Video & Transcript : 'salary adjustments' :
Page 43 of 500
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HP 1770 by Goodwin were linked to the annual adjustment of the basic allotment of the foundation school
- HB 1845 by OR relating to the use of funds in rural prosecutor's Office salary Assistance grant program
- for the Committee on Land and Resource Management HP 1931 by Gonzalez of El Paso relating to the salary
- 2115 by ASP relating to the rule, Sheriff's Office rule, counsel's office, and rules, prosecutor's salary
- AP 23-22 by Schofield relates to the annual base salary for the state of the district judge refer the
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (02/18/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> responsible, and proactive adjustments responsible, and proactive adjustments needed<01:32:26.480
- salaries of other executives.
- This is based on CEO's salary.
- ><c> the</c><01:50:46.239><c> 50th</c> salary is targeted at the 50th salary is targeted at the 50th
- salary salary >> it's<01:55:30.239><c> been</c> >> it's been >> it's been >>
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- We worked with the bringer of that and worked with the committee to get that adjusted within our own
- </c><00:09:25.200><c> within</c> committee to get that adjusted within committee to get that adjusted
- our salaries.
- </c><00:33:50.560><c> our</c><00:33:50.640><c> salaries.
- </c><00:33:51.800><c> So,</c> and also adjusting our salaries. So, and also adjusting our salaries.
Bills:
SF0052
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- But did want to share the potential impact of some of those adjustments.
- But did want to share the potential impact of some of those adjustments.
- The DE2 provides an operating adjustment to MMB of $500,000 per year, which is short of the $891,000
- The DE2 provides an operating adjustment to MMB of $500,000 per year, which is short of the $891,000
- Demand for the agency's general fund services has grown over time without any operating adjustment.
Bills:
HF2783
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
Keywords:
state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 30th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Among other adjustments, this bill authorizes supplemental pension payments to the Public Employees’
- This bill implements negotiated and agreed-upon general salary and benefits adjustments, as well as negotiated
- about these MOUs this year are not just the salary increases, and I would point out that it's not a
- What we're giving across the board is an additional salary increase at taxpayers' expense, but we are
- This bill implements general salary and benefit adjustments, as well as personal leave programs for this
Summary:
The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a long floor session focused heavily on budget trailer bills, labor agreements, housing, environmental review, and several resolutions. Members also introduced visiting guests, including family members, district staff, Mandela Washington Fellows, and UC Berkeley public policy students. Procedural motions were taken up early, including a successful roll-call vote to suspend rules so certain budget-related bills could be heard without reference to file.
The chamber approved several major budget measures. SB 129, the labor trailer bill, passed 56-4 after supporters said it made technical budget adjustments, funded collective bargaining, supported In-Home Supportive Services, and addressed pension and project-related issues. SB 131, the public resources and housing trailer bill, passed 50-3 after extensive debate over homelessness funding, CEQA exemptions, advanced manufacturing, high-speed rail, rural access to funds, tribal consultation, and environmental protections; multiple members voiced support while also urging follow-up changes. The Assembly also adopted SB 139, implementing agreements for professional and operating engineers, by 69-1, and SB 140, implementing the correctional officers’ agreement, by 71-0. Later, AB 130, the housing trailer bill, was taken up on concurrence in Senate amendments after a successful rule suspension; members discussed tribal consultation protections, CEQA reform, prevailing wage, and vehicle miles traveled provisions, with debate continuing as the transcript ended.
The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 927, extending the Williams inspection window for certain school districts, which passed 70-0. In addition, ACR 16 naming the 10th Street Bridge the POW/MIA Bridge passed 70-0. AJR 9, urging full and consistent federal funding for the National Park Service, drew broad bipartisan support and passed 66-0 after members highlighted California parks’ economic and cultural importance. HR 47, recognizing the Fourth of July and the Declaration of Independence, prompted extended remarks on democracy, civics, immigration, military service, and community celebrations before being adopted by voice vote with 64 co-authors added. The consent calendar was also adopted 64-0.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (02/24/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> 0.94% decrease below the FY 25 adjusted 0.94% decrease below the FY 25 adjusted authorized<00:08
- </c><00:12:32.120><c> of</c> budget request simply an adjustment of budget request simply an adjustment
- </c><00:20:55.240><c> and</c> cost reduction over the salary and cost reduction over the salary and benefits
- And when that happens, '25 adjusted authorized—the leftover from '24 can actually flow into the '25 adjusted
- </c> part-time court security officer salary part-time court security officer salary 50<01:00:43.720>
Summary:
The Finance Division 2 hearing took testimony from the director of New Hampshire Police Standards and Training on the agency’s budget request and operations. He described the agency’s role in setting hiring, education, certification, and discipline standards for police, corrections, probation and parole, and court security officers, and noted that the agency runs the full-time, part-time, corrections, and court security training programs. He also outlined the agency’s staffing, facility, and budget request for FY 2026-27, including a request to keep funding level with the governor’s recommendation while shifting funds to support an IT manager position by defunding a vacant administrative slot.
The agency requested several statutory changes in Chapter 106, including clarifying the definition of police misconduct, allowing a temporary member on the Conduct Review Committee, clarifying reporting requirements for misconduct allegations, and codifying the Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission. The director also reviewed new responsibilities added in recent years, including crisis intervention training, statewide accreditation, the Conduct Review Committee, and increased annual in-service training requirements. He explained that crisis intervention funding is carried in a continuously appropriated, non-lapsing account and that some budget lines were reclassified, including software and janitorial services, to reflect actual spending needs.
Members asked about national standards, the different academy tracks, crisis intervention funding, maintenance and contract changes, temporary positions, and the court security training program. The agency said it coordinates with national peers through IADLEST, that the part-time and corrections academies are longstanding programs, and that the new court security academy can be delivered either as a full academy or as in-service training depending on resources. The director also said the agency has been running extra full-time academies because of high vacancy rates, but expects to return to three full-time academies this year, with two corrections academies and one or possibly two part-time academies. He also explained the current approach to misconduct records and public disclosure, saying sustained findings under RSA 106-L are heard by the council and published, replacing the older, less standardized exculpatory list process.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- But the money is basically from when we budget, we have that in salaries expense.
- But the money is basically from when we budget, we have that in salaries expense.
- Basically, from when we budget, we have that in salaries expense.
- Are in the salary benefit side and 15 of them are over in the registry contract labor side.
- </c> we're having because that that salary we're having because that that salary money<00:37:46.520><
Summary:
The joint Ways and Means and Health and Human Services committees heard Hawaii Health Systems Corporation’s biennium budget request, with testimony from HHSC leadership on the Hilo/Big Island region (HTH 212) and the Oahu region (HTH 215), plus discussion of capital improvement projects and systemwide partnerships. HHSC described its role as the rural healthcare safety net, serving a high share of Medicare, Medicaid/Quest, and uninsured patients, and said its costs are elevated by state employee fringe benefits, which it said are about 64% compared with roughly 30% in the private sector. HHSC also said pandemic-era federal aid, including relief funds and PPP loans totaling about $100 million, reduced the need for general fund support in prior years.
For HTH 212, HHSC said its general fund request for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 was higher than the governor’s recommendation because of rising insurance, pharmaceutical, and contractor labor costs, and because it includes $13.2 million in FY 2026 and $2.3 million in FY 2027 for Epic electronic medical record implementation in East Hawaii. For HTH 215, HHSC said the requested general funds were aligned with the governor’s recommendation, in part because of increased Medicaid reimbursement rates for long-term care facilities under prior legislation. HHSC also said it was restoring a special fund ceiling so the region could spend its cash collections on operations.
Members asked about the 64% fringe rate, and HHSC explained the difference was mainly due to defined-benefit pension and retiree health insurance costs, which private hospitals generally do not bear at the same level. Members also asked about the Daniel K. Akaka State Veterans Home, and HHSC said operations would be funded through the general fund corporation for the home when it opens, with management by Ohana Pacific, but no additional legislative operating funds were being requested at that time. Other questions focused on staffing and vacancies, including an abolished procurement position and an ongoing IT help desk recruitment need.
HHSC highlighted several capital and partnership projects, including a $25 million state CIP request matched by $25 million from the Benioff family for the Benioff Health Center, an ER expansion and reconfiguration at Corner Community Hospital, and $7.5 million in each fiscal year for Kauai EMR capital funds to join the Epic platform. Testimony also described collaborations with Queen’s, the University of California San Francisco, Hawaii Pacific Health, the Hawaii Cancer Consortium, the Department of Health, and the state hospital to improve specialty access, clinical trials, behavioral health, and patient placement across the system.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee BR Sub. on Econ. Dev., Public Protection, Tourism, and Energy (2-19-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, so the fiscal year adjusted gross revenue, it's $1.4 billion wagered.
- The adjusted gross revenue is $136.6 million. Okay, all right.
- </c> the gross Gaming revenue or adjusted the gross Gaming revenue or adjusted gross<00:04:56.639><c>
- </c><00:05:03.639><c> gross</c> the the fiscal year um adjusted gross the the fiscal year um adjusted
- to manage this process um within salary to manage this process um within the<00:11:15.800><c> last</
Keywords:
00:00 Call to Order and Roll Call
00:37 KY Horse Racing and Gaming Corp.
08:32 Cabinet for Health and Family Services
35:28 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The subcommittee heard an update from the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation on sports wagering revenue allocations and problem gaming funding. KHRGC reported that in fiscal year 2024, about $34.4 million was deposited to the pension fund and about $931,000 to the problem gaming assistance fund; fiscal year 2025 to date, the totals were about $18.5 million and $556,000, respectively, bringing all-time problem gaming funding to about $1.48 million. Members also discussed wagering volume, with KHRGC stating Kentucky had about $3.5 billion in wagers from September 2023 through December 2024 and about $1.4 billion in fiscal year 2025 to date. KHRGC explained that it tracks the funds sent to CHFS and the self-exclusion list, but does not track the number of people seeking help or the outcomes of those calls.
The Division of Mental Health then described how the problem gambling assistance account is used. Patty Clark and Sarah Cooper said the fund supports education, counseling, public awareness, counselor certification, and treatment-related costs, with $50,000 reserved for administrative expenses. They said the department has spent the last 18 months establishing criteria, funding standards, performance measures, monitoring, and application procedures, and that it issued notices of funding opportunity in October. They reported about 1.49 million in the fund through the end of January, with awards including support for the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling conference, a public awareness campaign by Project Ricochet, and a youth-focused campaign by Shaunie Transformation Youth Coalition.
Testimony also focused on the scope of problem gambling in Kentucky and how the helpline works. The department said fewer than 10 clinicians in Kentucky are specifically certified in problem gambling, though all addiction clinicians can provide services, and estimated about 165,000 adults show problem gambling behaviors, with 47,000 to 64,000 potentially meeting criteria for a gambling disorder. They said helpline calls rose to about 3,240 in 2024, but only about 25% were from people seeking help, with most callers seeking information about online wagering. Members asked about anonymity, follow-up, co-occurring alcohol or drug issues, and whether the fund should reimburse Medicaid or directly cover treatment costs. The presenters said calls are anonymous, outcomes are not tracked unless callers follow up, and the program is currently focused on building provider capacity and targeted outreach rather than direct reimbursement or a statewide campaign.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- So, as of right now, because the last time we adjusted this cap was in 2008 or 2009, I'm sorry, parishes
- about what it doesn't, like, and I hate to say this, but like, you know, a prohibition is staff salaries
- We made a lot of adjustments to our sales and income tax the last couple of years.
- And as we've done so, we found that we just need to adjust some of the statutes to fit the bigger picture
- We made a lot of adjustments to our sales and income tax the last couple of years.
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
severance tax, parish revenue, constitutional amendment, natural resources, local government funding, HB 474, Act 400, Louisiana income tax, tax refund checkoff, refund donation, alumni association, Grambling University National Alumni Association, Louisiana Tech University Alumni Association, Department of Revenue, Title 47, voluntary contribution, tax return designation, state tax refund, nonprofit donation, higher education
DE
Transcript Highlights:
- Can we make that adjustment? Certainly. Any other questions or comments?
- It will adjust the total category for Section 2 each time. Okay. All right. Just for Section 2.
- Section 34 would amend Delaware Code to adjust the cap for the county seat package based on the allocation
- Section 35 would amend the Fiscal Year 2027 Appropriations Act to update a portion of the salary policy
- to clarify which state agency teachers will be authorized to receive a salary supplement.
Committee:
Joint Finance
Summary:
The Joint Finance Committee met to review and vote on the fiscal year 2027 Grants and Aid Act, which was expected to be pre-filed as Senate Bill 337. Members first reviewed Section 1, covering county seat payments, paramedic operations, senior center allocations, senior center transportation, and Homeland Security grants. They approved Section 1 after discussion of how senior center transportation is being moved from DART to grant-in-aid and how some organizations can appear in both the senior center formula and the general aging category.
The committee then worked through Section 2, which included one-time appropriations and the various grant categories for aging, arts/historical/recreation, economic housing or labor services, family and youth services, health or disability services, and neighborhood and community services. Members discussed several specific items, including New Castle County reassessment-related funding, Friends of Cooch’s Bridge, Slaughter Neck Community Action Organization, Plastic-Free Delaware, Love, Inc. of the Delmarva, and the Southern Delaware Horse Retirement Association. One aging line for Slaughter Neck was reduced back to flat funding after members questioned a large increase, and the revised category total was adjusted accordingly. Each of the Section 2 subcategories was then adopted.
Section 3, covering fire companies and public service ambulance companies, was approved with increases across apparatus, ambulance, rescue truck, aerial truck, rescue boat, substation, and insurance rebate equalization funding. Section 4, for veterans organizations and youth programs such as Boys State, Girls State, and Trooper Youth Week, was also adopted. The committee then approved the epilogue sections, which included eligibility, audit, payment, and reporting rules; special provisions for the Wilmington Senior Center contingency; conditions tied to several one-time appropriations; withholding funding from Merri-Dell Volunteer Fire Company pending a corrective report; and reprogramming $1,485,000 from a prior SMART food program appropriation toward SNAP/WIC-related food access initiatives. The meeting ended with remarks thanking staff and noting that it was likely the last JFC meeting for two members, followed by adjournment.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Joint Hearing Assembly Public Employment and Retirement And Senate Labor, Public Employment And Retirement Mar 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, you mentioned if there's a big gain, you know, you can adjust the amortization down.
- Now, in terms of long-term changes, we're keeping our eye on that and we would make adjustments as things
- Right now, we haven't seen the disruption with AI in terms of salaries and In terms of salaries or members
- And to the extent that it starts to impact that, we will make some adjustments in our assumptions.
- And to the extent that it starts to impact that, we will make some adjustments in our assumptions.
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement and the Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment, and Retirement held a joint hearing required by law to receive an independent report from the California Actuarial Advisory Panel on CalPERS. Opening remarks emphasized CalPERS’ role in providing retirement security for roughly two million members and the importance of actuarial assumptions to state budgeting and long-term pension health. Scott Tarando, CalPERS chief actuary and a CAP member, presented the report with Michael Cohen of CalPERS’ investment office available for questions.
Tarando explained the statutory disclosure requirements under Government Code Section 2029, including sensitivity analysis around CalPERS’ 6.8% discount rate, and discussed how investment return assumptions and the 20-year amortization period affect contribution rates, unfunded liabilities, and budget volatility. He said shorter amortization periods would raise near-term costs but reduce long-term interest costs, and noted that CalPERS’ current approach is intended to smooth contribution changes over time. He also described the timing of the annual valuation process, explaining that contribution rates for a given fiscal year are based on the most recently audited year-end data and are approved by the board before being used in the budget process.
Members asked about the relationship between average employee service life and amortization, whether more current data could be used, the effect of AI and labor-market changes on future assumptions, whether retirees’ benefits change with annual valuations, and CalPERS’ funded status. Tarando said the average expected working lifetime is about 11 to 12 years, while CalPERS uses a 20-year amortization period; he also said retiree benefits are set at retirement and do not change based on later valuations. He estimated CalPERS’ funded status had risen from the mid-60% range about 10 years ago to around 79% at June 30 and above 80% more recently. Cohen said CalPERS had complied with federal information requests and that no formal federal review had been released. During public comment, a county association representative praised the improved funded status and PEPRA reforms. The chairs closed by reiterating fiduciary responsibility and the need to protect CalPERS’ long-term stability, and the meeting adjourned.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Four - Wednesday, May 6
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Forty-eighth in the country for teachers' salaries.
- So that's what the beginning teachers get, is their salary.
- Average the beginning teacher salaries.
- salary grant, which pushes everything up.
- you the actual salary and the average beginning teacher salary.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior day’s journal by roll call, and a long series of special guest introductions recognizing family members, interns, public servants, nonprofit leaders, students, and a park ranger honored for life-saving actions. Committee reports and Senate messages followed, including Senate nonconcurrence on numerous amendments to Senate Bill 1421 and the appointment of a conference committee on another bill.
The main floor action centered on budget conference committee reports, especially House Bill 2002 on public education. Members debated whether the conference version fully funded the foundation formula, with supporters arguing it maintained record-level funding and opponents saying it left schools about $190 million short and relied on uncertain funding sources such as blind pension, lottery, and possible ARPA dollars. After a substitute motion to send the bill back to conference was defeated, the House adopted the conference report 83-68 and then third-read and passed House Bill 2002 by the same margin. The House then took up House Bill 2003 on higher education, where members discussed a move toward a future performance-based funding model while keeping current funding flat; the conference report passed 119-28 and the bill was third-read and passed 109-32.
The chamber next considered House Bill 2004, covering the Departments of Revenue and Transportation. Debate focused on transportation funding, rural roads, and a small local safety project in Lebanon that had already been addressed by MoDOT. The conference report was adopted 128-21 and the bill was third-read and passed 127-27. Finally, the House began debate on House Bill 2005 for the Office of Administration and IT-related functions, with the sponsor and supporters emphasizing IT accountability, the Movers project, and the transfer of some staff to DSS; the transcript ends during discussion of that bill.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- AS WE HAVE SEEN CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SALARIES GET INCREASE FOR OUR PUBLIC PRISONS.
- AND LASTLY SALARY INCREASES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN FISCALLY CONSTRAINED COUNTIES.
- OFFICER SALARIES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
- UP SO THEY CAN BE COMPETITIVE ALONG WITH THE SALARIES IN MOST OF THE OTHER SILOS.
- SALARY INCREASES FOR COURT REPORTERS, COURT INTERPRETERS. STAFF ATTORNEYS.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:48 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- What's their salary? What's the role they play? What's the level they're at in our wage scale?
- and salaries, Mr. Chair. Yes, Mr.
- And then what would be the salary if they're working before 7 or after 7, Mr.
- Rate that has to go to salary.
- their salary based upon the.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement, technology funding, revolving fund, capital equipment, enterprise services, state IT budgeting, software budgeting, amortization, depreciation, State Treasurer, Department of Finance and Administration, New Mexico, information technology, IT infrastructure, fund accounting, legislative appropriation
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, teacher salaries. He doesn't use beginning salaries.
- </c><00:34:14.720><c> No</c> salaries. He doesn't use beginning. No salaries.
- ><c> the</c><00:35:43.119><c> low</c> took the starting salary, the low took the starting salary, the
- </c> those starting salaries, $42,560. those starting salaries, $42,560.
- Not that to adjust to a lower number?
Committee:
House Education Funding
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Administrative Rules Committee Jun 11th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Administrative Rules Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The first one is 40-7-02, salary administration procedures.
- , temporary increase, and salary range to align with current HR practices.
- The first one is 40702 salary administration procedures.
- , temporary increase, and salary range to align with current HR practices.
- The revised rule now allows for additional payment methods to team members, such as payroll adjustments
Committee:
Joint Administrative Rules Committee
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- And then obviously we'll have to adjust if any of those policies are not allowed when final guidance
- nursing staffing standards, of course, in 2023 there was a standard about 3.08 hours of case-mix-adjusted
- And I kind of have to question when COVID hit, particularly nurses' salaries really increased.
- the big pieces of the strategy from late summer to help fill those vacancies was offering higher salaries
- And what that means is that in terms of inflation-adjusted dollars, that's a 31% decrease in funding
Committee:
House Health and Human Services
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Ways & Means Feb 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- have specific testimony, it sounds like you do, you have experience, and you're asking for some adjustments
- At a minimum, adjust the generous benefits before increasing the tax.
- At a minimum, adjust the generous benefits before increasing the tax.
- The state is required to fund one-half of Superior Court judges' salaries and 100% of benefits.
- half of the salary, as well as all associated chamber costs.
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on a series of housing, education, workforce, and court-related bills. On Substitute Senate Bill 5884, staff described changes to a sales and use tax deferral for redeveloping vacant or underused land into affordable housing, including broader eligible property definitions and lower affordability thresholds in designated areas. Testimony was mixed: builders opposed language they feared could encourage project labor agreements, while Spokane and Kent representatives supported the bill but asked for flexibility on affordability mix requirements. On Senate Bill 6256, which expands a property tax exemption for nonprofit low-income rental housing to include certain co-located community uses during construction and extends the pre-construction exemption period, testimony was strongly supportive from housing nonprofits and local housing partners, with questions focused on clawback provisions.
The committee also heard Substitute Senate Bill 6027, which expands allowable uses of local housing and supportive housing sales tax revenue, adjusts a REET exemption timeline, broadens emergency housing definitions, and changes use of the Affordable Housing for All account. County, housing, and nonprofit witnesses said the bill would help preserve housing and services amid federal funding uncertainty, though Snohomish County asked for an amendment to allow rental assistance. Substitute Senate Bill 6018 would revise the Housing Finance Commission’s authority, including direct lending and bond counsel terms; commission staff said it would modernize outdated restrictions and improve financing flexibility. Substitute Senate Bill 6028 would create a revolving loan fund for mixed-income homeownership projects; supporters said it would help smaller infill projects pencil, while staff noted the loans would be subordinate and carry some risk.
Later, the committee heard Senate Bill 6275 on the community reinvestment program, which would require periodic plan updates, reporting, and a WSIPP study, while also expressing legislative intent to continue at least $100 million annually in the account. Advocates, workforce groups, legal aid providers, and small business owners testified that the program supports communities harmed by past disinvestment and should be made permanent and more accountable. Substitute Senate Bill 5961 would move the Imagination Library program from DCYF to OSPI; early literacy advocates and local partners supported the transfer as better aligned with school readiness. Substitute Senate Bill 5969 would integrate IEP transition plans with high school and beyond plans, and a prior critic said amendments addressed her concerns. Second Substitute Senate Bill 5292 would shift PFML premium rate-setting to the annual actuarial report and raise the reserve target; labor and industry witnesses supported the change, while a policy group opposed the program’s costs.
The committee also heard Senate Bill 5868 to add one superior court judge each in Skagit and Yakima counties. Judges and county officials testified that caseloads, population growth, and backlogs justify the additions, and county leaders said they had already budgeted for their share. Finally, Substitute Senate Bill 5827 would allow service members to use pre-discharge certification to claim veterans’ civil service preference; the sponsor said it would solve a timing problem for transitioning service members. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the transcript, as the meeting consisted of bill briefings and public testimony.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- So is there no adjustment or thought to those changes in income?
- I will say that our state appropriation funds are salaries.
- So starting on page 5, we have the core for the senators' salaries.
- Yeah, I'm going to ask some questions about senator salaries and then tied to representative salaries
- So the first one, we have the representative salaries.
Committee:
House Budget
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- So as a salary, we're not affected by this. Thank you, Ranking Member Schmidt.
- That would be very hard to adjust and would also add more overtime in.
- That would be very hard to adjust and would also add more overtime in.
- It used to be something where you became a salaried worker.
- It used to be something where you became a salaried worker.
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
plumbing contractor, plumber, license suspension, credential suspension, administrative penalty, infractions, repeat violator, consumer protection, residential plumbing, construction licensing, Washington Department of Labor and Industries, advisory board of plumbers, plumbing certificate fund, code enforcement, professional licensing, trade regulation, security, regulation, employment standards, security guards