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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- They're employees. They're appointed members of government.
- They're employees. They're appointed members of government.
- ><c> local</c> effectively employees of local effectively employees of local government,<01:56:07.440
- Um so I did name a number of employees.
- </c> because they are government employees because they are government employees they<02:37:16.640><c
Committee:
Senate Education
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 04/20/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- it says, upon notification that an employer has been convicted of failing to pay the wages of an employee
- IT SAYS UPON NOTIFICATION THAT AN EMPLOYER HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF FAILING TO PAY THE WAGES OF AN EMPLOYEE
- LET ME JUST TELL YOU HOW SMALL The amounts are: one employee was hired at a daily rate of $160.
- Another employee, $900 a week for demolition, carpentry, and drywall, either not paid or paychecks bounced
- And we see it not only in the wage area, we see it also with workers' comp, also involving employees
Summary:
The Senate opened with routine formalities, approved the journal, welcomed a SkillsUSA student delegation, and then moved into budget and policy business. The chamber accepted a Rules Committee report and took up a supplemental budget extender, Senate Print 9963, which would extend state operations through April 22 and authorize $12.7 billion, including about $5.1 billion in new funding for Medicaid, payroll, and school aid. Senator O’Mara questioned the delay in the budget, the lack of public detail, and unresolved issues such as CLCPA changes, auto insurance, and SEQR reforms; the sponsor said negotiations were ongoing and that school aid would likely build on the executive budget. The extender passed 57-1, with Senator Weik voting no.
The Senate then adopted Senate Resolution 1887, sponsored by Senator Brisport, memorializing the Governor to proclaim April 2026 as Arab American Heritage Month. Senators Brisport, Fahy, Salazar, and Gounardes spoke in support, emphasizing Arab Americans’ cultural, civic, and economic contributions in New York and condemning anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias. The resolution was adopted by voice vote and opened for co-sponsorship.
The chamber next considered several bills on the calendar, including a bill by Senator Cleare to prohibit state-chartered financial institutions from investing in private correctional facilities. Supporters framed it as a moral response to private prisons and rising federal use of detention facilities, while opponents argued it would overregulate state-chartered banks and affect private investment decisions. The bill passed 36-22. The Senate also passed a bill by Senator Krueger raising the nonprofit lobbying disclosure threshold from $5,000 to $10,000, after debate over transparency and whether the change would reduce oversight; it passed 35-23. Finally, the Senate passed Senator May’s bill on advanced transmission technologies and utility planning, after extensive debate over ratepayer costs, battery storage, and data center growth; supporters said it could lower energy costs through more efficient grid use, while opponents said it would raise rates and duplicate existing studies. The bill passed after being restored to the non-controversial calendar.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- They have 272 employees. This board, this Denturity Board, does not use any of those employees.
- They have 272 employees. This board, this Denturity Board, does not use any of those employees.
- They have 272 employees.
- This board, this debt and charity board, does not use any of those employees.
- projects, good neighbor authority projects, inflationary costs for fisheries, funding temporary employees
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And these were employees, and some of them have come forward and testified publicly, nationally, and
- And these were employees, and some of them have come forward and testified publicly, nationally, and
- And these were employees, and some of them have come forward and testified publicly, nationally, and
- And these were employees, and some of them have come forward and testified publicly, nationally, and
- And these were employees, and some of them have come forward and testified publicly, nationally, and
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Financial Services Committee Feb 25th, 2026
Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- We actually created that for the state employees as a way of cost savings for the members of the SEIB
- c><00:27:00.240><c> for</c><00:27:00.559><c> the</c><00:27:00.720><c> state</c><00:27:00.960><c> employees
- </c><00:27:01.440><c> as</c> created that for the state employees as created that for the state employees
- or whatever and have some of our Mexico or whatever and have some of our 4,000<00:49:09.520><c> employees
- laid off and those 4,000 employees laid off and those functions<00:49:13.280><c> taken</c><00:49:13.599
Committee:
House Financial Services
Keywords:
fishing, licensing, jubilee, Marine life, Alabama, regulations, sex offenders, employment restrictions, first responders, public safety, juvenile offenders, local laws, registration requirements, picketing, protesting, residential protest, noise amplification, amplified sound, residential picketing, harassment
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- So right now the bill is limited to government employees, and we think that could be expanded to more
- than just government employees and anybody who’s at risk of being doxed.
- 24:42.080><c> government</c> the bill is limited to government the bill is limited to government employees
- and we think that that could employees and we think that that could be<00:24:44.480><c> expanded</c>
- government</c> be expanded to more than just government be expanded to more than just government employees
Bills:
SB2064 , SB2312 , SB2811 , SB2662 , SB2744 , SB2809 , SB2862 , SB2343 , SB2336 , SB2075 , SB2308 , SB2601 , SB2397 , SB2219 , SB2849 , SB2449 , SB2781
Committee:
Senate Government Operations
Keywords:
state architect, construction projects, design approvals, building codes, state agency oversight, government contracts, transparency, record retention, public oversight, Hawaii Revised Statutes, building permits, task force, state-owned lands, construction, regulatory process, government accountability, external consultants, procurement reform, cost efficiency, in-house expertise
Summary:
The committee met for decision-making on measures heard earlier in the week and took up a series of government operations, procurement, public records, public meetings, and related bills. Several measures were deferred one week to February 12, 2026, including bills on state construction projects, government accountability, gubernatorial appointments, the legislature, public procurement, and a bill on Hawaiian lei sales, largely so the committee could compare similar measures, address concerns, or integrate related reports. The committee also deferred SB 2449 on public meetings for the year, citing concerns that the proposed business-day definition was overly prescriptive and unnecessary.
The committee passed several bills with amendments. These included measures clarifying UIPA applicability to records created or maintained by agencies, with amendments changing “government function” to “agency function” and committee report language noting Attorney General concerns and exempting ERS for now; SB 2811 on state building projects with technical amendments and a delayed effective date; SB 2809 on budget-related reports; SB 2336 on trees, with a Senate draft and removal of “political subdivision”; SB 2308 on small purchase vendor compliance, setting the threshold at $5,000 and adding a delayed effective date; SB 2601 on procurement, reorganizing misdemeanor language and leaving funding/FTE issues to Ways and Means; SB 2219 on a capital visitor center working group; and SB 2849 on public meetings, with technical amendments and a delayed effective date. Bills on neighborhood board concerns and public notice were also adopted, with SB 2929 drawing testimony both for and against.
Testimony was generally supportive on procurement and small business measures, especially SB 2928 establishing permanent small business procurement coordinator positions, which drew strong support from the State Procurement Office, DBEDT, the Chamber of Commerce, DOT, the Ethics Commission, and others. On public notice, the County of Maui supported allowing website posting, while another witness raised concerns about accessibility, centralized notice locations, and impacts on kūpuna and people with disabilities. On search and rescue, the committee heard support for creating a statewide coordination structure, along with discussion of where such an office should reside; the Attorney General raised constitutional and placement concerns, while witnesses suggested law enforcement, DLNR, or DoD as possible homes. The committee also heard support for a bill protecting home addresses of covered public servants and candidates, though the Public First Law Center urged broader coverage and a better fit with existing law.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
HF2432, the omnibus judiciary, public safety, and corrections bill is repassed in MN House 5/19/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:10:01.360><c> We</c><00:10:01.600><c> tried</c><00:10:01.920><c> to</c> employees they have.
- We tried to employees they have.
- The lives we were talking about impacting were certainly our students first, but then the 70 employees
- </c><00:18:40.240><c> That</c> employees that staff those schools.
- That employees that staff those schools.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Thousands of employees in Florida, they Owning and running the enterprise.
- Thousands of employees in Florida they employ across the state.
- There's a place for employees with autism in the workforce in productive jobs, but a major stumbling
- will provide all the employees of our state health plan with the ability to get a definitive diagnosis
- His concern for the community extended to his employees.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, pledge, and several member introductions and recognitions, including resolutions and visiting groups. The chamber then moved to a special order calendar and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 88 on utility terrain vehicles, which would allow local governments to opt in to street use of UTVs under specified safety conditions; it passed 32-5 after debate over safety concerns. SB 102 on exceptional student education created a workforce credential/badge program for students with autism or on modified curricula; despite concerns about unfunded mandates, it passed 36-0. SB 106 on exploitation of vulnerable adults authorized alternative service methods for scammers through the apps they used to contact victims and passed 37-0. SB 130 expanded and eased procedures for compensation of victims of wrongful incarceration, including extending filing deadlines and removing restrictive bars; it passed 38-0. SB 158 eliminated cost sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams under the state employee health plan and passed 38-0.
The Senate then considered SB 234 on crimes against law enforcement officers, prompted by the killing of Officer Jason Raynor. The bill clarified that a person may not resist an officer with violence and added a mandatory life sentence for manslaughter of a law enforcement officer. A late amendment to restore “good faith” language failed, and after extensive debate over due process, racial profiling, and sentencing concerns, the bill was temporarily postponed rather than brought to a final vote. SB 262 on trust code technical changes passed 36-0. SB 274 designated portions of roads in Orlando as Harris Rosen Way and Geraldine Thompson Way; it passed 38-0 and then received 37 co-sponsors. SB 280 created an enforcement mechanism for candidate party-affiliation qualification requirements and passed 38-0. SB 296 repealed the statewide middle and high school start-time mandate and returned the issue to local districts with reporting requirements; it passed 38-0.
Later, SB 356 designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Florida, with the sponsor emphasizing anti-Semitism and the need for education and remembrance. The transcript also included additional ceremonial remarks and recognition of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members in the gallery. Throughout the meeting, most measures advanced with unanimous or near-unanimous support, while SB 234 generated the most substantive disagreement and was set aside for later consideration.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Economic Development & Workforce Investment (3-6-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- that we had placed became employee of the month for Georgetown County Parks and Recreation.
- game on Tuesday night and one of our game on Tuesday night and one of our other<00:19:53.280><c> employees
- that we had had had other employees that we had had had placed<00:19:56.320><c> uh</c><00:19:56.520>
- <c> became</c><00:19:56.880><c> employee</c><00:19:57.320><c> of</c><00:19:57.400><c> the</c><00:19:57.520
- ><c> month</c> placed uh became employee of the month placed uh became employee of the month for<00:19
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00
Roll Call 00:24
SB 3 Discussion 01:06
SB 3 Vote 04:51
SB 15 Discussion 07:14
SB 15 Vote 14:42
SB 103 Discussion 15:39
SB 103 Vote 33:53
SB 201 Discussion 35:44
SB 201 Vote 39:47, 958, all
Summary:
The House Standing Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment met with a quorum and first considered Senate Bill 3, relating to student athletes and NIL. Senator Max Wise said the bill would modernize Kentucky’s NIL framework so universities remain competitive and student-athletes can benefit, noting the state’s earlier NIL law and the need to act before a pending national settlement. Several members supported the bill but expressed concern that NIL has changed college athletics and could eventually affect high school sports. The committee reported Senate Bill 3 favorably.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 15, relating to minimum wage exceptions for minor league baseball players. Senator Amanda Bledsoe and MLB representative Josh Allen explained that the bill would align Kentucky law with the players’ collective bargaining agreement, treating the players as salaried rather than hourly workers and addressing overtime issues. Members discussed the minimum weekly salaries at Single-A and Triple-A, along with housing, meals, and health benefits under the agreement. The committee adopted a committee substitute, passed a title amendment, and reported Senate Bill 15 favorably.
Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 103, which concerns the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and services for people with disabilities. Senator Danny Carroll and provider advocates said the bill would add regulatory oversight, require reporting to the legislature and governor, and give preference to in-state services when available, while preserving access to out-of-state services when needed. Testimony focused on Kentucky’s low employment ranking for people with disabilities, unused federal funds, provider funding concerns, and an OVR order of selection that would limit services to the most severe cases. The committee adopted a committee substitute and reported Senate Bill 103 favorably after supportive comments from members about the program’s impact on employment and quality of life.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Tue Feb 11, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- My response is: when the executive branch fails to protect its employees, laws are not just necessary
- My response is: when the executive branch fails to protect its employees, laws are not just necessary
- </c><01:19:33.920><c> involved</c><01:19:34.280><c> with</c><01:19:34.440><c> his</c> haido employees
- </c> because you are not a unionized employee because you are not a unionized employee or<01:30:10.280
- , or you were not at the time, you were an exempt employee, correct?
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard three House bills related to the Department of Hawaiian Homelands. HB 606 would extend the Act 279 special fund to June 30, 2028, continue deposits and appropriations to help eliminate the DHHL waitlist, and require a strategic plan and annual reporting. DHHL strongly supported the measure, saying most of the initial $600 million had been used and that the need remains large, with more than 29,000 people on the waitlist. Public testimony also supported the bill, emphasizing its importance to Native Hawaiian families and concerns about Hawaiians leaving the islands because of housing costs. A member noted the bill is a priority and that the committee will keep working on how to fund another $600 million.
HB 1086 would exempt DHHL homestead lot and housing development from general excise and use taxes. DHHL supported the bill, saying any tax savings would reduce the eventual cost of housing for low-income beneficiaries. The Department of Taxation said it could administer the measure and noted it is already being implemented under the governor’s emergency proclamation, with a proposed effective date of January 1, 2026. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered technical comments and urged the committee to weigh existing benefits already received by DHHL beneficiaries.
HB 1307 would appropriate funds for DHHL water well development and geothermal exploration on Hawaiian homelands. DHHL said the bill is a follow-up to prior study funding and would support slim-hole drilling, site evaluation, and consultant work to identify viable geothermal resources, especially on Hawaiʻi Island. Several testifiers opposed the bill, arguing there had been inadequate beneficiary consultation, raising environmental, cultural, and safety concerns, and objecting to using $20 million for geothermal rather than housing. In response to committee questions, DHHL staff explained that the goal is to gather information for a future public-private partnership to develop geothermal electricity, and that a Chapter 343 environmental review would be required later in the process. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- that had to be paid for employees that had to be paid for relating<00:10:43.320><c> to</c> relating
- The general funds are only available to cover employees whose salaries are paid with general funds in
- So how many employees is that? About 100, 110 employees?
- We have about 140 total employees, and about 30, I think 28, are general funded.
- is that about 100 110 employees is that about 100 110 employees<00:20:50.640><c> we</c><00:20:50.720
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- when making a determination about a renewable energy application to include consultants, temporary employees
- application to include consultants, application to include consultants, temporary<00:08:51.320><c> employees
- /c><00:08:51.960><c> and</c><00:08:52.120><c> other</c><00:08:52.280><c> providers</c> temporary employees
- , and other providers temporary employees, and other providers of<00:08:52.960><c> research,</c><00:08
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Pension Policy Apr 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Select Committee itself, your task is to study issues and policies affecting the state's public employee
- It's important to remember that the staff are nonpartisan employees, and other than Kate, we are employees
- My name is Derek Vanspore, executive director of the Retired Public Employees Council of Washington,
Committee:
Joint Select Committee on Pension Policy
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Banking and Insurance. (3-17-26)
Banking & Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- covered, and it increases the cap on hearing aids and hearing aid related services under the state employee
- hearing aid related services under the hearing aid related services under the state<00:09:22.120><c> employee
- ><c> plan</c><00:09:22.920><c> from</c><00:09:23.080><c> 1,400</c><00:09:23.680><c> to</c> state employee
- health plan from 1,400 to state employee health plan from 1,400 to 2,500. 2,500. 2,500.
Committee:
Senate Banking & Insurance
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety Mar 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- But, of course, in reality, because of employee turnover and whatnot, some positions are inevitably vacant
- Does CDCR have a policy that allows employees to receive vacation payouts before retirement, like while
- they're active employees?
- Employees don't have to do it. It's just something, it's an election that they can make.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety heard updates on CDCR’s population projections and the preliminary fiscal impacts of Proposition 36. CDCR said its fall 2025 projections show continued declines in the institution and parole populations through June 2030, while noting Prop. 36 admissions are increasing but remain uncertain. The LAO said the administration’s Prop. 36 estimates may be somewhat low because they were based on only six months of implementation data, and the Department of Finance agreed the methodology is still developing. Committee members asked about the offenses driving admissions and the sentence-length impacts, and CDCR identified the main qualifying offenses and enhancements it is tracking. No votes were taken.
The committee then discussed CDCR’s request for $91 million ongoing for lump-sum leave cashouts for correctional officers and nurses. CDCR said vacancy reductions and prison closures have reduced the salary savings historically used to cover these costs. The LAO supported the funding only on a limited-term basis and urged more oversight and reporting on CDCR’s structural shortfall, while the Department of Finance argued ongoing funding is needed because leave liabilities are mandatory and salary savings are less stable. Members raised concerns about transparency, asked about leave buyback practices and accrued leave balances, and requested more information before the May Revision.
Members also heard CDCR’s proposals for $10 million for the final two statewide video surveillance projects and $15.2 million for Fire Watch coverage and related fire alarm work. The LAO supported the Fire Watch request as a one-time health and safety cost, while CDCR explained the aging prison infrastructure and the need for interim safety measures while longer-term replacement planning is developed. The committee then reviewed CDCR’s proposal to close the California Rehabilitation Center, which would produce a net General Fund reduction of $99.6 million in 2026-27 and ongoing savings of more than $150 million starting in 2027-28. CDCR said the closure is driven by sustained population declines and will include retention and realignment funding; the LAO recommended approval. Public comment focused on county funding for Prop. 36 implementation, opposition to using Prop. 36 as a reason to keep prisons open, and support for community-based rehabilitation programs. The hearing adjourned without any votes.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 2 March, 2026; 4:00 PM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- County, I'd like to introduce a man that's got 34,000 students, 43 schools, a little over 4,000 employees
- 00:09:02.320><c> little</c><00:09:02.520><c> over</c><00:09:02.680><c> 4,000</c><00:09:03.480><c> employees
- ,</c><00:09:04.240><c> and</c><00:09:04.360><c> no</c> a little over 4,000 employees, and no a little
- over 4,000 employees, and no telling<00:09:04.800><c> how</c><00:09:04.880><c> many</c><00:09:05.120
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 17th, 2026 at 05:06 pm
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- CNN provides much of these programs, and then that contractor, yeah, they take their employees through
- But again, it's investing in their company and their employees.
- amend the tech jobs and R&D credit to provide that if... ...the credit is claimed on wages for an employee
- , those wages are limited to $500,000 per employee.
Committee:
Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- you'll see an update on that, on their progress, as well as all the state agencies that have had employees
- I don't know that we ever know exactly what happened because the employees that were there at the time
- time for that to happen again i don't know that we never know exactly what happened because the employees
- management, leave administration, and legal compliance of the Family and Medical Leave Act for UAMS employees
Committee:
All ALC-REVIEW
Summary:
The committee first considered an $88,000 used tire program contract for District 4 with LTR Intermediate Holdings. Senators raised concerns that the tire district’s revised business plan had not yet been approved and that the contract could worsen cash flow before funding was confirmed. Questions were also raised about procurement language in the RFP that excluded bidders under corrective action plans. After discussion, a motion was made and approved to hold the contract until next month so the tire board could appear and answer questions.
Members then reviewed a large slate of methods of finance, alternative delivery projects, and discretionary grants. These included capital projects at ASU Mid-South, Arkansas Tech, Ozarka, UA Fayetteville, UA Little Rock, UAMS, and UCA; a new UCA multi-purpose arena project estimated at $75.5 million; and DHS and Department of Health grants for aging services, substance abuse prevention, mental health, nutrition, hearing-loss follow-up, HIV services, and rural hospital quality improvement. All of these items were reviewed without objection.
The committee also heard a ratification request from UAMS for a Family and Medical Leave Act outsourcing contract with FMLA Source. UAMS said an amendment had been prepared but never submitted for review, and payments continued after expiration; members expressed frustration and asked UAMS to review whether other contracts had similarly lapsed. The committee then reviewed numerous construction-related, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including airport economic impact study work, parking guidance technology at the University of Arkansas, veteran nursing services, and multiple DHS service contracts. Most items were reviewed without objection, and the meeting adjourned after reports of routine contract amendments and minor contracts were presented for information.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- you'll see an update on that, on their progress, as well as all the state agencies that have had employees
- I don't know that we ever know exactly what happened because the employees that were there at the time
- time for that to happen again i don't know that we never know exactly what happened because the employees
- management, leave administration, and legal compliance of the Family and Medical Leave Act for UAMS employees
Committee:
All ALC-REVIEW
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appr/Sub-Education Feb 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- And because we view it as every employee adds value to our agency and they have a return on investment
- we may now have 5,400 wells that we have to review, and we only have three roles for compliance employees
- You know, Ann and I both, as coming from the private sector, is a lot of times longtime government employees
- One of the things that one of the employees at the OEQA said to me when I first started, like I said,