Video & Transcript Research : 'holidays'

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KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • and making up for it by working the Christian holidays does not exist.
  • and making up for it by working the Christian holidays does not exist.
  • want to take a sick day for a, you know, a religious holiday and use that sick day.
  • want to take a sick day for a, you know, a religious holiday and use that sick day.
  • for a you know a rel religious holiday for a you know a rel religious holiday um<00:47:56.720>
Summary: The committee heard testimony from Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty on a bill to extend minimum line-of-duty hazardous duty retirement benefits to certain CERS and KERS non-hazardous members who are injured in the line of duty and cannot return to that work. She used a video and examples from Eastern Kentucky first responders, including a deputy who lost a leg and an emergency management director who lost an eye, to argue that some injured officers and responders fall through the cracks because their employers did not elect hazardous-duty coverage. She said the proposal would provide 25% of pay to the disabled officer, plus 10% for dependent children and minimal health benefits, and noted estimated actuarial costs of about $2.9 million for CERS and $0.542 million for KERS, funded through small employer-rate increases. Members asked how far back the bill would reach, how many people might qualify, and whether the benefit would apply only to active employees or also to past injuries. Laferty said the bill would include a five-year window for recent situations and could potentially cover a total of 3,333 positions statewide that could be certified as hazardous, though benefits would only apply if the person was injured in the line of duty and disabled from returning to that work. Questions also focused on whether a non-hazardous employee could qualify if injured in a hazardous situation; Laferty said yes, if the position could be certified as hazardous, but only for the bill’s minimum benefits. Rep. Josh Calloway and others noted that local governments choose whether to pay the higher hazardous-duty contribution rates, which they said often drives the coverage decision. The committee then heard Rep. Daniel Gberg present a separate bill revising school leave rules so teachers and school employees may use accumulated sick leave to observe religious holidays not on the school calendar, with a required personal statement and advance notice. He said the change would address a longstanding inconsistency for teachers who observe non-Christian holidays and currently may have to choose between unpaid leave or improperly using sick days, and he said prior concerns about retirement service credit and maternity leave were reduced by other policy changes. The discussion ended without a vote, with members indicating they had the relevant materials and that the bill would be revisited later.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 19th, 2025

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I do... ...Juneteenth its own separate holiday.
  • Al is to make Juneteenth a state holiday in my district.
  • The city of Dothan celebrates it as a holiday. The county... ...celebrates it as a holiday.
  • I think we should make it a state holiday. ...
  • I think we should make it a state holiday, and I'll reserve any questions until later.
Bills: SB39, HB165, HB189, HB44, HB44
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child Committee Meeting - 2026-03-25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair, my understanding is that CCAP cannot pay for closure days except for holidays.
  • except for holidays. That's current law. except for holidays. That's current law.
  • Plus holidays." Representative Altendorf said, "What have we done for Minnesota?
  • Plus<01:19:07.440> holidays. Plus holidays. Plus holidays. Plus<01:19:08.600> holidays.
  • Plus holidays. Plus holidays.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 15th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is about those employees who are not. compensated during the holidays, um, is for those persons
  • bus drivers, the cafeteria workers, and the, um, office aides who are not paid during the... say holidays
  • , Christmas holidays, other holidays. school employees, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and office aid
  • workers cannot stretch their checks across the unpaid state and federal holidays, leaving them without
  • They're accrued personally on predetermined state and federal holidays.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 29th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 165 adds Juneteenth as a state holiday.
  • , and Houston County, it's a county holiday, and it's a federal holiday that was voted on by all of our
  • So, to me, it makes sense that we add this as a holiday.
  • Um ... ...sense that we add this as a holiday.
  • First, it gives it a permanent spot on the list of holidays.