-9 audit, Form I-9, employment eligibility verification, workplace raid, federal immigration inspection, employer notice, anti-retaliation, retaliation, Attorney General enforcement, private right of action, labor law, workplace rights
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Apr 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman. 1303 transfers property and records from the advisory council of workers' compensation to the
- workers' compensation commission, trying to complete the process of migrating from one system to another
Bills:
SB137 , SB372 , SB1209 , SB1226 , SB1256 , SB1303 , SB1595 , SB1636 , SB1772 , SB1827 , SB1876 , SB1944 , SB2072 , SB2104 , SB2180
Committee:
House Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, Department of Corrections, criminal justice, rehabilitation, public safety, SB372, firearms, gun rights, lawful carry, concealed carry, open carry, handgun license, Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, weapons policy, gun law, school safety, private school, public school, college campus, university campus
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 29th, 2026 at 11:09 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 5/7/25
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 3228 is the workers' comp advisory council recommendations.
- The reason for the waiver is, as is typical, the workers' comp advisory did not adopt recommendations
Committee:
House Rules and Legislative Administration
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- fairly as farm workers, and workers would receive the same consistent rights that other Washington workers
- most importantly, worker injuries and hazards to those workers.
- Also, worker injuries and hazards to those workers.
- I am a worker.
- Domestic workers are some of the most vulnerable workers in our state.
Committee:
Senate Labor & Commerce
Keywords:
agriculture, collective bargaining, labor relations, public employment, agricultural employees, SB 6188, asbestos, asbestos training, asbestos certification, asbestos worker, asbestos supervisor, Department of Labor and Industries, L&I, rulemaking authority, occupational safety, workplace safety, hazardous materials, abatement, encapsulation, removal
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Apr 22nd, 2026
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- crawfish industry as agricultural labor services for the purposes of the H-2A temporary agricultural worker
- crawfish industry as agricultural labor services for the purposes of the H-2A temporary agricultural worker
- as far as the crawfish, all of our crawfish processors were having trouble getting in their H-2B workers
Bills:
HCR77
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 19th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- That means better outcomes for injured workers and meaningful cost savings for employers and the workers
- The changes in this bill stand to impact every Washington worker with a workers' compensation claim,
- It is for the workers, by the workers.
- It’s a tool to prevent exploitation of workers. This is a pro-worker bill and should be supported.
- paying workers to do the work.
Committee:
Senate Labor & Commerce
Keywords:
noncompete, noncompetition agreement, restrictive covenant, nonsolicitation, employment contract, worker mobility, labor law, wage suppression, trade secrets, confidentiality agreement, franchise, independent contractor, employee mobility, economic growth, entrepreneurship, job mobility, restraint of trade, customer solicitation, post-employment restrictions, FTC noncompete rule
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:00 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- An employer must inform an injured worker that the worker has a right to seek medical treatment from
- It's the employer's choice which workers' comp program an injured worker is placed in.
- Washington State's workers' compensation system is designed to support workers.
- Currently, when a Washington State's workers' compensation system is designed to support workers.
- It doesn't guarantee that a worker will continue health care benefits on their workers' comp claim.
Bills:
SB5847 , SB6067 , SB6136 , SB6014 , SB5972 , SB5869 , SB5874 , SB6058 , SB6039 , SB5944 , SB6188
Committee:
Senate Labor & Commerce
Keywords:
workers' compensation, industrial insurance, injured workers, medical provider network, occupational health, occupational medicine, medical care access, L&I, Department of Labor and Industries, self-insured employers, state fund claims, utilization review, provider credentialing, provider network, treatment guidelines, evidence-based medicine, claims management, claims managers, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Feb 25th, 2026 at 08:45 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the bill that requires the Employment Security Department to notify a striking worker who applies
- for unemployment insurance benefits of the potential to receive an overpayment assessment if the worker
- It's just the farm worker issue, which is, you know, when you pick cherries and the cherries are over
- It's just the farm worker issue, which is, you know, when you pick cherries and the cherries are over
- This basically just notifies the striking worker that if they do collect unemployment benefits while
Bills:
SB6134
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
unemployment insurance, UI benefits, striking workers, strike, labor dispute, retroactive wages, overpayment assessment, overpayment recovery, Employment Security Department, ESD, claimant notice, benefit recoupment, Washington unemployment law, worker notice, federal unemployment tax credit, state unemployment fund
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- The Railroad Retirement System provides a separate retirement program for railroad workers, including
- The Port of Vancouver relies on highly trained building trades workers to construct and maintain the
- This is an easy way for the Washington State legislators to support their public sector workers.
- This is an easy way for the Washington State legislators to support their public sector workers.
- And what I mean by that is a paraeducator, a teacher, a principal, a food service worker, but not down
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
retirement, lump sum payment, financial security, pension reform, monthly benefits, retirement system, investment earnings, trust funds, public pensions, financial management, education, benefits, school employees, membership eligibility, employment, public employees, port workers, federal retirement plan, pension
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 13th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- Interest arbitration supports our public safety and frontline workers by granting these critical workers
- Second, the worker would volunteer to participate.
- Second, the worker would volunteer to participate.
- Courts have ruled that if a worker has a chance to opt out, the worker rather than the employer is taking
- Under the workers' compensation system, an injured worker may seek initial medical treatment for their
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
construction safety, hazard notification, worksite regulations, labor safety, state law, law enforcement, correctional officers, interest arbitration, collective bargaining, public safety, workers' compensation, healthcare providers, physical therapy, occupational therapy, employment, unemployment insurance, benefits, layoffs, workforce reduction
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- if the worker lives in a county with a population of less than 500,000.
- provider before the worker may seek treatment from a non-network provider.
- This. are injured workers to be able to find someone and go outside the system.
- We heard in testimony the experiences of these workers.
- They are many times frontline workers who have to deal with crisis.
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
transparency, industrial insurance, insurance rate increases, financial disclosure, regulatory oversight, workers' compensation, medical care, healthcare access, employee rights, insurance coverage, security, regulation, employment standards, security guards, industry board, unemployment, electronic notices, compensation, digital communication, order processing
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Civil Judiciary REVISION 2: Links added Apr 2nd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Civil Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman. 1303 transfers property and records from the Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation.
- The Workers' Compensation Commission repeals a section that established the council.
- meetings, and so I I just don't think it's functioning, and you know, this is part of a process, and the workers
- just trying to clarify in language what an independent contractor is and we worked with the Oklahoma Workers
- I've got a, you know, a tomato harvest or something and I'm gonna hire in, you know, a handful of workers
Bills:
SB504 , SB844 , SB1209 , SB1266 , SB1303 , SB1448 , SB1496 , SB1595 , SB1597 , SB1655 , SB1679 , SB1621 , SB1716 , SB1769 , SB1827 , SB1876 , SB1944 , SB2072 , SB2084 , SB2104 , SB2112 , SB2170 , SB2180 , SB2182
Committee:
House Civil Judiciary
Keywords:
SB504, marriage, child marriage, minor marriage, age of consent, minimum marriage age, underage marriage, teen marriage, parental consent, judicial approval, marriage license, Oklahoma Title 43, family law, juvenile justice, Department of Human Services, DHS custody, incestuous marriage, pregnancy exception, paternity, seduction
MN
Committee:
House Taxes
Keywords:
sales tax, education funding, construction, Aitkin Public Schools, tax exemption, refundable credit, HF148, use of force training, deadly force, peace officer training, police training, law enforcement, POST Board, Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training, scenario-based training, de-escalation, defensive tactics, force-on-force training, stress management, officer wellness
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- job opportunities of many condo workers, including me.
- Compared to the commercial sector, the organizing of residential workers is still in its infancy.
- </c><00:59:55.040><c> is</c> organizing of residential workers is organizing of residential workers is
Committee:
Senate Taxes
Keywords:
sales tax, education funding, construction, Aitkin Public Schools, tax exemption, refundable credit, HF148, use of force training, deadly force, peace officer training, police training, law enforcement, POST Board, Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training, scenario-based training, de-escalation, defensive tactics, force-on-force training, stress management, officer wellness
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- By way of background, the Industrial Commission of Arizona administers workers' compensation insurance
- House Bill 2138 redefines the term firefighter to classify firefighters eligible for workers' compensation
- The original intent was that peace officers and firefighters would be considered eligible for workers
- Unfortunately, this was not how the workers' compensation claim played out.
- Also, thanks to the benevolence of the town of Queen Creek, they overturned the workers' compensation
Committees:
House Commerce , House House Commerce Committee of Reference
Keywords:
insurance, financial surveillance, regulations, assessments, Arizona Revised Statutes, mobile food vendors, licensure, food safety, statewide regulations, health standards, zoning, temporary vendors, technical registration, engineering, architect, land surveyor, reciprocity, endorsement, qualification standards, firefighter