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• And it's good that we have volunteers that work on these programs.
• And it's good that we have volunteers that work to work on these programs.
• So keep up the great work, and I sincerely mean that.
• So keep up the great work, and I sincerely mean that.
• through their core work now.

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• You know, they've worked with Republican leaders, Democratic leaders, and more and more the work always
• c><00:18:48.240><c> leaders,</c> they've worked with Republican leaders, they've worked with Republican
• Um we did all that work. education bill. Um we did all that work.
• </c> away from the work. away from the work.
• </c><00:21:32.920><c> Um</c> filling the time with our work. Um filling the time with our work.

Summary: A Minnesota Senate leader discussed the end-of-session budget deal and said the Senate had passed a comprehensive budget that addresses several recent crises and federal policy changes. He highlighted funding to respond to gun violence, Metro Surge, and the effects of a federal Republican budget bill, saying the package includes retroactive medical assistance coverage, support to keep SNAP functioning, $10 million for food banks and shelves, rental assistance, and aid for counties and property taxpayers. He also said the Senate secured $205 million for HCMC, a $30 million uncompensated care pool for other distressed hospitals, and a $500 million health care stabilization reserve, along with a one-year license tab fee reduction and a $1.2 billion bonding bill. He said some priorities were left out or rejected in negotiations, including small business relief, low-income rent, energy assistance, rural EMS stabilization, a manufactured home bill of rights, a social media platform data collection tax, and proposals to block private equity from nursing homes and single-family homes. He also said the House Speaker had promised but not brought a gun vote to the floor, and he expressed disappointment that immigration-related action and some gun control measures did not advance further. He defended the rental assistance as available to Minnesotans regardless of documentation status and said it was not tied only to Operation Metro Surge. The leader also addressed concerns about payment withholding and program integrity in human services, saying the goal was to fight fraud without cutting services. He said hospitals seeking access to the stabilization reserve would need to show distress and financial need, and that both the governor and a legislative advisory committee would have to approve. He closed by saying the process had been difficult and too much negotiation had moved into backroom settings, but that the chambers were working toward an orderly conclusion and that he expected the remaining bills to be finalized and sent to the governor.

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• reinvest funds toward this critical work.
• And that's by doing the compliance work properly.
• I've worked in labor compliance and enforcement across public works projects throughout California for
• We want it to work.
• We want it to work. My members benefit from it.

Committee: Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement

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• I think we're still working on the... I think we're still working on the fine structure.
• Well, this is a great bill and appreciate the author's work.
• Our staff, to our place of work.
• We work for the public.
• And I think anybody in their place of work has a right to not have people interfere with doing the work

Summary: The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee heard several bills focused on consumer transparency, environmental protection, education accountability, and privacy protections. AB 2143 by Assemblymember Irwin would prohibit online marketplaces from accepting payment for noxious weeds shipped into California; supporters said the bill would close an e-commerce loophole that helps spread invasive species, while TechNet opposed it unless clearer standards and safeguards were added. AB 1744 by Assemblymember Addis, the Clear Labels, Clear Seas Act, would bar sunscreen products containing chemical UV filters from being marketed as “reef safe” or similar claims; supporters, including a Sacramento high school eco club and Surfrider Foundation, said the bill would prevent misleading greenwashing, while the Personal Care Products Council expressed concern about implications for the safety of those ingredients. The committee also heard AB 1861 by Assemblymember Lackey, which would require the California Department of Education to maintain a public, searchable database of special education complaint decisions with personal information redacted. Supporters said the bill would improve transparency and help identify patterns of noncompliance affecting students with disabilities, while county education officials argued state resources should instead go toward filling special education vacancies. AB 2624 by Assemblymember Bonta would expand the Safe at Home address confidentiality program to immigrant service providers, employees, and volunteers and restrict online posting of their personal information when intended to threaten or intimidate; supporters described rising harassment, doxing, and threats against immigrant-serving organizations, while Assemblymember DeMaio raised First Amendment and public transparency concerns and Assemblymember Patterson questioned the bill’s limits on protest and publication. Because the committee initially lacked a quorum, several bills were heard and later voted on once quorum was established. Members generally praised the bills and, in some cases, requested to be added as coauthors. When votes were taken, AB 1861, AB 1744, AB 2143, and AB 2624 all passed out of committee, with AB 2624 receiving 11 aye votes and 2 no votes; the others were reported out on unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The committee then adjourned.

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• Did this kind of program work?
• And keep working there.
• This work also aligns with the work of the Yazi and Martinez plan.
• This is because the world that we work in is around human work; we know it is part of a system that is
• Chair, I'm wondering, in working with coaching across leadership and across teachers, are you also working

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• And so being a part of this work is very important to me and the work of the lasting or center.
• And we do this work into big buckets.
• What's working best.
• Why is it working? How could we make it work better?
• I think all of them can work and do work.

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• We worked hard.
• And so I appreciate your work on this bill. I appreciate your work on this bill.
• When I've worked with some of the most low-income individuals, I worked with Union Bank on a grant called
• Unfortunately, that is not working.
• I know that Habitat for Humanity was on the ground doing a lot of work and continues to do a lot of work

Committee: House Housing and Community Development

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• Brady began to work for dive guys um Brady began to work for dive guys um doing<00:01:07.760><c> uh</
• </c><00:01:20.320><c> with</c> uh in the first week of his work with uh in the first week of his work
• </c> working on what that change might be. working on what that change might be.
• </c> require those who are doing this work require those who are doing this work and<00:02:28.319><c>
• This work is going to continue.

Committee: Senate Finance

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• CURRENTLY WE ARE WORKING WITH PARTNERS ON FORMALIZING CAREER PATHWAYS TO MAKE THE WORK OF THE CREDENTIALS
• THE WORK ON THE EMPLOYMENT FIRST ACT JUST TO NAME A FEW.
• OF COURSE BROADBAND IS NOT THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS PROCESS CAN WORK.
• I LEARNED RECENTLY THAT IN LEON COUNTY THAT OUR WORK, OUR CAREER SOURCE FOLKS HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING WITH
• EITHER DOING HUMANITARIAN WORK OR WORK TO HELP WITH COMMUNITY RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY.

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• work environment.
• And thank you to the committee for the work on the bill.
• Four out of five are concerned about getting sick at work, unsafe working conditions, employer retaliation
• I just want to thank you all for the work that you do every day on behalf of working people and for supporting
• The county of Santa Clara's OLSE works toward creating a healthy business economy and a safe working

Summary: The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard and advanced several bills focused on worker protections, training access, wage enforcement, outreach, and workplace safety. SB 513 would require employees to have access to their training and certification records; supporters, including laid-off refinery workers and labor organizations, said employers sometimes withhold records during layoffs, while committee members called the practice unacceptable. The bill passed 5-0 and was re-referred to Appropriations. SB 809 addressed misclassification of construction truck owner-drivers by offering employers amnesty if they reclassify workers as employees and adopt a two-check payment system; labor and construction trades groups supported it, and it passed 5-0 to Judiciary. SB 578 would codify the California Workplace Outreach Program, which funds trusted community organizations to educate workers about their rights. Supporters described the program as a proven way to reach low-wage, immigrant, and hard-to-reach workers, especially amid wage theft, retaliation, and immigration enforcement concerns. The bill passed 5-0 to Appropriations. SB 261 would strengthen collection of wage theft judgments by creating a public list of nonpaying employers and adding penalties after six months of nonpayment; county enforcement officials and labor advocates said it would help workers recover unpaid wages. It passed 6-0 to Judiciary. The committee also approved SB 369, which would require skilled and trained workforce standards for Salton Sea restoration projects, with supporters saying the work is hazardous and should use trained labor; it passed 6-0 to Appropriations. Finally, SB 20 sought to address silicosis in stone countertop fabrication by requiring training and certification protections for workers; supporters said the disease has caused deaths among mostly Latino workers, while industry groups supported the bill with amendments and requested implementation resources. It passed 6-0 to Appropriations. The committee also adopted a consent calendar of four additional bills and adjourned after all listed measures were moved forward.

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• Those are the conditions we're working under. Those are the conditions we're working under.
• Paul doing the work that we've been elected to do, House Republicans still also work in their districts
• That included coming to work.
• </c><00:08:53.920><c> um</c> we could potentially look at work um we could potentially look at work um
• </c><00:09:09.279><c> that's</c> chairs because we do have work that's chairs because we do have work

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• One is working closely with our financial development corporations, who work directly with our participating
• are compensated for their work.
• It's really by working through the network.
• That's the way I work with the I-Bank.
• Like, this project's been in the works in... Where agencies that you work with and Cal?

Committee: Senate Rules

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• </c> something that they all could work with. something that they all could work with.
• We're also working really hard.
• Many people work during the week, travel for work, or are simply not home.
• </c> they they would work with a committee. they they would work with a committee.
• So, um, work put your working unit bet.

Bills: HB0002 , HB0022

Committee: Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

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• </c> coordinating commission would work on. coordinating commission would work on.
• all have done going uh working work you all have done going uh working on<00:29:25.279><c> this.
• Thank you for pushing for this, working with the working group.
• , working with the working<01:21:21.280><c> group.
• </c> the current systems don't work. the current systems don't work.

Committee: House Ways and Means

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• We need to work on that.
• So the first working group was the preseason engagement working group.
• great work.
• interior and working out instead of working in those remote areas?
• But I do have something that I am working on. Thank you so much for all your work.

Committee: House Water & Natural Resources Committee

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• Working backwards, again, the... be as a working group. Right? So, this be as a working group.
• </c><00:34:21.679><c> that</c> some of the work the body of work that some of the work the body of work
• It's in our agency work. It's been a facility works.
• It's been a facility works. identifying that the work that we're identifying that the work that we're
• it work.

Summary: The working group convened with all members present, approved the minutes from its October 16, 2025 meeting and its October 28, 2025 Halawa Correctional Facility site visit by unanimous consent, and received no public testimony on the agenda or minutes. The chair then reviewed the statutory timeline under Act 292/SB 104, noting the group continues until January 8, 2027, and discussed required reporting dates and the need to develop a work plan for the remaining meetings. The chair also said the October 16 DCR presentation would be treated as satisfying the group’s interim-report purpose, though the legal reporting obligations to the Legislature and oversight commission still needed to be sorted out. The main discussion focused on DCR’s proposed amendments to Act 292 and the department’s interim report. Director Johnson said the department’s October 16 presentation included recommended statutory amendments because the law, as written, could not be fully complied with; the proposals were described as section-by-section changes intended to address implementation problems. Members discussed several specific issues, including transfer language for higher levels of care, the 2010 MOA with the Department of Health, and replacing “physician” with “clinician” to reflect staffing realities. DCR explained that the change would allow licensed clinicians, including APRNs and doctors of osteopathy, to make decisions when physicians are not on duty, and that the MOA is being updated so transfers can occur from any DCR facility to the state hospital. An OHA staff member gave a detailed critique of the proposed amendments, saying they would weaken Act 292’s intent by reducing procedural protections, expanding exceptions, and relying on aspirational language such as “strive” and “if practicable.” OHA also raised concerns about the lack of baseline data on restrictive housing use and said the department’s report showed serious operational problems, including overcrowded and outdated facilities, limited space for private medical or mental health exams, and the use of suicide/safety cells for people who may not need mental health treatment. DCR responded that it had requested 35 new medical positions in the budget, supported by the governor, and said those positions are needed to meet basic care obligations for people in custody. The group did not take a vote on the proposed amendments. Instead, members agreed to continue the discussion, with the chair saying the reports, settlement tracker, 2010 MOA, and comparison guidelines would be distributed and used as the basis for future work. In the final discussion on work-plan priorities, members identified staffing shortages, physical plant limitations, and the need to examine humane alternatives and implementation challenges as key topics for upcoming meetings.

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• That consultation is how midwifery works, and it's how AB 1973 will work.
• The prevention work is working with young people. It's upstream youth leadership development.
• diligence in working on this.
• Thank you to Madam Chair, who's just stepping out, for all her work and the committee's work.
• Working Californians. Californians are enrolled in Medi-Cal. Working Californians.

Committee: House Health

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• I just want to say I have a lot of respect for all the work that you've done there, and I've worked alongside
• I'm incredibly proud of her work and her team's work, and the entire delegation of folks that are up
• Unfortunately, I've worked for the Department of Veterans Services for almost 26 years, and their work
• to work.
• Working as an immigration consultant, when you are giving a work visa, you are giving a Social Security

Bills: HB111 , HB103 , HB109 , HB128 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB49 , HB60 , HB108 , HB120 , HB124 , HB145 , HB154 , HB158 , HB164 , HB180 , HB291 , HJR6 , HJR7 , HR1 , HJM1 , HM13 , HM47

Summary: The House opened with a series of ceremonial recognitions, including Bernalillo County Day, Pecos Elementary, Las Vegas, New Mexico Highlands University, the New Mexico International School, and the Sun Country golf organizations. Members and guests offered brief remarks praising county staff, educators, university programs, and local public service, and several caucus and committee announcements were made. The House also received a gubernatorial message authorizing consideration of House Bill 303, which was then removed from Rules, ordered printed, and referred to the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee. The chamber then adopted a long slate of committee reports, moving multiple bills and memorials forward, including House Bills 294, 298, 38, 127, 151, 165, 47, 63, 64, 184, 200, 309, 311, 329, 310, and memorials 20 and 51. Most reports were adopted without objection, and several measures were advanced with committee substitutes or amended versions. The House then proceeded to third reading on selected bills. On final passage, House Bill 128 passed 61-1. The bill updates presumptive workers’ compensation coverage for full-time firefighters with occupational cancers and other illnesses, and debate focused on the exclusion of volunteer firefighters, the evidentiary burden for exposure claims, and whether the bill should be expanded later. House Bill 109, dealing with the Water Project Fund and allowing the New Mexico Finance Authority to award funds without legislative authorization through December 2029, passed 61-0. House Bill 158, requiring accountability and evaluation plans for agencies receiving growth funds, passed 63-0. House Bill 49, increasing the penalty for serious violent felons who possess firearms or destructive devices to a second-degree felony, was debated extensively over sentencing discretion and the distinction between serious violent and nonviolent felons; the transcript cuts off before the final vote on that bill.

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• We are actively working on that.
• So we’re working on that as well.
• So we’re working on that as well.
• So we’re working on that as well.
• </c> &gt;&gt; they should be working on it. &gt;&gt; they should be working on it.

Summary: The committee opened by approving the September 5, 2025 minutes, with one member asking that future minutes use honorifics such as Mr. or Ms. The agenda was then adjusted so Police Standards and Training could present first. Director John Skipa reported on the 2019 performance audit, saying 12 of 16 findings were fully resolved and the remaining items were substantially or partially resolved. He highlighted work on a job task analysis to update curriculum and develop a more realistic physical aptitude test, including possible replacement of the long-used Cooper test and a shift away from mandatory baton training toward electronic weapons training. He said stakeholder work groups would meet in October and November, with a goal of completing the work by the first quarter of 2026. On the strategic planning and performance measurement finding, Skipa said the agency had relied on the 2019 audit and the LEAC report as guides while also implementing a digital records system. He acknowledged that a formal forward-looking strategic plan with the council had not yet been completed, but said he and the council chair wanted to do so, possibly through a retreat-style planning session. Members asked how many LEAC recommendations had been fully implemented; Skipa said he did not know the exact number but believed nearly all of the 22 items assigned to his agency were complete. On the administrative rules finding, he said a part-time former director had been brought back to help revise outdated rules, the council subcommittee had finished its work, and proposed changes would be sent to the full council, then to stakeholders and the public, with a public hearing expected and implementation targeted for 2026. For the Corrections Advisory Committee finding, Skipa said the committee had been reconvened in 2020 and 2021 but had limited usefulness because the statutorily named members were mostly high-level administrators rather than line supervisors or newer corrections staff. He said some positions later went unfilled because of budget and staffing issues, and the committee had not been called back, but he was open to either informal adjustments or possible legislative changes to make the committee more useful. Committee members suggested that the statute may need to be amended to allow more appropriate designees or supervisors to participate. After Police Standards and Training concluded, the committee moved on to the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification, where the executive director said he would focus on the partially resolved items in the dental examiner audit and the National Path audit, noting that many changes were tied to recent statutory revisions.

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• Very important work, very important groundwork.
• We want them to work here. What are we going to do?
• They can continue to work at a competitor, as long as they're not working in a role very limited.
• that work is performed.
• These spaces are work spaces, places to create, develop, home skills so that works of art music and other

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

Summary: The committee held a hearing on Governor Healey’s economic development proposal, H. 5386, also referred to as the Mass Winds Act, focused on global investment, talent, innovation, housing, and business competitiveness. Governor Healey, Secretary of Economic Development Eric Paley, and Secretary of Administration and Finance Matt Gorzkowicz described the bill as a response to federal uncertainty and global competition, building on the 2024 Mass Leads Act. They highlighted proposed investments in a Global Mass initiative, including a $50 million innovation access fund and $20 million for sites to help international companies locate or expand in Massachusetts, along with support for AI, quantum, robotics, defense innovation, climate tech, downtown revitalization, and creative/cultural economy projects. They also emphasized measures to lower business costs, including reducing the LLC filing fee, expanding the small business energy tax exemption, and streamlining housing and development rules. Committee members questioned the administration about non-compete reform, AI and data-center infrastructure, housing affordability, and whether the bill would help retain workers and companies in Massachusetts. The governor and secretaries argued that the non-compete changes would restore the original compromise by requiring any alternative to garden leave to be negotiated at separation, and they said the bill’s housing and workforce provisions are intended to help young workers stay in the state. They also said Massachusetts is already investing in AI training, an AI hub, and energy-related planning, while acknowledging that data-center growth will require careful attention to water, electricity, and ratepayer impacts. Several witnesses testified on specific sections. Northeastern University supported the internship tax credit, saying experiential learning helps students gain jobs and remain in Massachusetts. The Latino Empowerment Advisory Council supported the waiver of redundant English testing for internationally trained nurses, saying it would speed entry into the workforce without lowering clinical standards. Russell Beck opposed the non-compete changes, arguing they would undermine the 2018 compromise and could reduce other forms of employee compensation. The Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office opposed the LLC fee reduction, citing revenue loss and fraud concerns. Municipal and regional groups, including the MMA and the Metro Mayors Coalition, supported site plan review codification and downtown/arts investments, while urging continued municipal input. The AFL-CIO asked for trigger language to preserve labor protections if federal law changes, and business and industry witnesses generally supported the bill’s competitiveness and global investment provisions. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational, with written testimony invited after the meeting.