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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 09:01 am
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- said, we're going to go ahead and skip HB 323 and go right into House Memorial 51, Detention Center Employee
- Madam Chair, Representative, for employees who are affected, the other option is to look at relocation
- in those areas and how to redirect the funds that are currently we work to protect those employees in
- Like what does that look like with number of detainees, number of employees?
- ...detention, like what does that look like with number of detainees, number of employees, GRT, as you
Keywords:
museum, cultural affairs, lowrider, Espanola, appropriation, feasibility study, broadband access, low-income, rural areas, Indian nations, affordable internet, employment opportunities, detention centers, immigration, economic development, repurposing facilities, job transition, rural development, housing, affordable housing
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It's something that is required for the employee to... ...it's something that is required for the employee
- talks about the STEM Council would engage private entities to provide additional funding or in-kind employee
- time for STEM activities. ...provide additional funding or in-kind employee time for STEM activities
- All state employees do incredible work, but this has been a very challenging year, considering this merger
- You also see a one-time amount underneath for one-time costs associated with setting up those employees
Summary:
The committee heard budget presentations first for the Idaho Workforce Development Council. Analyst Brooke Dupree reviewed the council’s statutory role, fund balances, and FY 2027 requests, including an ongoing transfer of $1.15 million within the In Demand Careers Fund to support more Launch grants, a proposed consolidation of the STEM Action Center into the council, and reappropriation authority for ARPA and other grant funds. Director Wendy Sechrist said Launch, workforce training grants, child care grants, and semiconductor-related grants have produced strong participation and wage gains, and she explained that the STEM education fund would be sunset under the merger. Members asked about the remaining STEM dedicated fund, the timing and impact of a proposed $10 million cash transfer from Launch, repayment of some Launch grants, and how much of the training funding goes to incumbent workers versus new hires.
The committee then reviewed the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Dupree outlined the agency’s dedicated funds and FY 2027 requests for additional appropriation authority tied to Social Security reimbursements and adaptive aids store revenue, plus one-time vehicle replacement funding. Administrator Beth Cunningham said the agency uses those funds to support vocational rehabilitation, independent living services, and surgeries for eligible clients without other coverage. Members asked about discrepancies in fund figures, the growth in the adaptive aids fund balance, and the effect of holdbacks on services; Cunningham said the cuts would modestly reduce client services, travel, and some site restoration support.
Finally, the Idaho State Historical Society presented its budget. Dupree described requests for $450,000 to complete the move of state records and collections into the new archives addition, $36,300 for IT hardware, and reappropriation authority for moving costs, along with prior enhancements for Old Pen staffing and archival work. Director Janet Gallimore emphasized stewardship of state records and artifacts, the importance of the move, and the agency’s role in Idaho’s America 250 efforts. Members praised the agency’s work and asked about historic preservation reviews and archaeological surveys; Gallimore said staff consult with federal agencies under the National Historic Preservation Act and agreed to provide travel records for surveys in Bonner County. The meeting ended with a presentation of historical artifacts and adjournment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2011, any injury to your own employees was exempted.
- So you can give a broad-form indemnity for any of your own employees.
- So if it's just one contractor who's getting injured, they're employees.
- , It's going to be your employee, and so you can sign a broad-form indemnity, and they can tender right
- And in carrying out this mission, PUC employees and contractors are entrusted with sensitive regulatory
Bills:
HB431 , HB1522 , HB1922 , HB2467 , HB2468 , HB3228 , HB3229 , HB3306 , HB3803 , HB3804 , HB3805 , HB3806 , HB4219 , HB4238 , HB4344 , HB4386 , HB4739
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
Keywords:
HB 431, Texas Property Code, Property Code Chapter 202, solar roof tiles, solar shingles, solar energy device, homeowners association, HOA, property owners' association, POA, renewable energy, residential solar, distributed solar, roof-mounted solar, homeowner rights, architectural control, open meetings, public notice, transparency, government efficiency
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and first took up pending business, reporting several House bills favorably to the full Senate, including HB 11, HB 132, HB 1041, HB 1606, HB 2286, and HB 5061, with some also recommended for the local and uncontested or contested calendars. The committee then heard and left pending HB 3306, which would extend construction-contract indemnity exceptions to electric infrastructure work, including construction, maintenance, and vegetation management for utilities. Supporters said it would align utility infrastructure work with public works and reduce litigation and ratepayer costs, while opponents argued it would shift liability onto subcontractors and create broad-form indemnity concerns.
Members also heard HB 4739, a Comptroller-requested cleanup bill repealing an outdated Finance Code provision tied to delinquency charges on retail charge accounts, and left it pending without testimony. The committee then considered several Department of Banking cleanup bills, including HB 3803, HB 3804, and HB 3806, all left pending after brief explanations and no public opposition. HB 4219, dealing with public information requests, drew support from a journalist and a policy analyst who said it would improve transparency by requiring timely responses, notice when records do not exist, and training or fee consequences for noncompliance; it was left pending.
The committee also heard HB 4238, a committee substitute addressing coerced debt and identity theft, which would bar collection of certain debts from victims who obtain a qualifying court order. A law professor and a family violence advocate supported the bill as narrow, protective relief for domestic violence and elder abuse survivors, and it was left pending. Other bills heard and left pending included HB 1522 on local government budget meeting posting and taxpayer impact disclosures, HB 4344 authorizing background checks for PUC employees and contractors, HB 3805 updating money services business regulation, HB 431 extending solar-panel HOA protections to solar tiles, HB 3228 and HB 3229 on wind and solar recycling financial assurance, and HB 1922 clarifying the accrual date for construction defect claims under right-to-repair law. The committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill is not designed to... fire, or recommend the removal of state employees from their jobs at
- This bill allows 6 full-time employees in an independent department.
- I'm a retired state employee with full benefits of 25 years plus, and I want to thank each of you on
- but every department has an inspector general who has authority to initiate lawsuits to go after employees
- It would also not have the power to fire employees.
Committee:
Senate Senate Rules
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Judiciary Committee Mar 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- As I understand this bill, it would only now, going forward, apply to private employees, and public employees
- I'd say, in the first place, public employees have a very different system of protections that apply
- of sexual assault, and in fact, the existing statute that this bill would amend excludes public employees
- employees in this case as well.
- This included teachers, doctors, faith healers, clergy, railroad employees, firefighters, and dentists
Summary:
The Assembly Judiciary Committee heard three bills. AB 250 by Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry would extend a limited window for survivors of sexual assault to seek civil recourse against perpetrators and entities that allegedly covered up abuse. The author and supporters, including survivor Maya Alexander and Equal Rights Advocates, said many survivors need years before they can come forward and that the bill would improve accountability and public safety. One member raised concerns about the bill’s application to private employers and the exclusion of public employees, but the bill was advanced on a motion to Appropriations and later placed on call until additional votes were added.
AB 373 by Assemblymember Rubio would require appointed counsel for non-minor dependents in extended foster care to represent the young adult’s expressed wishes rather than substitute the attorney’s judgment. Supporters from California Youth Connection and the Children’s Law Center said 18- to 21-year-olds in foster care are legal adults and should have their voices fully respected in court. Members discussed how the bill would work in practice and whether it applied only to appointed counsel; the bill was moved to Human Services and later cleared after additional votes were added.
AB 387 by Assemblymember Alanis, as amended, would exempt probation officers from criminal jury service. The author and supporters argued probation officers are deeply involved in the criminal justice process, often get dismissed anyway, and should be focused on supervision and court-related duties rather than jury duty. The Judicial Council opposed the bill, warning that categorical exemptions shrink the jury pool and set a bad precedent. After debate over fairness, precedent, and the role of probation officers, the committee voted the bill out on a do pass motion.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- divisions of a particular agency, should they decide to make instruction, if you will, to their employees
- very quickly, Senate Bill 1433 provides protection to Oklahoma businesses, taxpayers, and agency employees
- One thing that I didn't mention is I've actually had employees from different agencies who have contacted
- Well, we're wanting to make sure that those things that employees, that our state employees, are being
Committee:
Senate Administrative Rules
Keywords:
HJR1032, House Joint Resolution 1032, Service Oklahoma, administrative rules, rule repeal, joint resolution, Oklahoma Administrative Code, OAC 670:15-1-10, OAC 670:15-1-14, agency regulation, legislative oversight, Secretary of State, Oklahoma Register, rulemaking, permanent rules, administrative code, state government, task force, agency review, board review
Summary:
The Senate Administrative Rules Committee met to discuss upcoming rule-review packets and then considered three measures sponsored by Senator Bergstrom. Chairman Bergstrom said the committee’s first packet covered judiciary rules, a second packet on education would follow, and members were expected to review the materials and raise questions so agencies could provide written responses.
Senate Bill 1273 created the Oklahoma State Agency, Board, and Commission Review Task Force to examine the efficiency, effectiveness, and necessity of state agencies, boards, and commissions and recommend legislative action. Members asked about overlap with existing committee work and whether the task force would require staff or create a fiscal impact. Bergstrom said it would use existing House and Senate staff and should have no fiscal impact. The bill passed 9-0.
Senate Bill 1433, the Guidance Transparency Act, would require state agencies to publicly disclose guidance documents, memos, bulletins, and similar materials in a searchable database so they cannot function as undisclosed rules. Bergstrom said the measure was intended to prevent agencies from regulating through unofficial guidance and that the governor’s office and Secretary of State supported it. After questions about staffing and whether agencies could evade disclosure, the bill passed 7-2. House Joint Resolution 1032 would align Service Oklahoma rules with existing law and prior executive action regarding changes to birth certificates and state IDs related to sex or gender identity changes; Bergstrom said the rules, not statutes, were being moved. It passed 7-2. The meeting ended with Bergstrom urging members to review the rule packets and submit questions before adjournment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- As for the Lottery Commission employees, the introduced version of the bill includes a provision that
- says TDLR must first consider applicants who are employed by the Lottery Commission when hiring employees
- Employees who were not involved in the Lottery Commission's activities that got us into this mess are
- Those other employees have done a fine job and are probably the best people to continue.
- The statutes and amendments will remove the preference for currency lottery for Current lottery employees
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Keywords:
HB 668, Texas, handgun license, license to carry, LTC, concealed carry, open carry, firearm permit, gun license renewal, public safety, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Government Code Section 411.185, renewal fee, handgun permit, Second Amendment, carry permit, firearms regulation, HB 677, Texas Election Code
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Labor and Industrial Relations May 13th, 2026
Labor & Industrial Relations
Transcript Highlights:
- You got fewer employees and, besides that, completely. Exactly. Imagine that.
- I totally empathize with the situation that any employees are in.
- And they were able to talk to the actual employees live time. And they exchanged phone numbers.
- Employees would quit if that was the way I operated my business. And that's what I'm saying.
- And at any time, have you ever seen 12 employees working at one of your stores?
Committee:
House Labor & Industrial Relations
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 408 by Senator Myers, a workers’ compensation overhaul creating an all-claims medical database, requiring electronic reporting and billing, and setting up confidentiality, rulemaking, and penalties. Senator Myers said the bill was meant to modernize a paper-based system, speed injured workers back to care and work, reduce disputes through a more predictable fee schedule, address outliers and abuse, and generate reliable data for future fee-schedule decisions. Representative Melarine then offered a large amendment package combining portions of House Bills 780 and 1101 into SB 408, adding preliminary-determination procedures, changes to benefit durations, fraud language, and a deadline for the department to establish a fee schedule if no agreement is reached. Supporters said the package would create a more complete reform; opponents argued the additions were rushed, not germane, and would harm injured workers, especially those without lawyers, by adding technical filing burdens and stricter fraud consequences. After debate, the committee adopted the amendment package, then adopted a follow-up amendment removing the word “potential” from a fines provision and deleting the fraud section, and finally reported SB 408 with amendments on a divided vote.
Testimony on SB 408 was sharply split. Proponents, including Alton Ashy and Trey Mustian, argued the bill’s transparency and data-collection provisions were the most important part, that the system needs a modern fee schedule, and that the added reforms would help control costs and speed payment. Opponents, including Shannon Lindsay and another injured-worker advocate, said the original bill was a good compromise but the added provisions changed its character and would disadvantage pro se claimants, remove materiality from fraud law, and reduce benefits for seriously injured workers. Committee members also questioned the timeline for the database and fee schedule, the effect of historical data gaps, and whether the reforms would help employers and injured workers alike. The committee ultimately agreed the bill still contained its core goals of faster care, predictable fees, anti-abuse measures, and modernization.
The committee then moved to House Bill 585 by Representative Chasson, a workplace-violence/safety measure for small-box discount retailers. Chasson explained that the bill had been narrowed to require retailers to submit an existing written workforce safety plan, or develop one if they do not already have one, with no penalties attached. The committee adopted a substitute bill incorporating prior amendments. Representative Glorioso noted continuing concerns about civil-liability implications and the duty to protect against third-party criminal acts, but the bill was advanced from committee after the substitute was adopted.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- It adds anti-discrimination language for employees and potential employees, provides remedies and penalties
- This excludes part-time employees from the definition of qualifying individuals for the purpose of the
- Amendment 14 by Senator Gildon excludes any employee who is enrolled in an insurance plan provided by
- It adds anti-discrimination language for employees and potential employees, provides anti-discrimination
- language for employees and potential employees, provides remedies and penalties against employers, and
Bills:
SB5808 , HB2254 , HB2385 , SB6006 , SB6351 , SB6198 , SB6260 , SB6353 , SB5949 , SB6129 , SB6228 , SB6231 , SB6229 , SB6173
Committee:
Senate Ways & Means
Keywords:
health insurance, premium assistance, funding, healthcare access, state budget, HB 2254, Washington, Health Care Authority, partnership access line, psychiatric consultation line, first approach skills training, behavioral health, mental health, assessment, administrative costs, health carriers, self-funded plans, multiple employer welfare arrangement, MEWA, employers
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- What do we get out of it, other than giving a job to two more employees?
- We got one year down, and I have to say we have 227 and a half employees at Professional Registration
- They work with public employers and employees on the designation of employee groups who wish to be represented
- How many employees? I'm sorry, you said 13.25? For workers' compensation? Yes.
- Yeah, I think the vast majority of government employees are hardworking, dedicated individuals.
Committee:
House Budget
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 May 5th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We add background studies for owners, operators, employees, stabilization, and EIDBI.
- That don't support it; it could be the three nursing home employees that don't support it.
- The estimates range from $600 million to $700 million for new state employees.
- While I think our state employees do a wonderful job, so do our county employees and our school district
- employees, and we have cuts in all those agencies.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Apr 22nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm also preparing the campus for extensive employee layoffs.
- These include things like our employee-represented employee contracts that have a percentage increase
- several years of increases for policy-covered employees.
- Students may go through that as student employees on campus. I'm not sure.
- modules, both for the student and for the student employee, because the student employee will have an
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance held an extended hearing focused primarily on University of California budget issues, enrollment, housing, and Title IX. Chair David Alvarez opened by noting the governor’s proposed 8% ongoing General Fund reduction to UC, the deferral of compact funding, and the College of the Law budget item, while emphasizing that no votes would be taken that day. Public commenters, including UC Davis employees and lecturers, urged restoration of UC funding and opposed the hiring freeze, saying cuts would worsen staffing shortages, reduce research capacity, and harm students and patients.
On UC core operations, the Department of Finance said the governor’s budget maintains the compact but defers $240.8 million in ongoing support and continues a planned 7.95% reduction, while the LAO recommended rejecting the deferrals and instead making any changes in the budget year. UC San Diego’s chancellor and UC Office of the President argued the cuts and deferrals would create major campus shortfalls, force hiring freezes, larger class sizes, fewer course offerings, delayed projects, and possible layoffs. Committee members questioned whether cuts could be shifted away from students and toward administration, discussed UCOP reserves and bond debt, and noted that UC’s budget structure makes the campus-level impact larger than the headline reduction.
The committee also reviewed enrollment trends and nonresident replacement. The LAO said UC resident enrollment has grown and recommended revisiting 2026-27 targets and pausing the nonresident replacement plan if state funding does not improve. UC said it has exceeded California undergraduate enrollment and nonresident replacement goals, but warned that continued growth without funding would force enrollment reductions and harm quality. Members discussed the role of nonresident and international students, tuition rates, and the value of UC as a pathway for California students and a source of talent for the state.
A separate housing item covered the state’s Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program. UC reported that recent bond savings could support additional affordable beds at UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara, but the LAO and Finance noted the Legislature would need to decide how to use the $6.2 million in savings from the original projects. The committee also heard a Title IX update from UC’s systemwide civil rights office, which described campus Title IX structures, training, and policy enforcement, and said the system has been working to improve confidentiality guidance and streamline complaint processes after survey feedback showed confusion and lengthy procedures.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Net pension liability is an amount created when the promised retirement benefits owed to employees exceed
- The decreases were in the teacher retirement system and the state highway employee retirement system.
- We have a lot of employees.
- We have state employees that are going out to all these daycares at least twice a year looking at them
- The authority operates as an independent entity with its own management and employees.
Committee:
All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- But if we're not going to do inspections, we're not going to need some of these employees that have been
- Essentially, it ensures that no Louisiana state employee can lose their job or face punishment for using
- In other words, it re-clarifies that it only applies to public sector employees.
- House Bill 23 by Representative Backelos is an act relative to the Louisiana State Employees Retirement
- House Bill 23 would provide a COLA to retirees of the state employee retirement system.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Use of legislative email, phone number and office space restricted, HF4172 3/26/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- legislative email addresses, telephone numbers, and offices to anyone who is not a member, officer, or employee
- senator or representative would only be for the exclusive use and, if authorized by the member, by an employee
- Members, officers, and employees would be prohibited from allowing a contractor or other persons to office
- And it is very clear under subdivision four that use of state property, an employee shall not use or
- </c> is not a state employee is not a state employee uh<00:16:18.560><c> to</c><00:16:18.720><c> be</
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So this allows private school employees to use existing whistleblower protections, which we currently
- have for public employees.
- You also have to, part of that, you have to work with dealing with employees who are not behaving in
- Unfortunately, many public schools allow their employees to provide instruction on sexual orientation
- from providing this instruction to kids, meaning their employees can provide it to kids if they want
Committee:
Senate Education
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- It then requires background checks for employees.
- Employees cannot be under It then requires background checks for employees.
- Employees cannot be under the age of 21, and they must undergo a background check.
- It requires training for employees.
- That's really what we're trying to teach the employees to look out for as well.
Committee:
House House Judiciary
Keywords:
SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration, New Mexico, gun control, firearm safety, dealer regulation, illegal trade, background checks, sexual crimes, statute of limitations
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Bill 38, which would make permanent the New Mexico affordable spay-neuter program funded by fees on registered pet food. The sponsor and supporters said the program helps reduce companion animal overpopulation, shelter intake, and euthanasia, while opponents argued the charge is an unlawful tax, is tied to ongoing litigation, and that required annual reporting has not been done. After public testimony, the committee adopted a due pass motion on SB 38 by a 10-1 vote.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 17, a gun-safety measure that would impose new requirements on firearms dealers and prohibit future sale of certain assault-style and high-capacity weapons. Supporters, including sponsors, gun-violence survivors, public safety advocates, and some local officials, argued the bill would address straw purchasing, trafficking, dealer accountability, and mass-casualty weapons. Opponents, including firearms retailers, ranchers, law enforcement, and gun owners, said the bill would burden lawful businesses, raise constitutional concerns, and do little to stop crime. After extensive testimony and questions about the bill’s legal basis, definitions, and dealer regulations, the committee did not vote and instead rolled the bill for further work on amendments.
Later, the committee heard Senate Bill 41, as amended, which would eliminate the statute of limitations for second-degree criminal sexual contact of a minor. Support came from the Chamber of Commerce and sexual assault advocacy groups, who said delayed disclosure is common and justice should not expire before survivors are ready to come forward. Committee members asked detailed questions about the bill’s scope, including why certain offenses remained covered and how the criminal statutes are categorized. The committee adopted an amendment to correct drafting issues and then passed SB 41 as amended on a 10-0 vote.
Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 264, an elections safety bill that would strengthen penalties for election interference, create emergency polling-place protocols, and clarify when law enforcement may be present at polling places at the request of election officials. Supporters said it was needed to protect voters from intimidation, while an opponent argued it could put law enforcement at risk and restrict their ability to vote. The sponsor and Secretary of State explained that the bill was aimed at preventing ordered deployment of armed personnel to polling places, not barring officers or service members from voting. The discussion was still underway when the transcript ended.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- adverse investigative findings, where an inquiry or an investigation has been conducted, and the employee
- is... ...findings where an inquiry or an investigation has been conducted and the employee has been
- And part of that investigative process would be notifying the employee that there has been a complaint
- you that agencies should review applicable laws regarding the provision of due process to public employees
- The employee should be given an opportunity to respond to the allegations and to correct any...
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
Keywords:
bail bonds, pretrial release, forfeiture, criminal justice, Florida statutes, bond conditions, surety, violations of release conditions, violent crimes, victim safety, public safety, warrantless arrest, probable cause, pretrial detention, first appearance hearing, law enforcement immunity, domestic violence, stalking, battery, aggravated assault
Summary:
The committee took up several criminal justice bills, beginning with SB 760 on violations of pretrial release conditions. A strike-all amendment narrowed the bill to make willful violation of a no-contact order a first-degree misdemeanor, authorize warrantless arrest on probable cause, and require detention until first appearance in certain cases. The amendment and the bill, as amended, were both adopted and reported favorably. The committee then heard SB 1536 on digital voyeurism, which would extend the expectation of privacy to backyards in the surveillance statute; it was reported favorably after brief questions and support from a Florida Smart Justice Alliance witness.
Members next considered SB 1012 on inmate services. The bill would expand use of contractor-operated institutions inmate welfare trust funds for reintegration and facility upgrades, and would require reimbursement for inmate emergency and specialty medical services at Medicaid rates, with telehealth and autonomous APRNs included as options. Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida opposed the bill as written, warning that tying Medicaid participation to treatment of inmates could reduce reimbursement and discourage provider participation, while the Department of Corrections and Florida Smart Justice Alliance supported it. Senators discussed costs, aging inmates, and possible future changes, and the bill was reported favorably.
The committee also passed CS for SB 600 on bail bond and pretrial release laws after adopting a strike-all that aligned it with the House companion and made technical changes to solicitation, training, and bond reinstatement rules. Public testimony raised concerns about who should receive returned bond money and how clerks would process payments, but the sponsor said the bill would continue to be refined. Later, the committee reconsidered and favorably reported SB 1750 on criminal sexual conduct, which increases penalties and mandatory minimums for serious sex crimes, especially those involving children. It also reconsidered and favorably reported SB 1544 on complaints against law enforcement and correctional officers, a bill requiring complainants to provide sworn complaints to officers before interrogation unless corroborating evidence is present; police chiefs and sexual violence advocates opposed parts of the bill, while supporters argued it would protect officers from unfounded complaints. Finally, SB 1488 on booking officer duties regarding minor children of arrested persons was reported favorably, and SB 1326 on prosecution of defamation was taken up for reconsideration with a delete-all amendment that narrowed the insanity defense, limited mitigation for severe mental illness in serious cases, and extended detention periods for incompetent defendants; opposition testimony from defense, public defender, and mental health advocates warned it would worsen treatment and increase costs.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Sep 9th, 2025
New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I am asking for five new employees, as detailed on page 16 of the presentation.
- And the induced effects are from wages from employees in the direct and indirect effects spending in
- At the end of the day, obviously, reducing workforce, any number of employees.
- I have 175 plus employees right now. That number is going to grow.
- of employees to that gate every single day, is what I understand, right?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House DFL Press Conference 3/10/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Employee turnover cost them 20 to 30% of annual salaries, but paid leave cuts that turnover in half,
- The law requires, at a minimum, that it be split: the employer pays 50%, the employees pay the other
- pay the other 50% and then the employees pay the other 50% and then we<00:08:07.479><c> have</c><00:
- Now she's able to actually retain employees with this program going into place and have benefits she
- Then the individual employee will actually submit that information when they're prepared to take that