Video & Transcript : 'salary parity' :
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AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Along with the position changes, they are also requesting to move $3 million in regular salaries and
- OPM has requested approval of salary increases to the persons listed in the attached letter and spreadsheet
- increases being provided to these employees, which will carry them over the max or increase their salary
- There are 92 employees on the list that will have increased salaries if the item is approved.
- Do you know what those positions are that have that type of salary?
Committee:
All ALC-PERSONNEL
Summary:
The committee reviewed several personnel and appropriation requests. Item C was a two-for-two position swap with no net increase in authorized positions and was approved. Item D, for South Arkansas College, added three net positions through a mix of growth and swap pool positions, including food service, public safety, housing, and compliance support roles, and was approved. Item E moved positions and $3 million in salary and match appropriation within Workforce Services to consolidate shared services, with no net change in positions, and was approved.
The committee then considered a group of continuation items for FY27, covering previously approved growth and surrender pool positions, various differentials, hard-to-fill and on-call pay, a labor market adjustment for crime lab medical examiners, and continuation of grant-funded classifications tied to ARPA and IIJA grants across several agencies. These items were reviewed together and approved. Reports on the agenda required no action and were simply reviewed.
On the supplemental agenda, the committee suspended the rules and approved OPM’s request for salary increases for 92 employees whose merit raises would place them over their grade maximums. Senator Dotson asked about several public safety medical examiner positions listed on the salary schedule, and staff indicated they were likely crime lab medical examiner roles. The meeting then adjourned.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- They have lowered their requested increases in regular salary and match in both their operations and
- Regular salaries and match for operations is now $245,490.
- Regular salary and match for UCP is now $109,711. Members, do we have any questions on item C?
- The spreadsheet also details the revised requests for regular salary and match appropriations totaling
- The amendment will also lower regular salaries by $189,211 and matching by $75,684, for a total reduction
Committee:
All JBC-PERSONNEL
Summary:
The committee met and took several budget-related items out of order. It first approved a revised Auditor’s Office letter and amendment that reduced requested salary and match increases to 10 percent for operations and UCP, and then approved a revised Lieutenant Governor’s Office request that kept positions at line-item maximums while revising regular salary and match appropriations to a total increase of $99,876. Both items passed without objection.
The committee then considered a member amendment from Senator Rice to Senate Bill 30 affecting the Governor’s Office. The amendment would eliminate one Governor senior advisor position, reducing authorized positions from 59 to 58 and cutting regular salaries and matching funds by a total of $264,895. Senator Rice argued the change was warranted because of concerns about former Corrections Secretary Joe Profury’s conduct, transparency, and refusal to appear before Joint Performance Review. Members debated the relevance of the amendment to current duties, whether the governor could still hire the individual in another role, and whether a Board of Corrections member could speak. After discussion, the committee rejected the amendment on a roll call vote.
Under regular business, the committee approved an OPM request to reinstate a labor market rate at the crime lab so it can recruit two medical examiners, with pay up to $300,000 for those positions. Members also approved Arkansas State University-Jonesboro’s request for 11 positions tied to the new veterinary medicine school, including clinic, lab, communications, mental health, and administrative roles. The meeting then adjourned.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Transportation, Highways and Public Works Apr 13th, 2026
Transportation, Highways & Public Works
Transcript Highlights:
- And it doesn't have to specifically do with the salary.
- astounded by the salary he's making.
- In funding salaries and other things. Is that tax in perpetuity?
- It is taxpayer money that they are doing these salaries with. It's state money.
- I'm just going to try to focus on the salary, which is the issue of this bill.
Bills:
HB345 , HB502 , HB511 , HB655 , HB667 , HB713 , HB714 , HB730 , HB743 , HB777 , HB803 , HB836 , HB871 , HB1037 , HB1167 , HB1174 , HB1175
Summary:
The committee heard several transportation and aviation measures. HB 1175, by Rep. Turner, updated aeronautics-related definitions and was reported favorably without objection. HB 655, by Rep. Brough, authorized DOTD to use cost-plus contracts for operation and maintenance of state ferry systems, with Secretary Glenn LaDay explaining it was intended to give DOTD flexibility for possible privatization or contracting of ferries such as Cameron; it was also reported favorably. HB 1037, by Chairman Borek, shifted certain DOTD operational responsibilities to a chief operating officer and was reported favorably, and HB 1174, also by Chairman Borek, recreated DOTD and was reported favorably as a cleanup measure. HB 714 and HB 502 were voluntarily deferred.
The committee then considered several port-related bills. HB 871, by Rep. Carver, would have added two St. Tammany Parish appointees to the Port of New Orleans board, but the author asked to voluntarily defer it, saying the timing was premature given ongoing work on the Louisiana International Terminal and related access projects. HB 345, by Rep. McMakin, expanded the Rail Infrastructure Improvement Program to include rail infrastructure at ports and was reported favorably. HB 713, by Rep. McCormick, would cap the Caddo-Bossier Port executive director’s compensation at the statewide average of the top ten port directors; after extensive debate and testimony from the port, the Port Association, and Caddo Parish opposing the bill, the committee voted 12-1 to involuntarily defer it. HB 667, also by Rep. McCormick, would change Caddo-Bossier Port commissioners from appointed to elected; witnesses argued it would politicize the board, create election costs, and conflict with the port’s current structure, and the committee again voted 12-1 to involuntarily defer the bill.
The committee also advanced local infrastructure and flood-protection measures. HB 743, by Rep. St. Blanc, creating the Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport District in St. Mary Parish, was reported favorably after testimony that the district would help the parish manage the airport as an economic development asset. HB 836, by Rep. Hilferty, would reconfirm members of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority East by Senate confirmation; after concerns that the original August 1 date could interfere with hurricane-season operations, the committee adopted an amendment moving the reconfirmation date to December 1, 2026, and then reported the bill favorably by substitute. Finally, HB 730, by Rep. Cruz, was presented to prohibit the use of ADS-B aircraft tracking data to assess taxes or fees on aircraft owners, with an amendment narrowing the bill to smaller aircraft; the discussion continued into questions about enforcement and exemptions for carrier airports.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- >> The additional revenue, the additional salary bonus? >> I'm sorry.
- . salary. salary.
- </c> >> salary bump if you get designations. >> salary bump if you get designations.
- Uh upon there if they get salary matrix.
- </c><00:52:44.160><c> I</c> Dau said, is the salary increase. I Dau said, is the salary increase.
Committee:
House Education Policy
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 18, March 3, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> proposed average salary is. proposed average salary is.
- </c> years they could get an overall salary years they could get an overall salary increase<00:54:18.000
- Now, that its teacher salary schedule.
- </c><01:22:14.640><c> level</c> teachers at the salary level teachers at the salary level that that that
- </c><01:38:14.360><c> at</c> it's starting to fund the salaries at it's starting to fund the salaries
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1415 prescribes specified qualifications for salaried employees of insurers or managing general
- limits a person who has obtained licensure without taking the examination to only adjust claims as a salaried
- This adjuster license is valid and renewable only while the licensee adjusts claims as a salaried employee
- Don Isaacson, welcome. without taking the examination to only adjust claims as a salaried employee of
- specifies this adjuster license is valid and renewable only while the licensee adjust claims as a salaried
Committees:
House Commerce , House House Commerce Committee of Reference
Keywords:
certified public accountants, CPA certification, accounting regulations, professional standards, continuing education, assignment for benefit of creditors, ABC act, insolvency, creditor claims, debt liquidation, business wind-up, receivership, liquidation, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, proof of claim, voidable transactions, fraudulent transfer, wage claims, priority claims
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Oct 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- What are the salaries? Which are in greatest need?
- Our entry-level faculty salary starts around $47,000.
- One particular challenge that comes up is that our faculty starting salaries are far less than the salaries
- Our entry-level bachelor degree faculty salary is $47,000.
- You know, locally we have to use those dollars to keep up with salary increases.
Summary:
The Higher Education Appropriations Committee met for its first meeting of the session and heard presentations focused on workforce education in the Florida College System and district technical colleges. Members introduced themselves and discussed their personal connections to higher education, then heard from Department of Education senior chancellor Kevin O’Farrell, South Florida State College president Fred Hawkins, and Pinellas Technical College representative Mark Hunt. O’Farrell outlined the department’s budget request, including increases for adult education, Florida College System program funds, workforce development capitalization grants, apprenticeship and teacher apprenticeship programs, Open Door scholarships, and CAPE industry certification funding. He emphasized record growth in enrollments, completions, dual enrollment, and program offerings, and described grant-funded expansion in fields such as health sciences, manufacturing, logistics, aerospace, and AI-related programs.
Committee members raised concerns about whether current programs match actual labor-market demand, how artificial intelligence may reduce future human labor needs in some fields, and how the state should avoid unwarranted duplication of programs. O’Farrell said the department uses economic forecasts, employer demand data, and a CTE audit process to review programs and phase out those that do not meet performance thresholds. Members also asked for more detail on the teacher apprenticeship model, the transition from technical college clock hours to college credit, job placement and salary outcomes, and the LPN-to-RN pathway. O’Farrell said he would provide additional information later.
Hawkins described South Florida State College’s rural service area, low college-going rates, and difficulty recruiting and retaining faculty and staff because salaries lag behind local market alternatives and nearby school district pay. He said the college has had to turn away students in high-demand programs due to staffing and operational limits, while also noting strong outcomes in nursing, dental hygiene, EMT/paramedic, and radiography. Hunt said Pinellas Technical College serves about 5,000 students annually, including many dual-enrolled high school students, and reported a placement rate above 90% and strong local economic returns. He said many programs have waiting lists and that additional operational funding is needed to meet demand, maintain equipment, and keep pace with salary and cost increases. The meeting ended after public comment was opened and no further business was brought before the committee, and the committee adjourned.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Education Pre-K - 12 Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- It's also hard to recruit based on salaries.
- Salary next year will be under 44,000 neighbor to the West 58,000.
- So we just heard about teacher salary issues.
- And I am kind of surprised because I thought we had a $47,000 minimum starting salary here in the state
- They'll always in place that we will have a minimal salary of 47 5.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Jun 19th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Higher Education Institutions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Could you say roughly what that adjunct salary is?
- So they're looking at their instructor salaries, costs of operating with those salaries, those individuals
- and institution support staff salaries.
- What does that institution instructor salary represent?
- I don't think, though, that there would be instructor salaries in that line.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 1/23/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Our inability to provide a competitive salary has created significant challenges with recruitment and
- He said he found a job posting right now in Hennepin County, and the salary range is $23.81 to $395.
- </c><00:41:45.560><c> range</c><00:41:45.920><c> is</c> county and the salary range is county and the
- range, and here it has just one salary amount.
- </c> range and here it has just one salary range and here it has just one salary amount<00:42:48.480>
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In rural districts, the starting salary point median is $41,000.
- Then if you move to major suburban, the starting salary median is about $56,000.
- How do I think about building this into salary for teachers?
- Okay, may I ask you what your beginning salary was?
- May I ask what your beginning salary was? 47,000. Were you okay? Thank you.
Committee:
House Public Education
Keywords:
public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- We reduced the ask for salaries down to, we're capping it at 10% of the current budget.
- It's not my call to It's not my call to determine who gets the salary bump.
- And your office already received $241,000 in additional salary for 2025.
- And, $41,000 in additional salary for 2025.
- I understand the heartburn about the salaries.
Committee:
All JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
Summary:
The committee first took up the Special Language Committee report, which adopted nine amendments tied to Governor’s Letter 7 and HB 1005, and then approved several items for due pass as amended, including HB 101 (Department of Corrections), HB 1017 (Department of Agriculture promotion boards), HB 1009 (Department of Public Safety), and SB 10 (Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Services). A question was raised about the $10 million unemployment insurance modernization item in SB 10, and Commerce staff said it was a continuation of a previously approved appropriation rather than a new increase.
The main discussion centered on the Treasurer’s budget request, especially salary increases. Committee members questioned why the office had already received substantial raises in 2025 and whether additional funds would go to lower-paid staff or mainly to top leadership. Treasury staff said the request was intended to retain talent, that the office’s investment team manages an $11.5 billion portfolio, and that the state benefits from those returns; they also said the treasurer would be open to discussing a cap on raises. Members expressed concern that prior funds had not gone where expected and that the treasurer was not present to answer directly.
Representative Lundstrum moved to hold the Treasurer’s budget until the treasurer could return and provide more information, and the motion passed. Representative Kavanaugh also asked about a $150,000 preparedness and safety appropriation, and staff said it would support IT and security upgrades related to a move from AIS to S4 HANA and a cloud-based system. The committee then batched and passed a series of supplemental and reappropriation bills, followed by individual due-pass votes on multiple House and Senate bills, all of which were approved without objection. The meeting ended with procedural guidance about filing special-language items and a request to release a hold on HB 1064, after which the committee adjourned.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- We reduced the ask for salaries down to, we're capping it at 10% of the current budget.
- It's not my call to determine who gets the salary bump.
- Your office already received $241,000 in additional salary for 2025.
- And, in, uh, $41,000 in additional salary for 2025.
- I understand the heartburn about the salaries.
Committee:
All JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And if we're serious about attracting and retaining great judges, of course salaries aren't the only
- And the salaries for qualified lawyers in the private and public sector have risen dramatically.
- If that sounds high, It's only because the salary hasn't gone up in 12 years. since 2013, according to
- You're welcome to do whatever you want with my salary. But don't do this for the judges.
- we're not allowing our Constitution to operate the way it was designed Instead of holding down the salaries
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Future of Payments and Sales Transactions by Credit Card and the Impacts for Small Businesses Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- They will evaluate federal conversion simply to preserve parity in card operations, vendor contracting
Summary:
The Special Commission on the future of payments and sales transactions by credit card heard extensive testimony from credit union, banking, retail, restaurant, and payments-industry representatives about proposals to limit interchange fees, especially on the tax and tip portions of transactions. Several witnesses opposed state-level restrictions, arguing they would create a patchwork of rules, burden state-chartered institutions, raise compliance complexity, and ultimately reduce resources for fraud prevention, cybersecurity, rewards, and access to credit. Others, including retail and merchant advocates, said swipe fees are a significant and growing cost for small businesses and that states should consider reforms such as limiting fees on taxes and tips, allowing surcharging, improving transparency in merchant contracts, and studying collection costs more closely.
Witnesses also discussed recent legal and regulatory developments, including Illinois’s interchange-fee law, OCC and NCUA interim rules, and the ongoing Visa/Mastercard antitrust settlement. Industry representatives said the Illinois law has been delayed and is likely preempted for most transactions, while merchant advocates argued the state efforts and court rulings show that networks and banks do not set fees competitively. The proposed antitrust settlement was described by some as a meaningful but limited merchant victory, with temporary fee reductions and expanded surcharge/steering rights, while others said it still falls short of structural reform.
The commission members pressed witnesses on the practical effects of fees, the cost of cash, whether merchants can pass costs through, and whether small businesses are actually seeing benefits from the current system. Members repeatedly emphasized the need for a fair middle ground that protects both small businesses and the payment system. No substantive votes or policy actions were taken beyond accepting testimony, and the meeting ended with adjournment after all scheduled witnesses had spoken.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 41 Apr 15th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- wrote Redbud and created the formula for it, emanates from Bill 229 in 2021, that was to provide a parity
Bills:
HR1051 , HR1048 , SB2074 , SJR39 , SJR47 , SB1983 , SB444 , SB1503 , SB1561 , SB592 , SB1501 , SB1946 , SB1567 , SB1833 , SB2026 , SB904 , SB2178 , SB1651 , SB1558 , SB1565 , SB1553 , SB1257 , SB65 , SB1749 , SB1242 , SB1642 , SB640 , SB667 , SB1436 , SB1484 , SB1562 , SB1794 , SB1644 , SB1533 , SB933 , SB1555
Keywords:
livestock, judging, Oklahoma State University, championship, agriculture, military children, recognition, community support, military families, April 15, pharmacy benefits managers, reimbursement, healthcare, prescription drugs, cost regulation, property valuation, tax limit, homestead, income threshold, elderly
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The First Amendment protects parity, it protects satire and artistic expression, and this bill chills
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/18/2026 - Senate Public Safety
Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- This is not parity.
Summary:
The Committee on Public Safety met to hear several presentations and bills. First, the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry presented on its K-9 program, describing staffing, specialized detection and trailing teams, and the need to replace retired dogs and modernize an aging, high-mileage vehicle fleet used to transport canines. The committee also heard a presentation from Biometrica on a privacy-focused facial recognition and sensor system designed to identify missing persons and known offenders using law-enforcement-only data; the presenters emphasized that the system does not store video or audio and is intended to balance public safety with privacy.
The committee then considered HB 2134, which would prohibit Arizona governmental entities and critical infrastructure providers from contracting for critical infrastructure equipment or software from Chinese companies or the PRC. Supporters, including the sponsor and a national security witness, argued the bill would protect communications and other critical systems from foreign adversary access; concerns were raised about costs and implementation, but the bill was amended to be prospective and to rely on self-certification and risk-based audits. The committee passed HB 2134 with a due pass recommendation by a 4-3 vote. HB 2404, which would shift most inter-facility transport of behavioral health patients from peace officers to authorized transporters, drew support from law enforcement and police association witnesses who said officers are not the right personnel for these transports; it passed unanimously, 7-0.
HB 2402, dealing with ambulance certificate-of-necessity rules for small or underserved areas, was presented as a compromise measure after work with ambulance stakeholders and firefighters. The bill and a 15-page amendment would require the Department of Health Services to issue certificates in certain small-population areas, streamline applications, add reporting requirements, and address GPS coverage issues; it passed as amended, 7-0. HB 2673, which originally proposed mental health screening and treatment requirements for jail and prison inmates, was narrowed by amendment to create only a study committee on inmate mental health services; family members testified about tragic failures in the system, and the bill passed as amended, 6-0 with one not voting. HB 2253, protecting public employees from retaliation or obstruction when testifying in law enforcement disciplinary appeals, passed 5-0 with two not voting. HB 2270, expanding county protections over seals, logos, and sheriff’s posse naming rights, passed 6-0 with one not voting. Finally, HB 2941, which would treat certain unsafe motorcycle lane-splitting or passing behavior as reckless driving while preserving legal lane filtering, drew both support and concern about overbreadth; after testimony from the sponsor and members of the public, it passed 5-1 with one not voting, and the committee adjourned.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE Mar 16th, 2026
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- reasons why at the end of last session we were so passionate about trying to get a little bit of parity
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, you could talk about the parity laws with the fire department because that affects that.
Committee:
House Crime and Public Safety