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• related to collective bargaining related to collective bargaining um<00:24:34.880> just<00
• wrong decision not only for the United wrong decision not only for the United States<00:36:35.840
• I will move the A2-1 amendment. I will move the A2-1 amendment.
• Opposed, same sign. a local unit of government um could a local unit of government um could actually<
• multi-level, multi-unit facilities. multi-level, multi-unit facilities.

Bills: HF4110, HF4101, HF4144, HF3546

Keywords: workplace regulations, employee rights, meal breaks, rest breaks, exemptions, medical assistance, data matching, eligibility, reporting, human services, assisted living, health regulations, inspection authority, vulnerable adults, local government, program integrity, high-risk providers, enrollment requirements, fraud prevention, compliance

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• It's 4 to 1 on call. Right, the vote's 4 to 1. We'll place that bill on call. Thank you.
• We also support the requirement that impacted bargaining units be consulted in development of compliance
• The current vote is 6 to 1. Wiener, aye. The current vote is 6 to 1.
• negotiations between some of the state bargaining units and the administration.
• The current vote is 6 to 1. Senators Jones. Wiener. Wiener, aye. Seven to 1.

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on AI, privacy, and surveillance. SB 903 would prohibit AI from independently providing psychotherapy or presenting itself as a licensed mental health provider, require disclosure and informed consent, and reinforce confidentiality and privacy protections for therapy records. Supporters, including a mother and therapist whose son died by suicide after extensive chats with ChatGPT, argued the bill is needed to prevent harmful, crisis-related interactions. Behavioral health groups and labor/privacy organizations supported the measure, while TechNet, the California Medical Association, and the California Hospital Association opposed unless amended, saying the bill could restrict useful clinical tools and create conflicts around triage, screening, and data use. The committee passed SB 903 4-0 to Appropriations, with members noting the need for further work on definitions and implementation. SB 1119 would create a broader framework for chatbot safety for children, including annual risk assessments, crisis response protocols, default child protections, parental controls, notice and time limits, restrictions on advertising and use of children’s data, incident reporting, audits, and a private right of action. The author and supporters again cited the death of Adam Raine as evidence that chatbots can reinforce suicidal ideation and isolate children. Common Sense Media and several labor and privacy groups supported the bill. CalChamber, TechNet, the California State Sheriffs’ Association, and other industry and local government groups opposed unless amended, raising concerns about vague standards, overlap with SB 243, prescriptive design mandates, and litigation risk. The committee approved SB 1119 4-0 to Judiciary, with amendments to be taken there. The committee also heard SB 1013, which would tighten rules for automated license plate reader data by requiring DOJ audits, employee training, and a 30-day retention limit for most data. Supporters said the bill responds to documented misuse and over-retention of data that mostly belongs to innocent drivers. Law enforcement groups opposed, arguing the retention limit would hinder investigations and reduce the usefulness of ALPRs in serious or delayed cases. The bill passed 4-1 to Appropriations. SB 1292, a local control bill for six cities, would allow camera or sensor-based enforcement of curb and loading zones, with a human reviewing each violation before issuance. Supporters said it would help cities manage congestion and unsafe blocking of bike lanes and loading zones; privacy advocates warned about expanding automated surveillance. It passed 4-1 to Appropriations. Finally, the committee heard SB 1101, which would require higher education institutions to notify students, faculty, and staff when personal information is shared with federal agencies and limit disclosure to what is legally required. Supporters framed it as a transparency and anti-doxing measure in response to recent federal investigations and subpoenas; there was no opposition testimony. The bill passed 5-0 to Appropriations. The committee then began hearing SB 951, the California Worker Technological Displacement Act, which would require advance notice and reporting when employers displace workers due to technology and give displaced workers priority for openings, but the transcript cuts off before the hearing concluded.

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• The following bills are proposed for consent: File Item 1, SB 1024, Menjivar; File Item 4, SB 1207, Laird
• It enforces collective bargaining laws and provides appropriate remedies.
• address issues more efficiently, strengthens accountability, and encourages good-faith collective bargaining
• Actions like these undermine the collective bargaining process and create unnecessary conflict.
• The AFSCME bargaining unit at AC Transit is simply asking for equal treatment under the law.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Additionally, we followed up on applicable findings included in our report number 2021-1-1-2.
• unit that no longer has the decertified unit representing them.
• unit that no longer has the decertified unit representing them.
• Would it help you if you did it every single time the union had to contract with the bargaining units
• And just to clarify, not all bargaining units go to an election every year.

Summary: The subcommittee first heard a lengthy Auditor General presentation on the Department of Management Services’ fleet management operations. The audit found major problems with oversight, recordkeeping, policies, fee-setting, purchase and disposal approvals, public auction controls, and FleetWave system access and processing. Key findings included that 2,279 vehicles valued at more than $57 million could not be matched between FleetWave and FLAIR, disposal records were missing or incomplete, user access remained active long after employees separated, and the department had not documented a reasonable basis for its $1.75 per-vehicle monthly fee. Members expressed strong concern about the accuracy of the state’s fleet inventory and the risk of waste or misuse. DMS Secretary Allende said the department concurred with the findings, was working with the Auditor General, and planned corrective actions, including better training, clearer guidance, improved reconciliation, and possible centralization or pilot programs for fleet purchasing and management. The committee then returned to vacancy discussions with several agencies. The Division of Administrative Hearings said its two long-vacant judges of compensation claims positions had been hard to fill because of low pay and short reappointment terms, but the chief judge said the division could operate without them and offered those positions up as part of a reduction exercise. The Public Service Commission reported 42 vacancies but said statutory deadlines were still being met, though staff workloads and depth of analysis were affected. The commission also said vacancies help it manage salaries within its trust-fund budget. Members questioned whether some of those positions were truly needed given the lack of delays. The Florida Gaming Control Commission reported 29 vacancies, including a vacant chair that prevented appointment of an inspector general, and said the chair vacancy was a gubernatorial appointment issue. The acting executive director also said the commission’s compulsive gambling prevention program had lapsed after no responsive bids were received for a new contract, but an invitation to negotiate was nearly complete and a new provider was expected soon. The Public Employee Relations Commission reported that its caseload had more than doubled after Senate Bill 256, which increased union recertification work; it said it was meeting deadlines only with overtime and that the workload had not fallen despite decertifications. Members asked for follow-up data on union cases, vacancy needs, and whether some positions across agencies could be reallocated to better match workload.

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• There are three collective bargaining units that have not been finalized: 5, 11, and 14.
• You alluded to bargaining units that have not yet finalized their contracts, and I'm curious about how
• Do you assume that the raises will be the same percent as other bargaining units?
• And if so, assuming that they get the same increases as other bargaining units because they tend to follow
• get the same increases as other bargain get the same increases as other bargain units<02:31:12.319

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Madam Speaker, I move to adopt standing committee reports numbers 255 through 311, as listed on pages 1
• My husband is a firefighter and part of the bargaining unit.
• firefighter<00:14:31.199> and<00:14:31.320> part<00:14:31.480> of<00:14:31.600> bargaining
• <00:14:32.000> unit firefighter and part of bargaining unit firefighter and part of bargaining
• unit 11<00:14:33.639> uh<00:14:33.759> there<00:14:33.880> is<00:14:34.040>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• <05:04:05.120> who bargaining unit is because people who bargaining unit is because people
• <05:04:25.920> Our excluded from the bargaining unit.
• Our excluded from the bargaining unit.
• <05:04:33.760> unit<05:04:34.000> because<05:04:34.320> they from the bargaining
• unit because they from the bargaining unit because they may<05:04:34.798> be<05:04:34.958>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• The President of the United States of America and to the Republic for which stands, one nation.
• Shared commitment to democratic-republican governance that unites us.
• We are united, Mr. Speaker. We are strong. We are bold. We are the unbirthed. United, Mr.
• So Democrats in House Room 1, Republicans in House Room 2, and I apologize.
• So Democrats in House Room 1, Republicans in House Room 2.

Keywords: March 09, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• 1 well July 1 department um since July 1 well July 1 through<00:21:18.880> January<00:21:19.320
• <00:27:24.279> States partnership and the United States partnership and the United States
• as the wage theft unit.
• as the wage theft unit.
• as the wage theft unit; it's the unit that represents state agencies, so that is the administrative

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Currently, collective bargaining is divided into four regions for court interpreters, although they are
• As the author mentioned, this bill would simply streamline the current regional bargaining process so
• housing units, two to ten.
• Assembly Bill 1, 45, 29, 69, 80, 81, 242, 249, 252, 264, 276, 280, 283, 323, 320, 340, 345, 360, 363,
• the board true rehabilitation, is very, very low: two to four percent for recidivism, and less than 1

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on April 23, 2025, with a large regular-order agenda and first approved a consent calendar covering many bills. Several measures were then heard individually, with most receiving support from sponsors and stakeholder groups and no formal opposition in the room, though some bills drew respectful opposition or no votes. The committee also read and deemed approved a lengthy suspense calendar before taking up additional bills and public comment. Among the bills discussed, AB 263 would extend temporary flow regulations on the Smith and Shasta Rivers for five years or until permanent rules are completed; AB 309 would remove the sunset on pharmacists’ ability to provide sterile syringes without a prescription to support HIV and hepatitis prevention; AB 631 would require animal shelters to post intake and outcome data online; AB 792 would allow consolidation of bargaining for court interpreters; AB 867 would ban cat declawing except when medically necessary; AB 1206 would require pre-approved housing plans for small residential projects; AB 787 would require health plans to better help patients find in-network providers; AB 596 would protect workers’ right to wear face coverings unless unsafe; AB 282 would allow housing providers to prefer voucher holders without violating source-of-income discrimination law; AB 738 would create a limited rebuilding exemption for disaster survivors from newer solar requirements; AB 566 would require browsers and mobile operating systems to make global privacy opt-outs easier; and AB 622 would clarify CDCR’s authority to award credits to people serving indeterminate sentences who complete rehabilitation programming. Most of these bills were reported out on roll calls, often with bipartisan or limited dissent. AB 309, AB 631, AB 792, AB 867, AB 1206, AB 787, AB 596, AB 282, AB 738, AB 566, and AB 622 all advanced, while AB 263 also moved forward despite opposition from the Siskiyou Board of Supervisors and the California Farm Bureau. AB 622 generated the most extensive debate, with supporters emphasizing rehabilitation, parole-board review, and cost savings, and opponents warning about public safety and the impact on serious violent offenders. The meeting ended after brief public comment on several other bills on the suspense file and then adjournment.

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• Then we will go into issue number 1 and follow the order.
• We will now move on to issue 1.
• Also results in a great deal of heat gain in many of our housing units.
• it's not fully meeting 78 degrees or in parts of the unit.
• We're talking less than 20 housing units out of 1,500 overall.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We are all united in our passion for... We are all united in our passion for independent pharmacy.
• In 2012, these three filled less than half of the prescriptions in the United States.
• Last year, they filled over 80% of the prescriptions in the United States.
• Next, we have our speaker, John Bargainer. Welcome, Mr. Bargainer. Good morning, everyone.
• Bargainer. Senator Roberts, you have a question? Do you have a solution, Mr. Bargainer?

Keywords: 923, senate, all

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• 2026 to June 1, 2026.
• from October 1, 2026 to June 1, 2026. from October 1, 2026 to June 1, 2026.
• modifications valued over 1 million. modifications valued over 1 million.
• Amendment 1 is technical.
• Amendment 1 is technical.

Keywords: House streaming session for Friday, March 20, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House met with 125 members present and began with the pledge, prayer, and opening formalities. Two House resolutions were presented and adopted by voice vote: one honoring the pioneering women of the Maryland State Police and State Fire Marshal’s Office during Women’s History Month, and another recognizing the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Infant and Childhood Loss on its 50th anniversary. Both resolutions highlighted the honorees’ service and contributions, and the clerk read each resolution into the record. The chamber then received Senate bills introduced in the House, including Senate Bill 6 and Senate Bill 551, which were read the first time and referred to committee without objection. The House also took up multiple committee reports, largely adopting favorable reports and ordering bills printed for third reading. Measures advanced included bills on residential real estate contract contingencies, Maryland data privacy, local alcoholic beverages licenses and fees in several counties, county salary study commission membership, sheriff and municipal enforcement matters, estates, health occupations background checks, school book fair tax exemptions, school board compensation and voting, and a Calvert County medical center bill. Several bills were amended before advancing. House Bill 443 on Prince George’s County small event center alcohol licensing received a capacity-related amendment; House Bill 348 on Baltimore City alcohol license extension received a technical amendment and a change expanding coverage to transfers of ownership before July 1, 2029; House Bill 682 changed a license classification from Class C to Class GC; House Bill 405 on EV recharging equipment in condo/HOA documents was amended to clarify budget treatment; and House Bill 895 on dynamic pricing and predatory pricing received amendments clarifying definitions, disclosures, and enforcement. After extended discussion of HB 895, including questions about whether it bans dynamic pricing for food, how it treats discounts and loyalty programs, and whether supply-and-demand pricing changes are affected, the House agreed to special order the bill until later in the day.

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• requirements in H.R. 1.
• It would go into effect no sooner than January 1, 2027.
• It would go into effect no sooner than January 1, 2027.
• January 1, 2027. Right? January 1, 2027.
• This was before HR-1 was signed.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• So, when I was chief of United States probation, I needed to communicate with TPD.
• This is a critical service that this unit serves because it is the best of the best, the elite.
• The question in essence stated that that's where the two units are housed at this time.
• They're basically the headquarters of this unit, or in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
• The effort that these individuals and the canine units associated with this is critical.

Bills: HB1002, HB1250, HB2710, HB3008, HB3045, HB3086, HB3595, HB3678, HB3695, HB3831, HB4107, HB4408

Keywords: stalking, victim notification, law enforcement, harassment, penalties, criminal justice, protection orders, local law enforcement, Public Safety Technology Revolving Fund, grants, state funding, law enforcement technology, alcohol testing, drug influence, public safety, Board of Tests, accident response, motor vehicle, fire department, fee prohibition

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• Um, the challenge that we have with VR in the Department of Labor is we have a VR unit, but the unit
• So, I think something that we could do is take it out of the VR unit and not have the VR unit make that
• unit make that have the VR union unit make that determination,<00:18:50.320> but<00:18:50.640
• This bill lowers the minimum threshold from projects with five units to projects with two units, for
• That's including J-1 teachers, but also non-J-1 teachers.

Bills: HB1946, HB1515, HB1514, HB1648, HB1644, HB1619, HB1571, HB1810, HB2475, HB1645, HB2301, HB1889, HB1840

Keywords: time shares, registration, renewal, real estate, Hawaii, Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, workers' compensation, functional capacity examination, occupational therapy, physical therapy, employer responsibilities, injured workers, medical stabilization, vocational rehabilitation, injury recovery, employment services, return to work, nonprescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, healthcare providers

Summary: The committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on February 26, 2026, and heard several bills, mostly in the areas of workers’ compensation and consumer protection. HB 1946 HD1 on timeshare registration renewal drew support from DCCA’s timeshare program and major industry groups including Hilton Grand Vacations, the American Resort Development Association, and Marriott Vacations Worldwide, with no opposition noted. HB 1515 HD1, which would allow an attending physician to request a functional capacity examination without employer permission, was supported by DLIR and the Department of Human Resources Development and had no other in-person testimony; the bill was then moved on without questions. The committee spent substantial time on HB 1514 HD1, which would streamline workers’ compensation vocational rehabilitation by clarifying provider selection and requiring vocational plans within 90 days. DLIR supported the intent but asked for amendments, saying the 90-day deadline was too rigid given case-by-case complexity, limited staffing, and the need for coordination among injured workers, employers, and counselors; members discussed possible extensions and whether a 120-day timeline or other flexibility would be better. Testimony on the bill included one individual in support and seven in opposition. HB 1648 HD1, concerning workers’ compensation and physician dispensing of non-prescription drugs, drew support from DHRD and comments from DLIR and industry witnesses. DLIR said the bill should be narrowed so it does not restrict medically necessary over-the-counter medications or oral guidance from providers, while Aloha Billing Company and Solera Integrated Medical Solutions urged tighter limits on physician dispensing and raised concerns about pricing abuse through average wholesale price. Members discussed clarifying the bill’s language so it targets written prescriptions rather than oral advice. HB 1644 HD1, requiring a standardized disclosure form for residential solar contracts, received support from the Hawaii Solar Energy Association and Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative, while DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection supported the consumer-protection goal but proposed stronger remedies, including a three-day cancellation right, voidability for missing disclosures, and possible lender liability; members questioned how those remedies should apply to lenders, and no vote was taken on the measures in the portion provided.

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• House Resolution 1.
• House Resolution 1 is proposing a special Truth Commission under the purview of the House, regarding
• responsibility, or being forced to take responsibility, and so far we have seen nothing of the sort in the United
• motion from Representative Paul, seconded by the Speaker, for a due pass on House Joint Resolution 1.

Bills: HJR6, HJR7, HB120, HB60, HB151, HR1, HM13, SB40, SB104

Keywords: constitutional amendment, legislative sessions, veto override, New Mexico legislature, session length, legislative session, even-numbered years, New Mexico Constitution, student behavior, physical restraint, seclusion, public schools, training, de-escalation, student safety, behavior interventions, criminal offenses, peace officer, Victims of Crime Act, law enforcement

Bills: SB57, SB155, HB39, HB77, HB104, SB57, SB155, HB39, HB77, HB104

Keywords: property, acknowledgment, conveyance, business entities, limited liability companies, state employees, payroll deduction, salary deduction, comptroller, membership association, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments, deferred compensation, state payroll, employee benefits, association dues, withholding, Alabama Code 36-1-4.3

Bills: SB147, SB158, SB163, SB147, SB158, SB163

Keywords: construction zone, work zone, speed camera, automated enforcement, photo radar, photographic speed enforcement, traffic safety, highway safety, road construction, maintenance workers, civil citation, civil fine, speeding ticket, owner liability, registered owner, ALDOT, Alabama Department of Transportation, ALEA, Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, public safety

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• go over to the Senate building, where they are doing the Federal Impacts on Tribal Nations panel at 1:
• witness responded that Enterprise has only about 50 stores, but thousands of vehicles throughout the United

Bills: HF2066, HF340, HF341, HF566, HF2107, HF2130

Keywords: electric bicycles, tax rebate, transportation, environment, local economy, fleeing peace officer, culpable negligence, traffic laws, public safety, motor vehicle offenses, driving violations, penalties, license suspension, traffic enforcement, all-terrain vehicle, ATV, class 1 ATV, class 2 ATV, road rights-of-way, public roads