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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- They have abandoned negotiations for the budget. Mr.
- I merely state the fact that the Republicans in this chamber have failed to negotiate a one, two, three
- They've released no plan, and now they have walked away from the negotiating table as it relates to Prop
Summary:
The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and recognized the Doctor of the Day and numerous guest introductions, including advocates for children’s health, Jewish advocacy, housing affordability, environmental issues, and other community groups. Members also made several personal privilege remarks, including a resolution-style statement for Lobo Week supporting Mexican gray wolf conservation and a brief announcement about an upcoming CAP update.
The chamber then moved into Committee of the Whole and considered two Senate bills. SB 1415 was recommended do pass without amendment, and SB 1430 was amended in committee to remove a disputed provision so the measure remained limited to tax-code corrections; it was then recommended do pass as amended. The House adopted the Committee of the Whole report, and both bills were deferred for engrossing. Earlier calendar actions also included the placement and referral of several Senate bills and resolutions.
On third reading, the House passed HB 2680 on workers’ compensation by a vote of 55-1, and SB 1029 on campaign contributions and expenses by a vote of 57-0. The session included extended partisan debate during personal privilege remarks over the federal government shutdown, TSA pay, ICE presence at airports, and broader federal and state budget issues. The House later recessed briefly, received additional bill referrals and first readings, and adjourned until 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
2026 Joint Budget Subcommittee on Human Services and Labor - 03/18/2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Assembly Minority Conference again questions why the Governor continues to use veterans benefits as a negotiating
- Assembly Minority Conference again questions why the Governor continues to use veterans benefits as a negotiating
- Assembly Minority Conference again questions why the Governor continues to use veterans benefits as a negotiating
Summary:
The Human Services and Labor budget hearing opened with Senate and Assembly co-chairs introducing members and naming secretaries for the record. The agencies covered included Human Services, Labor, Temporary and Disability Assistance, Children and Family Services, Veterans Services, Human Rights, Workers’ Compensation, the Welfare Inspector General, and the Public Employment Relations Board. Members then gave brief statements on their priorities for the upcoming budget negotiations.
A major theme was affordability, with repeated discussion of child care, SNAP, housing, and worker supports. Senators and Assembly members highlighted the Senate and Assembly one-house proposals for a $500 million child care worker retention grant program, additional child care slots and subsidies, cost-of-living adjustments for human services workers, and expanded support for supportive housing, youth employment, HEAP, and energy affordability. Several members also emphasized food insecurity and SNAP-related issues, including funding to address payment errors, prevent penalties, expand SNAP education, and respond to expected federal changes.
Labor-related issues included workers’ compensation fraud, wage theft enforcement, workplace violence, temporary disability insurance reform, and the creation of dedicated enforcement funding for the Department of Labor. Some members supported using workers’ compensation assessments or insurance-company-related funding to pay for anti-fraud efforts, while others preferred grants to district attorneys or broader DOL enforcement. There was also discussion of occupational health clinics, labor standards in any SEQRA changes, and expanding access to doctors in the workers’ compensation system.
Veterans, child care, and public assistance fraud prevention were also discussed, including funding for veterans legal defense and mental health services, microchip/secure EBT cards to reduce skimming, and restoring or protecting various programs. No formal votes were taken; the hearing concluded with the chairs stating that the Senate, Assembly, and Executive would continue negotiations toward a final budget.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee Mar 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- agreed upon framework for grievances by imposing statutory liabilities and penalties that were never negotiated
- sector follows to bargain in good faith with the unions that represent its workers and to honor duly negotiated
- The CSU also remains committed to negotiating in good faith and to reaching a resolution with Teamsters
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement heard several labor and retirement bills. AB 1582 by Assembly Member Ortega would make it an unfair labor practice for a higher education employer to disregard or delay arbitration decisions involving contracting out, with make-whole relief including attorney fees and costs. Supporters from AFSCME and other labor groups said UC has repeatedly ignored arbitration outcomes on outsourcing disputes, while UC opposed the bill as an overbroad change that could create systemwide operational and financial risk. The committee passed the bill on a do-pass basis to Appropriations.
AB 1818 by Assembly Member Ortega would repeal an outdated HEERA provision that CSU has used to reopen bargaining when it claims state funding is insufficient. Teamsters and other labor supporters argued CSU has used the provision to avoid honoring negotiated raises, while CSU said the bill would limit its ability to manage compensation responsibly when state funding is uncertain. The committee also passed AB 1818 to Appropriations.
AB 1564 by Assembly Member Arreguín would make communications between an employee and union representative confidential in public employment matters. Labor supporters said the measure would protect trust in the representational relationship and codify existing PERB case law, while school, local government, county, city, and business groups warned it could hinder workplace investigations, including those involving student safety and harassment. The bill passed 7-0 to Appropriations. AB 1844 by Assembly Member Pacheco, placed on the consent calendar, would update Judges’ Retirement System 2 to allow non-spouse beneficiaries for survivor benefits and to extend access to survivor options for vested judges; it was approved unanimously, 7-0. After all items were taken up, the committee adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee Mar 18th, 2026
Public Employment and Retirement
Transcript Highlights:
- agreed upon framework for grievances by imposing statutory liabilities and penalties that were never negotiated
- sector follows to bargain in good faith with the unions that represent its workers and to honor duly negotiated
- The CSU also remains committed to negotiating in good faith and to reaching a resolution with Teamsters
Committee:
House Public Employment and Retirement
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- We are approaching the end of the line in terms of the negotiated duration of the cap, and it's a little
- But we had firm offers to each other, and we negotiated to a point that you now see in front of you.
- But we had firm offers to each other and we negotiated to a point that you now see in front of you.
Committee:
House Courts of Justice
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, as I understand what you're saying, I mean that that would reduce their ability to negotiate, right
- You know, these, they've already negotiated them, and they certainly are expert at You know dealing with
- do have those particular contacts that we could maybe help facilitate contracting or you know, negotiations
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
licensure, criminal history, public safety, occupational certification, rehabilitation, state regulations, insurance, regulations, certification, long-term care, mergers, consumer protection, property safety, vision insurance, optometry, reimbursement, healthcare policy, ophthalmic materials, provider agreements, captive insurance
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on State - Tribal Relations Jan 28th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations
Transcript Highlights:
- And the Department of Justice sought a stay to enter settlement negotiations.
- just as a practical matter, one of the issues we ran into whenever we engaged in some settlement negotiations
- wanted to know if there wasn't a possibility if we're trying to save funds if That could have been negotiated
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 22nd, 2026 at 08:30 am
North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the medical board and the pharmacy board, and I want to thank them for coming to the table and negotiating
- As you get into page 12, this is where the vast majority of the negotiation happened.
- And so we negotiated, you know, the Board of Pharmacy obviously wanted the, and the association wanted
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. It adopted the procedural employment committee report naming Senate staff for the special session. The chamber then took up several health-care and appropriations measures, first adopting amendments to Senate Bills 2401, 2402, and 2403 before moving them to final passage.
Senate Bill 2401 passed 44-2 and requires physicians to complete at least one hour of continuing education in nutrition and metabolic health, part of a broader rural health care package. Senate Bill 2402 passed 46-0 after major amendments negotiated between the medical and pharmacy boards; as amended, it expands pharmacists’ prescriptive authority and therapeutic substitution in limited areas while excluding categories such as antidepressants, antipsychotics, chemotherapy agents, Schedule II drugs, biological products, and narrow therapeutic index drugs. Supporters said it would improve rural access and help secure rural health transformation funding, while questions focused on how pharmacist competence would be measured and enforced.
Senate Bill 2403, also passed 46-0, creates a short-term medical facility emergency operating loan program through the Bank of North Dakota, reduced by amendment from $10 million to $5 million, to help a financially distressed rural hospital. Senators discussed the hospital’s mismanagement, the need for a bridge loan, and safeguards including a limited application window and expiration in 2027. Senate Bill 2404 passed 46-0 and provides supplemental appropriations to the Information Technology Department for ADA-related website accessibility compliance and to the Public Service Commission for additional legal costs in federal energy-rate litigation. The Senate then made announcements about a Highway Patrol safety presentation and filing deadlines, excused an absent member, and adjourned until the next morning.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Jan 22nd, 2026
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, this has been heavily negotiated, and so I'm going to also encourage a yes vote on this today.
- There have been times where I thought about voting against my own bill because of all the negotiations
- so long, there's been times where I thought about voting against my own bill because of all the negotiations
Summary:
The House convened, established a quorum, led the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard a prayer before caucusing briefly. The chamber then approved the prior day’s minutes, received a Senate message announcing passage of Senate Bill 5068, and referred bills from the introduction and committee report sheets as designated. The House took up second reading on three bills: HB 1187, HB 1345, and HB 1501.
HB 1187, concerning protections for patients involved in motor vehicle accidents, was amended to remove an outdated effective-date section and then passed 89-2. HB 1345, dealing with detached accessory dwelling units in rural areas and related local requirements, received a technical amendment and passed 86-5 after supporters described it as a long-negotiated measure to expand housing options in rural communities; some members raised concerns about water-meter requirements but still supported the bill. HB 1501, addressing inquiries into HOA and condominium governance and operations, was amended with a striker to add flexibility for smaller volunteer-run associations and passed 55-36, with supporters emphasizing transparency and critics warning it could add legal and administrative burdens.
The House then considered several bills on third reading. Substitute HB 1066, on centralized reporting and transparency for regulated substances data, passed 84-7. HB 1069, allowing certain employer-sponsored organizations to bargain over supplemental retirement benefits including health care for correctional officers and other workers, passed 72-19 amid debate over costs and worker retention. HB 1347, shifting cannabis testing-related work from Ecology to Agriculture to reduce duplication and improve oversight, passed 88-3. Engrossed Substitute HB 1541, reorganizing the Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee to improve flexibility and fill vacancies, was amended with a striker and passed unanimously 91-0. The House also re-referred HB 2592 from Transportation to Appropriations and then adjourned until the following Friday morning.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee Jun 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Under current practice, the appellate process is negotiated at the local level.
- Under current practice, the appellate process is negotiated at the local level.
- Together, the local labor union and the local education agency negotiate the terms by which severe disciplinary
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement heard several retirement and school employment measures. SB 301 by Sen. Grayson would prevent CERL-covered cities and districts from amending retirement contracts to exclude certain employee groups, closing a loophole similar to one previously addressed for CalPERS. The bill was supported by California Professional Firefighters and received no opposition. SB 443 by Sen. Rubio would clarify that employees transferring into a joint powers authority can retain CalPERS classic status even when the JPA expands later; the city of La Verne, a flood management agency, and AFSCME supported the bill, and it also drew no opposition. Both bills were moved out of committee on unanimous votes and sent to Appropriations, with the consent calendar items SB 521, SB 581, and SB 853 also approved.
The committee then heard SB 494 by Sen. Cortese, which would give classified school employees the right to have disciplinary appeals heard by an administrative law judge rather than by the school board. Supporters, including CSEA, AFSCME, and CFT, argued the bill would create parity with teachers and community college faculty and provide a fairer appeal process. Opponents, including the California School Boards Association, county superintendents, school business officials, and community college groups, argued it would remove local control, impose a one-size-fits-all process, and shift costs to districts. The bill was passed out of committee and referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
The committee also considered SJR 2 by Sen. Cortese, a resolution urging Congress and the President to enact federal protections for classified school employees, including better wages, benefits, safety, and workplace rights. Support came from CFT, CSEA, and other labor groups, with no opposition. The resolution was adopted and moved forward. At the end of the hearing, the committee reopened the roll to add votes, and all listed measures ultimately passed unanimously or near-unanimously before the meeting adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee Jun 25th, 2025
Public Employment and Retirement
Transcript Highlights:
- Under current practice, the appellate process is negotiated.
- Under current practice, the appellate process is negotiated at the local level.
- Together, the local labor union and the local education agency negotiate the terms by which severe disciplinary
Committee:
House Public Employment and Retirement
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement heard several measures dealing with public employee retirement and school employee rights. SB 301 would prevent CERL-contracting cities and districts from selectively excluding groups of employees from retirement membership, closing a loophole similar to one previously addressed in CalPERS law. SB 443 would clarify that employees moving into a joint powers authority can retain CalPERS classic status under the same rules whether the transfer occurs when the JPA is formed or later, with supporters citing regional dispatch and flood-management JPAs as examples. SB 494 would give classified school employees the right to have disciplinary appeals heard by an administrative law judge, similar to teachers and community college faculty, while opponents argued it would override local bargaining and school board authority. SJR 2 urged Congress and the President to enact federal protections for classified school employees, including better wages, benefits, leave, safety, and workplace voice.
Support for the bills came primarily from the authors, California Professional Firefighters, the City of La Verne, Pajaro River Flood Management Agency, AFSCME, CSEA, and CFT. Opposition to SB 494 came from school boards, county superintendents, school business officials, community college administrators, and county education offices, who said the bill would impose a one-size-fits-all process and shift costs to districts. No opposition was voiced on the other measures.
The committee initially voted to place SB 301, SB 443, SB 494, SJR 2, and the consent calendar items on hold, then later reopened the roll and advanced all of them. Final recorded votes were unanimous or near-unanimous: SB 301 passed 7-0, SB 443 passed 7-0 and was re-referred to Appropriations, SB 494 passed 5-0 and was re-referred to Higher Education, SJR 2 passed 5-0, and consent items SB 521, SB 581, and SB 853 passed 7-0.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Jun 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- THE SJR IS NOT CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE BUDGET CONFERENCE PROCESS AND WE ARE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH
- THIS CAME ABOUT AND BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS AS A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD COVID AND POST COVID DOLLARS
- PERMANENT SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS AND IT KEEPS THE SALES TAX HOLIDAYS AND OTHER DETAILS ARE STILL BEING NEGOTIATED
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 5th, 2025
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Transcript Highlights:
- They can share their resources with a negotiated contract, which runs for three years, at which time
- That may change in the Senate because Senator Barfoot is negotiating with them to do the spoken word
- We don't know where he's at on those negotiations.
Bills:
HB25 , HB108 , HB109 , HB111 , HB112 , HB113 , HB117 , HB118 , HB119 , HB120 , HB121 , HB122 , HB124 , HB126 , HB127 , HB128 , HB129 , HB130 , HB131 , HB25
Committee:
House Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Keywords:
emergency services, local districts, joint operations, contracting, HB108, Alabama Sunset Law, sunset reauthorization, board continuation, speech-language pathology, audiology, licensing board, professional regulation, healthcare regulation, occupational licensing, speech therapist, speech pathologist, audiologist, Sunset Committee, Code of Alabama 1975, regulatory board
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (02/24/2026)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, when it or what you can negotiate.
- It still allows alimony, but that has to be negotiated.
- </c> therefore uh unless otherwise negotiated therefore uh unless otherwise negotiated that<01:19:19.600
- </c><01:24:00.000><c> or</c> pay or is not required to negotiate or pay or is not required to negotiate
- whatever the mediator to negotiate whatever the mediator to negotiate<01:24:04.639><c> whatever</c><
Committee:
House Children and Family Law
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:29:10.960><c> and</c> framework to help with negotiations and framework to help with negotiations
- We should not be in a position where local agencies in the state are negotiating over a constrained pie
- </c> agencies in the state are negotiating agencies in the state are negotiating over<00:56:44.720><c
- We had to do a little negotiation to delay this because I wanted to get done last year, but you told
- </c><01:11:40.560><c> to</c> We had to do a little negotiation to We had to do a little negotiation to
Committee:
Senate Transportation
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- know why the sunsets were included on the other side of the building and why they were added and negotiated
- They were negotiated.
- For me, the ...about me, that my life in the future was negotiable.
- The sunset was negotiated again in good faith, and we would ask you to stand by your collective word.
- The sunset was negotiated again in good faith, and we would ask you to stand by your collective word.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And its companion Senate Bill 31 are negotiated bills, and they are continuing to be negotiated. negotiated
- So this is a negotiated. bill, and negotiations are continuing, even, I mean, Friday afternoon.
- And so, and what I've heard, I'm not in the negotiations part, right.
- the people that are negotiating for that?
- And I want to stick to what you just said about before the negotiation.
Bills:
HB44 , HB2200 , HB1612 , HB2747 , HB2038 , HB3717 , HB1431 , HB3800 , HB3801 , HB3560 , HB3246 , HB44
Committee:
House Public Health
Keywords:
HB 44, Life of the Mother Act, abortion exceptions, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, fetal survival, Texas abortion law, abortion ban, physician liability, health care provider, disciplinary action, aiding and abetting, emergency abortion, obstetric care
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It um it was still undergoing a little bit of negotiation.
- It um it was still undergoing a little bit of negotiation.
- Uh, this amendment was not in a signed agreement in our negotiations.
- </c> agreement which uh we have negotiated. agreement which uh we have negotiated.
- </c> stand through negotiations stand through negotiations um<00:47:57.280><c> and</c><00:47:57.520><
Bills:
HF2436
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
06/12/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #29
Transcript Highlights:
- The Senate amended the bill by prohibiting the state or any state political subdivision from negotiating
- labor-related terms with a labor organization and adding that a school district employee has a right to negotiate
Summary:
In caucus, members discussed two bills they expected to move to the floor, with the chair noting they needed 31 votes and also had nine additional bills to handle later. The first measure, HCR 2040, would amend the Arizona Constitution to bar school districts from using public money or resources to support labor organizations or conduct union activities during working hours; the Senate amendment also bars the state and political subdivisions from negotiating certain labor terms with unions while affirming employees’ right to negotiate their own terms. The bill’s sponsor concurred and argued it simply prevents taxpayer dollars from subsidizing a private organization.
The second measure, HCR 2048, originally dealt with withholding elected state officers’ salaries until a budget is enacted, but the Senate replaced it with a strike-everything amendment focused on protecting scholarship accounts for children of military families. Staff explained the amended version would prohibit the state from confiscating money from those accounts under specified conditions, void any conflicting future law or voter-approved measure, and prevent severability of violating provisions. The sponsor strongly concurred, saying the measure was intended to stop harmful provisions, including a proposed anti-ESA ballot initiative, from affecting military families.
No formal votes were taken in the caucus transcript, and members indicated they would go to the floor to pass the bills with limited discussion. The meeting ended with the chair adjourned the caucus.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- 2442, this is going to be a placeholder that is going to go to Ways and Means as we continue to negotiate
- As we get down to some more brass tacks and negotiations, this bill will obviously change.
Bills:
HF2442
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy