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• Senate Bill 6058 relates to wage enforcement discretion.
• guidelines and includes recommendations based on that comparison.
• Evidence-based guidelines are in place to maintain that balance.
• The department, based on their data, was able to see that this was a crisis.
• Now, you might think because our state has a high wage income, well, California has higher wages, but

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

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• Rent, food, gas, child care have all exploded, but tipped workers are still stuck with a base wage from
• hour is the minimum wage. $7.25 an hour is the minimum wage.
• </c> use HR 2262 to commit wage theft. use HR 2262 to commit wage theft.
• It allows employers to pay tipped workers a base wage with tips, making up the rest of those workers'
• </c> addition to a worker's wage. addition to a worker's wage.

Bills: HR991 , HB4593 , HB2312 , HB2270 , HB2262 , HR988

Keywords: H.Res. 991, HR 991, House resolution, request return of papers, official papers, legislative procedure, congressional process, Senate return, H.R. 1834, enrolled bill, House Clerk, procedural resolution, motion to reconsider, gridlock, congressional administration, showerhead, regulation, energy policy, consumer protection, overregulation

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• , in case of Fairchild Air Force Base.
• You know, JBLM is such a huge base.
• Also, as you heard, Medical Lake—so Fairchild Air Force Base has one school on base as well.
• Curiosity on how much the enrollment on bases fluctuate.
• In 2008, when on-base housing went privatized, it did shift a significant portion of housing off base

Bills: SB5901 , SB5860 , SB5956 , SB5574 , SB5922 , SB5858

Committee: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education

Keywords: school construction, school facilities, capital budget, school plant project, state funding assistance, school construction assistance program, on-base schools, military base, Department of Defense school, military families, public school facilities, instructional space, Superintendent of Public Instruction, SIP, school district capital funding, school housing burden, rapid growth, enrollment growth, free and reduced-price meals, alternative learning experience

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• </c><00:14:37.680><c> charity</c> hospitals report a charge-based charity hospitals report a charge-based
• So, that is um our wages and salaries.
• ><00:26:59.000><c> market</c> have a strong employer-based market have a strong employer-based market
• So, there are a certain reduction.
• </c><01:18:45.040><c> of</c> those programs will the reduction of those programs will the reduction of

Bills: HF4343

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: sales tax, use tax, advertising tax, taxable services, digital advertising, online marketing, marketing services, search engine marketing, lead generation, internet advertising, ad agency, media buying, campaign planning, Minnesota tax law, service tax, broadening tax base, web advertising, promotional services

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• However, being a hub means our infrastructure is used by a population far larger than our tax base.
• Over 90% of our property<00:33:15.360><c> tax</c><00:33:15.679><c> base</c><00:33:15.919><c> is</c><00
• tax base is agricultural and our<00:33:17.760><c> per</c><00:33:18.000><c> capita</c><00:33:18.320><
• But so the local governments have to apply for a refund based on their invoices for the materials that
• </c> components, community risk reduction components, community risk reduction programs,<01:00:04.480

Bills: HF4343

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: sales tax, use tax, advertising tax, taxable services, digital advertising, online marketing, marketing services, search engine marketing, lead generation, internet advertising, ad agency, media buying, campaign planning, Minnesota tax law, service tax, broadening tax base, web advertising, promotional services

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• , and '24 was a little more, maybe somewhere around 60 to 80, but I'm sure those numbers fluctuate based

Bills: SB54 , SB126 , SB128 , SB101 , SB102 , SB104 , HB282 , HB298 , SB54 , SB126 , SB128 , SB101 , SB102 , SB104 , HB282 , HB298

Committee: House Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Keywords: sunset law, Alabama Surface Mining Commission, environmental regulation, mining, state commission, Alabama Private Investigation Board, regulatory oversight, agency review, continuation, sickle cell disease, healthcare, regulatory commission, public health, regulation, electrical contractors, state agencies, home medical equipment, board continuation, boards, commissions

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• That division can be variable because it's based on the ratio...
• Based on recent trends, the medical share... ...of the medical share.
• And there's also the Wage Recovery Task Force, which is working in this space as well.
• ..but again, there is the Wage Recovery Task Force, which I think...
• Also, you know, how many of these unpaid wage claims are coming from...

Bills: HB2144 , HB2190 , HB2191 , HB2303 , HB2345

Committee: House Labor & Workplace Standards

Keywords: employee monitoring, workplace privacy, performance evaluations, notification, transparency, language access, collective bargaining, providers, healthcare, interpreters, social services, construction, wage theft, misclassification, independent contractor, employee classification, fringe benefits, prevailing wages, subcontractor liability, joint and several liability

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• It's just a total of that in their base year. Senator King, do you have a question?
• Second, it requires ESD to set the premium rate based on the office's annual report.
• Usage among the bottom wage quintile was just 8% of all claims in fiscal year 2025.
• Usage among the bottom wage quintile was just 8% of all claims in fiscal year 2025.
• And both municipal jails make 20 to 25% less in wages and benefits.

Bills: SB6014 , SB5972 , SB5869 , SB5874

Committee: Senate Labor & Commerce

Keywords: pregnancy accommodations, pregnant workers, workplace accommodations, reasonable accommodation, undue hardship, lactation, breastfeeding, express milk, maternity leave, childbirth, pregnancy discrimination, employment law, labor and industries, L&I, confidential records, public records exemption, health care certification, workplace standards, employee rights, employer obligations

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• Back September 23, we had a deputy, uh, who initiated a traffic stop based on a vehicle passing an 18
• Back September 23, we had a deputy, uh, who initiated a traffic stop based on a vehicle passing an 18

Bills: HB348 , HB106 , HB347 , HB54 , SB118 , SB167 , SB195 , HB260 , HB263 , HB328 , HB348 , HB106 , HB347 , HB54 , SB118 , SB167 , SB195 , HB260 , HB263 , HB328

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: bail reform, illegal aliens, violent offenses, pretrial detention, flight risk, court hearings, doxing, personal identifying information, harassment, online safety, law enforcement, public servants, penalties, consumer protection, illicit material, private rights, digital privacy, nonconsensual distribution, incarceration, pregnancy

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• </c> hours and wages. hours and wages.
• </c> Our wages are public domain. Our wages are public domain.
• </c> we won't pocket any of our wages. we won't pocket any of our wages.
• </c> budget, wages or health care." budget, wages or health care."
• </c> everyone takes the wages. everyone takes the wages.

Bills: HF3119

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: teacher compensation, educational staff, unlicensed staff, minimum wage, inflation adjustment, education finance

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• Preventing investigations solely based Preventing investigations solely based on<00:13:28.800><c> time
• </c> trauma-informed, research-based ways. trauma-informed, research-based ways.
• ><c> of</c><00:51:54.920><c> $25</c> You'll also see reductions of $25 You'll also see reductions of
• </c><01:03:14.200><c> in</c> million per biennium of reductions in million per biennium of reductions
• </c> schools based on fourth grade growth. schools based on fourth grade growth.

Bills: HF3119

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: teacher compensation, educational staff, unlicensed staff, minimum wage, inflation adjustment, education finance

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• I just want to touch base and clarify a couple of things.
• These agencies have their own requirements for disclosure, monitoring, and risk-based review.
• Is it income-based? Is it household size?
• But my understanding is it is income-based, and the income-based depends on household size as well, how
• But I do know, as income-based, I couldn't give you those tiers. So that is an issue.

Bills: HR171 , HCR49 , HB632 , HB1084 , SB310 , SB351 , SB399

Committee: House Education

Keywords: HR171, House Resolution 171, M.J. Foster Promise Program, TOPS-Tech, TOPS Tech Award, Board of Regents, Louisiana Works, Louisiana Community and Technical College System, LCATCS, financial aid, scholarship, workforce development, career training, technical education, vocational education, postsecondary credential, associate degree, industry-based credential, high-demand jobs, high-wage occupations

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• collection of repayments and must pursue repayment, using the fullest extent of the law, including wage
• We've got this wonderful installation, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and we want to make sure that folks
• And thanks for bringing this important bill forward and having Joint Base Lewis-McChord in my district
• And it's not just base-level funding that's suffered.
• Last year, the College Grant was also And it's not just base-level funding that's suffered.

Bills: HB2498 , HB2443 , HB2567 , HB2363 , HB2422

Committee: House Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Keywords: nursing education, nursing program standards, board of nursing, state board, national accreditation, accreditation body, nursing school, nurse educator, clinical simulation, simulation director, lead nurse educator, NCLEX, licensure exam pass rate, corrective action plan, technical assistance, higher education, program approval, Washington RCW, professional development, nursing licensure

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• They're based on the East Coast.
• This is based on how much they want to remove annually of 33...
• We are respectfully opposed to HB 2261 based on feedback from the assessors.
• There is also a technical issue in how income-based valuation works.
• Cook: That based upon replacement cost.

Bills: HB2014 , HB2031 , HB2078 , HB2102 , HB2103 , HB2117 , HB2261 , HB2262 , HB2264 , HB2278 , HB2428 , HB2494 , HB2756 , HB2758 , HB2762 , HB2782 , HB2932 , HB2933 , HB2986

Committees: Senate Natural Resources , Senate Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, water rights, groundwater, Willcox, active management area, certificate of grandfathered rights, Arizona legislature, aggregate mining, reclamation plans, environmental protection, public safety, land use, domestic water, improvement district, water delivery, water hauling

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• the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's White Sands Test Facility, Kirtland Air Force Base
• submission of House Bill 75, a bill providing for alteration of a basic sentence upon a court's finding based
• submission of House Bill 75, a bill providing for alteration of a basic sentence upon a court's finding based

Bills: HM19

Keywords: New Mexico Aviation and Aerospace Day, aviation, aerospace, space industry, missile programs, Spaceport America, White Sands Missile Range, White Sands Test Facility, Kirtland Air Force Base, drone, unmanned aircraft systems, commercial space transportation, NASA, aircraft, STEM education, research laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, flight testing, medical evacuation

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• Participants find a supportive community and evidence-based strategies to prevent and cope with chronic
• People are charged based on what the care is. Medical debt is incurred when services are provided.
• People are charged based on what the care is.
• Under existing law, your wages can be garnished if you don't pay.
• I had legislation on wage garnishment.

Bills: SB5223 , SB5993 , SB5831 , SB5928 , SB6183 , SB6071 , SB5995 , SB5966 , SB5841 , SB5840 , SB6061 , SB6058 , SB5931 , SB5944 , SB5520 , SB6011 , SB6087 , SB6076 , SB5916 , SB6016 , SB5936 , SB6137 , SB5185 , SB5956 , SB6025 , SB6009 , SB5833 , SB6161 , SB6188 , SB5890 , SB5917 , SB5820 , SB5973 , SJM8015 , SB5816 , SB6136 , SB6091 , SB6024 , SB5223 , SB6178 , SB5892 , SB5177 , SB6039 , SB5941 , SB5993 , SB5831 , SB5928 , SB5912 , SB6183 , SB6071 , SB5995 , SB5966 , SB5841 , SB5840 , SB6061 , SB6058 , SB5931 , SB5944 , SB5520 , SB6011 , SB6087 , SB6076 , SB5916 , SB6016 , SB5936 , SB6137 , SB5185 , SB5956 , SB6025 , SB6009 , SB5833 , SB6161 , SB6188 , SB5890 , SB5917 , SB5820 , SB5973 , SJM8015 , SB5816 , SB6136 , SB6091 , SB6024

Keywords: criminal offense, fingerprinting, law enforcement, state regulations, public safety, medical debt, interest charges, consumer protection, healthcare, financial burden, mortgage modification, uniform regulations, homeowners, financial stability, foreclosure prevention, wildfire risk, disclosure, safety, environmental policy, risk assessment

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• wage expenses over two years.
• The minimum wage mandate for nursing homes inevitably impacts wages in all settings.
• raise wages in will need to wage raise wages in response<01:03:54.200><c> to</c><01:03:54.359><c> the
• than just the additional wage growth attributable to the minimum wage rule.
• than just the additional wage growth attributable to the minimum wage rule.

Bills: HF1419 , HF500

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: nursing facilities, reimbursement rates, elderly care, minimum wage, healthcare funding, nursing home, employment standards, worker rights, Minnesota Statutes, labor compensation

Bills: SB5223 , SB5286 , SB6002 , SB6178 , SB5892 , SB5177 , SB6039 , SB5874 , SB5863 , SB5972 , SB5941 , SB5203 , SB6014 , SB5993 , SB5831 , SB5928 , SB5912 , SB5825 , SB5223 , SB6178 , SB5892 , SB5177 , SB6039 , SB5941 , SB5993 , SB5831 , SB5928 , SB5912 , SB6183 , SB6071 , SB5995 , SB5966 , SB5841 , SB5840 , SB6061 , SB6058 , SB5931 , SB5944 , SB5520 , SB6011 , SB6087 , SB6076 , SB5916 , SB6016 , SB5936 , SB6137 , SB5185 , SB5956 , SB6025 , SB6009 , SB5833 , SB6161 , SB6188 , SB5890 , SB5917 , SB5820 , SB5973 , SJM8015 , SB5816 , SB6136 , SB6091 , SB6024

Keywords: criminal offense, fingerprinting, law enforcement, state regulations, public safety, policing costs, state hospitals, local funding, budget allocation, automated license plate reader, ALPR, license plate recognition, LPR, surveillance, driver privacy, vehicle tracking, location data, law enforcement technology, data retention, audit trail

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• Washington has the highest minimum wage in the nation.
• In supporting SB 6045, it will allow farm workers to negotiate a livable wage.
• Those are enforced under the current Minimum Wage Act.
• I am a victim of total wage theft.
• All workers deserve a living wage. All workers deserve protection against discrimination.

Bills: SB6045 , SB6188 , SB6053 , SB5852

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

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• it based upon expertise or training that my team has had.
• The other 1,500 primary appeals, we're talking about maybe 99% of them are based upon valuation.
• It's based upon population of a county.
• I would say, again, back to that that 1500 appeals that we have based upon valuation.
• Then the board will make a decision based on the evidence presented in the hearing.

Bills: HB2016 , HB2104 , HB2105 , HB2288 , HB2289

Committees: House Ways & Means , House House Ways & Means Committee of Reference

Keywords: tax penalties, filing, tax returns, administration, Arizona Revised Statutes, HB2288, foreign dividends, corporate income tax, Arizona tax, A.R.S. 43-1122, subtraction, gross income subtraction, multinational corporations, GILTI, global intangible low-taxed income, subpart F income, IRC 78 gross-up, foreign-source income, international tax conformity, corporate tax base