Video & Transcript Research : 'skilled labor'
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jan 8th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- these regional partnerships, and building a new career digital passport so people can control their skills
- These are folks in the skilled trades, right?
- These are electricians and the laborers and the carpenters.
- technology that are worker-centered reforms that bring, that must bring our brothers and sisters in labor
Summary:
The Assembly met, initially lacking a quorum, and the Clerk called the roll until a quorum was established. The chamber then proceeded through routine opening business, including prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, recognition of Native lands, approval of procedural motions, and several unanimous-consent actions to re-refer bills and allow committees to notice bills pending re-referral. The Assembly also recessed regular session to convene a joint convention for the Governor’s State of the State address.
In the joint convention, Governor Gavin Newsom delivered his final State of the State speech, focusing on California’s economic performance, education investments, housing reforms, public safety, homelessness, climate policy, insurance issues, and the state’s response to federal actions. He highlighted budget plans, including a proposed $248.3 billion general fund, increased reserves, major education funding, child care and after-school investments, housing and affordability measures, mental health and homelessness funding, infrastructure projects, clean energy goals, and wildfire recovery efforts. He also praised legislative collaboration on AI regulation, tax credits, and other policy areas while criticizing federal policies and calling for continued state action.
After the address, the Governor’s speech was ordered printed in the journal, the joint convention adjourned sine die, and the Assembly returned to regular session. The Speaker announced the desk would remain open for introduction of the budget bill, noted the next floor session would be Monday, January 12 at 1 p.m., and the House adjourned on motion of the Majority Leader.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jan 8th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- these regional partnerships and building a new career digital passport so people can track their skills
- These are folks in the skilled trades, right?
- These are electricians and the laborers and the carpenters.
- technology that are worker-centered reforms that bring, that must bring our brothers and sisters in labor
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 10, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- These are specialized positions and the labor market, as you can expect for those skill sets we require
- The approach in the current labor market is also helped us reduce the number of days.
- And so you have a level of skill at different levels where folks buy in to what we're doing.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Tue Apr 14, 2026, 9:00AM HST - Day 44
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Speaker, I come from a union company and industry, so I know the value of union labor.
- Madam Speaker, I come from a union company and industry, so I know the value of union labor.
- Madam Speaker, I come from a union company and industry, so I know the value of union labor.
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 25th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The original discussion on this proposal was, ‘Let’s do a $10 billion bond for our friends, the labor
- There is a bill right now that organized labor is trying to kill that would streamline construction—modest
- finally, take a look at the fine print in this initiative: developers with political connections, labor
- state leaders, exploring policy issues, participating in community service, and developing leadership skills
- Francisco, proving through her own example that it is never too late to pursue a new dream or master a new skill
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Apr 8th, 2026
Housing and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- I definitely don't have that skill set.
- It includes the same labor standards as SB 423, requiring prevailing wage for projects under 85 feet
- and skilled and trained workforce requirements for larger buildings.
- to ensure high-rise housing is possible, streamline permitting to protect that housing from delays, labor
- So when we come here and we complain about there not being labor standards in these different housing
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- we're seeing maybe a world that you have both, that you have utilities who are in certain areas more skilled
- And you might have some customers that will bring...” “...skilled at providing the generation transmission
- quasi-judicial agency with a primary mission of adjudicating and facilitating mediation of public sector labor
- PERC also performs other essential functions such as registering labor organizations and conducting secret-ballot
- They are labor disputes of some type that come before PERC.
Summary:
The committee met to consider a large slate of appointments, with the main discussion centered on the confirmation of Chavon Harris as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). Harris testified about her background in state service and outlined agency priorities including Medicaid financial accountability, transparency, managed care oversight, behavioral health redesign, rural health access, workforce recruitment, and use of technology and AI. Senators questioned her extensively about the Hope Florida/Medicaid settlement controversy, opioid settlement-funded advertising campaigns tied to marijuana prevention and the 2024 Amendment 3 election, public records compliance, abortion reporting and enforcement under the Heartbeat Protection Act, managed care denials, value-based purchasing, and Medicaid funding pressures. After debate, the committee voted to recommend her confirmation, with Senator Polsky voting no.
The committee then considered Anna Ortega and Robert Payne for the Florida Public Service Commission. Ortega, a current PSC commissioner and former staff advisor, discussed utility regulation, data center load issues, ratepayer protections, transparency in PSC decisions, and lessons from other states. Payne, a former legislator and longtime utility co-op employee, emphasized his technical background and the need to balance utility returns with consumer affordability. Both nominees were confirmed by unanimous or near-unanimous votes and recommended favorably to the full Senate.
Next, the committee heard from Jeffrey Aaron for reappointment to the Public Employees Relations Commission. Aaron described PERC’s role in public-sector labor disputes and said his work had been upheld in appellate courts without reversal. Senators questioned him about his law firm’s state contracts, his role as chairman of Attorney General James Uthmeier’s PAC, and his connection to the Hope Florida Foundation matter; he declined to discuss the pending investigation. Public testimony included opposition from Florida Voice for the Unborn. The committee nevertheless recommended his confirmation, with several no votes. Finally, the committee approved the remaining appointees on tabs 5 through 46 in a single vote, postponing Dr. John Littell and DCF Secretary Hatch, and then adjourned.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Feb 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I've seen the skill and the care and the dedication that she has for her patients.
- We operate an emergency department, EMS program, primary urgent care, acute care, and labor and delivery
- Savings from the 340B program are how we are able to provide these types of services, such as labor and
- I am the Washington State representative for PILMA, the Pharmaceutical Industry Labor Management Association
- This is needed policy, establishing network adequacy standards for skilled nursing facilities and rehab
Summary:
The committee heard public testimony on several health-related bills. SB 5904 would restrict nursing titles such as RN, NP/ARNP, and LPN to licensed human people and prohibit non-human entities, including AI chatbots, from using those titles. The sponsor and nursing advocates said the bill is meant to prevent confusion and protect public trust, while preserving the use of AI as a support tool. SB 5877 would add a $70 surcharge for certified anesthesiologist assistants so they can participate in the Washington Physicians Health Program and access HealWA resources; supporters said it closes a technical gap and aligns CAAs with other medical professions. SB 5185 would create a pilot pathway for certain international medical graduates with clinical experience licenses to obtain full primary care licensure; supporters from the medical commission, physicians, and IMG advocates said the program has worked well, has shown no patient safety issues, and could help address workforce shortages.
The committee also heard extensive testimony on ESSB 6210, which would let the Health Benefit Exchange adopt additional market-factor certification criteria for exchange plans, including standards aimed at preserving access and affordability in underserved counties. Supporters, including the exchange, OIC, consumer advocates, tribal representatives, and patient groups, said the bill is needed to respond to federal policy changes, rising premiums, and disappearing coverage in places like San Juan County. Opponents from carriers and employer groups argued the timeline is too fast, the criteria are too discretionary, and the bill could reduce competition and raise costs. The committee then heard SB 5981, which would strengthen protections and reporting requirements for the federal 340B drug pricing program and limit manufacturer restrictions on contract pharmacies and data requests. Hospitals, clinics, and patient advocates said the bill protects safety-net care and rural access, while manufacturers, employers, and business groups argued it would expand a program that already raises costs and lacks transparency.
In executive session, the committee took action on SB 5917, related to Department of Corrections distribution of abortion medications, rejecting five proposed amendments and then advancing the bill on a 10-6 vote with three excused. The committee also advanced SB 5988, which concerns Department of Health opioid treatment program accrediting activities, on a do-pass recommendation after brief discussion.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Aug 20th, 2025
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair, members, Sarah Flocks, the California Federation of Labor Unions in strong support. with
- When you're asking three people to show up, the labor laws in the state of California.
- that qualified employee training records are comprehensive of all training, useful in demonstrating skills
- 671 Cervantes, 686 Reyes, 731 Archuleta, 764 Weber-Pearson, 792 Elgin, 847 Reyes. 854, committee on labor
- Proud to be refugee members that focus on everything from basic skills, English as a second language,
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 15th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- employees and intervene as a party to help maintain the consistent application and enforcement of labor
- interest on the PIRB board and with the PIRB staff that are looking into the issues of unfairness. fair labor
- In this role I witnessed first hand the quiet but essential labor of our public works professionals.
- There were many skilled nursing facilities that were burnt down.
- Skilled nurses and surgical nurses became full-time caregivers.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- It is not the most robust labor pool we have.
- My concern would be a large-scale labor market competitor right next door to another facility that's
- My concern would be a large-scale labor market competitor right next door to another facility that's
- But the first thing is going to be a labor market.
- And as far as the labor market, these were pretty well-paying jobs until everybody jacked...
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 14th, 2026 at 09:19 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- notice of the E-Verify requirements to all West Virginia employers and post them on the Division of Labor
- you're now going to start creating confusion in state law versus federal law with the Department of Labor
- Creating a job for yourself is when you go in and, as long as you're working at a skill set that you've
- The other way is through the Department of Labor, whether they choose to do some sort of random audit
- of labor, after providing notice and opportunity to be heard, will issue an order imposing a written
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't have an issue with, you know, department's labor standard enforcement.
- I can go to labor standards enforcement. I know who they are. I can do that. I can do that.
- preliminary cure determination issued by the Labor and Workforce Development Agency PAGA unit.
- Senator Grove referenced and so what The Labor Commissioner’s side that Senator Grove referenced.
- I'm the director of the Labor Management Compliance Council.
Summary:
The Senate Rules Committee approved several non-appearing gubernatorial appointments and routine agenda items by 4-0 votes, including Frank Damrow Jr. to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board, Michelle Eddger to the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, and David Galavis to the State Park and Recreation Commission. The committee also approved bill referrals, a rule waiver to allow SB 1447 to be heard after the policy deadline, and floor acknowledgments.
The committee then heard the appointment of Clint Kellam as Director of the Department of Cannabis Control. Members focused heavily on cannabis regulation, especially illicit market activity, consumer education, labeling, and youth protection. Kellam said the department’s goal is to shift consumption from illicit to legal sources, not increase use, and described efforts such as the Real California Cannabis website, the required educational pamphlet for new users, inspections, and package review. Senators raised concerns about attractive-to-children packaging, high-dose beverages, and the need for tighter labeling rules; Kellam said the department is open to legislative changes, is working on an AI tool to help licensees review packaging, and uses recalls, citations, and administrative actions when products violate rules. He also described enforcement efforts against illegal cultivation and retail, including the Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force and cooperation with local, state, and federal agencies. The committee voted 4-0 to advance the appointment.
The committee next heard Jennifer Osborne’s appointment as Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. Osborne described her background in state administration and said she aims to remove barriers, improve systems, and support workplace safety, wage enforcement, workers’ compensation, and apprenticeship programs. Senators asked about PAGA enforcement, Cal/OSHA audit findings, backlogs, staffing shortages, and complaint handling. Osborne said DIR’s role in PAGA is limited, but the department is working on Cal/OSHA policy revisions, training, additional investigation staff, centralized intake, IT modernization, and possible use of outside administrative law judges to reduce delays. She also said the department is addressing vacancy and backlog issues through classification changes and new hiring strategies. Public commenters from employer groups and labor organizations spoke in support, and the committee approved the appointment 4-0 for full Senate confirmation.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Mar 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a proud supporter of union labor, and I'm committed to continue fighting for union jobs and state
- And I'm not on any particular item, but all of the items that involve labor.
- And I'm not only one particular item, but all of the items that involve labor.
- We represent about 250 skilled craft union jobs at the Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex.
- If we want this industry and these skilled union careers to remain here, we need policies that provide
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Apr 20th, 2026
Business, Professions and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- California Hospital Association, also representing over 400 hospitals throughout the state, as well as 100 skilled
- CHA shares the concerns raised by CAHF specific to key health care settings like hospitals and skilled
- Patients who are ready to leave the hospital end up waiting for a skilled nursing facility bed much longer
- It seems to me if LVNs are trained and skilled to provide a particular service, to restrict that, to
- Producing major festivals is like building a city, complete with all the public safety, labor, infrastructure
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 4th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- We had the Deputy Secretary of Labor, Keith Sondering, who is a homegrown near-cabinet secretary from
- I think sometimes there's a skills shortage in our community.
- There's a shortage of skilled workers that are ready to step into those high-demand careers.
- I think it's really, really important that we close those gaps and we focus on those workforce skills
- workforce, and they're going to make a very good living in a short period of time learning these skills
Keywords:
tuition, resident status, incarceration, education, equal access, nursing shortage, health care, education funding, workforce development, LINE Fund, monetary contributions, nonmonetary contributions
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met to consider one bill, a postponed bill, and a slate of trustee confirmations. The committee first took up CS/SB 1246, which expands the Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) fund to support health science workforce shortages beyond nursing, including allied health programs. The bill also broadens eligible uses of funds, revises matching requirements and grant criteria, and updates reporting requirements. A strike-all amendment was adopted without objection, and the committee then reported the bill favorably after supportive testimony from Florida State College at Jacksonville, the Florida Hospital Association, the College of Central Florida, and the Florida Chamber of Commerce. Senator Davis also noted a favorable vote on the bill for the record.
The committee then temporarily postponed SB 720 at the sponsor’s request. Chair Harrell explained that the bill had been incorporated into a larger committee measure and would likely be heard later in another form. Public witnesses who had come to speak on the bill were not heard because of the postponement.
The remainder of the meeting focused on confirmations for trustees at several state colleges, including Chipola College, Tallahassee State College, Pensacola State College, Palm Beach State College, Pasco-Hernando State College, and St. Petersburg College. The appointees emphasized themes of affordability, workforce training, nursing and allied health success, dual enrollment, community partnerships, and local economic development. After hearing from the appointees, the committee approved a block motion to recommend confirmation of all appointees on tabs 2 through 25. The meeting then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Delivering for the Northland – Senator Grant Hauschild May 12th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It's about a process not to skirt any environmental laws, not to skirt labor laws, because certainly
- They could go try to find jobs elsewhere, but then we lose that skilled workforce that could reopen these
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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- labor pool available.
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- </c><06:47:02.558><c> And</c> the use of project labor agreements.
- And the use of project labor agreements.
- Standards Act. the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Feb 9th, 2026 at 11:52 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- He went on to work on Governor Gary Johnson's campaign and served in his cabinet as Secretary of Labor
- state, and he understood the importance of standing up for all New Mexico. cabinet as Secretary of Labor
- Zevron is focused on his leadership skills and discipline because of the opportunities 4-H has given
- She also has numerous skills.
- Speaker, gentlemen, that was before we had some labor force changes.
Bills:
HB111, HB61, HB43, HB156, HB70, SB3, HB103, HB109, HB128, HB247, HJM2, HJM3, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM32, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50
Keywords:
water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Economic and Rural Development Sep 4th, 2025
Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Just the attractiveness in terms of housing right now for those folks, but also just the skill levels
- The value-added component is the contribution to GDP, and then out of that is labor income.
- We have labor income here on the bottom, value added, and then total output.
- Representative for San Juan County over that period of time: 436 jobs, labor income of 11.7 million,
- Labor shortages, both skilled and unskilled, are affecting many of our meat processors.