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• I believe very strongly that one of our jobs is to prepare our community's workforce of tomorrow, and
• prep prepare our community's Workforce prep prepare our community's Workforce of<00:15:33.319>
• said that, Washburn has some unique challenges, where we have 38% of our students are, like, highly mobile
• kind of special, and they bring that special energy to pick me up on days where I know they’re low. mobile
• and their poverty level so so mobile and their poverty level so so we've<00:31:28.279> got<00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee did not get to the planned testimony on attendance and excessive unexcused absences, but instead heard from Minnesota’s Superintendent of the Year and Teacher of the Year. The chair opened by noting the committee was short on time, introduced the idea of hearing from the two award recipients, and briefly referenced a question he likes to ask students about what book every high school student should read. Superintendent Putnam of St. Cloud Area Schools then testified about the superintendent-of-the-year selection process, his district’s work, and the community context in St. Cloud. Putnam described the award as a community honor and said his leadership is guided by authenticity, transparency, and hope. He highlighted district efforts to improve attendance and enrollment, expand community engagement, create family advocate and inclusive decision-making structures, and support students through partnerships and wraparound services. He also discussed district demographics and needs, including food insecurity, IEPs, multilingual services, and homelessness, and noted initiatives such as preschool partnerships, an ambulance bay, school safety improvements, and two full-service community schools funded in part by a federal grant. In response to member questions, he said PSO enrollment had not been a major issue in St. Cloud, explained that student jobs and responsibilities help improve attendance and engagement, and urged lawmakers to be curious and avoid assumptions about public schools. The committee then heard from Tracy Bird, Minnesota’s 2024 Teacher of the Year and a ninth-grade English teacher at Minneapolis Washburn. Bird shared his personal path into teaching, including earlier school struggles, work in finance, and encouragement from a principal who saw his potential. He described the nomination and selection process for Teacher of the Year and said his classroom is shaped by student energy, high expectations, and the realities of a diverse school community with both high mobility and affluent students. He emphasized that students are more engaged when they feel part of something larger than themselves and said his district’s work includes giving students meaningful jobs and responsibilities. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• The gentlewoman from Mobile. Yes, ma'am.
• The lady from Mobile is recognized. Thank you, Chair. The lady from Mobile is recognized.
• Chair, I recognize the lady from Mobile.
• Okay, and all of Mobile County is... Yes, ma'am.
• They work in Mobile and Bainbridge County.

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• With exceptions in 24 V.S.A. 4414, no bylaw shall have the effect of excluding mobile homes, modular
• With exceptions in 24 V.S.A. 4414, no bylaw shall have the effect of excluding mobile homes, modular
• With exceptions in 24 V.S.A. 4414, no bylaw shall have the effect of excluding mobile homes, modular
• With exceptions in 24 V.S.A. 4414, no bylaw shall have the effect of excluding mobile homes, modular
• > shortage<00:31:43.240> is The primary care workforce shortage is The primary care workforce

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House first took up S. 298, the Vermont Voting Rights Act. Members explained the Senate’s further proposal of amendment, including changes to language about how the State Ethics Commission may respond to ethics inquiries, a directive for the Secretary of State and Ethics Commission to work out a shared process for the candidate financial disclosure form by January 30, and a technical PAC-related wording change. The committee reported an 11-0-0 vote in favor, and the House concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment. The chamber then suspended rules to take up S. 328, the omnibus housing bill, and heard detailed committee reports from General and Housing, Ways and Means, and Appropriations. The bill addresses common interest community resources, a service-supported housing advisory council, expansion of the 10% for Vermont program to 12.5%, an off-site construction accelerator pilot, VHFA’s rental housing revolving loan program, special assessment districts, municipal housing planning requirements, and several reports on housing-related issues. Ways and Means described revenue impacts from the cash-balance expansion and revised the off-site construction pilot and loan program language; Appropriations removed a section already included in the budget and adjusted advisory council per diem funding. The House adopted the amendments, ordered third reading, suspended rules to place the bill in all remaining stages, passed it in concurrence with proposal of amendment, and messaged the action to the Senate forthwith. The House then suspended rules to take up S. 197, relating to payment reform for primary care. The House Health Care Committee recommended a strike-all amendment, saying the health care system is in crisis, premiums are rising, access to primary care is limited, and clinicians are burdened by documentation and administrative work. The committee vote on its amendment was 10-0-1, and the bill was also referred to Ways and Means and Appropriations because of fiscal implications. The transcript cuts off as the House was beginning consideration of the bill.

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• Messina Hoff humbly started in 1977 in a mobile home, and we now have four locations, including in Bryan
• Members, all child care providers in the Texas Workforce Commission's Child Care Services Scholarship
• This, however, would be permitted only if it does not reduce the Texas Workforce Commission's average
• We also have a resource witness. ...here from the Texas Workforce Commission, if anyone would like to
• House Bill 2294 addresses this issue by allowing local workforce boards the ability to choose to use

Bills: HB223

Keywords: municipal budget, county budget, local government finance, spending cap, expenditure limit, inflation plus population growth, taxpayer impact statement, budget transparency, property tax, fees, Legislative Budget Board, voter approval, disaster spending, fiscal restraint, Texas Local Government Code, city budget, county expenditures, 1185, senate, all

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• Oh, it's in Mobile. >> Oh, okay. >> Yes, sir. I believe a Mardi Gras party going on. >> Yeah. Okay.
• Oh, it's in Mobile. >> Oh, okay. >> Yes, sir. I believe a Mardi Gras party going on. >> Yeah. Okay.
• Uh, so with everyone that is doing workshop or these, you're saying the workforce challenges that we
• see across the state and everyone's in workforce in the business that we have there.
• ><00:18:39.120> the<00:18:39.360> youth, about workforce and getting the youth, about workforce

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• And, you know, those electric school buses turn into mobile power plants also.
• And, you know, those electric school buses turn into mobile power plants also.
• The legislature has already shown strong commitment to the early childhood workforce.
• The workforce growth is also very impressive.
• Since our creation in 2020, New Mexico's child care workforce has grown by 64%, while the national workforce

Keywords: 996, all

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• And then my other question was about workforce, because we've been having a shortage for a long time
• , we have a number of mobile home parks where many of our residents live.
• space that the mobile home sits on.
• I have... ...rental rates go up in these mobile home parks as well.
• This amendment helps level the playing field for mobile home owners.

Summary: The committee first took up CS/SB 1730, a Live Local Act bill on affordable housing. The sponsor described it as a set of technical and policy adjustments to strengthen implementation, including changes to zoning, height, parking, moratoriums, attorney fees, and related land-use rules. An amendment by Senator Claudio was adopted, adding provisions such as a 10-story height limit near single-family neighborhoods, exclusions for certain protected areas, and changes to fee and use definitions. The committee then reported the bill favorably. Members next considered CS/SB 1674 on unrated bonds for Israel bonds, with a clarifying amendment adopted to make clear the bill applied only to Israel bonds. CS/SB 140 on charter schools was also approved after debate over parent-led conversion of public schools, municipal job-engine charter schools, and surplus school property; opponents warned about local control and impacts on teachers and communities, while the sponsor said the bill preserved district authority and created new school-choice and economic-development options. The committee also passed SB 96, a claims bill for Jacob Rogers, and CS/SB 954 on recovery residences, after strike-all amendments that addressed zoning, ADA concerns, bed caps, staffing ratios, and limits on operation in certain multifamily settings. Senators expressed support for expanding treatment housing but also raised neighborhood and staffing concerns. The committee then approved CS/SB 1714 on local housing assistance plans, which would allow SHIP funds for limited lot-rental assistance for mobile-home owners and require local plans to address mobile-home park closures. SB 658 on standardized construction lien release forms was reported favorably despite testimony from contractors and lawyers warning about possible effects on lien rights and the separate House proposal. The committee also reconsidered and then approved CS/SB 482 after a late-filed amendment addressing local government art fees and a key issue over defining “extraordinary circumstances,” with counties and cities saying more work remained. Finally, the committee passed SB 24 and CS/SB 4, both local claims bills, CS/SB 712 on synthetic turf and related construction rules, SB 952 repealing the emergency firearms/ammunition restriction, CS/SB 1164 allowing email notice delivery in landlord-tenant matters with opt-in safeguards, and SB 202 on municipal water and sewer rates, which drew extensive opposition from North Miami Beach and Miami Gardens officials over utility surcharges and revenue impacts. The meeting ended with SB 202 still under heavy questioning and testimony about the fairness and financial consequences of the surcharge structure.

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• And then my other question was about workforce, because we've been having a shortage for a long time
• , we have a number of mobile home parks where many of our residents live.
• space that the mobile home sits on.
• Rental rates go up in these mobile home parks as well.
• This amendment helps level the playing field for mobile home owners.

Summary: The committee heard and acted on a long agenda of local, housing, education, construction, and claims bills. It first took up SB 1730 on affordable housing/Live Local changes, adopting an amendment that narrowed and clarified several provisions, including density, height, parking, attorney fees, and exclusions for certain protected areas, then reported the bill favorably. It also approved SB 1674, which clarifies that local investment restrictions cannot block Israel bonds, after a clarifying amendment. SB 140 on charter schools was reported favorably after significant debate over school conversion, teacher contracts, local control, and the use of surplus school property for housing or other public purposes; several speakers opposed it as harmful to public schools, while the sponsor said it preserved district authority and added options for municipalities and job creation. The committee also passed SB 96 and SB 4, two local claims bills, and SB 1714, which allows SHIP funds to help mobile home owners with lot rent and requires local housing plans to address mobile home park closures.

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• And why this matters is because there are three reasons: mobility and accessibility.
• it seems like the bulk of some of, at least my COG's work, they have a contract, and they do some workforce
• They rely on all those communities to come in for their workforce, and so looking to tie in those other
• We work with the technicians and the devices installed around the state, which can include mobile units
• It ranks potential projects based on condition, basic safety, mobility, and economic development.

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• House Bill 1196, Environment Mobile Home Parks Water Quality Testing, Favorable Amendments.
• <01:18:10.480> Workforce and Economic Mobility Workforce and Economic Mobility Workforce Opportunities
• House Bill 1070, Department of Social and Economic Mobility Workforce Opportunities Grant Program and
• community-based organizations, workforce community-based organizations, workforce boards,<01:18:
• See you then. governor's well mobile program to governor's well mobile program to Annapolis.<02:41:35.400

Keywords: House streaming session for Thursday, March 19, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 122 members present, opened with prayer, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chamber then took up two congratulatory resolutions: one honoring Layla Wishard of Hagerstown for winning gold with Team USA at the Junior Roller Derby Association World Cup in Australia, and another recognizing Delores Millhouse as the 2026 Maryland Mother of the Year. Both resolutions were read and adopted with applause. The House then considered a series of committee reports, primarily from the Committee on Economic Matters, and advanced multiple bills to third reading after adopting committee amendments and favorable reports. Measures included consumer contract protections in House Bill 103, workers’ compensation presumptions for hypertension in House Bill 347, broadband access and affordability in House Bill 382, housing and land-use changes in House Bills 548 and 894, data privacy in House Bill 711, franchise law changes in House Bill 730, a blockchain-based real property title pilot program in House Bill 810, bankruptcy exemptions in House Bill 1098, and telecommunications infrastructure protections in House Bill 1100. Several bills drew questions and were special ordered for further review. House Bill 711, the Data Privacy Act, prompted extended discussion about whether its geolocation provisions could affect stadium and venue security tracking; the sponsor said the bill was intended to close loopholes around cell phone and vehicle location data and would not change existing permission-based rules, but the bill was still special ordered until the next day. House Bill 894, the transit-oriented development bill, also drew questions about local government concerns and was special ordered, with the floor leader saying county and municipal groups were generally satisfied with the amendments. House Bill 1100 was also taken up after the amendments were adopted, and the title amendment process began as the transcript ended.

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• development, which I'll touch on, and the second is a kind of general improvement to freight access and mobility
• development, which I'll touch on, and the second is a kind of general improvement to freight access and mobility
• development, which I'll touch on, and the second is a kind of general improvement to freight access and mobility
• that light rail brings denser development, brings the right type of housing, whether affordable, workforce
• <01:21:32.400> or housing whether affordable Workforce or housing whether affordable Workforce

Keywords: 1183, house

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• and knowing that contract counties and many others also have impacts and need to think about the workforce
• We have looked at weeks, 66-hour weeks, need to think about the workforce.
• Debilitating ramifications include developmental regression, mobility deterioration, visual impairment
• Mobility deterioration, visual impairment, and neurodegeneration.
• Workforce shortages, rising costs, and growing patient needs are creating serious pressures, especially

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Senate met with a quorum, approved the journals, and took up several gubernatorial appointments. Senators confirmed Clint Kellum as Director of the Cannabis Control Department, Jennifer Osborne as Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, Dr. Trinidad Solis and Dr. Gerald Tolbrook to the Medical Board of California, with roll-call votes showing broad support. The chamber also adopted a request to remove SB 830 from the inactive file for return to the Assembly. A major portion of the session was devoted to Senate Resolution 97, recognizing May as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month. Senators from multiple caucuses spoke in support, highlighting AAPI contributions to California, histories of exclusion and discrimination, solidarity with other communities, and the importance of visibility and representation. The resolution was adopted 39-0. The Senate also recognized numerous AAPI community honorees and guests, including leaders in advocacy, education, business, and public service. Members then adopted several awareness resolutions: SCR 168 designating May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, SCR 148 declaring May 23, 2026 as GM1 gangliosidosis awareness day, SR 95 proclaiming May as ALS Awareness Month, SCR 156 recognizing Stroke Awareness Month, and SR 110 marking National Hospital Week in California. Each measure was supported by personal testimony or remarks from members and guests, often tied to lived experience or advocacy work, and each passed unanimously or by unanimous consent. The Senate also honored retiring California Professional Firefighters president Brian Rice and heard additional floor recognitions before adjourning until May 14, 2026.

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• Of daily living, which includes bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility, and other services.
• , and other things. of daily living, which includes bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility, and other
• What that Mercer study showed, just so we get it on the record, is the workforce crisis for our PCS workforce
• You'll see some items on the Health Care Authority and then moving over to the Workforce Solutions Department
• Representative Pettigrew, thank you for the consideration with how our higher education, CTE, and workforce

Keywords: 996, all

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• So Plan 3 and Plan 2 were actually designed for different workforces and intended to meet different workforce
• So, kind of starting with Plan 3, this plan was designed for a more mobile workforce, really to address
• Plan 2 and Plan 3 were designed for different workforces.
• employee who's working with covered employment until retirement age, and Plan 3 is designed for a more mobile
• workforce where someone may work part of their career in the plan and potentially even be moving back

Keywords: 904, all

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• <00:38:01.480> needs Resources to address our workforce needs.
• Transit providers across the state back this bill as a practical solution to workforce shortages.
• Transit providers across the state back this bill as a practical solution to workforce shortages.
• You have a lot of costs for mobilization, traffic control, getting people out there.
• You have a lot of costs for mobilization, traffic control, getting people out there.

Bills: HF198, HF269, HF185, HF303, HF305, HF189

Keywords: HF198, shared time pupils, shared-time enrollment, nonpublic school, private school, public school, career and technical education, CTE, secondary credit, school funding, state aid, education finance, Minnesota Statutes 126C.01, compulsory attendance, school district, education policy, HF269, Spicer, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment

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• It's to improve mobility and access for folks who otherwise wouldn't have that opportunity to get to
• It's to uh improve<00:05:14.960> mobility<00:05:15.360> and<00:05:15.680> access
• uh for folks improve mobility and access uh for folks who<00:05:17.680> otherwise<00:05:18.479
• program, which is a federally funded workforce development program.
• <00:46:31.599> development federally funded workforce development federally funded workforce

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• HB 3332 by Morales of Maverick relates to the creation of Maverick County Regional Mobility or Authority
• providing an administrative penalty, authorizing creating criminal offenses for the Committee of Trade, Workforce
• Association, the president of the Board of the municipal utility District for the Committee on Trade and Workforce
• HB 3447 by Morales of Harris relating to the minimum wage for the subcommittee on workforce.

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• By working with providers such as Emory that are already engaged in this research and workforce development
• ... research and workforce training.
• Additionally, it provides training for the workforce. It just seemed like a great... great plan.
• I mean, she was mobile a year ago when we got the diagnosis, but it progressed so fast with her that

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• BILL THE LIVE LOCAL ACT THE STATE HAS TAKEN SIGNIFICANT STEPS FOR ADDRESSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR WORKFORCE
• ADUS USE INCREASE WORKFORCE HOUSING BECAUSE THEY COST LESS TO BUILD, LESS TO RENT IN OUR LOCATED IN URBAN
• WE PROHIBITED LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR EXERCISING AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AN IMPACT MOBILITY FEE FOR ADUS.
• TWO YEARS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FIGHT IT , WHICH WILL HAPPEN WITH THIS AS WELL IF THEY DON'T WANT WORKFORCE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And let's not forget that this is a primarily woman-of-color workforce.
• And the penalty to doing so statistically... ...take more time out of the workforce.
• And that's because our workforce is... ...so that the state can meet its workforce and economic needs
• Workforce supports: invest in wages, benefits, and retention strategies.
• In closing, child care is the workforce behind the workforce, and when it breaks down, families face

Summary: The California State Assembly Select Committee on Child Care Costs held its first hearing to examine the state of child care access, affordability, and provider compensation. Chair Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and other members described child care as essential infrastructure for working families and the economy, noting that costs are unaffordable for many households and that providers are underpaid. Early testimony came from a San Francisco parent, Quinn Chung, who described the difficulty of finding safe care and the financial and career sacrifices caused by lack of child care, and from Tuolumne County provider Anita Viscini, who detailed her monthly costs, low margins, and the need to work weekends and teach CPR classes to make ends meet. Assemblymembers also emphasized the crisis in rural communities and the need for a long-term strategy. The first policy panel featured Jennifer Troia of the California Department of Social Services, Laura Pryor of the California Budget and Policy Center, and Alexa Frankenberg of Child Care Providers United. Troia said the state has nearly doubled child care funding in five years, expanded subsidy slots, and reached a new tentative three-year agreement with providers that includes cost-of-living adjustments, stabilization payments, and continued work on an alternative rate methodology and single rate structure. Pryor argued that despite funding gains, child care remains too expensive, only a fraction of eligible children receive subsidies, and provider wages remain far below comparable jobs, worsening racial and gender inequities. Frankenberg said the tentative agreement is progress but not enough, calling for a true cost-of-care system, fair wages, paid time off, better support for emergency and nontraditional care, and stronger integration of family child care into the mixed-delivery system. Members asked about why the crisis persists, how the alternative methodology will work, how family fees and sliding-scale help are being used, and why middle-income families still struggle. The panel said the problem reflects long-term underinvestment, a broken market, and a system that still leaves many families without access. The committee also heard an economic panel from Ashley Hoffman of the California Chamber of Commerce and Sarah Bone of the Public Policy Institute of California. Hoffman described employer child care benefits and public-private partnership models in other states, including shared-cost programs and local chamber efforts. Bone said child care costs reduce family financial security and labor force participation, especially for mothers of young children, and estimated that if mothers of young children worked at the same rate as mothers of older children, more than 80,000 additional women could be in the workforce each year. In the final panel, parent and provider advocates, including Jennifer Greppie and Black Californians United for Early Care and Education co-founder Keisha Doyle, argued for fully funding child care, ending waiting lists, protecting culturally affirming care, and addressing racial inequities and private equity’s role in the sector.