Video & Transcript Research : 'Senate Resolution 122'
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HI
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- Senator Richards. Thank you. Uh, Mr. Lum, thanks.
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Rhoads, Senator Rhoads, Senator Rhoads, thank<00:25:32.960>you <00:25:33.040 - uh Senator Rhodes. uh Senator Rhodes.
- Senator DeCoite is excused. Senator Rhoads. >> Aye. Senator Auwae. >> Aye.
Summary:
The committee heard gubernatorial nominations for the Advisory Committee on Pesticides and the Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity. For GM 615, Matthew Liam was nominated to the Advisory Committee on Pesticides. The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, CGAPS, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau testified in strong support, citing his landscape industry leadership, pesticide training background, and prior service. Members asked about his experience in Australia and his approach to restricted-use pesticides; he said he avoided using restricted-use pesticides in his landscaping business but applied related safety and recordkeeping practices. Testimony was unanimous in support, with no opposition or comments.
For GM 616, N. Young was nominated to the Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity. Support testimony from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Cattlemen's Council highlighted his experience with Lanai agriculture, Sensei, the Food Basket, Pacific Gateway Center, Kamehameha Schools, and institutional purchasing. In response to questions, he discussed balancing public and private funding, the need for adequate capitalization of agricultural projects, and using financial tools to help farmers and accelerate agricultural income streams. He also said the board should focus on making agricultural land productive and strengthening food security. The nomination drew strong support, with no opposition or comments.
For GM 617, Jason Moniz was nominated to the Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity. The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Cattlemen's Council supported him, emphasizing his decades of veterinary and animal disease control experience, ranching background, and knowledge of biosecurity, leases, and livestock issues. Moniz said his priorities would be preserving agricultural land and water resources, improving biosecurity, supporting farmers and ranchers, and increasing food production in Hawaii. He also said he would be willing to speak up for agriculture and not let the department be sidelined. The nomination received 29 written and oral supports, with no opposition or comments.
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Papis.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/05/26
Health and Human Services
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- Senator<00:26:49.240>
Bolden. Senator Bolden. Senator Bolden. - Senator Utke. Senator Utke. Thank you, Madam Chair.
- And next we'll go to Senator Mann, Senate File 3904.
- Does that make sense, Senator? them." Does that make sense, Senator? Senator<01:19:01.120>
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Senator <01:20:41.800>Boldon? Um Senator Boldon? Um Senator Boldon?
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- Thank you very much Senator. Very good. Thank you very much Senator.
- Follow up Senator. Yeah, thank you Madam Follow up Senator.
- Oh, yes, Senator. Madam Chair. Oh, yes, Senator.
- Next up on our agenda we have Senate File 3750 and Senator Kunesh is here. Uh, Senator Pappas.
- Thank you, Senator. Yeah. Thank you, Senator. Yeah.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/05/26
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
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- Senator Draheim. >> Thank you, Senator Boldon.
- Senator >> Thank you, Senator Pappas. Senator Draheim. >> Thank you, Chair.
- Senator >> Thank you, Senator Drehheim. Senator Lucero?
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Senator appreciative of Senator Paz, Senator appreciative of Senator Paz, - way, Senator Boldon. way, Senator Boldon.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Special Order Calendar Group Mar 5th, 2026
MN
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- The Senate will come to order. Senator Murphy. Mr. President, I impose the call of the Senate.
- Senator Carlson and Senator Fateh. Senator Carlson and Senator Fateh.
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Rasmusson. Senator Rasmusson. Senator Rasmusson. - Senator Dziedzic votes I. Senator Hoffman votes I. Senator Miller votes I. Senator Lang votes I.
- Uh Senator Senator Dziedzic votes I.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/05/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
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Dames. Senator Dames. Senator Dames. - >> Uh, Senator Man, Senator Latz. >> Uh, Senator Man, Senator Latz.
- Senator<00:49:17.040>
Mann. Senator Mann. Senator Mann. - Senator Duckworth, yes. Senator Frentz, yes. Senator Green, no. Senator Heintzeman, no.
- Senator Latz, yes. Senator Rasmusson, no. Senator Rest, no. Senator Wiklund, yes. >> No.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/05/26
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
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- House and the Senate. House and the Senate.
- Senator her. Uh yes, uh Senator Green. Senator her. Uh yes, uh Senator Green.
- Yes, Senator that on to our Senate file? Yes, Senator Dowski. Dowski. Dowski.
- I concerns, Senator Senator Duskowski.
- Senate File 3857. Senate File 3857.
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- I've been in this room with a lot of tax chairs, Senator Johnson, Senator Pogemiller, Tom Bakk, Senator
- Senator Russ: Yes. Senator Hauschild: Yes. Senator Weber: Yes. Senator Dibble: Yes.
- Senator<00:44:21.600>
Russ <00:44:22.040>Yes. Senator Russ Yes. Senator Russ Yes. - Senator Dibble Yes. Senator Dibble Yes.
- Senator Hamming-Sen Yeager: Yes. Senator Miller: Aye. Senator Nelson: Yes.
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I Senator, thank you, Senator. I Senator, thank you, Senator. - Senator Koran? Yes. Senator Carlson? Yes. Senator Bahr? Aye. Senator Boldon? Aye.
- Senator Cwodzinski? Yes. Senator Limmer? Yes. Senator Lucero? Yes. Senator Marty? Aye.
- Senator Swadzinski? Yes. Senator<01:13:02.920>
Limmer? Senator Limmer? Senator Limmer? Yes. - Senator Matthews? Yes. Senator<01:13:12.920>
Port? Senator Port? Senator Port? Yes.
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Rasmusen. Senator Rasmusen. Senator Rasmusen. - Senator Nelson. >> Great. Senator Nelson.
- So, Senator<01:21:13.600>
Rasmmanson. Senator Rasmmanson. Senator Rasmmanson. - And then Senator Pratt." um Senator Rasmmanson was saying and we um Senator Rasmmanson was saying and
- Senator Pratt: You know, Madam Chair, I share the same concerns that Senator Raspersonson and Senator
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/05/26
State and Local Government
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- Senator Bahr? Aye. Senator Dziedzic? No. Senator Drazkowski? Aye. Senator Fateh? Excused.
- Senator Lang? Yes. Senator Bahr? Aye. Senator Watzlinski? No. Senator Dziedzic? Aye. Senator Fateh?
- Senator Lee Ling, no. Senator Bahr, no. Senator Dziedzic, yes. Senator Drazkowski, no.
- Senator<01:25:30.880>
Barr. Senator Barr. Senator Barr. - Senator Lang? No. Senator Bahr? No. Senator Swatkowski? Yeah. Senator Dziedzic? No. Senator Fateh?
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- > Senator Rosenwald, no. >> Senator Reardon, no. >> Senator Murphy, yes. >> Senator Pearl, yes. >> Senator
- >> Senator Ward, yes. >> Senator Rashardy, yes. >> Senator Fenton, no. >> Senator Mcu, yes. >> Senator
- >> Senator Ward, yes. >> Senator Rashardy, yes. >> Senator Fenton, no. >> Senator Mcu, yes. >> Senator
- >> Senator Apprentice, no. >> Senator Gray, yes. >> Senator Innis, yes. >> Senator Ward, yes. >> Senator
- Senator Gray, yes. Senator Inis, yes. Senator Ward, yes. Senator Rashardy, yes. Senator Fenton, no.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 03/04/26
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- Thank you, Senator Howe. Thank you, Senator Howe.
- Up next, Senator Kupec, Senate File 4072.
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File Up next, Senator Kupec, Senate File Up next, Senator Kupec, Senate - Senator Howe. you, Senator Duckworth. Senator Howe.
Summary:
The Minnesota Senate Subcommittee on Veterans met on March 4, 2026, and began with a moment of silence honoring Sergeant First Class Nicole Amore of White Bear Lake, who was killed while serving in Kuwait. The committee then took up Senate File 3956, an MDVA policy bill giving the commissioner clearer authority to direct staff time and other non-monetary resources toward partnerships with organizations serving veterans, especially on food insecurity, homelessness, suicide prevention, and related efforts. MDVA and Disabled American Veterans testified that the bill would help them work more quickly and clearly with outside partners, including food pantry and outreach efforts, while remaining focused on non-monetary support. Senator Howe offered an A1 amendment narrowing the bill to the three named priorities and removing the broader “other critical issues” language; the amendment was adopted after discussion about whether the reporting language also needed adjustment. SF 3956, as amended, was laid over for further consideration.
The committee then heard Senate File 3955, which would create a new procedure for temporary closure of a Minnesota veterans home if an involuntary termination notice requires it, bringing state law into closer alignment with federal expectations. MDVA emphasized that it had no intention of permanently closing any veterans homes and that the bill was intended only to establish a temporary closure plan to satisfy survey requirements. Senator Howe offered an A1 amendment clarifying that any closure would be temporary unless the legislature approved a permanent closure; MDVA and the Department of Health indicated the change was acceptable. The committee adopted the amendment and then voted to recommend SF 3955, as amended, to pass and refer it to the full committee.
Finally, the committee began Senate File 4072, an MDVA cleanup and conformity bill. After adopting a technical A3 amendment, MDVA explained that the bill would reclassify the Chief of Staff/Deputy Chief of Staff role as Deputy Commissioner for Administration to better reflect the scope of the position, and would also repeal outdated statutes related to environmental hazards assistance and a data-collection requirement that the department said it could not implement. The bill was still being presented when the transcript ended, and no final committee action on SF 4072 was shown in the excerpt.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: DFL Legislators Launch the Climate Superfund Bill - 03/04/26
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- I'm a state senator from Senate District 45, which includes all the cities that surround Lake Minnetonka
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from <00:04:20.880>Senate Stewart. - I'm a state senator from Senate Stewart.
- I'm a state senator from Senate District<00:04:21.600>
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Anne Representative Hollins and Senator Anne Representative Hollins and Senator
Summary:
Rep. Athena Hollins and Sen. Ann Johnson Stewart introduced Minnesota’s proposed climate superfund bill, describing it as a way to make major historical greenhouse gas polluters help pay for climate adaptation and infrastructure repair. They said the bill would target large fossil fuel corporations with significant emissions and use the revenue for projects such as stormwater upgrades, bridge and roof protection, erosion control, drinking water protection, cooling cities, and other resilience work. Both lawmakers framed the proposal as a matter of accountability and fairness, arguing that Minnesotans should not keep paying for damage caused by companies that profited from fossil fuel pollution.
Several supporters testified in favor of the bill, including St. Paul City Council Vice President Nyang Kheimey, former legislator and medical student Hunter Cantrell, Unidos Minnesota volunteer Bonnie Becol, and 100% Minnesota’s Aurora Vautrin. They emphasized local climate impacts such as flooding, wildfire smoke, extreme heat, emerald ash borer damage, asthma, and infrastructure failures, and said the costs are increasingly falling on taxpayers, local governments, and vulnerable communities. Kheimey highlighted municipal needs and St. Paul’s own climate investments, while Cantrell focused on environmental racism and health harms, and Becol and Vautrin stressed species loss, community recovery costs, and the burden on residents.
In the question-and-answer portion, Hollins and Johnson Stewart explained that the bill would apply to fossil fuel corporations with at least 1 billion metric tons of carbon emissions and a nexus to Minnesota, not local utilities. They said the State Auditor’s office would determine the assessments owed by companies, while the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency would hold the fund and administer grants. They also said they were looking to models in Vermont and New York and hoped the proposal could attract bipartisan support because it is tied to affordability and shifting costs away from taxpayers and onto polluters. No vote or formal committee action was taken in the transcript, and the event ended with the sponsors opening the bill to questions.
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- [Music] The Senate will come to order. Senator Dibble. Thank you, Mr. President.
- I would request that we impose a call of the Senate. The Senate is now under call. Senator Murphy.
- >> Member Senator<00:08:22.120>
Rasmusson. Senator Rasmusson. Senator Rasmusson. - Senator Rest. Mr.
- Senator Murphy, would Senator Murphy.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business - 03/04/2026
Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Martinez is here. Senator Chris Ryan is here. Senator Jeremy Zellner is here.
- The bill was moved by Senator Ryan and seconded by Senator Martinez.
- So, a motion was made by Senator Ryan, and it was seconded by Senator Martinez.
- So a motion to move the bill from Senator Borrello, by Senator Murray.
- motion to move the bill from Senator Barrello. Okay. Senator Murray.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Economic Development, and Small Business held its first meeting of the 2006 legislative session, chaired by Senator April Baskin, with Senator Dean Murray and other members present. The committee took up six bills focused on small business, economic development, and related regulatory issues. Senators generally expressed support for the committee’s mission and for measures aimed at helping businesses grow and reducing red tape.
The committee reported Senate Bill 1052, directing the Department of Economic Development to move the Central New York Welcome Center to the Equal Rights Heritage Center in Auburn, to the calendar, with one opposed. Senate Bill 1613A, directing plans for mixed-use development and redesign on part of the Haremont campus, was reported to finance. Senate Bill 2051, allowing bed and breakfast establishments to sell cider, liquor, beer, and wine, was reported to the calendar after members said it had passed the Senate in prior years and supported it as a small business measure.
The committee also advanced Senate Bill 3561, which would require a study of kitchen incubators in New York State; Senator Borrello spoke in favor, citing a successful incubator example in his district, and Senator Zellner voted without recommendation, sending the bill to finance. Senate Bill 6010, creating more access to small business loans for micro-businesses, was reported to finance with broad support. Finally, Senate Bill 7332, establishing a small business regulatory nexus to provide regulatory information to small businesses, was reported to the calendar as a transparency and anti-red tape measure. The meeting concluded after all legislative items were acted on and members were reminded to submit voting sheets.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Ethics and Internal Governance - 03/04/2026
Ethics And Internal Governance
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm Senator Shelley Mayer, Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Ethics and Internal Governance.
- Senator Rhoads. Thank you. All in favor? Aye. Senator Rhoads? No. Okay.
- Next is S5843 by Senator Skoufis.
- Senator Rhodes. Thank you. All in favor? Aye. Senator Rhodes? No. Okay.
- Next is S5843 by Senator Scufus.
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Ethics and Internal Governance met for its first meeting of the year on March 4 at noon, with Chair Shelley Mayer and Ranking Member Steve Rhoads emphasizing a collegial approach and a shared interest in transparency, efficiency, and effective government. The committee then considered several ethics and lobbying-related bills.
On S-374, relating to lobbying for the confirmation of persons to state office, Senator Rhoads raised concern that the bill could chill individual citizens from sending emails or letters about nominees if such activity triggered lobbyist registration. The chair said the bill was intended to target organizations and entities spending significant time and money to influence nominations, and noted the sponsor might refine the language. The bill was moved forward, with Mayer voting aye and Rhoads voting nay.
The committee also advanced S-224A, which would raise the threshold for small not-for-profits subject to lobbying reporting requirements from $5,000 to $10,000, and S4039A, which would prohibit certain persons from receiving compensation for legal, consulting, or similar work for industrial development agencies, economic assistance corporations, or state and local authorities, while also addressing consultant disclosure. Rhoads supported S-224A and opposed S4039A. Finally, the committee approved S5843, which would require all lobbying filings to be submitted electronically; Rhoads opposed it, saying filing rules should allow as many compliance options as possible, while Mayer said most filers can already do so electronically. All bills were moved to the floor, and the meeting adjourned shortly thereafter.
HI
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- work with Senator Wakai and Senator Kim. work with Senator Wakai and Senator Kim.
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Um Senator Kim, and Senator Inouye. Um Senator Kim, and Senator Inouye. - <01:13:09.720>
Senator Aye. Senator Kim. Aye. Senator Aye. Senator Kim. Aye. - Senator Fukunaga. Aye. Senator Kim. Aye. Senator Fukunaga. Aye. Senator Kim. Aye.
- Senator Kim. yes. Senator Fukunaga. Aye. Senator Kim.
Summary:
The committee heard multiple governor’s messages for confirmation to the Agribusiness Development Corporation board and one appointment to the Aloha Stadium Authority. For GM 606, David Ige Hinazumi was supported by ADC and DBEDT, with testimony highlighting his private-sector experience, technology background, and ability to help with risk management and finances. He told senators he had attended board meetings since 2018, saw ADC as a state business arm for agriculture, and supported expanding land, facilities, and even aquaculture if resources allowed. Senators asked about ADC’s role relative to the Department of Agriculture, and he said the department’s strength is research/regulatory work while ADC should focus on business development, support, and facilities for farmers and aquaculture businesses.
For GM 607, Jason Watts was strongly supported by ADC leadership, DBEDT, and many agricultural and community groups, with one opposing testimony from Hawaii Farm Bureau. Supporters praised his governance, accountability, transparency, and frequent communication with the agency. In questioning, Watts said ADC’s top priority should be increasing land holdings, and he discussed ADC’s role in water systems, including preserving agricultural water sources and inventorying systems statewide. He also said ADC could potentially help small farmers comply with environmental permitting through a broader, regional approach if authorized by the Legislature. The committee also heard from Joshua Uyehara for GM 682, who was supported by ADC, county officials, and farm groups. He said his priorities would be accelerating ADC projects, expanding capacity, and possibly using ADC as a center of expertise for water systems and for helping farmers with environmental requirements; he also said biofuel crops and food production can be complementary, though food should be prioritized when water is constrained.
The committee then considered GM 513, Tracy Lester Smith’s appointment to the Aloha Stadium Authority. The stadium authority and DBEDT supported her, citing her experience in NASCAR, boxing, and Bellator MMA as useful for marketing, attracting events, and commercializing the stadium. Smith said she was eager to serve and would bring experience from both the landlord and tenant perspectives, helping the board think about venue operations, sponsorships, and event attraction. Senators asked about improving public perception and execution, and she emphasized accountability, timelines, and building a venue that can draw major sports and entertainment events. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.