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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our workers compensation insurance. Our workers compensation insurance.
  • Um and I am fully in workers comp. Um and I am fully in workers comp.
  • Uh doctors that are familiar with workers comp, familiar with with workers comp, familiar with with workers
  • I workers compensation to our teachers. I workers compensation to our teachers.
  • But it it is to teachers workers comp. But it it is to teachers workers comp.
Bills: SB199, HB142, SB86, HB152, HB297, SB1, SB1
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • for workers especially and for planet. for workers especially and for planet.
  • water on uh what it's doing to workers water on uh what it's doing to workers rights<00:32:08.000
  • one worker compared to another worker one worker compared to another worker could<00:34:54.560><
  • c> and<01:04:38.640> using worker rules, worker benefits and using worker rules, worker benefits
  • workers are asking for. workers are asking for.
Bills: HF1316, HF4369
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/3/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • unemployment benefits as any other worker, which already includes locked-out workers.
  • unemployment benefits as any other worker, which already includes locked-out workers.
  • like other workers striking workers like other workers striking workers<00:13:11.680> would<00
  • workers.
  • <00:20:48.840> the workers this law will give workers the workers this law will give workers
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Human Committee Meeting - 2025-04-09

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The provisions in this bill streamline the MinChoices tool, which county workers navigate daily, making
  • This will also free up county financial workers and help address the enormous backlog for individuals
  • I'm a home care worker. I am testifying on behalf of my union, SCIU Home Care, Minnesota and Iowa.
  • You can have complete confidence that the money will go to workers and will help ensure care for our
  • And I know that I'm not the only Minnesotan who has a home care worker who can do many of the things
Bills: HF2434
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • min choices tool, which county workers min choices tool, which county workers navigate<00:53:49.119
  • I'm a home care worker. I am testifying on behalf of my union, SEIU Home Care, Minnesota, and Iowa.
  • We represent over 55,000 workers in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and self-directed home care.
  • I'm a homeare worker. I am Paul. I'm a homeare worker.
  • :24.960> in represent over 55,000 workers in represent over 55,000 workers in hospitals,<01:16
Bills: HF2434
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • That puts the American worker first.
  • To my mind, being pro-worker means defending the right of all workers, including those who decide they
  • That's not putting workers first, it restrains workers.
  • This is pro-worker. This helps American workers maintain their wages and maintain their jobs.
  • So they're firing American workers, but they are exploiting child workers.
Summary: The meeting centered around an in-depth discussion of the PRO Act, with representatives expressing passionate opinions both for and against the legislation. Representative Chavez de Rimmer emphasized the importance of worker freedom, arguing that the PRO Act would infringe upon individual rights by coercing unionization. This perspective was strongly received by members from right-to-work states, who articulated their concerns about the potential erosion of workers' choices and protections. Speaker after speaker conveyed conflicting views on labor laws, indicating a deeply polarized environment surrounding labor issues at the moment.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/27/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:10:29.519> housekeeping folks like dietary workers housekeeping folks like dietary workers
  • Nursing home worker means any worker who provides services in a nursing home in Minnesota, including
  • It's not going to the workers, and we need to make sure it's going to the workers. Thank you.
  • It's not going to the workers, and we need to make sure it's going to the workers.
  • It's not going to the workers, and we need to make sure it's going to the workers.
Bills: HF1419, HF500
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Human Services Finance and Policy Committee hears HF500 2/27/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:14:43.680> across 70,000 essential workers across 70,000 essential workers across Minnesota
  • <00:14:56.880> in thousands of dedicated workers in thousands of dedicated workers in nursing
  • It's not going to the workers, and we need to make sure it's going to the workers. Thank you.
  • It's not going to the workers, and we need to make sure it's going to the workers. Thank you.
  • safe Staffing Fair wages and real worker safe Staffing Fair wages and real worker protections<00
Bills: HF1419, HF500
Summary: The committee took up House File 500, which would require the legislature to fund the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board’s standards before they could take effect. An author’s DE2 amendment was adopted first; the amendment was described as pausing the board’s standards unless the legislature estimates and fully pays the cost for each nursing home. The bill author argued that mandates without money create serious consequences for seniors and providers, and said the measure would keep budget authority with the legislature rather than an appointed board. Supporters, including nursing home operators and the Long-Term Care Imperative, said the board’s holiday pay and minimum wage standards would create large unfunded costs, citing estimates ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars for individual facilities and more than $200 million statewide. They argued that some facilities could face debt, reserve depletion, or reduced access to care if the standards are not funded. Opponents, including SEIU workers and union leaders, said the board has improved staffing, recruitment, morale, and worker safety, and that caregivers deserve higher wages and holiday pay. They argued the bill would weaken the board’s ability to address chronic understaffing and would shift focus away from worker protections. Members also debated whether nursing home reimbursement rates have already risen enough to cover wages and whether the problem lies with how funds are used by providers. After public testimony closed, several members spoke in opposition and support. A roll call was requested, and the committee voted 9-7 to re-refer House File 500, as amended, to the Committee on Labor and Workforce and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/29/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:03:28.960> and extended to all the hourly workers and extended to all the hourly workers
  • <01:04:11.839> If like any sysma workers right now. If like any sysma workers right now.
  • , because you're an hourly school worker, because you're an hourly school worker, we're<01:04:19.039
  • save workers. save workers.
  • people the same as those other workers. people the same as those other workers.
Bills: HF2433, HF2434
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sole worker. work It's very clear. Sole worker.
  • or workers' rights means if any worker or workers' rights organization<01:14:26.200> would<01
  • all workers.
  • Colorado covers all workers. Maine covers all workers. Rhode Island covers all workers.
  • ,<01:38:38.760> workers businesses still need workers, workers businesses still need workers
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • nursing home workers by a certified<00:02:42.480> worker<00:02:42.840> organization<00
  • :02:43.720> about certified worker organization about certified worker organization about their
  • <00:03:20.080> are Standards Board statute all workers are Standards Board statute all workers
  • <00:03:41.159> are on the pay and benefits workers are on the pay and benefits workers are
  • <00:05:23.479> know<00:05:23.759> their workers know their workers know their rights<00
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so I’m happy to make sure we’re protecting all workers. >> And, Representative Berg, what we were
  • > plan comprehensive worker protection plan comprehensive worker protection plan because<00:44
  • They recruit a lot of workers for Minnesota-based employers.
  • a lot of workers for Minnesota based<00:53:24.160> employers.
  • <00:53:35.520> for employers that they recruit workers for employers that they recruit workers
Summary: The committee first adopted the minutes from February 26 and then heard House File 2581, authored by Representative Frazier, which sought $1 million for Fortis Capital, a nonprofit economic development lender. Frazier and Fortis CEO Brian Smith described Fortis as a gap-financing lender that helps underserved entrepreneurs who cannot meet traditional bank underwriting standards. They said the organization has made 37 loans totaling more than $4 million since 2021, leveraged another $29.5 million, and created 314 jobs. Smith said Fortis typically charges around 6.5% interest, has had two defaults, and uses a revolving loan fund model that recycles repayments; members discussed how the proposal fits with other state economic development programs and whether Fortis should instead be part of a competitive grant process. The chair laid HF 2581 over for possible inclusion in a budget bill. The committee then heard House File 3707, brought by Representative Berg, which would extend confidentiality protections to unemployment insurance and paid leave judges and related staff by adding them to the definition of judges for purposes of protecting personal information. Berg and testifiers from the Department of Economic Development and MAPE said the bill responds to harassment and safety concerns, including threats, doxxing, and an attack near an office, and is intended to protect people making sensitive determinations. MAPE supported the bill as an update to existing protections for similar workers. Members raised concerns that the bill’s language was too broad, especially the reference to the paid leave division, and questioned whether it should cover only judges or also call-center and other staff. Department and committee members agreed the language likely needed narrowing and discussed possible amendments and whether to move the bill to Judiciary and then revisit it. No final vote was taken on HF 3707 during the discussion, and the bill remained under consideration for further language work.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Apr 28th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • In education, you know where I live we have a lot of immigrant workers.
  • So I'm concerned at giving, if you've got 20 workers...
  • Most of these people that are workers, where are they from?
  • A lot of people don't know how to do that, but these workers do.
  • H-2A is for seasonal farm workers, while H-2B has a cap.