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Labor committee advances 15 concept bills, keeping final votes open
Summary
The Senate Labor and Public Employees Committee voted to raise concepts on 15 bills covering strikes and unemployment, municipal pensions, prevailing wage enforcement, warehouse quotas, heat-illness standards, AI protections and related labor measures; most roll-call tallies were 7–4 and votes were held open for final action later in the day.
The Labor and Public Employees Committee on Tuesday moved to "raise" concepts for 15 bills covering a broad set of labor issues and held roll-call votes open for final action later in the day.
Committee Chair Senator Julie Kushner presided as the panel approved, by concept votes, measures ranging from unemployment benefits for striking workers to municipal pension participation, prevailing-wage enforcement, quotas at warehouse distribution centers, heat-illness protections, workplace breastfeeding accommodations and protections for employees affected by automated decision systems. Most…
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