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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2025-04-09
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- USIC continually strives to improve its performance to protect the safety of its employees and the communities
- We have a small but mighty staff of 12 full-time employees who work tirelessly to get food to our 220
- I understand that this part of the bill likely came from a need to expand the number of employees that
- I firmly believe that there are other ways of increasing the number of employees who can...
Bills:
HF2446
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee sub still ensures non-certified individuals, including facility employees, contractors,
- The Arc of Texas supports 3276, particularly the bill's languages focus on strengthening employee eligibility
- often lack the ability to fully advocate for themselves, making heightened scrutiny of potential employees
- I've got 93 employees. I review records all the time.
Committee:
House S/C on Juvenile Justice
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Families & Children (3-11-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- equip the Department of Community-Based Services with training that will help them and help the employees
- 00:04:14.959><c> the</c> that will help them um and help the that will help them um and help the employees
- 04:16.600><c> um</c><00:04:16.880><c> the</c><00:04:17.079><c> needs</c><00:04:17.639><c> and</c> employees
- understand um the needs and employees understand um the needs and how<00:04:17.919><c> to</c><00:04:
Keywords:
Roll Call – 00:14
Discussion on HB 479 – 00:49
Vote on HB 479 – 09:03
Review of 921 KAR 001:400 Proposed – 09:50
Notice of Half-Year Block Grant Status Reports – 10:08, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, passed over House Bill 291, and took up House Bill 479, an act related to dementia training. Rep. Derek Lewis, joined by Rep. Adriel Camel and Mackenzie Wallace of the Alzheimer’s Association, explained that the bill would provide free dementia-specific training for Adult Protective Services workers and help them better recognize and respond to abuse, neglect, exploitation, and the needs of people with dementia. Testimony emphasized the personal impact of dementia on families, the difficulty of navigating diagnosis and care, and the need to connect families to services. A senator asked about the bill’s data and scope, and Wallace explained that the county-level figures reflected Adult Protective Services referrals and diagnosed cases of Alzheimer’s or other dementia among people 65 and older. She also noted broader public health efforts related to brain health and a federal grant effort tied to those issues.
Several members spoke in support, including Sen. Denine, who described his father’s recent death after a difficult period with dementia and said the training would help families and workers identify and respond to the disease earlier. After discussion, Sen. Heron moved the bill, the motion was seconded, and the committee voted 6-0 to pass House Bill 479 with favorable expression. The chair said it should pass on the Senate floor.
Afterward, the committee briefly reviewed administrative regulation 921 KAR 2:100 and found it reviewed with no questions. A child care block grant item was also presented for information only, with no questions raised. The meeting then adjourned.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Nine - Wednesday, May 13
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that could hold true for any employee.
- They're not going to be able to hire another full-time employee to be there every day.
- Would it be reasonable to open this up to employees who are already on campus?
- So if these are full-time employees of the school district, as opposed to a full-time, part-time employee
- If you have 10 or more employees, you have to electronically file your information with the service.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the House Journal by roll call vote, 123-0. Members then used points of personal privilege to recognize National Police Week, honor fallen officers, and offer extended tributes to departing colleagues and a departing representative, followed by numerous introductions of special guests, interns, students, and visiting groups from schools and universities.
The chamber then received Senate messages and committee reports before taking up House Bill 1839, 2921, and 3015 together. The sponsor described the measure as a technical correction to online age-verification language related to pornography, and members noted the bill had already passed the House and Senate overwhelmingly. The House concurred in Senate Amendment 1 by a vote of 104-30, then adopted the conference/TAFP motion and finally passed the package 112-25.
Members next considered House Bill 2596 in conference committee. The sponsor explained the bill as a small-business health plan measure that also included a negotiated amendment expanding private insurance coverage for contraception from a six-month to a 12-month supply, while removing Senate-added blood pressure cuff language and adding a severability clause. After debate about the process and policy, the House adopted the conference report 120-26 and then third-read and passed the bill 119-27.
The final major item was Senate Bill 905, creating the Missouri Ranger training program to allow school districts, if they choose, to place specially trained personnel with narrow law-enforcement powers in schools. Debate focused heavily on school safety, local control, funding, training, and whether armed personnel in schools would help or harm students. Supporters argued it would provide an optional, low-cost safety tool, especially for districts without school resource officers; opponents argued it would escalate fear, resemble a prison environment, and fail to address mental health and other root causes. The House moved the previous question, adopted the amendment, and continued debate on the bill.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on S.F. 1832 - Jobs and Labor Omnibus - 05/15/25
Transcript Highlights:
- What also happens though is when an employee is fraudulent and gets caught, what is their penalty for
- the employee?
- What also happens though is when an employee is fraudulent and gets caught, what is their penalty for
- the employee?
- </c> their penalty for the employee? their penalty for the employee?
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- But I also felt called to testify because I owe my career to state employees thinking creatively about
- But I also felt called to testify because I owe my career to state employees thinking creatively about
- the reuse... because I owe my career to state employees thinking creatively about the reuse of public
- work by theater artists have kept us going, but only through the foresight and diligence of state employees
- Department of Conservation and Recreation. ...but only through the foresight and diligence of state employees
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts, and Cultural Development held a hearing on October 21, opening with a moment of silence for former committee chair Senator Edward Kennedy. Chairs Senator Paul Mark and Representative Sean Garballey then heard testimony on several bills related to tourism funding, arts infrastructure, public art, Native heritage, and a choreographer laureate.
A major focus was legislation to require earlier distribution of regional tourism council grants from the Tourism Trust Fund, with testimony from regional tourism leaders from North of Boston, Metro West, Cape Cod, and Senator Joan Lovely. Witnesses said delayed grant allocations make it difficult to plan fall, winter, and shoulder-season marketing, and they argued that an October 1 or September 1 deadline would help preserve tourism’s economic impact without increasing appropriations. They cited tourism’s role in jobs, tax revenue, and regional economic development, especially for smaller and less prominent tourism regions.
The committee also heard strong support for the Creative Space Act and the PLACE Act, which would help municipalities preserve affordable creative workspace and create a public art funding mechanism tied to state construction projects. Testimony from MassCreative, MAPC, arts organizations, muralists, and local arts leaders emphasized loss of workspace, displacement of artists, and the economic and community benefits of public art. Additional testimony supported bills to protect Native American heritage by preventing the sale of funerary and sacred objects in public or nonprofit collections, and a bill to establish a first-in-the-nation choreographer laureate of the Commonwealth. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the committee adjourned after public testimony concluded.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 33 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- investors to own up to 20% of different businesses throughout the Commonwealth, and incentivizing employee-owned
- businesses to realize their capital through selling their current establishments or by selling to their employees
- to realize their capital through selling their current establishments or by selling it to their employees
- In 2021, a former Facebook employee, Francis Haugen, shared information with The Wall Street Journal
- In 2021, a former Facebook employee, Francis Hogan, shared information with the Wall Street Journal that
Summary:
The House first recognized several student athletes and teams, including East Bridgewater cheerleaders, Medway athletes and teams, and the Housatonic Valley basketball team, and adopted a resolution congratulating the William Diamond Jr. Fife and Drum Corps on its 25th anniversary. Members also suspended Joint Rule 12 to advance a petition concerning an extension of a lease authorization for conservation land.
The chamber then took up Senate 2581, as amended, a major education and youth technology bill. The bill was rewritten to promote safe technology use and distraction-free education, including restrictions on personal electronic devices in public schools and limits on social media access for children. Members debated whether the policy should be bell-to-bell or allow more local flexibility, and several amendments were offered. An amendment from Attleboro to preserve district-specific policies was rejected, while a consolidated amendment tightening social media restrictions and related protections was adopted.
The House also considered and passed several other bills, including measures amending the Sandwich charter, authorizing Springfield to help certain residents with local tax obligations, authorizing charity alcohol auctions, and directing the Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for a specific police applicant. In addition, the House rejected concurrence on a Senate version of a higher education infrastructure bill and instead appointed a committee of conference. Later, the House accepted a conference report on modernizing cannabis laws after debate focused on regulatory streamlining, equity, ownership caps, and hemp regulation. The report was adopted by roll call, and the House then passed the amended education bill to be engrossed before adjourning to the next day.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/26/2026 - House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation
Artificial Intelligence & Innovation
Transcript Highlights:
- I've led 29 acquisitions, mergers, and integrations in my career, and I've never laid off an employee
- And we did displace employees as we put these new automation techniques in.
- But very early on, I just directed our HR department to make sure that any employee who is displaced
- And to put that in context, we have 4,000 employees.
- And, oh, by the way, we're also 17th when it comes to volunteer hours by all of our employees to support
Bills:
SB1786
Committee:
House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We're a 501(c)(5) registered nonprofit representing some of the employees of the Idaho State Police.
- We're a 501C5 registered nonprofit representing the employees, some of the employees of the Idaho State
- Police Association. nonprofit representing the employees, some of the employees of the Idaho State Police
Committee:
Senate Transportation
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Higher Education and Workforce Development Mar 3rd, 2026
Higher Education and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- sectors or occupations, high-wage sectors or occupations, or sectors that have an end demand of employees
- and trained employees.
- returns the investment sooner and could ease the burden on all sectors currently suffering from employee
- it would get done quickly, especially if their intent is to expedite the delivery of well-trained employees
- And that might be another... ...to expedite the delivery of well-trained employees.
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 2510, sponsored by Rep. Steinmeier, which would create a coordinated state framework for critical minerals involving the Departments of Natural Resources, Economic Development, and Higher Education and Workforce Development. The sponsor said Missouri is well positioned because it contains 36 of 60 minerals deemed critical to national security and manufacturing, and argued the bill would help Missouri pursue federal funding, build a workforce pipeline, and support advanced manufacturing with a five-year sunset. Committee members questioned the need for a new state structure and fund, the cost to Missouri, the role of universities, and whether the task force was too narrowly written around the University of Missouri system and mistakenly included DESE instead of higher education. A Missouri Chamber witness supported the bill for its economic and national security benefits, while an environmental witness urged adding an environmental professional to the task force and a mining permitting framework, citing health and water concerns and suggesting a separate mining-regulation bill as an amendment.
The committee then took up House Bill 2585, sponsored by Rep. Castile, which updates Missouri workforce development statutes to align with federal law and implement the new Workforce Pell Grant program. The sponsor said the bill would allow short-term, high-value training programs in fields like welding, public safety academies, health technology, and trucking to qualify for Pell support, while preserving oversight and tying eligibility to outcomes such as completion, job placement, and earnings. Members asked about the number and makeup of the workforce board, whether the bill’s staffing references still pointed to the wrong department, how the 150% poverty-level threshold and reporting metrics would work, and whether the board could move quickly enough to meet federal timelines. A Missouri Community College Association witness said all 12 community colleges have programs likely to qualify and explained the federal eligibility standards, including a 70% completion rate, 70% job placement rate, and three-year rolling data review; a FGA Action witness and the Missouri Chamber also supported the bill as a way to expand access to skills training and draw down federal funds.
After the bill hearings, the committee received an informational presentation from the Midwestern Higher Education Compact. The presenter described the compact’s regional cost-saving work, including reciprocity for distance education, technology contracts, grants, and efforts on dual credit and FAFSA support. She also shared Missouri-specific data on educational attainment, enrollment trends, student migration, and net price, noting that Missouri lags slightly behind the U.S. in attainment, has projected declines in high school graduates, retains most in-state students, and has higher net prices for low-income students than the Midwest average. The committee then adjourned.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Early Learning & Human Services Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Early Learning & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- This cost report is required annually and includes wages and benefit information about its employees.
- as the state requires us to account for every client service, position, wage, and benefit cost by employee
- I ask you to support House Bill 2600 to make sure supported living employees are spending state dollars
- I ask you to support House Bill 2600 to make sure supported living employees are spending state dollars
- After months of them refusing to budge, employees voted unanimously to authorize a strike.
Committee:
House Early Learning & Human Services
Keywords:
child care, Working Connections Child Care, WCCC, graduate students, professional students, higher education, full-time student, affordable child care, subsidized child care, child care subsidy, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, DCYF, income eligibility, state median income, copayment, copay waiver, family support, workforce participation, working families, special needs child care
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- You talk about funeral homes, road maintenance employees, crime scene cleaners, the towing companies,
- You can write a policy as a sheriff's department says as an employee, you cannot do this, but they're
- not employees of the sheriff's department.
- They're not employees of the OHP or the police department. They're their own private entity.
- you're mad at, you'll be able to search and be able to find out the names and information of all the employees
Bills:
SB1226 , SB1456 , SB1462 , SB1463 , SB1980 , SB1479 , SB1608 , SB1923 , HB2979 , HB2980 , HB3662 , HB4107 , HB3082 , HB2997 , HB3083 , HB3055 , HB2951
Committee:
Senate Public Safety
Keywords:
motor vehicle, accident, notification, liability, civil action, gender neutral, SB1456, Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence, sunset extension, sunset law, breath alcohol testing, DUI, DWI, drunk driving, drug testing, chemical testing, field sobriety, roadside screening, blood test, saliva test
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- I think Marc may especially find it funny that it's his former employee.
- Labor Standards Act or FLSA, employees can actually or employers can request a certificate that allows
- wages to be based on the workers' productivity or the workers' efficiency compared to the other employees
- is maybe getting hired into a new job and has to learn or maybe isn't as proficient as the other employees
- should be because if anyone has a job, they should also have an ABLE account And I have found so many employees
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- impacted on both ends—employer, the cities and counties, and beyond that employers, but also the employees—so
- impacted on both ends—employer, the cities and counties, and beyond that employers, but also the employees—so
- employers but counties and beyond that employers but also<00:09:14.800><c> the</c><00:09:15.120><c> employees
- > so</c><00:09:15.839><c> that</c><00:09:16.080><c> the</c><00:09:16.240><c> people</c> also the employees
- so that the people also the employees so that the people obviously<00:09:17.440><c> that</c><00:09:17.760
Committee:
House Ways and Means
Keywords:
pension, retirement, omnibus pension, MSRS, PERA, TRA, public employees retirement, state employees retirement, correctional employees, police and fire retirement, State Patrol retirement, teachers retirement, firefighter relief association, volunteer firefighter, state aid, postretirement adjustment, COLA, annuity, disability benefit, duty disability
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Mar 20th, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- It's up to the Employee Cost Index from the previous year. Thank you.
- The employee contribution will go up to 2:25, and the employer contribution will go up to 2:25.
- I'm very very sorry, 2:38 for the employee, 2:68 for the employer.
- And then in 2034, up to 2:50 for the employee, and 2:80 for the employer.
- Then the current The assessment fee is 2 for the employee and 2.30 for the employer contribution.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- One thing that Director McCraw was great about was communicating with our employees, our troopers, our
- So we and our employees are great. They communicate.
- deploying less and handling more from within regions so that the numbers are down, and we actually have employees
- So we and our employees are great. They communicate.
- deploying less and handling more from within regions so that the numbers are down, and we actually have employees
Committee:
Senate Border Security
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Border Security held its first hearing of the 89th legislative session, established a quorum, welcomed new and returning members, and adopted the committee rules without objection. The chair said the hearing would be limited to invited state agency witnesses and was intended as a status update for new members on current border operations, especially in light of the change in federal administration.
Testimony came from the Office of the Attorney General, Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Texas Military Department. The Attorney General’s representative said border-related litigation is largely in a holding pattern while the new U.S. Department of Justice awaits additional leadership, and noted prior cases involving concertina wire, buoys, and the CBP One app. DPS described Operation Lone Star’s evolution from filling gaps when Border Patrol was overwhelmed to current operations focused on interdiction, criminal arrests, fentanyl and meth seizures, and national security concerns, while also noting improved morale and more voluntary deployments as border pressure has eased. The Texas Military Department reported more than 5,000 personnel on state active duty, extensive use of barriers, drones, boats, and rapid-response forces, and said Operation Lone Star has resulted in more than 531,000 apprehensions and a 90% reduction in illegal crossings.
Members and witnesses discussed whether the state should maintain its current border-security footprint while federal policy settles, with the chair emphasizing preserving institutional knowledge and leaving tactical decisions to the governor. Questions also covered trooper fatigue, Border Patrol training under SB 602, and concerns about cartel-driven commercial trucking and fuel depots near the border. The committee heard that Border Patrol training with DPS has resumed, and the chair asked agencies to keep the Legislature informed as legal and operational circumstances change. No bills were heard and no votes were taken beyond adopting the committee rules.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- His concern for the community extended to his employees.
- built the 13,000-square-foot RosenCare Medical Center, which offers low-cost medical care for his employees
- We actually had some of our operation centers, which are boots-on-the-ground employees doing the work
- We can see, with positions that are advertised, how many of our current employees are being promoted
- Positions that are advertised, how many of our current employees are being promoted into new positions
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Summary:
The Transportation Committee met and first considered SB 88, which would allow local governments to authorize utility terrain vehicles (UTVs) on certain low-speed county roads and municipal streets, with limits on who may operate them and where they may travel. An amendment from Sen. Wright was adopted to require minimum motor vehicle insurance, keep a registration certificate in the vehicle, and delay the effective date to January 1, 2026 for implementation. The bill drew mixed testimony: supporters said it would create a safe, locally controlled path for UTV use and reflect how the vehicles are already being used, while opponents from the Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association and Florida Justice Association argued UTVs are designed for off-road use and lack the safety features needed for public roads. After debate, the committee reported CS/SB 88 favorably, with Sen. Davis voting no and several members expressing support while noting safety concerns for future work.
The committee then heard SB 274, which designates a portion of International Drive in Orlando as Harris Rosen Way in honor of the late hotelier and philanthropist Harris Rosen. Sen. Arrington described Rosen’s business success and extensive charitable work in Central Florida, and the bill received supportive comments from committee members and a representative from UCF. The committee voted the bill favorably without opposition.
The final item was a discussion on transportation workforce issues led by FDOT Secretary Jared Perdue, with remarks from Florida Transportation Builders Association president Dan Hurtado. Perdue said Florida’s growing transportation needs, an aging workforce, and projected retirements require a broader workforce strategy, including a proposed Transportation Academy, craft and trade programs, learning labs, and a transportation research institute. He said FDOT has already reduced vacancies through recruit-and-retain efforts and hiring events, but still needs more skilled workers. Hurtado said FTBA supports expanding workforce development efforts and noted the industry’s own Florida Connect Academy. No vote was taken on the workforce discussion, and the committee adjourned at the end of the meeting.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Education Postsecondary Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- is so critical because they're going to tell you right now, you know, I need I'm going to be 25 employees
- We firmly believe our mission is to educate, empower and employee every action.
- Employees need to know a little about a lot.
- We've had numerous individuals come to our college and say we need we need employees and we know water
- So what we did was we took an employee is the criteria unemployed, underemployed.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- He said it would clarify the status of these essential employees.
- </c> the status of these essential employees. the status of these essential employees.
- </c><01:07:36.640><c> ensures</c> managers as essential employees ensures managers as essential employees
- So, if that's not a definition of an essential employee, I don't... You do.
- So, if that's not a definition of an essential employee, I don't...
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- was subject to eventually that employee was subject to I<00:26:49.320><c> believe</c><00:26:49.640><
- Are they employees of the overarching agency?”
- Representative Virnig asked whether individual providers are independent contractors or employees of
- He said they have seen in many cases that these are contracted employees, and this Governor’s proposal
- <01:34:27.600><c> commissioner</c> employees commissioner employees commissioner Gandhi<01:34:30.560>
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy