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VA
Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Commission on Unemployment Compensation Jul 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We are calling the meeting of the Commission on Unemployment Compensation to order.
- It has been moved and seconded that the Commission on Unemployment Compensation elect Delegate Destiny
- It has been moved and seconded that the Commission on Unemployment Compensation elect delegate Destiny
- In Chapter 33 of Title 30, it establishes the Commission on Unemployment Compensation.
- compensation and the Unemployment Trust Fund.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Feb 24th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- For the record, Kelly Leonard, staff to this committee, Senate Bill 6134 pertains to unemployment insurance
- But if a person is on strike and decides to apply for unemployment, it basically says that that individual
- they're going to be retroactively paid for the time that they lost during the strike, that the unemployment
- ... ...retroactively paid for the time that they lost during the strike, that the unemployment that they
- And annual published actuarial indicated rates for each workers' compensation risk classification as
Keywords:
unemployment insurance, UI benefits, striking workers, strike, labor dispute, retroactive wages, overpayment assessment, overpayment recovery, Employment Security Department, ESD, claimant notice, benefit recoupment, Washington unemployment law, worker notice, federal unemployment tax credit, state unemployment fund, workers' compensation, industrial insurance, premium rates, rate transparency
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- 2188 is the bill that requires L&I to publish certain data on the premium rates and the workers' compensation
- system, including the actual... ...data on the premium rates in the workers' compensation system, including
- the actuarial indicated rate for each workers' compensation risk classification, when it sets a premium
- House Bill 2218 is the bill that relates to access to medical care in the workers' compensation system
- There is a proposed substitute in the bill with two amendments. ...compensation system.
Keywords:
transparency, industrial insurance, insurance rate increases, financial disclosure, regulatory oversight, workers' compensation, medical care, healthcare access, employee rights, insurance coverage, security, regulation, employment standards, security guards, industry board, unemployment, electronic notices, compensation, digital communication, order processing
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 2nd, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- state's average unemployment rate.
- of low unemployment, preparing the fund for times of increased unemployment. when they are needed the
- I'm here to help you today to index the benefits available in the Texas Unemployment Compensation Program
- than urban unemployment.
- compensation program.
Keywords:
science park district, economic development, technology innovation, higher education collaboration, infrastructure development, Texas Economic Development Office, workforce development, unemployment benefits, state average unemployment rate, benefit year, economic support, Texas Workforce Commission, property owners' association, free speech, assembly rights, government officials, political candidates, floodplain, landlord, tenant
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 13th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- Employment Benefits Advocates, Ann Paxton from the Unemployment Law Project, and Timothy Pfizer.
- I'm policy director for the Unemployment Law Project.
- We provide legal aid to jobless workers who have been denied unemployment compensation while they search
- compensation while they seek new work.
- In total, he missed two hours of work and required no workers' compensation time loss pay.
Keywords:
construction safety, hazard notification, worksite regulations, labor safety, state law, law enforcement, correctional officers, interest arbitration, collective bargaining, public safety, workers' compensation, healthcare providers, physical therapy, occupational therapy, employment, unemployment insurance, benefits, layoffs, workforce reduction, 904
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 5th, 2025
State Government
Transcript Highlights:
- It's really a Workforce Development bill, but it's an unemployment bill. That's what it is.
- In 2023, we estimate that we spent $1.5 million in unemployment compensation. ...in unemployment compensation
- Case in point, the average unemployment payout is what? From $45 to $175 per week.
- Now, I'm forced with, if I'm only getting $45 a week in unemployment and I live in Brags, Alabama, which
- But regarding unemployment, I would also like to say something to Representative Lands.
Keywords:
HB93, Alabama State Port Authority, State Auditor, property inventory, inventory control, audit exemption, state property, personal property inventory, public authority, port authority, Section 36-16-11, Code of Alabama 1975, administrative oversight, state audit, conforming changes, government property, Alabama Municipal Electric Authority, AMEA, municipal electric authority, board of directors
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, also expecting to consider a bill regarding the workforce, workers compensation advisory committee
Keywords:
workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician, correctional officer, security counselor, public safety dispatcher, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 4th, 2025
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- If you look at unemployment rates...
- If you look at unemployment rates in Alabama, it’s about 2.8% in December.
- If you're drawing unemployment, you're looking for a job under already stringent regulations.
- You’re going to force more people off of those roles that are presently drawing unemployment.
- Application to find a job because we can’t sustain people staying on unemployment forever.
Keywords:
sales tax, use tax, sales and use tax, local tax exemption, county tax, municipal tax, county commission, municipality, Alabama Department of Revenue, tax exemption, ordinance, resolution, fiscal year, September 1 effective date, notice requirement, local government, tax administration, revenue law, state and local taxation, volunteer firefighters
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Feb 25th, 2026 at 08:45 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- bill that requires the Employment Security Department to notify a striking worker who applies for unemployment
- This basically just notifies the striking worker that if they do collect unemployment benefits while
- pays them their retroactive wages, it notifies them upfront that they're going to have to pay the unemployment
Bills:
SB6134
Keywords:
unemployment insurance, UI benefits, striking workers, strike, labor dispute, retroactive wages, overpayment assessment, overpayment recovery, Employment Security Department, ESD, claimant notice, benefit recoupment, Washington unemployment law, worker notice, federal unemployment tax credit, state unemployment fund, 904, all
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 16th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- insurance and workers' compensation.
- In other words, unemployment, people are needing unemployment insurance.
- As far as unemployment insurance goes, we collect revenue from employers.
- , we start getting unemployment insurance calls coming in.
- compensation.
Keywords:
pregnancy accommodations, pregnant workers, workplace accommodations, reasonable accommodation, undue hardship, lactation, breastfeeding, express milk, maternity leave, childbirth, pregnancy discrimination, employment law, labor and industries, L&I, confidential records, public records exemption, health care certification, workplace standards, employee rights, employer obligations
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Under current law, unemployment benefits.
- The RISI program aims to reduce the length of these claimants' unemployment benefits. unemployment benefits
- benefits, strengthen the unemployment compensation program, advance the goals of the Workforce Innovation
- compensation. system.
- To qualify for unemployment benefits, you have to have a qualifying job.
Keywords:
Texas Constitution, Declaration of Independence, victory or death letter, display, historic preservation, HB 1893, Texas public information law, Public Information Act, Government Code 552.130, Transportation Code Chapter 730, license plate number, vehicle registration, law enforcement video, police body camera, dashcam, redaction, public records request, open records, government transparency, privacy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> population by funding the unemployment population by funding the unemployment insurance<01:21:35.640
- And then Denise Triick on deck. the bill to extend unemployment the bill to extend unemployment insurance
- I'm so grateful that education support professionals like me have access to unemployment compensation
- Laws like unemployment lip service.
- </c> I said, no one is taking unemployment I said, no one is taking unemployment insurance<01:40:09.440
Keywords:
charter schools, education funding, revenue calculation, general education revenue, special education, school library aid, education finance, school districts, funding eligibility, compensatory revenue, task force, free meals, school funding, education equity, HF2210, school unemployment aid, Minnesota Department of Education, general fund appropriation, unemployment insurance, unemployment claims
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Family and Protective Services, Texas Department of Insurance, Texas Department of Health, Workers' Compensation
Keywords:
border region, infrastructure, economic development, government operations, education, HB 2768, Texas information technology apprenticeship, state IT credential, information resources workforce, junior college, technical institute, apprenticeship program, workforce development, state agency hiring, job classification, career ladder, bachelor's degree substitution, associate degree, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, state auditor classification officer
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- of Family and Protective Services, Texas Department of Insurance, Texas Department of Workers' Compensation
Keywords:
border region, infrastructure, economic development, government operations, education, HB 2768, Texas information technology apprenticeship, state IT credential, information resources workforce, junior college, technical institute, apprenticeship program, workforce development, state agency hiring, job classification, career ladder, bachelor's degree substitution, associate degree, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, state auditor classification officer
Summary:
The Senate Economic Development Committee met without a quorum, so no votes or formal actions were taken. The chair laid out several bills and resolutions for explanation and public testimony, with each item left pending subject to the call of the chair. Early items included House Bill 1240, a cleanup measure to create a single uniform definition of the Texas-Mexico border region across state law, and House Bill 2768, which would establish an IT apprenticeship credential through junior colleges and technical institutions to help fill state government technology jobs.
The committee also heard House Concurrent Resolution 90, which would encourage establishing a Texas trade and investment office in Jerusalem. Testimony on the resolution was sharply divided: one witness opposed it on foreign policy and values grounds, while a Texas Association of Business representative strongly supported it, citing Israel’s innovation and trade potential. Another major item was House Bill 4187, a committee substitute for legislation affecting the Texas Historical Commission; the sponsor described changes expanding use of trust fund money for historic sites, allowing more affiliated nonprofits, clarifying retail operations, and creating a framework for training and consistent interpretation at historic sites. A Texas Historical Commission witness explained that the bill would shift responsibility for maintaining many state-owned historical markers and monuments, including markers on private land, to the commission.
Additional measures included House Bill 2788, which would shield Texas Workforce Commission fraud-prevention methods from public information requests; House Bill 5032, directing state agencies to plan for public display of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Texas Constitution, and the Victory or Death letter at the Capitol Complex; House Bill 3146, which would eliminate outdated memoranda-of-understanding requirements for certain State Office of Administrative Hearings arrangements; and House Bill 4815, a cleanup bill modernizing economic development statutes, revising the Made in Texas standard to 51% Texas-origin content, repealing the Governor’s Broadband Development Council, and making other conforming changes. The committee ended by recessing, with members indicating they would likely vote on pending business later when a quorum was available.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Feb 2nd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- In the bill before you, the financial ability of the employer to pay for the compensation and benefits
- Workers because their compensation and benefits are lower.
- This impacts the state as an employer for workers' compensation premiums; it may not have a significant
- Senate Bill 6134 is an act relating to notice to striking workers applying for unemployment benefits
- I'm a partner at SBH Legal, representing employers in Washington workers' compensation claims.
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
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:
- Department of Economic Development, unemployment insurance, and paid leave divisions.
- Department of Economic Development, unemployment insurance, and paid leave divisions.
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- Uh so we created of compensation.
Keywords:
unemployment insurance, judicial officials, paid leave, economic development, worker protections, workforce development, unemployment benefits, youth training, grants, job creation, grant funding, revolving loan, underserved communities, disadvantaged groups, electrical licensing, installation, Class A installer, regulations, labor and industry, 1183
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
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 2760 clarifies and standardizes the Judicial Review Process for individuals appealing unemployment
Keywords:
Defense Economic Adjustment, grant applications, economic assistance, local government, Evaluation panel, judicial review, Texas Workforce Commission, unemployment compensation, legal proceedings, labor law, rural development, infrastructure, Texas economic fund, private investment, job creation, meteorological evaluation towers, wind resources, aviation safety, regulations, construction notice
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Mar 26th, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman Carrito and members, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Texas Unemployment Insurance System was
- With additional federal dollars added to claim payments, unemployment insurance benefits became a bigger
Keywords:
HB 431, Texas Property Code, Property Code Chapter 202, solar roof tiles, solar shingles, solar energy device, homeowners association, HOA, property owners' association, POA, renewable energy, residential solar, distributed solar, roof-mounted solar, homeowner rights, architectural control, restrictive covenants, real estate, subdivision regulations, multi-zoned subdivisions
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development Apr 29th, 2026
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- To establish a special commission to study access to unemployment insurance in the Commonwealth.
- The review of how unemployment insurance is accessed throughout the Commonwealth would bring together
- Both of my parents growing up relied on the unemployment system as a bridge when they lost their jobs
- Hopefully we won't need to fill one of those unemployment seats on that commission.
- Paid family and medical leave is a program that shares the same financial eligibility as unemployment
Bills:
H5188
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud