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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Natural Resources May 14th, 2026

Natural Resources

OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Mar 2nd, 2026 at 10:00 am

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill establishes a landowner energy negotiation, agro agriculture preservation, and orphaned whale
  • understand how innovative and everything that's happening, that they are in the best position to negotiate
  • that the county extension offices were very instrumental in empowering landowners to know how to negotiate
Bills: SB2173 , SB2028 , SB2117 , SB2127 , SB2134
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • because subsection C of our proposed language— or no, A and B both have the language that says, "If negotiated
  • both have the language that<04:43:19.040><c> says,</c><04:43:19.360><c> "If</c><04:43:19.560><c> negotiated
  • </c><04:43:20.200><c> into</c><04:43:20.440><c> a</c> that says, "If negotiated into a that says, "If
  • negotiated into a collective<04:43:21.000><c> bargaining</c><04:43:21.360><c> agreement</c><04:43:22.120
  • how that's going to be maintained, easements and that sort of thing, that can take some time in negotiation
Committee: House Finance
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Local Government Mar 4th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • And in those four negotiations, one time has that contract been negotiated before the expiration.
  • Every other time those negotiations have started... ...every other time those negotiations have started
  • We don't have to negotiate that into our contracts.
  • it when, you know, a city successfully negotiates a new contract.
  • Now you've just complicated the negotiation, basically.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Local Government Mar 4th, 2026

Local Government, Elections and Pensions

Transcript Highlights:
  • I mean, just in terms of a baseline to negotiate when those contracts are up, just take ...to negotiate
  • And in those four negotiations, one time has that contract been negotiated before the expiration.
  • Every other time those negotiations have started... ...every other time those negotiations have started
  • We don't have to negotiate that into our contracts.
  • The vast majority of these contract negotiations go...
Summary: The committee first heard House Bills 2161, 1830, and 1728 together. Those bills would revise the appointment structure for the St. Charles City-County Library Board so that the four most populous cities in St. Charles County, based on the most recent census, would each appoint one trustee, while the county governing body would continue appointing five members. Sponsors said the change simply codifies an existing informal practice and does not change the board’s total size. St. Charles County supported the measure, and there was no opposition testimony. The committee then heard House Bills 3283 and 3306, which were described as identical bills creating timelines and procedures for collective bargaining between public employers and labor organizations. The bills would require bargaining to begin within set timeframes, move unresolved disputes to mediation after 180 days, then to arbitration if mediation fails, and make arbitration decisions binding. Supporters, including labor representatives, firefighters, police, and some local officials, said the bills would curb delay tactics, reduce litigation costs, improve morale and retention, and provide clear rules when contracts expire. Several witnesses described long-running disputes in places such as Cape Girardeau, Robertson Fire Protection District, Richmond Heights, and Brentwood as examples of why deadlines and enforceable procedures are needed. Opponents, led by the Missouri Municipal League, argued that binding arbitration would shift final fiscal authority away from locally elected officials and could limit cities’ ability to respond to budget stress or emergencies. They said the timeline provisions had merit but wanted alternatives to arbitration that would preserve local control and taxpayer accountability. Committee members questioned how good-faith bargaining would be enforced, how arbitrators would weigh municipal budgets, and whether the bills could affect police, fire, and other public employees. No votes were taken, and both public hearings were completed before the committee adjourned.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Indian Affairs Sep 26th, 2025

House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • They were the first compacts negotiated under the state's Compact Negotiation Act. part of the state's
  • Negotiation Act of 1999 and were government-to-government negotiations.
  • on compact negotiations.
  • Finally, in 2000, after negotiations failed under the Compact Negotiations Act, the U.S.
  • All compacts were negotiated under the provisions of the Compact Negotiation Act.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

LBT Public Hearing 03-16-2026

Labor and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • As we've seen with the ETF, just because it's negotiable doesn't mean it's negotiated. Thank you.
  • As we've seen with the ETF, just because it's negotiable doesn't mean it's negotiated. Thank you.
  • As we've seen with the ETF, just because it's negotiable doesn't mean it's negotiated. Thank you.
  • As we've seen with the ETF, just because it's negotiable doesn't mean it's negotiated. Thank you.
  • </c> negotiable doesn't mean it's negotiated. negotiable doesn't mean it's negotiated.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Labor and Technology heard testimony on several measures relating to public employment, the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF), retirement benefits, and cafeteria plans. HB 2472 and HB 2276, both concerning EUTF staff and investment office staff salaries, drew support from the trust fund and labor groups, and no opposition was heard in person. HB 2272 and HB 2273, emergency appropriations for public employment cost items, were supported by the administration and labor representatives; members briefly clarified which bargaining units were covered. A longer discussion centered on HB 1664, which would address a dispute mechanism for EUTF-related negotiations. HGEA said the current process lacks a dispute resolution path and that the bill would allow interest arbitration when the state and union disagree. The Department of Human Resources Development and the Budget and Finance director raised concerns about consistency across bargaining units and the role of an arbitrator unfamiliar with the complexities of the system. Senator Moriwaki questioned whether another dispute forum might be more appropriate, but no alternative resolution was settled. The committee also heard HB 1655, which would make retirement benefits negotiable, and HB 1658, concerning collective bargaining repricing. ERS opposed HB 1655, saying it could create administrative and tax problems if retirement benefits were negotiated separately across many bargaining units, while UPW, HGEA, HSTA, and UPA supported it as a bargaining issue. On HB 1658, DHRD explained that repricing is an internal classification tool meant to preserve equal pay for equal work, not to address market pay, and said a single arbitrator or the Merit Appeals Board could handle disputes; HGEA preferred a neutral arbitrator and opposed the Merit Appeals Board as too employer-controlled. The final measure, HB 1661 on cafeteria plans, was supported by UPW and HGEA. DHRD said it planned to raise the maximum contribution through rulemaking but needed to manage plan solvency and timing because IRS limits change on a calendar-year basis while the state plan runs on a fiscal year. The committee then moved into decision-making and adopted recommendations to pass HB 2472 and HB 2276 as amended/unamended after a brief correction to the vote language.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HOU Public Hearing 02-11-2025

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • Can you provide us with details on these negotiations?
  • The negotiations were just at a very high level, and we then became aware that Senate Bill 1535 and HB
  • for this transfer ongoing negotiations for this transfer and<00:02:18.080><c> that</c><00:02:18.200>
  • </c><00:02:31.640><c> yes</c><00:02:31.800><c> we</c> us with on these negotiations yes we us with on
  • these negotiations yes we were<00:02:32.080><c> in</c><00:02:32.280><c> negotiations</c><00:02:32.800
Committee: Senate Housing
Summary: The Committee on Housing met on February 11, 2025, to hear Senate Bill 662 and Senate Bill 66. SB 662 would require HHFDC to transfer the public roads in the Villages of Kapolei to the City and County of Honolulu by January 1, 2026, and would authorize county police officers to enforce the statewide traffic code on all public streets and highways. Testimony on the measure was in support from H50, the City and County of Honolulu, and an individual testifier. HHFDC Executive Director D. Minomi said the agency had been negotiating with the city over a $60 million transfer of road and infrastructure maintenance responsibility, but no formal agreement had been drafted; negotiations were paused when related bills were introduced. He said that if the bills do not pass, HHFDC would continue negotiations because the amount is less than the estimated cost of rehabilitating the roads itself and would free up staff time. The committee recommended SB 662 be passed with amendments, including a deferred date and report language referencing the ongoing negotiations, and the recommendation was adopted with aye votes from the chair, vice chair, Senator Kino, and Senator Kuha. The committee then heard SB 66, which would require counties to issue building permits within 60 days when applications are stamped and certified by a licensed engineer and architect and other conditions are met. Testimony was mixed, with the Department of Planning and Permitting for the City and County of Honolulu in opposition, and several groups including the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, RMS Sales, Hawaii Realtors, NAHawaii Chapter, BIA Hawaii, and the Maui Chamber of Commerce in support; several individuals also testified both for and against. The State Historic Preservation Division testified with comments. In decision-making, the chair recommended SB 66 be passed with technical, non-substantive amendments and with additional amendments from the State Historic Preservation Division, including requiring a complete application and specifying qualified professionals under SHPD rules for architecture, archaeology, architectural history, and/or physical anthropology. The committee adopted the recommendation by a vote of the chair alone, with no objections noted. The hearing then adjourned.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Would our drivers be better off with the legislature negotiating for them or SEIU negotiating for them
  • [Music] negotiating for them I think SEIU is a I negotiating for them I think SEIU is a I mean<00:29:
  • </c><00:29:10.840><c> with</c> forming a union and negotiating with forming a union and negotiating with
  • on behalf they will for us to negotiate on behalf they will negotiate<00:29:38.600><c> themselves</c
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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Governor Walz Media Availaibility 6/4/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, look, negotiations are still going.
  • Um, so we're negotiating on this. It's still my desire, and this is a negotiated issue.
  • Um so we're negotiating on this. chaos. Um so we're negotiating on this.
  • I I am one side of negotiated issue.
  • Um that that this uh this negotiation.