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A
Good
afternoon
I
want
to
welcome
speaker
fryerson
to
this
afternoon's
meeting
of
the
assembly
committee
on
legislative
operations
and
elections.
Madame
secretary,
we
do
have
a
quorum
present,
please
mark
majority
leader
kanazawa
present
when
she
arrives
and
I'll
skip
the
housekeeping
measures,
because
I
think
we
we
all
know
those.
If
anybody
has
any
questions,
I
can
contact
my
office
or
our
committee
staff
with
that
we'll
open
the
hearing
on
assembly
bill
441
and
we're
very,
very
lucky
to
have
speaker
fryerson
here
thanks
for
joining
us
this
afternoon,
speaker.
B
Oh
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
for
your
indulgence,
and
this
is
obviously
the
time
where
we
have
to
be
in
eight
places.
At
the
same
time,
so
I
appreciate
your
patience
for
the
record.
My
name
is
jason
fryerson
assemblyman
for
district
8
and
speaking
of
nevada
state
assembly
good
afternoon,
chairman
orrin
shaw
members
of
this
committee.
I
am
here
to
present
assembly
bill
441,
which
serves
as
a
mechanism
to
handle
the
financial
and
practical
burden
of
appointed
members
of
the
legislature,
who
are
appointed
shortly
before
or
during
a
legislative
session.
B
As
you
all
know,
nevada,
revised
statutes,
294-a
states
that
it
is
unlawful
for
remember
the
legislature
to
solicit
or
accept
any
monetary
contribution
or
solicit
or
accept
a
commitment
to
make
such
a
contribution
for
any
political
purpose
during
a
specified
period
of
time.
Before
and
after
the
legislative
session
generally,
a
legislator
may
not
receive
or
solicit
a
contribution
during
the
period
beginning
30
days
before
and
ending
30
days
after
the
regular
session
and
15
days
before
15
days
after
a
special
session,
and
we
refer
to
this
as
the
blackout
period.
B
However,
many
expenses,
such
as
paying
rent
for
living
space
in
carson
city
during
the
session,
exist
only
because
a
person
is
a
legislator.
This
expense
qualifies
as
an
allowable
use
of
campaign.
Funds
serving
in
the
legislature
is
an
honor
and
a
privilege,
but
I
do
not
think
it's
lost
on
this
body
that
we
are
citizens
legislature
doing
the
people's
work
with
little
compensation
here,
in
that
our
legislators
earned
164.69
per
day
for
the
first
60
days
of
our
session,
which
puts
us
in
a
salary
range
of
981
dollars
and
40
cents
every
other
year.
B
According
to
the
national
conference
of
state
legislators,
the
average
yearly
salary
for
lawmakers
across
the
country
is
33
500
for
us
legislators,
particularly
those
of
us
who
represent
southern
nevada.
We're
focused
to
relocate
420
miles
away
from
our
districts
to
do
the
people's
work
with
limited
financial
means.
B
In
these
instances,
the
legislators
personally
pay
for
unreimbursed
expenses
that
are
required
to
move
and
maintain
a
living
space
in
carson
city
during
session.
With
this
reality
in
mind.
This
is
why
I
brought
ab441
forward.
Unfortunately,
for
those
of
us
who
have
been
here
the
last
few
sessions,
we've
lost
several
members
in
both
chambers
during
near
or
during
session,
and
it
became
apparent
that,
for
those
in
particular,
who
were
appointed
during
blackout
periods
were
forced
to
use
personal
income
to
serve
as
members
of
this
body.
B
B
In
addition,
the
bill
will
give
leadership
in
the
majority
and
the
minority
caucuses
the
ability
to
assign
bdrs
of
members
who
have
left
our
body
I'll
now
walk
through
the
provisions
of
the
bill
section.
One
of
the
bill
addresses
what
happens
to
bill
drafts
when
a
vacancy
occurs
after
the
general
election
and
before
the
start
of
the
regular
session.
B
If
the
vacancy
is
in
the
majority
party,
the
speaker
or
the
majority
leader
may
assign
some
or
all
of
the
former
members
remaining
bdrs
to
another
member
or
standing
committee.
If
the
vacancy
is
in
the
minority
party,
the
assembly
or
senate
minority
leader
may
assign
the
former
members
bdrs
to
another
member.
B
B
2
has
to
do
with
campaign
contributions
for
members
who
are
appointed
to
fill
a
vacancy
during
the
time
when
a
legislator
is
appointed
from
is
prohibited
from
soliciting
or
accepting
contributions
often
referred
to
again
as
the
blackout
period
under
this
bill,
a
member
who
was
appointed
may
solicit
and
accept
contributions
during
the
blackout
period
from
a
legislative
caucus
or
a
fellow
legislator.
Only
those
contributions
are
also
capped
at
ten
thousand
dollars
for
a
regular
session
and
twelve
thousand
twelve
hundred
dollars
for
a
special
session.
B
They
may
not
be
used
to
cover
expenses
other
than
expenses
for
moving
travel
and
housing
that
are
over
the
supplemental
allowance
that
they
receive
section.
Four.
The
bill
concerns
the
meaning
of
the
term
personal
use
of
campaign
contributions
under
existing
law.
It
is
unlawful
for
candidates
and
public
officers
to
spend
contributions
for
personal
use.
B
This
bill
specifies
that
personal
use
does
not
include
paying
for
legislators,
moving
travel
and
housing
expenses.
Over
and
above
the
supplemental
allowance,
they
are
entitled
to
receive
section.
5
addresses
the
disposal
of
campaign
contributions
under
existing
law.
If
a
candidate
is
elected
and
has
a
campaign
has
campaign
funds
they
didn't
spend
or
commit
before
the
election,
they
must
dispose
of
the
money
by
returning
it
to
their
contributors,
using
it
in
their
next
campaign,
contributing
to
another
campaign
or
other
methods.
B
Ab441
authorizes
the
candidate
elected
to
the
senate
or
assembly
to
dispose
of
campaign
contributions
by
contributing
to
a
member
who
is
allowed
under
section
2
to
accept
contributions
because
they
were
appointed
to
fill
a
vacancy
section.
6
through
9
are
largely
conforming
changes.
Section
10
is
the
effective
date.
The
measure
takes
would
would
take
effect
upon
passage
and
approval.
B
I
think
ab441
is
a
reasonable
measure
to
ensure
we
ease
any
financial
burden
to
that
process
and
ensure
that
we
remove
barriers
that
hinder
those
from
serving
this
body
in
general.
You
shouldn't
have
to
be
independently
wealthy
to
serve
in
a
in
a
citizen's
legislature
and
if
you
are
fortunate
enough
and
able
to
to
apply
and
be
appointed
to
replace
a
legislator
during
that
blackout
period,
that
should
not
only
be
left
to
the
wealthy.
B
In
the
spirit
of
having
a
citizens
legislature,
we
should
be
able
to
accommodate
any
person
who's,
qualified
and
selected
by
the
appointing
authority
to
serve
in
this
body
without
regard
for
whether
or
not
they
have
the
means
independent
of
the
resources
from
either
other
caucus
members
or
caucuses
to
be
able
to
serve
so
with
that.
That
concludes
my
remarks
and
I'm
happy
to
take
questions.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
speaker
fryerson.
I
really
appreciate
the
bill.
We
are
so
lucky
when
these
vacancies
occur,
that
that
citizens
in
those
districts
are
willing
to
step
up,
and
I
think
that
this
legislation
will
make
it
even
a
little
less
difficult
than
it
already
is
to
try
to
step
up
and
represent
their
community.
Are
there
any
questions
for
speaker,
fryerson
senator
seaver's
cancer.
C
Thank
you,
chair,
orrin
shaw,
and
so
we
just
got
this
bill,
so
I'm
just
kind
of
going
through
it.
Here
you
use
the
term
organization
whose
primary
purpose
is
to
provide
support
for
legislators,
and
then
you
mentioned
caucus,
but
it
doesn't
really
say
caucus
and
so
there's
all
sorts
of
organizations
that
want
to
support
legislators.
So
I
don't
know
if
that
language
needs
to
be
tied
up
or
what
that
definition
could
look
like.
B
Thank
you
for
the
record
jason
freyerson
to
senator
gaza.
The
intention
is
for
to
be
caucuses,
and
I
think
that
the
language
was
drafted
with
the
request
that
caucuses
and
members
be
allowed
to
contribute
and
again
is
capped
at
ten
thousand
dollars,
total
collectively
from
all
sources.
So
the
intention
is
most
certainly
to
be
only
caucuses
and
individual
members.
C
Thank
you,
and
I'm
in
section
two
is
a
little
confusing
because
one
subsection
tracks
to
another
subsection
kind
of
back
and
forth,
and
so
when
I,
when
I
look
at
two
it
talks
about
a
legislator,
shall
not
accept
money,
contributions,
etc.
Exceeding
the
10
000
or
the
1200,
which
is
it's
it's
broad
language,
so
that
piece
of
it
does
not
restrict
it
to
only
folks
who've
been
appointed.
C
So
does
that
mean
that
any
legislator
and
again
these
these
sections
are
referring
to
each
other?
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
this
is
only
for
somebody.
Who's
been
appointed
and
hasn't
had
the
opportunity
to
to
raise
some
money
because
they
do
have
expenses
that
are
outside
the
the
authorized
amounts
that
are
reimbursed.
B
Thank
you
again,
jason
freister
for
the
record.
The
intention
is
for
this
to
apply
to
new
appointed
members,
not
sitting
members.
C
Right
and
I'm
not
sure
when
you
know
in
reading
through
this
because
number
one
talks
about
the
legislator
who
is
appointed
to
phil
and
it
talks
about
subsection
one
of
nrs
294a
right.
So
it's
all
about
somebody,
who's
been
filling
a
position,
but
then,
when
you
get
down
to
two
it,
the
language
is
broader
and
it's
in
its
could
potentially
be
applicable
to
any
legislator,
and
then
we
get
down
to
b
which
limits
how
the
the
funds
can
be
spent,
which
makes
which
makes
sense.
C
B
And
if
I
may
I'd
like
to
point
out
that
if
you
look
at
section
two
subsection
one,
it
says
a
legislator
who
was
appointed
to
fill
a
vacancy
right
and
then
you
go
down
to
subsection
two.
It
only
says
a
legislator,
but
within
the
body
of
that
it
it
back
references
to
person
with
a
subsection
one,
and
so
I
I
I
think
at
least
in
in
theory,
both
such
subsection
two
a
and
two
b
back
reference
pursuant
to
subsection
one,
which
expressly
says
a
legislator
who
was
appointed
to
fill
a
vacancy.
B
So
to
the
extent
that
legal
would
believe
that
that
would
need
to
be
clarified.
That
is
certainly
the
intent.
But
I
believe
that
there's
language
in
section
two
subsection,
a
and
b
that
back
reference
as
well
as
section
three
subsection,
one
that
expressly
talks
about
a
legislator
who
is
appointed
to
feel
a
vacancy.
C
Yeah,
so
thank
you
and-
and
so
I
I've
seen
those
references
too
and,
and
so
my
thought
was,
if
it
said
two
so
we've
got
section
one
sub
one
section:
two
sub
two:
if
it
was
a
legislate
or
pursuant
to
subsection
one,
you
know
shall
not
colon
and
then
a
and
b,
because
they're
they
keep
referring
back
and
forth
to
each
other.
C
So
it's
kind
of
hard
to
see
if,
if
section
two
to
a
is
any
legislator
or
if
it's
tight
enough
to
be
just
the
person
who's
been
who
is
appointed
to
fill
the
vacancy,
I
think.
B
C
Okay,
so
that
that
was
one
of
the
issues
and
then
and
then
three
again
uses
it
talks
about
the
legislature,
who's
received
contributions
pursuant
to
subsection
one
which
is
at
the
top,
I'm
not
so
anyway.
I
think
the
idea
in
general
is
probably
fine.
The
language
is
confusing.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
your
intent
is
is
clear
and
in
in
both
both
on
the
record
and
also
in
the
document.
A
D
Yes,
so,
under
current
law
under
nrs
294,
a
three
300,
a
legislator
is
prohibited
from
accepting
contributions
during
a
blackout
period.
Subsection
one
creates
an
exception
that
would
authorize
a
legislator
who
was
appointed
to
fill
a
vacancy
during
the
blackout
period
to
allow
such
an
appointed
legislature
to
accept
contributions.
Subsection
2
does
not
create
an
additional.
D
An
additional
exception
to
accept
monetary
contributions,
because
it's
referring
to
money,
monetary
contributions
solicited
or
accepted
pursuant
to
subsection
one.
So
the
the
nrs
294
a
300
prohibition
on
legislators
during
the
blackout
period
would
still
apply
the
the
only
exception
being
legislators
who
are
appointed
to
fill
a
vacancy
during
the
blackout
period.
Thank.
A
You,
mr
fernley,
thank
you
appreciate
that
any
senator
stevens
cancer.
I
had.
C
One
more
question
so
so
we're
allowing
individuals
who
are
appointed
to
accept
funds
does
that
go.
Does
the
ten
thousand
dollars
go
against
sort
of
the
limits
if
they
were
to
run
a
campaign,
because
our
campaigns
kind
of
run
well
for
the
senate
every
four
years
and
four
assembly
members
every
two
years?
B
I
yeah,
I
would
defer
to
legal,
my
I
think
I
say,
lay
persons,
even
though
I'm
an
attorney
by
day
job,
but
the
the
bill
also
requires
that
a
person
who
is
appointed
return
any
unspent
funds.
So
I
I
I
guess
I
say
that
to
say
we're
only
talking
about
caucuses
and
individual
members
and
their
contributions,
and
so
it
would
seem
to
me
if
that
person
who
was
appointed
to
fill
a
vacancy
was
subsequently
going
to
run
again
or
run
that
that
would
count.
But
I
would
certainly
defer
to
legal.
C
B
A
D
Yes,
my
reading
of
the
of
the
bill
is
that
these
contributions
would
be
considered
campaign
contributions
and
they
would
be
reported
the
same
in
the
same
manner
as
any
other
contributions,
campaign
contributions
and
subject
to
the
same
limits
as
other
campaign
contributions.
A
D
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
fernley.
Any
additional
questions
right,
not
seeing
any
thank
you,
speaker
fryerson,
and
we
appreciate
you
presenting
the
bill
and
if
you
have
to
run,
we
completely
understand.
But
if
you
can
stick
around,
we
love
your
presence,
but
either
way.
A
A
A
Okay,
thank
you
and
neutral
anyone
neutral
on
the
measure.
There's
no
one
here
in
the
committee
room.
So
if
we
can
go
to
the
phone
lines.
A
Okay,
thank
you
speaker.
Thank
you
very
much
for
joining
us.
I'm
missing
one
member,
so
we
may
might
have
a
work
session
later.
I'm
just
trying
to
see
if
majority
leader
might
be
able
to
join
us,
but
otherwise
we
we
might
just
kind
of
waiting
on
on
hearing
here.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
presenting
the
bill
and
we
will
go
into
a
brief
recess.
Thank
you.
A
E
E
As
I'm
sure
you
know,
a
number
of
federal
laws
have
been
enacted
to
protect
the
rights
of
workers
and
those
seeking
employment.
The
first
landmark
legislation,
the
civ
civil
rights
act
of
1964,
was
followed
by
other
statutes,
including
the
age,
discrimination
and
employment
act.
The
americans
with
disabilities
act,
the
equal
pay
act,
the
uniformed
service,
employment
and
re-employment
rights
act,
and
several
others.
E
E
However,
despite
the
state's
proactive
policies
regarding
discrimination
in
the
workplace,
gaps
remain
in
our
ability
to
gauge
the
effectiveness
of
these
efforts
in
retaining
a
diverse
workforce.
Currently,
there
is
no
process
for
tracking
or
validating
complaints
associated
with
office
related
culture
that
may
be
toxic
or
inhospitable
to
employees,
particularly
those
with
diverse
backgrounds.
E
E
Our
state
has
incredible
diversity,
as
is
reflected
in
this
body.
I
often
wonder
why
some
state
state
divisions
continue
to
lack
the
diversity
reflective
of
the
state's
population.
We
adopted
hiring
practices
that
are
intended
to
increase
diversity
in
applicants
to
state
positions.
However,
we
often
continue
to
miss
the
mark,
as
it
relates
to
retention
of
employees
with
diverse
backgrounds.
E
In
the
last
year,
our
country
has
been
reflecting
on
disparities
among
people
of
color
and
their
white
counterparts.
We
have
continued
to
see
elevated
disparities
between
women
and
men
in
the
workplace,
exacerbated
by
the
conditions
of
the
pandemic,
but
also
reflective
of
the
different
needs
of
women
in
the
workforce.
E
Our
state
workforce
has
a
history
of
being
a
place
where
people
love
to
work
and
retention
was
among
the
highest
of
any
employment
field.
However,
we
are
hearing
from
department
after
department
that
retention
at
the
state
is
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
our
agencies
are
dealing
with
again.
This
got
me
to
wonder
why
I
additionally
reflected
on
my
own
challenges
in
the
traditional
work
environment.
E
I
went
to
meetings
and
dinners
and
met
deadlines
when
my
body
and
baby
wanted
me
to
be
home,
don't
get
me
wrong.
I
had
immense
amounts
of
support
from
my
boss
and
clients,
and
even
employees
of
this
state
who
offered
accommodations
multiple
times,
but
it
was
an
immense
amount
of
effort
to
maintain
normalcy
in
my
job
and
for
my
growing
family.
E
Not
everyone
gets
this
level
of
support.
It's
not
mandatory,
whether
it's
parents
who
need
to
pick
up
their
kids
or
want
to
attend
midday
matinees
of
their
child's
pageant
performance,
whether
it's
someone
trying
a
new
hairstyle
or
dealing
with
undiagnosed
health
issues
that
get
unsolicited
questions
or
comments.
These
are
unprotected
scenarios
that
can
result
in
passive
aggressive
comments,
actions
and
attitudes.
Leaving
the
employee
wondering
why
they
want
to
work
in
such
an
environment
at
all.
E
There
are
also
issues
of
microaggressions
microaggressions
to
simplify,
are
defined
as
a
statement,
action
or
incident
regarding
or
regarded
as
an
instant
of
indirect,
subtle
or
unintentional
discrimination
against
members
of
a
marginalized
group,
such
as
a
racial
or
ethnic
minority.
These
are
sometimes
subtle
and
often
not
recognizable.
To
someone
who
lacks
experience
in
identifying
racial
discrimination
assembly
bill
365
declares
it
is
the
public
policy
of
this
state.
The
persons
employed
by
the
state
be
afforded
respect,
dignity
and
equity
in
the
workplace.
E
The
bill
also
requires
the
administrator
of
the
division
of
human
resource
management,
to
evaluate
the
effectiveness
of
any
policy
of
the
division
intended
to
encourage
equity
in
the
workplace.
For
persons
of
color
and
other
persons
of
marginalized
identities
and
prepare
and
submit
a
report
to
the
governor
in
the
legislature
concerning
the
results
of
the
evaluation.
E
I
want
to
remind
the
body
that,
just
last
summer,
just
this
last
summer,
we
declared
racism
as
a
public
health
crisis
and
have
self-reflective
work
to
do
to
ensure
that
we
are
setting
the
standard
as
high
in
the
state
to
be
as
anti-racist
as
possible.
This
bill
is
a
small
step
in
getting
much-needed
data
to
meet
this
goal,
as
well
as
the
goal
of
retaining
a
high-quality,
diverse
workforce
that
feels
supported
and
appreciated
for
the
hard
work
they
do
to
take
care
of
our
state.
A
C
Thank
you,
chair
orange,
so
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
what
that
report
or
the
process
looks
like
so
right
now,
there's
not
a
process
to
be
able
to
to
file
a
complaint.
I
mean
there's
a
there's,
a
process
for
a
complaint
that
is
a
lawful
complaint,
but
not
one
that's
kind
of
outside
those
boundaries
and
so
that
and
then
I
don't
see
anything
about
like.
I
see
some
confidentiality
in
there,
but
I
don't
see
anything
about
retaliation
to
make
sure.
C
A
E
You
so
much
chair,
sorry,
I'm
the
run
got
me
a
little
bit
so
you're
right,
there's
no
formal
process.
It
is
an
adopted
process
or
maybe
an
adopted
process
in
each
division
on
how
they
manage
complaints
that
are
not
those
title
and
I'm
probably
gonna
get
this
wrong.
Like
title
9
complaints,
the
one,
the
federally
protected
issue
areas,
we
want
to
kind
of
bring
consistency
across
the
board
on
how
those
complaints
result
in
policy
changes
that
that
would
that
potentially
result
in
better
culture,
less
toxic
culture
in
some
scenarios.
E
If
we
don't
elevate
the
conversation,
we
don't
change
our
attitude
about
it.
We.
What
I
want
to
try
and
do
here
is-
is
elevate.
Those
complaints
that
come
in
that
have
to
do
with
the
culture
to
a
place
where
we're
actually
talking
about
culture
change.
Rather
than
saying
we
don't
have
a
problem
here,
because
it's
just
one
complaint.
I
know
that
doesn't
directly
answer
your
question,
but
in
this
bill
we
would
continue
to
have
those
processes
be.
E
Controlled
by
each
division
for
how
they
handle
them
in-house
those
complaints
and
the
resulting
policy,
changes
and
implementation
would
then
be
elevated
to
the
division
of
administration's
hr
department
for
evaluation
to
see,
if
that's
a
policy,
we
want
to
implement
across
the
state
if
it
worked
and
what
we
want
to
do
with
it.
Next.
C
Thank
you,
so
I
I
love
the
idea
of
what
you're
trying
to
accomplish,
but
because
this
all
ends
up
in
a
report
it
it
seems
like
there
should
be
a
a
formal
process
so
that
it's
apples
to
apples.
So
each
division
actually
has
the
same
sort
of
reporting,
form
or
guidelines,
because
in
the
end
you
want
to
compile
them
and
you
want
to
make
sure
those
people
are.
Their
names
are
confidential
or
I
can't
remember,
you
didn't
use
the
term
confidential.
It
was
a
different
term
or
not
revealed
so
in
section
2
3.
C
So
there's
no
retaliation,
but
but
that's
not
in
here
right
now
and
I
think
it's
going
to
be
really
difficult
to
compile
information
when
the
direction
is
pretty
loose
like
you've
got
some
boundaries
about
what
you
want
to
look
for,
but
not
exactly
how
how
to
call
it
out
and
how
to
report
it
and
then
how
to
protect
people
and
then
how
to
you
know
other
than
requiring
it
and
eventually
a
report.
E
E
We
don't
call
it
specifically
out
in
this
bill,
but
the
state
is
migrating
to
the
smart
21
system,
which
is
an
online
hr
system
that
has
the
capacity
to
take
on
a
node
that
would
that
would
be
able
to
take
these
comments
and
then
keep
those
confidential.
Those
names
confidential
in
those
comments,
but
allow
for
us
to
aggregate
them
on
the
other
side
that
just
hasn't
been
built
out
yet
of
the
smart
21
system.
It
is
the
intention
in
conversations
I've
had
with
the
division
of
administration
that
they
want
to
do
that
piece.
E
I
didn't
want
to
be
too
prescription
prescriptive
in
here,
though,
because
we
don't
know
what
that
build
out
would
look
like,
and
it
would
add
a
fiscal
note
if
we
mandate
that
build
out.
A
One
thing:
I
wonder,
I'm
not
sure
how
it
might
interplay,
but
some
of
the
work
that
is
in
senate
bill
51.
A
I
wonder
if
some
of
that
would
apply
here,
so
maybe
there
wouldn't
be
a
need
to
add
any
language
to
this
bill,
because
I
think
some
of
those
protections
for
someone
who's
complaining
about
harassment
that
are
in
there's
a
bill
here
that
came
from
the
department
administration,
that's
actually
being
heard
over
in
the
assembly
elections
committee
this
afternoon,
and
I
know
that
senator
ganzer.
We
all
worked
on
on
that
trying
to
protect
someone
who's
been
a
victim,
so
maybe
that
would
apply
here
as
well.
C
So
so,
mr
charlie,
you
know
I
would
agree
with
you,
but
if
this
could
also
be
something
that
would
potentially
be
amended
into
that,
but
but
I
think
concerned
about
the
lack
of
process
and
then
also
protections
and
then
also
there's
no
invest.
So
if
it's
a
something
that
is
against
the
law,
there's
an
investigation
process
because
you
actually
could
have
someone
who
does
a
lot
of
reporting
just
because
they
want
to
get
back
at
somebody
right
and
it's
not
investigated.
It's
not
followed
up.
A
E
E
Subjective,
thank
you
senator
for
the
question,
sarah
peters
for
the
record,
you're
right
and
that's
part
of
the
reason
why
we
haven't
done
anything
like
this
before
I
I
want
to
kind
of
whole,
so
the
goal
of
this
bill
was
not
to
be
punitive
right,
because
we
have
processes
for
those
investigations
for
directing
redirecting
people
who
may
have
overstepped
a
line
in
a
protected
way.
This
was
for
scenarios
like
a
woman
wearing
her
natural
hair
and
someone
reaching
out
and
just
touching
her
hair
or
commenting
on
it
in
an
inappropriate
way.
E
That's
not
necessarily
protected,
but
makes
her
feel
uncomfortable
and
collecting
the
data
to
see.
If,
as
a
state,
we
need
to
direct
implicit
bias,
training
or
other
management
style
trainings
towards
particular
areas
to
help
re-establish
the
culture
of
our
of
our
agencies
again
not
to
be
punitive,
because
I
think
a
lot
of
times.
People
don't
realize,
maybe
that
it
was
a
problem
right,
but
it
becomes
a
problem
for
another
person
and
so
in
collecting
that
and
in
directing
those
to
kind
of
aggregate
and
see.
If
we
see
trends
we
can.
E
We
can
then
assess
that
for
future
work.
One
of
the
problems
that
I
see
right
now
is
is
that
it's
oftentimes
just
dismissed
as
a
one-off
right,
like
that
was
just
a
thing
that
was
said,
would
probably
didn't
mean
anything
when
we
start
to
see
trends
in
those
kinds
of
scenarios
occurring,
then
we
know
we
have
a
problem
and
something
has
to
be
done
about
it
again.
These
are
unprotected
scenarios
right,
so
it
doesn't
get
into
issues
of
sexual
harassment
or
other
harassments
that
that
are
protected.
It's
really
just
the
like.
E
I
want
to
be
able
to
come
to
work
and
be
who
I
am
right
without
someone
else
bombarding
me
with
their
biases
about
how
I
present
myself
here
or
the
things
I
have
to
bring
with
me,
because
I've
got
kids
at
home
or
those
kinds
of
things
and
again
just
kind
of
getting
at
the
the.
What
do
we
want
our
culture
to
look
like
and
how
and
how
do
we
get
there.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
assemblyman
any
additional
questions,
all
right,
any
additional
questions
all
right.
Well,
thank
you
very
much
thanks
for
presenting
the
measure
and
with
that
I
will
go
to
support
there's
no
one
in
the
committee
room,
but
broadcasting.
If
there's
anyone
on
the
phone
lines
in
support
jared.
D
A
A
E
Yeah,
if
I
may
chair,
thank
you,
sarah
peters,
for
the
record.
I
just
want
to
make
it
explicitly
clear
that
I
love
this
state
and
the
people
who
work
for
the
state,
I
think,
are
some
of
the
biggest
hearted
people
and
most
well-intended
people
that
I've
ever
met.
E
E
The
goal
of
this
bill
is
really
to
try
and
and
place
on
ourselves
the
obligation
to
be
as
open
and
compassionate
as
an
entity
as
we
can
be,
and
I
I
think
that
our
employees
are
more
than
capable
of
stepping
up
to
meet
that
goal,
and
I
look
forward
to
seeing
what
we
can
do
with
this
and
what
our
state
employee
base
looks
like
in
the
coming
years.
A
Thank
you
so
much
thanks
for
sponsoring
the
measure
and
presenting
it
here
today
and
I'm
a
little
short
on
committee
members
today.
So,
as
I
told
the
speaker,
we
might
maybe
work
sessioning
later
today,
but
I'm
not
sure
but
we'll,
but
we
will
let
you
know
if
we
do
decide
the
work
session.
Thank
you
for
presenting
the
bill
today
and
with
that
members.
I
think
we
will
go
into
recess
and
probably
be
at
the
call
of
the
chair.
A
If
members
have
other
work,
they
need
to
do
or
go
to
their
office
hold
on
one
second,
I
should
do
it
now
this
case,
okay
and
before
we
go
into
that
recess.
Thank
you
director
for
reminding
me
broadcasting
public
comment.
There's
no
one
here
in
the
committee
room
to
make
public
comment,
but
if
we
could
look
to
the
phone
lines
in
case,
someone
would
like
to
make
public
comment
just
make
sure
we
get
them
on
the
record.