Video & Transcript Research : 'leave of absence'
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KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Local Government.(6-23-26)
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
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times, first line of defense a lot of times, first line of defense a lot of - So, a lot of young men and women are leaving the public sector and moving to the private sector where
- young men and women are So, a lot of young men and women are leaving<00:38:41.920>
the <00:38: - All of our training, all of the time spent, all of our equipment, and all of our travel comes out of
- program because at this type of job we cannot have somebody in this position who would leave for, you
Bills:
HB339
Keywords:
Civil Air Patrol, CAP, emergency leave, job protection, employment discrimination, leave of absence, volunteer service, emergency response, Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, state employee leave, military leave, public employees, local government employers, reinstatement rights, seniority protection, unpaid leave, Meeting Start 00:00:03
Roll Call 00:00:14
Discussion of Local Law Enforcement Issues 00:03:08
Discussion of Civil Air Patrol Employment Protections 00:50:46
Adjournment 01:06:07, 958, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, well and I took this language out of the ICPC off of the ICPC website and so this comes out of
- of the safety of that individual.
- Is that kind of who you're, who this is aimed at? That sort of a, um... citizen of Texas?
- provision of food in some of those other states.
- of these supports in terms of our initial assessment.
Keywords:
Medicaid, nutrition support, maternal health, chronic conditions, pilot program, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child protective services, child abuse investigations, child neglect, child exploitation, advisory committee, Family and Protective Services Council, council abolition, foster care, due process, investigative procedures, child welfare, parental rights, family preservation services
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 19th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Scott testifying on behalf of yourself and testifying for the bill it's on behalf of the city of Austin
- Again, my name is Nim Kidd, Chief of the Division of Emergency Management and Chair of the Governor's
- I kind of think of it a little bit as a doge type of bill because it screams efficiency.
- property in the paper of of general circulation.
- In lieu of Representative Kanellis' absence, the Chair lays out House Bill 1696.
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, parole supervision, law enforcement, warrant execution, public safety, handgun license, judgment evaluation, medical advisory board, application denial, gun law procedures, abandoned property, unclaimed property, disposition, handgun, driver's license, commercial driver's license, weapon carry, gun rights, Texas legislature, legislative attendance
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Apr 6th, 2026 at 10:30 am
A&B Education Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, look a day over 70, one of them.
- What do you think of the budgetary implications of that? I didn't do much better on the.
- I've got one of those kids in my house.
- Senate Bill 1204 allows for three days of paid bereavement leave for our educators and support personnel
- This is just a continuation of our SRO plan of $50 million. We did have a discussion.
Keywords:
mathematics, student assessment, dyscalculia, intervention services, educational funding, professional development, state department of education, school employees, teachers, support personnel, support employees, public schools, school districts, bereavement leave, paid leave, grief leave, family leave, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, maternity leave
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1204 provides Oklahoma teachers and school employees 3 days of bereavement leave following
- leave revolving fund.
- So if it's coming out of the maternity leave revolving fund, and I guess I need to understand it.
- Senate Bill 182 allows the certified law enforcement officers of the Department of Human Services, Office
- of the state.
Keywords:
longevity pay, state employees, Oklahoma government, salary increase, emergency declaration, capital planning, funding allocation, state budget, infrastructure, emergency measures, income tax credit, qualified project, economic development, infrastructure funding, small population areas, school employees, teachers, support personnel, support employees, public schools
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- One of my questions is that we did not add medical leave.
- We know that a lot of private businesses now have parental leave policies that they actually offer.
- Another said she had to use all of her sick leave for maternity leave.
- Another said she had to use all of her sick leave for maternity leave.
- It provides six weeks of paid parental leave at 100% of base pay, covers birth, pregnancy loss, adoption
Keywords:
registrar of voters, parish registrar, chief deputy registrar, confidential assistant, election administration, elections, salary schedule, compensation, merit evaluation, population-based pay, census-based pay, Department of State, Secretary of State, State Board of Election Supervisors, redistricting, senate districts, Senate District 33, Senate District 34, Senate District 35, precincts
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm going to leave that decision up to the chairman of Ways and Means.
- I'm going to leave that decision up to the chairman of Ways and Means.
- I'm going to leave that decision up to the chairman of Ways and Means.
- I'm going to leave that decision up to the chairman of Ways and Means.
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Economic to leave the department of uh Economic to leave the department
Bills:
HF11
Keywords:
Minnesota Paid Leave, paid family and medical leave, family leave, medical leave, implementation delay, premium collection, employer premiums, state payroll tax, workforce, labor, benefits administration, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, employer notice, seasonal employees, private plans, actuarial study, outreach and education, employee rights, reinstatement
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a very small subset of mostly small businesses that aren't being able to provide leave, so people
- And so to say that all of a sudden nobody's going to get paid leave is just not true, because most of
- the economy already has a lot of paid leave.
- of businesses in Minnesota, we just need to make sure that when this leaves our legislation, it has
- rushing the process relating to the passage of paid family medical leave.
Bills:
HF11
Keywords:
Minnesota Paid Leave, paid family and medical leave, family leave, medical leave, implementation delay, premium collection, employer premiums, state payroll tax, workforce, labor, benefits administration, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, employer notice, seasonal employees, private plans, actuarial study, outreach and education, employee rights, reinstatement
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- I think I made around to each of you that we kind of bent the rules.
- I think I made around to each of you that we kind of bent the rules.
- I think I made around to each of you that we kind of bent the rules.
- I think I made around to each of you that we kind of bent the rules.
- c> core<00:18:20.080>
of <00:18:20.240>engineers responsibility of the core of engineers
Keywords:
elder abuse, financial exploitation, inheritance, joint tenancy, conviction effects, off-label, pharmacists, medical treatment, state board of pharmacy, employment protection, sexual extortion, criminal law, felony, threat, blackmail, HB255, Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, ERSA, State Police Tier II Plan, annual leave
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- And the teacher's ready to leave. So that's we just have to protect that pocket of that.
- Senate Bill 1204 will provide three days of bereavement leave for education employees for the loss of
- First year, much like the first year that this body passed the six weeks of paid maternity leave, I think
- Right now, The cost of substitutes is really what happens when a teacher goes on leave.
- We're paying for the cost of the leave for the teacher, but because we're not asking school districts
Bills:
SB843, SB1733, SB1476, SB1237, SB1410, SB1894, SB1272, SB1204, SB1721, SB1725, SB1735, SB1337, SB1339, SB1461, SB1975
Keywords:
school boards, educational governance, conflict of interest, employee relations, Oklahoma statutes, child abuse, reporting requirements, sexual misconduct, law enforcement, school personnel, confidentiality, student safety, land office, land exchange, investment, education funding, real estate management, Teachers' Bill of Rights, education, teachers' rights
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:
- of paid leave and testifying in support of paid leave and was<00:37:06.240>
thrilled <00:37:06.520 - Neither of us had parental leave.
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impact of our paid family medical leave impact of our paid family medical leave - come off of paid family medical leave.
- If any of our employees were on leave of absence for a length of time, we would not be able to meet our
Keywords:
workplace regulations, employee rights, meal breaks, rest breaks, exemptions, paid leave, small employers, employment law, Minnesota Statutes, workforce development, HF4569, Minnesota Paid Leave Law, protected leave, seasonal employee, seasonal worker, hospitality, hospitality industry, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, employer certification
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Common Education REVISION 2: Link added - HB4359 Feb 4th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Common Education
Transcript Highlights:
- May but prior to the end of May.
- of newborn children.
- And it's just a few that just out But the majority again, the majority of ix out of 8.
- And just to read some of the things we're trying to move off: acts of masturbation, sodomy, acts of sexual
- We know we've got a lot of time that we got a lot of things to do.
Keywords:
statewide assessments, student testing, testing window, end-of-year testing, Oklahoma Academic Standards, Oklahoma School Testing Program, State Board of Education, grade 3-8, alternate assessment, students with disabilities, special education, cognitive disabilities, assessment calendar, school year calendar, education accountability, academic standards, math intervention, advanced mathematics, course placement, college and career readiness
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- House 3467 amends the state's maternity leave statute for school teachers to include the adoption of
- And that's kind of where the whole idea of the bill came from.
- So, if you have candidate A out of the traditional Career path, I mean, education path out of one of
- I appreciate that kind of some of the things it does just real simple through K It takes it out of our
- to take care of a problem instead of being afraid.
Keywords:
education, academic standards, subject matter standards, State Board of Education, legislative review, joint resolution, curriculum, school standards, Oklahoma Administrative Code, education oversight, common education, curriculum standards, state education policy, rulemaking, legislative veto, kindergarten, military families, education policy, school districts, international military dependents
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 19th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Bills:
HB 298
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 17 Mar 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Pledge of allegiance to. Introduction of veteran of the. Week.
- Introduction of doctor and or nurse of the day. Correction of previous day's journal. How. And.
- But Aaron's story of service is not only one of military leadership; it is also one of a deeply personal
- Out of that unimaginable loss, Aaron chose not to retreat but to leave.
- This is just a few of them. There are more like 120 of them.
Bills:
HB3522, HB4300, HB4359, HB4363, HB3467, HB2987, HB3076, HB4427, HB3026, HB3288, HB3315, HB3711, HB3885
Keywords:
alcoholic beverages, ABLE Commission, licensing, regulation, annual reporting, child care, criminal history, background checks, child safety, Oklahoma laws, advisory committees, statewide assessments, student testing, testing window, end-of-year testing, Oklahoma Academic Standards, Oklahoma School Testing Program, State Board of Education, grade 3-8, alternate assessment
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- And at the beginning of the step of entering into universities, we trust the threshold of a placement
- Your own example demonstrated the utility of having some kind of a screening mechanism.
- Is there just kind of the checkpoints on both of those as a comparison?
- use of DEI practices.
- of bad actors.
Keywords:
postsecondary education, standardized test scores, educational equity, higher learning access, Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program, HB2978, school libraries, library media center, library media program, community standards, sexually explicit conduct, obscene material, age-appropriate materials, school curriculum, book challenges, book banning, censorship, public schools, school board, education committee
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- There'll be no banking of the leave.
- In other words, you cannot use part of the leave... ...and then save part of the leave for a new qualifying
- rates of breastfeeding, and when both parents are able to take leave... ...rates of breastfeeding.
- Another said she had to use all of her sick leave for maternity leave.
- It provides six weeks of parental paid leave at 100% of base pay, covers birth, pregnancy loss, adoption
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, AI, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, content standards, K-12 education, public schools, curriculum, digital literacy, computer science, STEM, technology education, student privacy, ethical AI, workforce development, future-ready workforce, instructional resources, education policy, school standards, Louisiana education
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Feb 25th, 2026
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- of probate. of probate.
- Kind of take me through that portion of it, then. All right.
- couple of concerns. couple of concerns.
- And before they leave that precinct, they put a tape on the door, a copy of that precinct report, too
- They're already uh the judge of probate— Of<00:23:58.000>
course. Of course. Of course.
Keywords:
county housing authority, public housing, housing authority, affordable housing, low-income housing, mixed-use development, community facilities, subsidiary, affiliate, public corporation, municipal tax exemption, deed tax, mortgage tax, probate fee, bond financing, housing project, urban redevelopment, rural housing, public-private partnership, eminent domain
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- I know it's an extremely busy day and I know some of you got to leave early, so we'll get started.
- Because many of those diseases harbor and fester inside of someone over a period of time.
- The second part of that adds the benefit of cancer.
- So, a qualifying event is not readily defined in this bill, and therefore leaves a lot of room for interpretation
- After looking back at the average payouts of these line of duty Average payouts of these line of duty
Keywords:
firefighter benefits, occupational disease, line of duty, disability pension, death benefits, retirement benefits, hypertension, heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer presumption, HIV, hepatitis, municipal firefighters, state firefighters, fire districts, workers' compensation, public safety employees, post-retirement benefits, benefit eligibility cutoff, occupational illness
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Public Pension Oversight Board (12-12-25) - Part 2 Reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- includes all of Floyd County and part of includes all of Floyd County and part of Pike<00:04:41.919
- of pay. of pay.
- also use accumulated sick leave for the observance of religious holidays not >> Well, we appreciate
- If they had 240 days of annual leave, uh, yeah, well, 240 days of sick leave and annual leave, they could
- I think if that, um, I saw one that's, uh, 45 days a year of annual leave.
Keywords:
Reuploaded to restore a few minutes lost at the end of the meeting
Representative Tackett-Lafferty: 00:22
• Line of Duty Disability Benefits
Representative Grossberg: 26:32
• Loss of TRS Credit Due to Religious Holiday Observance
Representative Blanton: 32:01
• Educational Contracts and Membership Dates in KERS
Representative Tipton and Representative Blanton: 40:55
• Apply SB 10 Changes from 2025 to KERS/SPRS
Senator Higdon: 46:08
• PPOB Reporting on Line of Duty Benefits
• TRS Annual Leave Impact on TRS
• PPOB Membership
• Use of Sick Leave for Religious Holidays
Adjournment: 56:03, 958, all
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.