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NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications - 05/13/2026
Energy And Telecommunications
Transcript Highlights:
- standards as a condition of state financial assistance; to amend the Labor Law in relation to extending prevailing
- wage requirements and whistleblower protections to operations and maintenance employees and covered
Summary:
The Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee, chaired by Senator Kevin Parker, met to consider a series of energy, utility, housing, and labor-related bills. The committee discussed Senator Parker’s clean hydrogen bill authorizing NYSERDA to administer programs to fund clean hydrogen projects, with members debating how it would be financed through NYSERDA’s system benefit charge and RGGI funds and whether there should be a fiscal estimate. Despite concerns from some members about cost transparency and the use of ratepayer-supported funds, the bill advanced to the Finance Committee with three without-recommendation votes. The committee also advanced Senator Parker’s bill directing NYSERDA to study hydrogen feasibility, Senator Gonzalez’s Green Affordable Pre-Electrification Program bill, Senator Hinchey’s natural carbon sequestration research program bill, Senator Gineris’s bill increasing penalties for utility annual report failures, Senator Comrie’s EV charging fee transparency bill, and Senator Parker’s battery energy storage workforce and labor standards bill. Senator Comrie’s outage hotline bill moved to third reading, while Senator Parker’s renewable hydrogen center program bill advanced despite a technical objection that a deadline in the bill had already passed, and the battery storage bill was referred to the Labor Committee.
Several bills drew specific concerns. On the outage hotline bill, members questioned whether small municipal electric and water systems should be exempted rather than required to petition for an exemption, and one member said they would not support the bill without a carve-out. On the annual report penalty bill, members asked about the lack of documentation for the penalty increase and whether municipal utilities would be affected; the sponsor explained the penalty was updated from a 1900-era statute to reflect inflation and that municipal utilities file with the PSC. On the EV charging transparency bill, a member suggested the bill should also require credit card payment options, not just prohibit mobile-device-only payment. On the battery storage labor bill, members asked whether remote operations would count as on-site work and whether out-of-state remote monitoring would be covered; the sponsor said that was the intent and would follow up with labor counsel on residency questions. The committee concluded by adjourning after moving the listed bills forward.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Project labor agreements not only add prevailing wage and apprenticeship utilization requirements, in
- We recognize the need to expand family wage job opportunities and clean energy in Washington State.
- We think that, in addition to that, you could look at this and say the prevailing wage verifications
- For our members and construction workers as a whole, this investment means good family-wage jobs and
- and construction workers as a whole, this investment means good family wage jobs and benefits.
Keywords:
collective bargaining, retirement benefits, employee rights, public sector, supplemental benefits, public employers, employee information, bargaining representatives, labor relations, union representation, electric transmission, energy policies, infrastructure, regulatory framework, transmission systems, aviation, wildland fires, funding, disaster relief, emergency response
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- , but... ...my client almost completely prevailed, but they only have to win once.
- Victims of domestic violence and wage theft refuse to seek relief. Children... Thank you.
- Victims of domestic violence and wage theft refuse to seek relief.
- Street corners, who are looking for lower-wage people to work, sadly.
- people to work. street corners who are looking for lower-wage people to work, sadly.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Wage thresholds can protect lower-wage employees and support worker mobility while applying targeted
- Wage thresholds can protect lower-wage employees and support worker mobility while applying targeted
- Hourly wage worker contracts should not have non-compete agreements in there.
- Hourly wage worker contracts should not have non-compete agreements in there.
- Motion prevails.
Keywords:
commercial diving, scuba diving safety, aquatic plant management, workplace safety, environmental regulations, HF1469, Minnesota, workforce development, job training, job skills training, reentry, reentry services, formerly incarcerated, ex-offenders, inmates, recently released inmates, felony conviction, felony-level offense, corrections, prison release
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Investments and Pensions Oversight Aug 13th, 2025
Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- It's the highway threshold to get an extra 5% reimbursement on those wages.
- Projects at an average wage of $24, and of those, 2,800 of them were veterans.
- What's the prevailing wage in that region?
- So I completely agree with you that we should not incentivize low wages.
- A third more of the wages, and we just did a wonderful job of training them.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Commerce panel votes down bill to regulate digital book contracts for libraries 4/7/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Motion prevails. All right. Representative Godfrey to the bill. >> Thank you, Madam Chair.
- Um and that you're wages or staff time.
- The motion does not prevail. Sorry, Bus. >> Shaw, I.
- The motion does not prevail. Sorry, Bus. >> KCA nay.
- The motion does<01:00:57.040><c> not</c><01:00:57.200><c> prevail.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
AEN-WLA-EIG, AEN-WLA-EDT, AEN-GVO, AEN DEFER, AEN, AEN-EDU Public Hearings 02-18-2026
Agriculture and Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- Specifically, we have some concerns regarding the prevailing regional agricultural lease rate language
- 00:02:36.520><c> the</c> have uh some concerns regarding the have uh some concerns regarding the prevailing
- <00:02:37.160><c> regional</c><00:02:37.600><c> agricultural</c><00:02:38.240><c> lease</c> prevailing
- regional agricultural lease prevailing regional agricultural lease rate<00:02:39.360><c> language.
- ,</c> So, it's not really a livable wage, So, it's not really a livable wage, unfortunately.<01:09:55.680
Keywords:
workforce development, agriculture, biosecurity, pilot program, Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, University of Hawaii, Leeward Community College, DHRD, training, apprenticeship, career pathways, credentialing, job training, internship, hands-on experience, state employment, workforce pipeline, agricultural jobs, biosecurity jobs, general fund appropriation
Summary:
The committees first heard SB 2371, which would prioritize lease offers on agrivoltaics parcels for beginning farmers, require annual compliance reports to DAB, authorize penalties for noncompliance, and allow solar facilities on certain agricultural lands. DAB, the State Energy Office, PUC, and Hawaii Farm Bureau generally supported the intent, while OPPSD recommended amendments to preserve agricultural lease affordability and strengthen food-production language. Members questioned whether the bill would meaningfully encourage solar on ag lands, whether beginning farmers would have enough information to use such parcels, and how the bill would interact with Land Use Commission review. The Farm Bureau said agrivoltaics remains challenging and largely in pilot form, and noted the Mililani project as a promising example of dual use. The committees voted to pass SB 2371 with amendments, with one member expressing a preference that it be opened to all farmers rather than only beginning farmers.
The next measure, SB 2800, appropriates funds to DAB, DLNR, and ADC for acquisition, repair, and maintenance of irrigation systems. All testifying agencies and the Farm Bureau supported the bill, and members pressed them for estimates of needed funding and the condition of existing systems. DAB cited major repair needs, including Waimea, Molokai, Kahuku, and Kawailoa, and said its backlog could total roughly $65 million; ADC estimated about $35 million for several systems; and DLNR said its current needs for three systems were about $35 million, with the largest cost tied to piping in Kekaha. The committees amended the bill to defer its effective date to July 1, 2050 and to blank out the appropriation amounts in the bill text, with the agencies’ requested amounts to be included in the committee report for consideration. SB 2800 then passed in AEN, Water and Land, and EIG.
The final measure discussed was SB 2718, a food hub pilot program beginning in 2028 that would require state departments and UH to source 30% of certain food purchases from local agricultural products, create a nutrition- and ʻāina-based school program, and have DAT partner with a regional aggregator for Native Hawaiian staple crops. DAT, DOH, the Farm Bureau, Food Plus Policy Group, HAPA, and others supported the bill’s intent, while the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation opposed it, saying it is already struggling to meet the current local procurement percentage and faces procurement and quantity barriers, especially for staple items used daily. The testimony focused on whether agencies could realistically meet the higher local purchasing target and whether smaller farms could supply the needed volumes.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee (8-26-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- In many cases, these projects will also have prevailing wage requirements.
- many cases, these projects will also many cases, these projects will also have<01:10:35.679><c> prevailing
- </c><01:10:36.159><c> wage</c><01:10:36.719><c> requirements.
- </c><01:10:37.360><c> Uh,</c> have prevailing wage requirements.
- Uh, have prevailing wage requirements.
Keywords:
0:00:08 Call to Order and Roll Call
0:00:38 Approval of Minutes
0:01:02 Information Items
0:02:17 Lease Rpt from Postsecondary Institutions
0:06:42 Project Rpt from Finance and Administration Cabinet
0:15:03 Lease Rpt from Finance and Administration Cabinet
0:24:00 Rpt from OFM – KY Infrastructure Authority
0:42:55 Economic Development Fund Grants
0:53:38 Rpt from OFM – New Debt Issues
1:16:33 Remaining 2025 Meeting Dates
1:16:45 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first handled routine business, including roll call, approval of the July minutes, and several informational reports. Those reports included a University of Kentucky restricted-fund medical equipment purchase for Chandler Hospital, debt issues for five school districts, Eastern Kentucky University’s planned model laboratory school using construction management risk delivery, a Division of Real Properties lease advertisement, Kentucky Communications Network Authority quarterly project reports, and EKU asset preservation revisions.
Members then heard and approved a new UK St. Clair Urgent Care Clinic lease in Morehead and an amendment expanding space for the UK Family and Community Medicine Clinic at Turflin Clinic. Testimony explained that both properties are privately owned, the Morehead lease predated the UK/St. Clair arrangement, and the Turflin Clinic is tight on space. The committee also approved three new projects and an appropriation increase: two Department of Military Affairs projects, a Window Ford Training Center underground electric project and a Williamsburg Readiness Center interior repair project, a Fish and Wildlife property acquisition adjoining Veterans Memorial Wildlife Management Area, and an $8.113 million increase for the Department of Revenue integrated tax system (DORIS). The DORIS increase was described as needed for change orders tied to legislation and to complete the unified tax system.
The committee next reviewed no-action items, including a $3 million emergency flood-damage repair project for the Bush Building and Vest-Lindsay House in Frankfort, and three pool projects over $1 million: a Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women window replacement phase 2 project, a Department of Criminal Justice Training interior refurbishment at Thompson Hall, and the Muddy Gut Branch stream mitigation project in Johnson County. The flood project was confirmed to be fully reimbursed by insurance proceeds.
Finally, the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority presented six loans and nine grants. Action items included water and sewer financing for Cumberland County, Lebanon, Northern Kentucky Water District, Lewisport, and Providence, plus a major Taylor Mill treatment plant project and several cleaner water grants and reallocations. Members asked about loan rates, local rate increases needed to repay debt, and the Providence emergency water interconnect; staff explained that Lewisport had begun a rate increase process, and that the Providence project would connect Webster County Water District and the city of Providence to stabilize pressure after a systemwide failure. All action items were approved.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Motion prevails. Senator Dreheim, I understand you have an amendment as well.
- Motion prevails. Senator I. Opposed? Motion prevails.
- Motion prevails. Senator Champion. Uh, that's it. Senator Pratt. Thank you. Uh, Mr.
- Motion does not prevail. Further discussion on the bill.
- Motion does not prevail. No. Motion does not prevail.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 12, February 23, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, the bill requires a shall award to a prevailing plaintiff.
- </c><00:37:49.240><c> so</c><00:37:49.400><c> the</c><00:37:49.480><c> prevailing</c> award to a prevailing
- so the prevailing award to a prevailing so the prevailing plaintiffs plaintiffs plaintiffs could<00:
- ,</c> Uh and if that plaintiff is uh prevails, Uh and if that plaintiff is uh prevails, there's<00:38
- And that will lead to people having the wages necessary to live in that community.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions Mar 17th, 2026
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions
Transcript Highlights:
- Minimum wage laws do not reduce employment.
- Minimum wage laws do not reduce employment.
- One is harking back to the minimum wage debates.
- One is harking back to the minimum wage debates.
- And I get the analogy with minimum wage.
Bills:
H5008
Keywords:
rent control, housing stability, tenants rights, affordability crisis, consumer protection
Summary:
The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions held a public hearing on Initiative Petition 25-21, House Bill 508, an act to protect tenants by limiting rent increases. The chair explained the ballot process under Article 48 and outlined the hearing structure. The first witness, a Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies researcher, described Massachusetts’ worsening rental affordability, explained how rent regulation policies are typically designed, and reviewed research suggesting rent regulation can slow rent growth and improve tenant stability, while also noting concerns about reduced supply, quality, and implementation details. She compared the proposal to other state and local rent-stabilization laws and said the measure would cap increases at the lower of CPI or 5%, exempt certain housing types, and apply to new tenants as well as current tenants because it would not allow vacancy decontrol.
Supporters of the petition argued that rent stabilization is needed to address displacement and immediate affordability pressures while broader housing production continues. The proponent from Homes for All Massachusetts said the policy is a grassroots response to corporate rent hikes and cited examples of tenants facing steep increases. A tenant from Arlington described a long dispute after a building was purchased by an investment firm and rents were raised sharply, saying the experience showed how rent increases can function as eviction. A union leader said high rents are forcing workers out of the communities they serve, and two experts testified that rent stabilization can reduce displacement and provide broad, immediate benefits. Committee members asked about the proposal’s exemptions, the 10-year new-construction carveout, vacancy decontrol, and whether the policy could discourage development; supporters said the bill targets large landlords, preserves room for small owners, and should be viewed as a complement to new housing production.
Opponents, including small property owners, a chamber of commerce representative, a union official, and a landlord, argued the measure would hurt small landlords, reduce investment, and slow housing production. They said operating costs such as taxes, insurance, and maintenance rise faster than the proposed cap, and warned that capping rents would lower property values and tax revenues. Several opponents emphasized that many housing providers are not large corporations but local “mom-and-pop” owners, and one said the proposal would discourage pension funds and other investors from financing new projects. Committee members pressed opponents on what alternatives they would support for affordability, and opponents pointed to increased housing production and other housing policies instead of rent control. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Motor vehicle registration tax calculation change 3/25/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion prevails. Okay. So now we got it in there. Um, we've got them on the list.
- know, kids don't get fed, teachers don't get paid, essential workers, you know, don't get a living wage
- The motion does not prevail. This committee will be adjourned. Thank you for your time, members.
- The<00:33:59.200><c> motion</c><00:33:59.640><c> does</c><00:33:59.840><c> not</c><00:34:00.040><c> prevail
- </c> The motion does not prevail. The motion does not prevail.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- :04:30.320><c> garnishment</c><00:04:30.840><c> of</c><00:04:30.960><c> their</c><00:04:31.360><c> wages
- of their wages the file could<00:04:33.000><c> also</c><00:04:33.240><c> contain</c><00:04:33.680><c
- </c> those oppose nay no the motion prevails those oppose nay no the motion prevails and<00:48:10.760
- All right, the motion prevails, and House File 1959 is re-referred to the Education Finance Committee
- While he comes up, our last bill on the agenda is House File 1418. prevails and house file 1959 is prevails
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion prevails, and the A1 amendment is adopted. Thank you, Madam Chair.
- </c><00:07:09.520><c> U</c><00:07:10.199><c> uh</c><00:07:10.319><c> motion</c><00:07:10.639><c> prevails
- </c><00:07:11.080><c> and</c> here uh um the U uh motion prevails and here uh um the U uh motion prevails
- The motion prevails and the amendment is adopted without prejudice.
- um quite frankly Madam chair and wages um quite frankly Madam chair and members<01:03:16.799><c> uh<
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions Mar 17th, 2026
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions
Transcript Highlights:
- Minimum wage laws do not reduce employment.
- Minimum wage laws do not reduce employment.
- One is harking back to the minimum wage debates.
- If you increase minimum wages, we’re going to have to lay off workers. That didn’t play out.”
- And I get the analogy with minimum wage.”
Bills:
H5008
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- There being 9 ayes, 0 nays, the motion prevails.
- There being 9 ayes and 0 nays, the motion prevails.
- Hello, Rosanna Meza no chats line Wharton. 63 there being 6 ayes, 3 nays, the motion prevails.
- There being 9 ayes and 0 nays, the motion prevails. OK. Oh. One second. OK.
- Time to employment after release is 18 to 20 weeks, with wages averaging $20,000 per year.
Bills:
HB153
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- defined in the bill, but because project labor agreements create jobs that provide family-sustaining wages
- Can you tell me how a project labor agreement works when you’re required to pay Davis-Bacon wages on
- wage rates just because the market dictates that today.
- <01:03:22.799><c> wage</c><01:03:23.119><c> environmental</c> prevailing wage environmental prevailing
- wage environmental regulations<01:03:24.200><c> things</c><01:03:24.400><c> like</c><01:03:24.599><c
TX
Texas 89th Regular
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Aug 25th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There being 85 ayes and 53 nays, the motion to table prevails.
- There being 83 ayes and 56 nays, the motion to table prevails.
- There being 81 ayes and 56 nays, the motion to table prevails.
- There being 82 ayes and 56 nays, the motion to table prevails.
- The verification reflects 61 nays; the motion to table prevails. Mr.
Keywords:
property tax, school funding, enrollment changes, inflation adjustment, tax rate notice, judicial administration, court reform, juvenile diversion, court security, mental health services, drug offenses, constitutional amendments, property tax exemption, ad valorem tax, Texas Tax Code, nonprofit corporation, charitable organization, educational nonprofit, scientific nonprofit, agriculture support
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Environment, Energy & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- its subcontractors, and to include community workforce agreements or project labor agreements, prevailing
- wages, and apprenticeship utilization requirements.
- These industries provide thousands of family-wage jobs and are vital to our communities.
- Data centers represent nearly a thousand family-wage jobs here in our community and have given our college
Keywords:
energy facilities, large energy consumers, regulation, environment, sustainability, retail bags, pollution, customer impact, consumer-owned utilities, clean energy, port districts, market customers, energy transformation, renewable energy, public entities, electric generation, contracting, SB 6010, Washington energy siting, EFSEC
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 17th, 2025
S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health
Transcript Highlights:
- Wage disparity, inflation, and the cost of living and healthcare, the lack of transportation all impact
- Hearing none, the motion prevails and the subcommittee stands in recess.
Bills:
HB231
Keywords:
HB 231, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, permit exemption, dam, reservoir, erosion control, flood control, floodwater control, sediment control, watershed protection, Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS, Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, local sponsor, water appropriation, small dam, water diversion, maintenance, rehabilitation