Shaun Scott — The chair asked Vice Chair Scott to call up the first panel.
Shaun Scott — Shaun Scott was asked to call up the next panelists.
Shaun Scott — Vice Chair Shaun Scott is called on twice in the course of the meeting to help launch the next panel and bring up the next set of testifiers, serving in a procedural role to move the hearing forward.
Shaun Scott — Vice Chair Scott was referenced as the person who would call up the next testifier.
Shaun Scott — Introduced the update and noted the witnesses who would present.
Shaun Scott — Addressed as Ranking Member Scott and invited to ask a question.
Shaun Scott — Vice Chair Scott says the situation is alarming and asks about the budgetary footprint and funding decline.
Shaun Scott — Chair Scott is referenced as providing an update from ESD.
Randy Littlefield — Identified as the Deputy Assistant Director of Compliance Programs at the Department of Labor and Industries and the presenter on Zoom.
Randy Littlefield — Was thanked for the presentation and asked about monitoring the underground economy.
Randy Littlefield — Explained that monitoring includes reports, webpages, phone lines, and field visits.
Randy Littlefield — Described field inspections, data cross-matching, and interagency sharing agreements as monitoring tools.
Randy Littlefield — Said agency data-sharing agreements are useful but time-consuming, and that more analytics and cross-matching would be helpful.
Randy Littlefield — Explained that the sweep fell under construction compliance and referenced national enforcement events.
Randy Littlefield — Said there are at least three national sweeps a year, plus frequent additional sweeps and daily job-site visits.
Randy Littlefield — Referenced as having shared figures on the scale of misclassification concern.
Mary Fosse — Named as a representative from this committee on the task force.
Mary Fosse — Identified again as a House representative on the task force.
Mary Fosse — Referenced as a representative on the task force in the prior context.
Mary Fosse — Thanked the presenter and noted she served on the task force.
Mary Fosse — Thanked the presenter and praised committee and caucus staff for supporting the intensive task force work.
Mary Fosse — Continued praising staff and thanked Ms. Chavez and L&I staff for their work on the task force report.
Mary Fosse — Concluded by praising the report and the participants, and noted the report is long and detailed.
Mary Fosse — Was acknowledged by Neil Hartman.
Mary Fosse — Was thanked for participation on the task force and for noting staff support.
Mary Fosse — Thanked for leadership on the task force; transcript renders the name as 'Representative Fossi.'
Mary Fosse — Thanked for leadership on the task force.
Mary Fosse — Vice Chair Mary Fosse raises concern about the impacts of losing highly trained health and safety occupational positions, asking what the consequences would be of not having enough of those staff, and also questions the effect of eliminating the UW agricultural program.
Suzanne Schmidt — Named as a representative from this committee on the task force.
Suzanne Schmidt — Her name appears in the interruption while the speaker is discussing task force membership.
Suzanne Schmidt — Identified again as a House representative on the task force.
Suzanne Schmidt — Asked what Labor and Industries is doing to monitor the underground economy and referenced the task force suggestions.
Suzanne Schmidt — Asked about a recent L&I inspection sweep, citations, and how often such sweeps occur.
Suzanne Schmidt — Was addressed directly by Neil Hartman.
Suzanne Schmidt — Was thanked for participation on the task force.
Suzanne Schmidt — Thanked for leadership on the task force.
Suzanne Schmidt — Thanked for leadership on the task force.
Suzanne Schmidt — Referenced for raising the issue of sweeps.
Suzanne Schmidt — Thanked by Delaney Hewitt for participating as Ranking Member.
Suzanne Schmidt — Ranking Member Schmidt is addressed in the prior exchange and the committee context continues here.
Suzanne Schmidt — Ranking Member Schmidt is referenced in the broader exchange and committee context.
Suzanne Schmidt — Ranking Member Schmidt is greeted by the witness at the start of testimony.
Suzanne Schmidt — Representative Schmidt is thanked for convening the work session.
Suzanne Schmidt — The speaker addressed Ranking Member Schmidt at the start of testimony.
Suzanne Schmidt — Ranking Member Suzanne Schmidt is introduced as having a question, then clarifies that she is not asking a question but making a comment. She praises the wage information presented as impressive and says her goal is to make the opportunity more available to more people. She is also acknowledged by the witness in the opening of testimony.
Suzanne Schmidt — Ranking Member Schmidt is greeted at the start of the ESD presentation.
Suzanne Schmidt — Addressed as Ranking Member Schmidt before asking questions.
Mr. Littlefield — Addressed by staff regarding slide presentation assistance.
Mr. Littlefield — Was thanked as the presenter before the next panel was called.
Melissa McBride — Melissa McBride was identified as the person best able to answer questions about construction compliance and related sweeps, and the committee requested that she follow up with more detailed information about the most recent sweep.