State HR 2025 Legislative Session Debrief - Section Representatives by Happy Capy(bara)

Training and Resources

marisamckay — 2025-05-08 16:37:19 UTC

The training and resources available to staff were great

Roles

marisamckay — 2025-05-08 16:38:32 UTC

Having the different roles/responsibilities of the different representatives also were great and helped the process run smoothly

2025-05-08 16:39:25 UTC

Having guidance on how to determine if the bill truly should be shared out to the larger group/leg comm

2025-05-08 17:14:30 UTC

Clarify roles with AGO - if statewide impact to multiple agencies is it their role to pull everyone together. We can't own all workforce impacts when other agencies have business ownership as well - HCA, DRS, LNI, ESD...

kaitycazares — 2025-05-09 17:59:00 UTC

Develop guidance or a flowchart to help section representatives understand the criteria for escalating bills and the escalation process.

kaitycazares — 2025-05-09 17:59:28 UTC

Incorporate information about the post-session implementation work into the bill reviewer guide.

kaitycazares — 2025-05-09 17:59:57 UTC

Create a new escalated bill tracking spreadsheet for the next legislative session and save it centrally for future reference.

kaitycazares — 2025-05-09 18:00:26 UTC

Consider adding a checkbox on the bill analysis form to indicate if a bill should be escalated, along with the rationale.

kaitycazares — 2025-05-09 18:01:50 UTC

Reference HB 1069/SB 5044 - Supp. retirement bargaining as an example of a bill that had significant enterprise-level impacts that were not recognized until late into session.