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IA
Committee:
Joint Workforce
Keywords:
collective bargaining, public employees, elections, bargaining units, recertification, unemployment insurance, unemployment benefits, disqualification, temporary employment, short-term employment, fixed-term contract, fixed end date, seasonal work, workforce development, Iowa Code 96.5, benefit eligibility, employment contract, job separation, laid off, temporary worker
IA
Committee:
Joint Workforce
Keywords:
unemployment insurance, unemployment benefits, disqualification, temporary employment, short-term employment, fixed-term contract, fixed end date, seasonal work, workforce development, Iowa Code 96.5, benefit eligibility, employment contract, job separation, laid off, temporary worker, employer liability, National Guard, state active duty, federal active duty, military leave
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, members, Senate Bill 1655 allows qualified jurors to work as temporary election workers as
- We do appreciate the sponsor's attempt to get more poll workers.
- You don't have to be a poll worker, but yes, we do pay you when you choose to be a poll worker.
- You don't have to be a poll worker, but yes, we do pay you when you choose to be a poll worker.
- , that the elections officer can appoint them to a temporary elections board workers position, so there
Committees:
House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference
Keywords:
reentry programs, criminal justice, funding, grants, recidivism, attorney general, jury duty, election worker, Arizona Revised Statutes, temporary appointment, civic duty, family court, professional personnel, parenting time, legal decision-making, evidentiary hearings, child custody, ethical standards, capital punishment, death penalty
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- So, if you move to Muscle Shoals to... ...the Shoals remote worker program.
- If you are a remote worker and you ride the subway... ...a remote worker and you ride the subway every
- So they're not temporary, they're there for the long term.
- To go along with remote workers, right?
- Um, what's to prevent another remote worker from moving around a lot?
Committee:
House Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
entertainment, film, music, production incentives, Alabama Film Office, tax rebates, media industry, economic development, Baptist convention, tax exemption, sales and use tax, Alabama, nonprofit, HB203, High Socks for Hope, nonprofit tax exemption, sales tax, use tax, state tax exemption, local option tax exemption
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:00 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- An employer must inform an injured worker that the worker has a right to seek medical treatment from
- It's the employer's choice which workers' comp program an injured worker is placed in.
- Washington State's workers' compensation system is designed to support workers.
- Currently, when a Washington State's workers' compensation system is designed to support workers.
- It doesn't guarantee that a worker will continue health care benefits on their workers' comp claim.
Bills:
SB5847 , SB6067 , SB6136 , SB6014 , SB5972 , SB5869 , SB5874 , SB6058 , SB6039 , SB5944 , SB6188
Committee:
Senate Labor & Commerce
Keywords:
workers' compensation, industrial insurance, injured workers, medical provider network, occupational health, occupational medicine, medical care access, L&I, Department of Labor and Industries, self-insured employers, state fund claims, utilization review, provider credentialing, provider network, treatment guidelines, evidence-based medicine, claims management, claims managers, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 30th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 5852 relates to immigrant worker protections.
- to the workers' comp claims treatment provisions.
- It allows L&I or the self-insurer to assist the worker in finding a network provider before the worker
- Misclassification denies workers access to workers' comp, unemployment insurance, and other basic protections
- They are covered workers.
Committee:
Senate Labor & Commerce
Keywords:
SB 6197, plumbing contractor, plumber, contractor licensing, licensing enforcement, infractions, administrative penalties, license suspension, certificate suspension, endorsement suspension, registration suspension, Department of Labor and Industries, advisory board of plumbers, penalty schedule, repeat violations, workplace standards, construction trades, professional licensing, Washington state, factory built housing
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.
Committee:
House Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
parental leave, state employees, local education agencies, adoption, work-life balance, family support, portable benefits, portable benefit account, independent contractor, gig worker, 1099 worker, freelancer, app-based worker, rideshare, delivery driver, worker benefits, health insurance, retirement benefits, life insurance, income replacement insurance
TX
Committee:
House Elections
Keywords:
voting access, polling place, disability, caretaker provisions, ballot delivery, election code, HB 2253, Texas Election Code, bond election, bond issuance, local government, election cancellation, disaster declaration, natural disaster, emergency election, county election officer, polling place notice, open meeting, election workers, voter safety
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- People who make the work of poll workers like myself much harder because, you know, The site already
- But this is not helping people; this is just adding work to the poll workers for no good reason.
- But the real problem is that the clerk or the election official in the county couldn't find workers.
- Luckily, the poll workers were very kind and understanding.
- And so what if it causes a little bit more work for the poll workers? We're there to serve them.
Committee:
House Elections
Keywords:
voting access, polling place, disability, caretaker provisions, ballot delivery, election code, HB 2253, Texas Election Code, bond election, bond issuance, local government, election cancellation, disaster declaration, natural disaster, emergency election, county election officer, polling place notice, open meeting, election workers, voter safety
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- fairly as farm workers, and workers would receive the same consistent rights that other Washington workers
- most importantly, worker injuries and hazards to those workers.
- Also, worker injuries and hazards to those workers.
- I am a worker.
- Domestic workers are some of the most vulnerable workers in our state.
Committee:
Senate Labor & Commerce
Keywords:
agriculture, collective bargaining, labor relations, public employment, agricultural employees, SB 6188, asbestos, asbestos training, asbestos certification, asbestos worker, asbestos supervisor, Department of Labor and Industries, L&I, rulemaking authority, occupational safety, workplace safety, hazardous materials, abatement, encapsulation, removal
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- She was a social worker. and also the foster care liaison on campus.
Bills:
HB1784 , HB2088 , HB3062 , HB3475 , HB3741 , HB4279 , HB4763 , HB5154 , HB5294 , HB5508 , SB1401 , HB232 , HB232 , HB232
Committee:
House Higher Education
Keywords:
students, homeless, foster care, higher education, liaison officer, housing assistance, transition support, law school, Rio Grande Valley, legal education, public university, accreditation, fentanyl prevention, drug poisoning awareness, mental health resources, substance abuse education, El Paso, university system, funding, public education
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Feb 2nd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- Domestic workers need protection.
- As you know, I have testified that the long-term disability rate for workers in the workers’ comp system
- As you know, I have testified that the long-term disability rate for workers in the workers’ comp system
- IME recordings by workers don't actually happen or happen correctly because a worker doesn't record it
- Workers must be paid fully.
Bills:
SB6053 , SB6134 , SB6147 , SB6106 , SB6045 , SB6135 , SB6128 , SB6282 , SB6068 , SB6303 , SB6290
Committee:
Senate Labor & Commerce
Keywords:
SB 6053, domestic workers, domestic worker rights, labor protections, minimum wage, overtime, private household employment, nanny, home care worker, personal care provider, housekeeper, cleaner, cook, gardener, household manager, wage theft, retaliation, anti-discrimination, immigration status, privacy rights
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- And each year, over $600 million is stolen from workers in Washington State.
- It doesn't just steal from the individual worker, though.
- It's about supporting the workers that keep our economy going, and I urge your support.
- would be capped and available only to low-wage workers.
- worker protection laws, but wage theft does remain a serious and ongoing problem.
Bills:
HB2479 , HB2091 , HB2105 , HB2107 , HB2151 , HB2190 , HB2191 , HB2218 , HB2243 , HB2303 , HB2345
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
unpaid wages, wage theft, wage recovery, labor standards, Department of Labor and Industries, L&I, worker protection, low-wage workers, back pay, interest on wages, civil penalties, retaliation, immigration status coercion, gig workers, transportation network companies, rideshare drivers, app-based drivers, employment law, wage complaint, payroll enforcement
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- Ninety percent of the workers that have these claims through workers’ comp are probably fine.
- I represent injured workers.
- None of this benefits injured workers.
- A workers' rights poster to be used by employers, a template posting for notifying workers of a notice
- They're farm workers, caregivers, health care workers, construction workers, and business owners who
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
public employers, employee information, bargaining representatives, labor relations, union representation, immigrant worker protections, immigrant rights, worker protections, I-9 audit, Form I-9, employment eligibility verification, workplace raid, federal immigration inspection, employer notice, anti-retaliation, retaliation, Attorney General enforcement, private right of action, labor law, workplace rights
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 30th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the bill that establishes labor protections for domestic workers separate from the Minimum Wage
- and compensation or termination on the basis of the worker being a member of a protected class.
- provide an eligible worker with the opportunity to participate in the pilot and the worker may opt in
- program, so we're letting workers have the option to opt out.
- It helps workers get paid faster when their employer breaks the law.
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
labor protections, domestic workers, wage standards, employment rights, worker safety, mental health, PTSD, treatment program, research, pilot program, veteran support, trauma, healthcare funding, labor, communication, Department of Labor and Industries, workplace standards, modernization, collective bargaining, labor relations
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- There's a great shortage of workers. People are undocumented.
- It's our immigrant workers.
- Is that we know immigrant workers are more likely to experience. Thank you.
- Yeah, I think it's, you know, expanding things like worker programs and things.
- But for worker permits.
Bills:
HB256 , HB1308 , HB1554 , HB1743 , HB2308 , HB2351 , HB2858 , HB3676 , HB3784 , HB4312 , HB4552 , HB4823 , HB4852 , HB5007 , HB5010 , HB5520 , HB5524 , HCR19 , HB256 , HCR19
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
E-verify, employment verification, illegal employment, state contracts, government entities, license suspension, immigration compliance, state grant funding, E-Verify, compliance, penalties, immigration, government contracts, employee status, state contractors, E-verify program, legally present, employment practices, legal services, public money
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Let's lay out House Bill 2858, entitled 'A Temporary Worker Program.'
- House Bill 2858 is a temporary guest worker program, and all those words, by the way, are critical to
- 'Temporary' establishes that workers... ...come for a limited time only.
- All temporary guest workers must pass a... ...criminal background check, must meet all federal legal
- They can live here, and they are good tech workers.
Bills:
HB256 , HCR19 , HB256 , HB1308 , HB1554 , HB1743 , HB2308 , HB2351 , HB2858 , HB3676 , HB3784 , HB4312 , HB4552 , HB4823 , HB4852 , HB5007 , HB5010 , HB5520 , HB5524 , HCR19
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
severe weather, adaptation plan, vulnerability assessment, environmental protection, state agencies, federal agents, transparency, law enforcement, identification, public trust, immigration enforcement, HCR 19, Texas concurrent resolution, federal immigration enforcement, masked agents, facial coverings, visible identification, uniforms, badges, name tags
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Feb 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- So this is a bill about worker safety.
- safety area for Washington workers.
- workers rather than requiring it to be only as stringent as the federal law.
- A couple of things: we want to be able to protect workers.
- to require training for workers or supervisors to remove asbestos.
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
workers' compensation, industrial insurance, premium rates, rate transparency, actuarial rates, contingency reserves, Department of Labor and Industries, L&I, risk classifications, employer premiums, insurance regulation, rate setting, premium increase limits, workers' compensation advisory committee, retrospective rating, state insurance fund, accident and medical aid funds, SB 6188, asbestos, asbestos training
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Feb 18th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- As brief background, a worker who's injured in the course of employment is entitled to workers' compensation
- It requires an employer to inform an injured worker that the worker has a right to seek initial or emergency
- the network willing to treat the worker within 15 miles of the worker's home, the worker may seek treatment
- before the worker can go out of network.
- Electric Workers with 24,000 statewide.
Bills:
SB5944
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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Bills:
HF2434
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy