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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Aug 19th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- If there is anybody making threats against your employees, I will stand beside you.
- Threaten the designated immigration support services provider, employee, or volunteer identified in the
- I have no problem with employees wanting to organize and be part of a labor union and to negotiate for
- I have no problem with employees wanting to organize and be part of a labor union and to negotiate for
- SB 1149 expands bereavement leave to include, quote-unquote, designated family—someone their employee
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- Over on page three, the next bill before you is House Bill 27, relating to overtime for certain employees
- House Bill 547, which relates to private companies providing public transportation services and employee
- House Bill 547, which relates to private companies providing public transportation services and employee
- It relates to prohibiting employers seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees.
- Speaker, the original bill, HB 670, helped to expand the definition of employees and covered employees
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget 3rd Revised Apr 13th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, this is a cost of Living adjustment for the public employees retirement system.
- I know a lot of retired firefighters and retired law enforcement and other public employees that have
- They could do it as a state employee pay raise. They can do whatever they want to do.
- , was there a consideration of putting it towards state employee salary increases.
- So we always look for opportunities to better advance the employment and pay for our state employees.
Bills:
HB4030 , HB4031 , HB4032 , HB4033 , HB4034 , HB4035 , HB4036 , HB4037 , HB4038 , HB4039 , HB4040 , HB4041 , HB4042 , HB4043 , HB4044 , HB4045 , HB4046 , HB4047 , HB4048 , HB4049 , HB4050 , HB4051 , HB4052 , HB4053 , HB4054 , HB4056 , HB4057 , HB4065 , HB4067 , HB4071 , HB4072 , SB1144 , SB1145 , SB1146 , SB1147 , SB1148 , SB1149 , SB1156 , SB1157 , SB1158 , SB1159 , SB1161 , SB1162 , SB1163 , SB1164 , SB1165 , SB1166 , SB1167 , SB1174 , SB1175 , SB1176
Keywords:
education funding, budget appropriations, public schools, teachers' retirement, early childhood education, aeronautics, infrastructure, funding, sustainability, Oklahoma, mining, operator fees, coal production, noncoal mining, department of mines, revenue, state budget, budgetary reform, financial legislation, fiscal accountability
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES Feb 12th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Transcript Highlights:
- The city made loans to employees totaling $3,950 and $1,250 in 2024 and 2023, respectively, and allowed
- employees to repay the city through subsequent payroll deductions.
- At December 31, 2024 and 2023, unpaid loans to the employees totaled $2,400 and $1,000, respectively.
- At December 31st, 24 and 23, unpaid loans to the employees totaled $2,4001,000 respectively.
- Under the county judge, the county paid $9,600 to an employee for floodplain management services using
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Jan 14th, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Their issue is they want to be full-time employees.
- The amendment won't, but allows them to be full-time employees and get the benefits, etc.
- Their issue is they want to be full-time employees.
- Uh so it doesn't increase the employees.
- and get the be full-time employees and get the benefits,<00:26:14.320><c> etc.
Bills:
HB117 , HB17 , HB22 , HB153 , HB140 , HB117 , HB17 , HB22 , HB153 , HB140 , SB12 , SB42 , SB93 , SB28 , SB35 , SB134 , SB12 , SB42 , SB93 , SB28 , SB35 , SB134
Committee:
Senate County and Municipal Government
Keywords:
procurement, county commission, administrative savings, public services, government efficiency, HB17, municipal audits, municipal audit clarification act, municipal finance, local government, city council, mayor, city manager, Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, independent public accountant, annual audit, biennial audit, annual report, financial accountability, public records
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I absolutely will be taking action against any employee that falsified documents.
- Um, employees are absolutely our frontline defense.
- I think DHS has an employee engagement survey that shows that more than, I think it's around 75% of employees
- :05.520><c> frontline</c> employees are absolutely our frontline employees are absolutely our frontline
- I think DHS has an employee defense.
Committee:
Senate Human Services
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Minimum age of employment, requiring background checks and training for dealer employees.
- within 30 days of employment and to all employees annually thereafter.
- Beginning December 1, 2026, no employee of any dealer shall participate in the sale or disposition of
- They already train their employees on how to look for those straw purchases and what to do.
- But the idea of our legislation is to help employees that got... ...to sell it to someone else.
Summary:
The Senate convened, established a quorum, offered an invocation, and handled several announcements and courtesy motions, including excusing some members and relaxing the dress code. The chamber then adopted committee reports on several bills, including Senate Bill 50, Senate Bill 30, and Senate Bill 43. It then moved to third reading of Senate Judiciary Committee substitute for Senate Bill 17, the “Stop Illegal Gun Trade and Extremely Dangerous Weapons Act.”
SB 17 was read at length and explained by Senator O’Malley and co-sponsor Senator Bergman as a gun crime prevention measure aimed at dealer security, employee training, recordkeeping, reporting requirements, inspections, and a ban on future dealer sales or transfers of certain firearms and accessories, including high-capacity magazines, .50-caliber rifles and cartridges, gas-operated semi-automatic firearms with detachable magazines, and machine guns. Supporters argued the bill targets the retail-to-criminal pipeline, improves accountability, and would help reduce gun trafficking and violence. Opponents argued it infringes on constitutional rights, would not stop criminals from obtaining guns, and would burden law-abiding citizens and dealers.
The chamber then debated Floor Amendment No. 1 by Senator Brantley, which would have struck Section 7, the portion banning certain weapons and devices. Supporters of the amendment said Section 7 was the most constitutionally vulnerable part of the bill and would likely be litigated, while opponents said the section was central to the bill’s purpose and consistent with Second Amendment case law. The amendment failed on a roll call vote, 15-22. A second amendment by Senator Block, which would have exempted certain under-21 employees from the bill’s age restriction if they were military members, veterans, or had completed hunter safety or 4-H programs, was then taken up and debated, with supporters emphasizing military training and youth firearms education as evidence of responsibility.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- :07:39.199><c> peace</c> employees, including licensed peace employees, including licensed peace officers
- </c><00:26:07.840><c> and</c> it talks about public employee and it talks about public employee and public
- ,</c> it really affects the state employees, it really affects the state employees, the<00:31:27.440>
- Our employees could see it.
- Our employees could see it.
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
Keywords:
Capitol security, public safety, emergency management, state buildings, law enforcement, corrections, legislative approval, rule-making, financial impact, jail regulations, expungement, firearm eligibility, criminal records, organized retail crime, retail theft, supply chain theft, theft enterprise, organized theft, cargo theft, shoplifting
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Local Government (9-23-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- With<01:05:16.240><c> over</c><01:05:16.480><c> 80</c><01:05:16.680><c> employees</c> With over 80 employees
- So this is near and dear to my heart, with over 200 employees that are Kentucky employees.
- employees that are Kentucky<01:12:47.360><c> employees.
- Uh we represent a Kentucky employees.
- And there was a comment about they have 52 employees that run the system.
Keywords:
Meeting Start: 00:00:07
Roll Call 00:00:13
Approval of Minutes from August Meeting 00:01:55
Discussion of County Jails 00:03:31
Discussion of Centralized Collection of Net Profits and Occupational License Taxes 01:02:12
Adjournment 01:54:56, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, approved the August 26 minutes, and then took up a discussion of county jail funding. KACO representatives and county officials said jail operations are an ongoing strain for counties because they must pay for inmate care, facilities, and mandated standards, while many counties also rely on jail revenue to offset costs. They described Kentucky’s jail system, including 77 jails, 43 closed counties without jails, and the mix of county, state, federal, and controlled-intake inmates. KACO emphasized that counties remain financially responsible for inmates even when they must contract with other jails, often at costs above the state’s per diem rate, and said it is developing a broader proposal to present later.
The testimony focused on rising expenses and shrinking revenue. KACO said counties spent about $374 million on jail operations in FY24, up 24% from FY19, and about $41 million on jail medical costs, up 40%. General fund support for jails was said to total $147 million in FY24, more than double pre-COVID levels. Speakers also noted that state inmate populations in county jails have fallen from about 11,500 in 2019 to 7,212 in 2025, while federal inmates have increased because they are more lucrative for counties. The state jail per diem of $35.34 was described as insufficient to cover actual costs, especially medical care.
County judges from Webster, Knox, and Hardin counties gave examples of local budget pressure. Webster County said it now houses 114 state prisoners, 47 county prisoners, and 24 out-of-county prisoners, and that it transferred $512,000 from its general fund to the jail last year, about $77 per taxpayer. Knox County said its jail budget has grown from an initial $2.8 million projection to $5.7 million, with $3 million coming from occupational tax revenue. Hardin County said its jail has an approximate $11 million expense budget against $5 million in revenue, creating a $6 million deficit, driven by higher payroll, medical, and insurance costs and a 29% drop in state prisoner revenue. The judge said the county has responded with property tax increases and an expanded occupational tax district, but still uses reserves to cover other county services.
A Grant County magistrate then began speaking from the perspective of magistrates and commissioners, describing her background working at a local jail before serving in county government. The discussion remained centered on the fiscal burden of jails and the need for counties and the legislature to work together on a long-term solution.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- There's going to be background information about him, background information about his employees, and
- So the agency has no ability to go in and protect the information of Representative Joy's employees,
- Is there any employee, Auditor Randall? Auditor Randall, thank you, Mr. Chair.
- Is there any employee, Auditor Randall? Auditor Randall, thank you, Mr. Chair.
- </c><00:54:31.520><c> auditor</c> reports is there any employee auditor reports is there any employee
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The Department of Public Safety, as you know, has over 2,200 employees statewide.
- Our employees are committed to delivering quality care and service to all Minnesotans.
- The Department of Public Safety, as you know, has over 2,200 employees statewide.
- Our employees are committed to delivering quality care and service to all Minnesotans.
- </c><01:31:46.440><c> or</c> plates or is it based on employees or plates or is it based on employees
Committee:
Senate Transportation
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Apr 30th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The House bill, relative to the employees of the Dedham-Westwood Water District, House No. 2917, comes
- Third reading of a bill: An act further regulating creditable service for two employees of the Dedham-Westwood
- Scarsdale, for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Greg Pinkerton, an employee of the Department
- Massey, for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Stephanie Rivera, an employee of the Worcester
Summary:
The Senate took up several bills on final passage and enacted measures including retirement benefits for a former Attleboro firefighter, maintenance of private roads in Gloucester, expansion of a local board of health, and amendments to the Middleton town charter. It also adopted a series of Eagle Scout congratulatory resolutions and advanced a bill allowing Somerset to prohibit water fluoridation, a Fairhaven charter bill amended on the floor, a Boston easements/takings measure consolidated with a Senate bill, and local bills for Lancaster and Orange. The Senate additionally ordered to third reading and engrossment a bill concerning Dedham-Westwood Water District employees.
The chamber approved extensions of reporting deadlines for the Committee on Labor and Workforce Development and the Committee on Transportation, after members asked how many bills were covered and the deadlines involved. The Labor extension covered 13 bills until July 30, and the Transportation extension covered 11 bills until July 31, 2026. The Senate also suspended rules to advance two public service committee reports establishing sick leave banks for Greg Pinkerton of the Department of Correction and Stephanie Rivera of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office.
A motion was adopted for the Senate to adjourn in memory of Dorothy Bonfante, with a brief tribute read into the record describing her family, community involvement, and ties to Peabody and Salem. Later, the Committee on Ways and Means reported that House No. 5316, a bill titled to promote rule of law, oversight, trust, and equal constitutional treatment, ought to pass with a new text amendment. The Senate adopted a special order setting the bill for second reading on May 7, 2026, with filing deadlines and procedures for amendments, then suspended the rules and adopted the order by standing vote. The Senate finally adopted an order to meet again on Monday at 11 a.m. and adjourned.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
November 19, 2025 - 08:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- >> As an employee recognized. Thank you. Thank you, Mr.
- there be or is this bill contemplate of of any type of notice for the developers to inform their employees
- building, whether it's an apartment or any type of building on that land that it was previously owned employee
- Just they just kind of how would a consumer fine, I guess is my Quest Records employee recognized sorry
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- former Youth of the Year winner and now, after completing schooling, has come full circle to be an employee
- circle<00:08:08.479><c> to</c><00:08:08.800><c> be</c><00:08:09.120><c> an</c><00:08:09.440><c> employee
- </c><00:08:10.960><c> the</c><00:08:11.199><c> Boys</c><00:08:11.520><c> and</c> circle to be an employee
- of the Boys and circle to be an employee of the Boys and Girls<00:08:12.080><c> Club</c><00:08:12.319
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (3-13-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- legislation would allow a police department to adopt the policy of monthly accrual similar to the state employees
- policy of monthly acral similar to the policy of monthly acral similar to the state<00:03:33.040><c> employees
- > monthly</c><00:03:34.319><c> leave</c><00:03:34.879><c> so</c><00:03:35.040><c> that</c> state employees
- monthly leave so that state employees monthly leave so that members<00:03:35.920><c> 15</c><00:03:36.319
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection met with a quorum and heard two bills. House Bill 369, presented by Rep. Mark Hart with support from the Kentucky League of Cities and the Kentucky Police Chiefs Association, would clarify how certain police departments accrue and use the 15 days of paid leave required under KRS 95.495 by allowing departments to adopt policies such as monthly accrual. The committee adopted a committee substitute and passed the bill unanimously.
The committee then heard House Bill 403, presented by Rep. Deanna Frasier Gordon, which creates a six-month grace period for completing missed continuing education requirements so affected individuals can make up two courses instead of restarting the process. After a motion and second, the bill passed favorably and unanimously. The meeting also included introductions of guests, including county coroners and representatives from the coroner association, and concluded with a brief request to record a vote from the first bill and a motion for any other business.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Human Services Committee Mar 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill allows children's residential agencies to provisionally hire qualified employees while awaiting
- So to ensure children's safety, prospective employees must clear the checks through the DOJ, the FBI,
- To ensure children's safety, prospective employees must clear the checks through the DOJ, the FBI, and
- Additionally, the employees would not be allowed any unsupervised contact with kids until the full out-of-state
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Human Services met, adopted its committee rules, and then considered four items, including two consent bills. The chair opened with remarks about protecting California’s safety net and set limits on testimony. The committee rules were adopted by roll call, and the consent calendar later passed 5-0, with the remaining member’s vote added afterward for a 6-0 final tally on the rules and consent items.
AB 276 by Assemblymember Bennett addressed delays in out-of-state child abuse registry background checks for children’s residential agency staff. Supporters, including the California Alliance of Child and Family Services and Casa Pacifica, said long clearance times were worsening staffing shortages and causing qualified applicants to leave, while the bill would allow provisional hiring only after DOJ, FBI, and California Child Abuse Central Index clearance and without unsupervised contact with children. There was no opposition, and the committee approved the bill 5-0, sending it to the Assembly Public Safety Committee.
AB 319 by Assemblymember Jackson sought to improve services for foster youth with severe trauma by requiring counties to submit and update detailed plans to the Joint Interagency Resolution Team for providing effective therapeutic interventions in the least restrictive settings. A former foster youth testified in support, and a committee member noted the ongoing shortage of therapists serving foster youth. The bill was approved 5-0 as amended and sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. After the consent calendar and remaining votes were completed, the hearing adjourned.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC) Jun 19th, 2026
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)
Transcript Highlights:
- subcommittee reviewed and approved the following items as presented by Grant Wallace, Director of the Employee
- Able, Mutual Insurance Company, and COPSAC, proposed state and public school employees' 2027 contribution
- subcommittee reviewed and approved the following items as presented by Grant Wallace, Director of Employee
- ABLE, Mutual Insurance Company, and COPSAC, proposed state and public school employees' 27 contribution
- That is Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System. It's a request to review investment summaries.
Committee:
All ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)
Summary:
The Arkansas Legislative Council met and first adopted the previous meeting minutes, then honored Lori McDonald of the Department of Human Services for nearly 28 years of state service. Members read a resolution recognizing her legislative, constituent, and leadership work at DHS, and the council adopted it unanimously. McDonald thanked members for their support, and the Senate also presented her with a citation, a flag flown over the Capitol, and a commemorative coin.
The council then received the May 2026 revenue report, which showed gross adjusted collections of $7.76 billion year-to-date, up 4.4% from the prior year, and net available for distribution of $6.36 billion. The Bureau of Legislative Research noted collections were running above last year and that the updated forecast reflected a surplus. The Executive Subcommittee report was adopted after members were told it had approved captive insurance premiums and deductibles, a claims administration contract, emergency DHS rules, waiver requests, committee fund allocations, and the cancellation of the regular July ALC meeting in favor of only meeting for urgent matters.
Several subcommittee reports were then adopted, including Administrative Rules, Game and Fish and State Police, Hospital/Medicaid/Developmental Disabilities, Lottery Oversight, Occupational Licensing Review, Peer Review, Review, State Insurance Programs Oversight, and Personnel. During the Administrative Rules discussion, members questioned the Department of Education about delays and vendor performance under the ClassWallet contract; department officials said they were meeting regularly with the vendor, keeping expense review in-house, and would consider other options if needed. In Personnel, the Department of Commerce clarified that a reallocation request was part of a broader departmental realignment and shared services move, not the Arkansas Workforce Connection waiver. The council also reviewed and took action on several communications, including filing retirement system investment summaries as reviewed, approving rural community grant funding, giving favorable advice for state park acquisitions/expansion, approving special maintenance funding for state parks, and filing proposed Office of State Technology service rates as reviewed before adjourning.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC) Jun 19th, 2026
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)
Transcript Highlights:
- subcommittee reviewed and approved the following items as presented by Grant Wallace, Director of the Employee
- Able, Mutual Insurance Company, and COPSAC, proposed state and public school employees' 2027 contribution
- subcommittee reviewed and approved the following items as presented by Grant Wallace, Director of Employee
- ABLE, Mutual Insurance Company, and COPSAC, proposed state and public school employees' 27 contribution
- That is Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System. It's a request to review investment summaries.
Committee:
All ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Jun 15th, 2026
Revenue and Taxation
Transcript Highlights:
- They may not have W-2 employees. They may not have a traditional out-of-state office.
- Protect passive and minority owners and clarify the lack of W-2 employees or... ...protect passive and
- minority owners and clarify the lack of W-2 employees or a physical office is by itself not enough to
- Kat Brackman with the California School Employees Association, in support.
- Kat Brackman with the California School Employees Association, in support. Thank you.
Committee:
House Revenue and Taxation
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Banking and Finance Committee Apr 23rd, 2026
Banking and Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Heidi Pickman with Cameo, who represents small businesses throughout California with five or fewer employees
- Employees to help provide testimony on behalf of the bill. Thank you so much, committee.
- After searching, I employees to help provide testimony on behalf of the bill.
- Good morning, Nalia Griffin with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in
- Welcome. employees and support. Thank you. Good morning. Dr.
Committee:
House Banking and Finance