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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 4th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The cost of just running businesses and insurance, wages, you name it.
  • The cost of just running businesses and insurance, wages, you name it.
Bills: S0068 , S0096 , S0340 , S0428 , S0606 , S1480 , S7018
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services heard public comment first on the AIDS Drug Assistance Program and the iBudget waiver. Testimony on the HIV program warned that proposed Department of Health changes could disrupt care for thousands of clients, create confusion, and force people off life-saving medications; a senator suggested affected clients explore medically needy and FQHC/340B options. Testimony on iBudget urged support for a roughly 7% rate adjustment for direct support professionals, citing rising costs and the need to sustain the developmental disabilities workforce. The committee then considered several bills. SB 428 expanded Florida’s swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7 and was reported favorably. SB 68 required hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, equipment standards, and readiness assessments; an amendment aligning reporting dates with the House was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably. SB 1718 lengthened the time an adult may stay in an out-of-home placement before being treated as a visitor, reduced background screening burdens for foster families, made the Step Into Success program permanent, and created a best-practices program; it was also reported favorably. The committee next approved SB 606, which adds drowning-prevention and safe-bathing education to postpartum materials and requires related compliance records, and SB 96, which expands the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program to veterans up to 400% of the federal poverty level; an amendment removed the bill’s specific $500,000 appropriation so funding can be handled in the budget process. SB 340 required nursing education to include a two-hour human trafficking course before licensure, and SB 1480 created a grandfathering process for certain area-of-critical-need health care providers if federal designations change, both of which were reported favorably. The committee adjourned after all bills passed their roll calls.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • for high school athletics, but at the same time defends our young athletes' rights to work and earn wages
  • in a legitimate, bona fide manner. ...wages in a legitimate, bona fide manner.
Bills: SB311 , SB322 , SB304 , SB313 , SB315 , SB316 , HB489 , SB90
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 4, 2025 - 04:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • multiplying the weighted FTE by the base student allocation and, if applicable, by the comparable wage
  • The district cost differential was revised and renamed the comparable wage factor, which established
Summary: The Pre-K through 12 Budget Subcommittee met for its first meeting of the 2025 session and received an overview of add-on weights in the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP), followed by a Department of Education presentation on a legislatively required study of add-on weight funding and expenditures. The chair explained that add-on weights apply to acceleration and career programs such as AP, IB, ACE, CAPE, dual enrollment, early graduation, and certain small-district needs, and noted that add-on funding has grown substantially as the base student allocation increased. The chair also raised concerns that the department’s report did not clearly show whether districts’ reported costs included the full costs required by the proviso, and asked for more specificity on any recommended adjustment to the weights. Deputy Commissioner Suzanne Pridgen said the department surveyed districts on how they spent add-on revenue for fiscal years 2021-22 through 2023-24, with categories including teacher compensation, materials, equipment, professional development, exam fees, counseling, apprenticeship costs, and other expenditures. She said most add-on funds were spent on teacher bonuses and compensation, with AP, ACE, CAPE, and dual enrollment showing the largest increases in spending in 2023-24 due to higher FEFP funding; IB and early graduation were relatively flat. The department reported that add-on revenue covered between 41.8% and 79.2% of total program expenditures in 2023-24 and recommended adjusting add-on weights to better align with pre-2023-24 funding relationships, though no specific percentage was given during the meeting. Members asked about how “other” expenditures were categorized, whether teacher compensation included only statutory bonuses, how dual enrollment tuition and fees were counted, the small district factor, and whether the weights incentivize districts to offer advanced programs. The department clarified that teacher compensation in the study referred only to bonuses, that some “other” costs included charter school payments and dual enrollment tuition/fees, and that the small district factor is 1.0277, increasing base funding by 2.77% for fiscally constrained counties. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Mar 3rd, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Poverty and wage disparities are on the rise.
  • our union workers has been instrumental in advancing the status of women in trades by ensuring fair wages
Keywords: 988, house, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate May 14th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Bills: HJR 1 , HB 9 , HB 21 , HB 26 , HB 30 , HB 37 , HB 116 , HB 630 , HB 879 , HB 913 , HB 1151 , HB 1318 , HB 1593 , HB 1899 , HB 2703 , HB 2809 , HB 2890 , HB 2970 , HB 3307 , HB 3526 , HB 5092 , SB 128 , SB 203 , SB 317 , SB 393 , SB 397 , SB 644 , SB 731 , SB 801 , SB 913 , SB 1071 , SB 1073 , SB 1086 , SB 1087 , SB 1232 , SB 1250 , SB 1262 , SB 1285 , SB 1310 , SB 1359 , SB 1444 , SB 1483 , SB 1705 , SB 1782 , SB 1861 , SB 1897 , SB 1944 , SB 2023 , SB 2043 , SB 2082 , SB 2133 , SB 2215 , SB 2297 , SB 2298 , SB 2309 , SB 2532 , SB 2549 , SB 2566 , SB 2617 , SB 2619 , SB 2639 , SB 2688 , SB 2696 , SB 2717 , SB 2790 , SB 2841 , SB 2847 , SB 2850 , SB 2857 , SB 2891 , SB 2919 , SB 2928 , SB 2972 , SB 3052 , SB 3053 , SB 1 , SB 260 , SB 1506 , SB 1637 , HB 37 , HB 109 , HB 334 , HB 1130 , HB 1238 , HB 1327 , HB 1610 , HB 1615 , HB 1620 , HB 1689 , HB 2081 , HB 2809 , HB 2884 , HB 2890 , HB 4215 , HB 5092 , HCR 7 , HCR 75 , HCR 86 , HCR 92 , HCR 93 , HCR 126 , SB 644 , SB 1086 , SB 1230 , SB 1310 , SB 1361 , SB 1553 , SB 1778 , SB 1790 , SB 2344 , SB 2460 , SB 2515 , SB 2600 , SB 2747 , SB 2751 , SB 2785 , SB 2790 , SB 3047 , SB 3048 , SB 3050 , SB 3051 , SB 3052 , SB 3053 , SB 3056 , SB 3058 , SB 3061 , HJR 1 , HB 1130 , HB 1689 , HB 2884 , HB 1393 , HB 2559 , HB 26 , HB 3012 , HB 1327 , HB 109 , HB 1238 , HB 2890 , HB 9 , HB 4215 , HB 2970 , HB 37 , HB 1899 , HB 1593 , HB 2607 , HB 3526 , HB 3810 , HB 5092 , HB 388 , HB 2809 , HB 1151 , HB 913 , HB 3307 , HB 879 , HB 116 , HB 12 , HB 2703 , HB 1610 , HB 1615 , HB 1620 , HB 30 , HB 21 , HB 2712 , HB 2692 , HB 1633 , HB 1318 , HB 685 , HB 630 , HB 4753 , HB 2742 , HB 303 , HB 198 , HB 1535 , HB 762 , HB 148 , HB 1520 , HB 5061 , HB 2286 , HB 1606 , HB 1041 , HB 132 , HB 11 , HCR 7 , HCR 75 , HCR 86 , HCR 92 , HCR 93 , HCR 126 , SJR 36 , SJR 50 , SJR 63 , SCR 12 , SCR 39 , SB 2023 , SB 1310 , SB 2972 , SB 1073 , SB 2847 , SB 2532 , SB 2619 , SB 62 , SB 666 , SB 847 , SB 284 , SB 854 , SB 810 , SB 1505 , SB 583 , SB 507 , SB 1434 , SB 1772 , SB 2016 , SB 1122 , SB 731 , SB 397 , SB 508 , SB 1436 , SB 287 , SB 1882 , SB 393 , SB 1791 , SB 209 , SB 2429 , SB 511 , SB 2309 , SB 1085 , SB 1975 , SB 2717 , SB 1262 , SB 636 , SB 2056 , SB 884 , SB 1200 , SB 1845 , SB 2458 , SB 801 , SB 3014 , SB 3013 , SB 758 , SB 2797 , SB 2076 , SB 2876 , SB 1640 , SB 1449 , SB 1181 , SB 1359 , SB 1234 , SB 2926 , SB 2841 , SB 1528 , SB 2891 , SB 1854 , SB 317 , SB 1250 , SB 2082 , SB 1285 , SB 1237 , SB 2819 , SB 629 , SB 2608 , SB 1602 , SB 2009 , SB 2460 , SB 867 , SB 640 , SB 1698 , SB 2680 , SB 2994 , SB 2747 , SB 913 , SB 1071 , SB 1086 , SB 1087 , SB 1483 , SB 1444 , SB 1553 , SB 1556 , SB 1703 , SB 2133 , SB 2297 , SB 2298 , SB 2622 , SB 2955 , SB 2334 , SB 1861 , SB 2043 , SB 1367 , SB 2857 , SB 128 , SB 3058 , SB 2044 , SB 2363 , SB 2565 , SB 1888 , SB 3048 , SB 3052 , SB 3053 , SB 3036 , SB 3057 , SB 3056 , SB 3043 , SB 3050 , SB 3063 , SB 3035 , SB 1790 , SB 1778 , SB 203 , SB 3061 , SB 2799 , SB 2790 , 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1359 , SB 2857 , SB 3073 , HJR 1 , HB 9 , HB 21 , HB 116 , HB 913 , HB 1151 , HB 1899 , HB 2970 , HB 3307 , SB 1073 , SB 1310 , SB 2532 , SB 2619 , SB 2847 , SB 2972 , SB 128 , SB 2043 , SR 393 , SR 511 , SR 518 , SR 520 , SB 314 , SB 455 , SB 761 , SB 1023 , SB 2122 , SB 2371 , SB 2420 , SB 17 , SB 509 , SB 644 , SB 1230 , SB 1361 , SB 1778 , SB 1790 , SB 2460 , SB 2515 , SB 2747 , SB 2751 , SB 2790 , SB 3048 , SB 3050 , SB 3051 , SB 3052 , SB 3053 , SB 3056 , SB 3058 , SB 3061 , HB 37 , HB 109 , HB 1130 , HB 1238 , HB 1327 , HB 1610 , HB 1615 , HB 1620 , HB 1689 , HB 2809 , HB 2884 , HB 2890 , HB 4215 , HB 5092 , HCR 7 , HCR 75 , HCR 86 , HCR 92 , HCR 93 , HCR 126 , SB 1086 , SB 1553 , HJR 182 , HB 4 , HB 24 , HB 46 , HB 101 , HB 146 , HB 170 , HB 214 , HB 305 , HB 426 , HB 549 , HB 551 , HB 594 , HB 722 , HB 824 , HB 1119 , HB 1579 , HB 2215 , HB 2458 , HB 2530 , HB 2674 , HB 2713 , HB 2974 , HB 3015 , HB 3151 , HB 3180 , HB 3221 , HB 3359 , HB 3556 , HB 4088 , HB 4211 , HB 4396 , 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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Omnibus budget for health, children and families passes House floor 5/12/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's to support good-paying wages. It's to support paid family medical leave.
  • It's to support<00:37:35.839><c> good</c><00:37:36.160><c> paying</c><00:37:36.400><c> wages.
  • </c><00:37:37.040><c> It's</c><00:37:37.200><c> to</c> support good paying wages.
  • It's to support good paying wages.
  • Are we doing things to improve wages, and are we stabilizing it for the people that own it?
Keywords: 1183, house
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, December 3, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • child care, expanding health coverage, creating new pathways to home ownership, raising the minimum wage
  • ,</c><00:10:28.160><c> and</c><00:10:28.480><c> expanding</c><00:10:28.959><c> tax</c> minimum wage,
  • and expanding tax minimum wage, and expanding tax deductions<00:10:29.760><c> for</c><00:10:29.920><c
  • But we had a an instant wages growing.
  • But a 5.5% increase in wages is amazing.
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session, 4/13/2026 #1

Maryland Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, Senate Bill 60, Chair, Finance Committee, fraud prevention, prevailing wage, living wage prohibitions
  • ,<01:01:03.680><c> living</c><01:01:03.920><c> wage</c><01:01:04.240><c> prohibitions,</c> wage, living
  • wage prohibitions, wage, living wage prohibitions, penalties,<01:01:05.359><c> and</c><01:01:05.599>
  • </c> the workplace fraud act, prevailing wage the workplace fraud act, prevailing wage law,<01:01:20.799
  • ><c> and</c><01:01:22.319><c> increases</c> law, and living wage law and increases law, and living wage
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, May 15, 2026 - PM

Labor, Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • He noted that in the 30 claims he presented at $63,000, some claims involved lost time or lost wages
  • ,</c><00:15:28.360><c> which</c> have had lost time or lost wages, which have had lost time or lost wages
  • No<02:09:47.840><c> loss</c><02:09:48.080><c> wages.
  • That is basically we say maybe a wage.
  • for that job, too, just for wage for that job, too, just for complete<02:10:34.920><c> transparency.
Keywords: 916, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Public Health Jun 4th, 2026

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Health care occupations do vary considerably in education and wages.
  • Wage levels also differ substantially across the occupational groups.
  • to health care support occupations, which have an average median wage of about $29,500.
  • So we're working to help students make that choice with wage data.
  • In 2024, the median wages for direct care RNs and LVNs were below the national average.
Committee: House Public Health
Keywords: 1184, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Policy - 01/22/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Wage, um, you know, is kind of not really truthful, and so, um, I would like to just dispel that whole
  • of $5 an hour for summer hours wages of $5 an hour for summer hours work<00:31:33.559><c> compared</
  • Add in inflation, higher wages, and health benefits, and you quickly get that we're not better off.
  • Add in inflation, higher wages, and health benefits, and you quickly get that we're not better off.
  • Add in inflation, higher wages, and health benefits, and you quickly get that we're not better off.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 2/23/26

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're eighth in hourly wage.
  • </c> business because it's employee wages. business because it's employee wages.
  • </c><00:52:45.760><c> We're</c><00:52:46.000><c> fifth</c> We're eighth in hourly wage.
  • We're fifth We're eighth in hourly wage.
  • in North Dakota you can you know wage in North Dakota you can you know it's<01:39:26.159><c> full</c
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/05/25

Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • wages while also addressing<01:23:34.239><c> businesses</c><01:23:35.080><c> hiring</c><01:23:35.600
  • and so once you have done something publicly minded and probably didn't necessarily earn a market wage
  • </c><01:29:37.400><c> earn</c><01:29:37.600><c> a</c><01:29:37.719><c> market</c><01:29:38.000><c> wage
  • </c> didn't necessarily earn a market wage didn't necessarily earn a market wage while<01:29:38.480><
  • and they are listed in sustaining wages and they are listed in the<01:31:42.159><c> slide</c><01:31:
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Wages for our educators, which are still too low, have increased by approximately 20 percent, and we're
  • As I mentioned, We've seen about a 20% increase in wages.
  • We're seeing reductions in turnover, but the wages are still quite low.
  • years ago we were hoping to keep everyone above, when you did the grand bargain of $15 for minimum wage
  • years ago, we were hoping to keep everyone above when you did the grand bargain of 315 for minimum wage
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing was a Joint Committee on Ways and Means budget session held in Lawrence focused on the governor’s proposed FY27 education and local aid budget, with remarks from legislative co-chairs, local officials, and education agency leaders. Acting Mayor Giovanni Rodriguez and Superintendent Ralph Carrero emphasized Lawrence’s high-need student population, the importance of Chapter 70 and Student Opportunity Act funding, and the impact of state aid on schools serving many English learners and low-income families. Carrero highlighted Lawrence High School programs such as early college, dual degrees, career pathways, and early childhood classrooms embedded in the high school, while lawmakers introduced themselves and noted the importance of the hearing to their districts. Acting Secretary of Education Amy Kershaw, Commissioner of Higher Education Noi Ortega, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Pedro Martinez, and Commissioner of Early Education and Care Amy Kershaw outlined the administration’s FY27 priorities. They described investments in literacy initiatives, universal school meals, student mental health, early college and career pathways, higher education affordability, community college and university student-success supports, preschool expansion, child care subsidies, and workforce supports for early educators. The commissioners also discussed federal funding threats, equity gaps, and the administration’s efforts to improve outcomes for Black and brown students, multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and low-income students. Members questioned the panel about the local contribution formula study, the final year of Student Opportunity Act implementation, and the need to revisit Chapter 70 funding to better address rising costs such as special education, transportation, and health care. Officials said the local contribution study report is expected by the end of June, with a draft to be shared after data analysis and public comment. Commissioner Martinez said the Student Opportunity Act narrowed funding gaps but more work is needed, and he pointed to a proposed Accelerating Achievement Initiative to support the highest-need schools. Senator Oliveira also raised concerns about Chapter 70 disparities and asked about partnerships with libraries to support literacy, prompting discussion of broader early literacy collaboration.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 27th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Despite the essential role they play, they often face widespread issues of wage theft.
  • Members, AB 2227 will provide comprehensive protections for domestic farm workers against wage theft.
  • Yet they often are the victims of labor violations such as wage theft at the hands of their employers
  • We might have a higher minimum wage, but... The jobs are going to be destroyed.
  • We might have a higher minimum wage, but no jobs.
Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, approved dispensing with the previous day’s journal, and then took up a long third-reading file. Early procedural actions included moving AB 1589 to the inactive file and continuing reconsideration items. The chamber then considered a series of bills largely focused on immigration enforcement, detention, worker protections, child care, voting access, and related public services. Several immigration-related measures passed, including AB 2393 on damages for false imprisonment/arrest, AB 1994 on an immigrant victims’ rights and resources card, AB 1929 on health plan investment disclosures, AB 1633 imposing a tax on for-profit detention facilities, AB 1650 requiring decals on rental vehicles used for enforcement, AB 1655 protecting CalWORKs benefits when a child is detained, and AB 1896 disqualifying people who participated in immigration enforcement from certain public employment. AB 2230, which would bar immigration enforcement near polling places and child care facilities, also passed after extensive debate. Supporters framed these bills as accountability and protection for vulnerable communities; opponents argued they targeted federal law enforcement, were unnecessary, or raised constitutional concerns. AB 1851 on statewide school mental-health guidance also passed unanimously. After the midday recess, the Assembly returned and continued with more bills tied to immigration impacts and child welfare. AB 2379 passed with urgency, requiring child care providers to be informed of constitutional rights and trained on protections when confronted by immigration enforcement. AB 2460 passed to update school behavioral-health referral protocols for students affected by immigration enforcement trauma. AB 2495 passed to expand prohibitions on employer immigration-related threats, and AB 2662 was presented as a way for California to monitor and document federal enforcement actions and report on their community impacts. Throughout the day, the floor featured repeated exchanges over whether the bills addressed real problems or were political messaging, but the measures that came to a vote generally advanced with majority support.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 3/2/26

Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • about are to provide the services that people ask for at the cost of providing those services plus the wages
  • about are to provide the services that people ask for at the cost of providing those services plus the wages
  • about are to provide the services that people ask for at the cost of providing those services plus the wages
  • <01:09:27.759><c> services</c><01:09:28.319><c> plus</c><01:09:28.600><c> the</c><01:09:28.680><c> wages
  • </c><01:09:29.120><c> and</c> those services plus the wages and those services plus the wages and benefits
Keywords: 1183, house
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • That's before we're talking about increases regarding wages, construction, other unfunded mandates, or
  • This bill would tax people who are just trying to avoid having their credit destroyed and their wages
  • </c><01:04:31.440><c> garnished</c><01:04:31.839><c> for</c> destroyed and their wages garnished for
  • It's like regular people who make a wage—we can't cheat on our taxes because all the information just
  • people who make a wage we can't cheat<01:25:04.000><c> on</c><01:25:04.119><c> our</c><01:25:04.320>
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee took up House File 2437, the governor’s proposed tax bill, and first adopted the A25-Z42 amendment to put the bill in the desired shape. Commissioner Paul Marquardt of the Department of Revenue then presented the bill as part of Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan’s budget, describing it as a response to budget pressures that would make the tax system more fair and stable while supporting economic development and jobs. Marquardt walked through the bill’s major provisions. These included sustainable aviation fuel policy, repeal of K-12 education credit assignment, elimination of the political contribution refund, expansion of the research and development credit, short-line railroad infrastructure modernization, changes to the state airport fund levy, replacement of attachments and appearances with distribution systems, a narrow personal property tax exception for low-income housing tenants, reduced aquatic invasive species aid, and a 34% reduction in PILT payments. He then focused on the sales tax article, saying it would lower the statewide rate by 0.75% while expanding the base to selected professional services such as accounting, banking, brokerage, and legal services, with business-to-business transactions exempt. He said the proposal would be effective for sales and purchases after September 30, 2025, and estimated a first-year rate-cut impact of about $99 million versus $215 million from the service expansion, while arguing that most households would see a net tax cut. He also noted other changes such as landlord penalty adjustments, a 30% reduction in sustainable aviation fuel incentive payments, repeal of local government cannabis aid, and repeal of the tax filing modernization account. Public testimony began with Kyle Playford of the Financial Planning Association of Minnesota, who strongly opposed the proposed sales tax on professional services, especially financial planning. He argued that financial planning is an essential service for retirement, investment, and long-term financial security, and said the tax would raise costs for consumers, reduce access for middle-class families, small business owners, and retirees, and put Minnesota firms at a competitive disadvantage. The chair then indicated that additional public testimony would continue before member questions.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • match, unlike some other matching components and other state grants where you could count, like, the wage
  • match, unlike some other matching components and other state grants where you could count, like, the wage
  • match, unlike some other matching components and other state grants where you could count, like, the wage
  • We also incorporate wage changes from MMB, first state tax filers, so that we know how we can get an
  • idea of the expectation for how much wages are going to change.
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-04-14

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • in Minnesota is 80 hours of work or 80 hours of volunteering per month. 80 hours at federal minimum wage
  • in Minnesota is 80 hours of work or 80 hours of volunteering per month. 80 hours at federal minimum wage
  • in Minnesota is 80 hours of work or 80 hours of volunteering per month. 80 hours at federal minimum wage
  • in Minnesota is 80 hours of work or 80 hours of volunteering per month. 80 hours at federal minimum wage
  • in Minnesota is 80 hours of work or 80 hours of volunteering per month. 80 hours at federal minimum wage
Bills: HF3901 , HF962 , HF4428 , HF4478 , HF1775
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/05/26

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Does the university use this money to backfill the wages of the professors through the summer months?
  • of the professors backfill the wages of the professors through<00:50:50.640><c> the</c><00:50:50.880
  • It pays for hourly wages by their workers. It pays for costs. It pays for test strips.
  • It pays for hourly wages by their workers. It pays for costs. It pays for test strips.
  • </c><01:00:20.079><c> by</c><01:00:20.400><c> their</c> It pays for um hourly wages by their It pays
Keywords: 1187, senate, all