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• work with them, but there are some outliers out there that do harm to the system, which then puts a cloud

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• and 13 through 31 shall be by this resolution read a first and second time by the therein listed titles
• and 13 through 31 shall by this resolution be read a first and second time by the therein listed titles
• 27.680> listed and second time by the therein listed and second time by the therein listed titles
• and referred to the therein titles and referred to the therein designated<00:15:30.200> committees
• Unfortunately, with this bill, that understanding would disappear under a dark cloud.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Last page, title coordination by legislative agencies.
• The STS program offers government entities full-service IT, providing secure solutions for cloud application
• Thank you I will show you registered as Rachel cloud on behalf of KR is that's six news and that you
• higher learning, some of those institutions were thinking, well, we're gonna change the name. of those titles

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Oh, this is a long title here: HB 675, increasing the total revenue raised under the Statewide education
• Witness: That's the title of it, yes, sir.
• and throughout this period of time swept the statewide education property tax has been under a dark cloud
• education property tax has been under a education property tax has been under a dark<05:20:55.360> cloud
• <05:20:56.360> um<05:20:57.320> related dark cloud um related dark cloud um related

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The hearing focused on HB 563, which would revise the education funding formula for pupils receiving special education services by replacing the current single special education amount with three differentiated categories. Representative Rick Ladd, the prime sponsor, said the bill largely tracks a House-passed version from the prior session with minor figure adjustments, and explained that the proposal uses projected FY26 amounts for three categories based on time in general education versus more intensive placements. He also noted that the bill does not address catastrophic aid directly, but that special education aid, CAT aid, and proration all remain issues for later work sessions. Ladd and supporters argued that weighted categories better reflect actual costs and are more sustainable than treating all IEPs the same. Representative Margaret Drye said the approach was one of the best ideas from the education funding subcommittee and urged the committee to support differentiated aid. Representative Ames asked how the category amounts were derived, and Ladd said Category A follows the FY26 base, Category B is a higher weight, and Category C is a still higher weight for more intensive services, though he acknowledged the exact multipliers were developed earlier and could be revisited. He also said the committee would continue discussing whether the weights are appropriate and how they interact with CAT aid. Testimony from Bonnie Dunham strongly opposed the bill. She argued that funding based on placement rather than actual service need would create incentives to move students into more restrictive settings, could stigmatize children with labels such as "Category C," and would undermine the least restrictive environment requirements under federal special education law. She described her son’s experience in inclusive settings as beneficial and said the bill would have penalized the district for serving him there. In response to questions, she said schools and parents should base funding on the child’s actual needs and costs, not on placement, and urged the committee to recommend the bill inexpedient to legislate.

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• .<00:52:51.680> Cloud<00:52:52.000> State<00:52:52.240> and<00:52:52.480> and
• Cloud State and and one at one at St.
• Cloud State and and one at one at Mano.<00:52:54.640> But<00:52:54.880> this<00:52:55.119

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The conference committee received a nonpartisan walkthrough of the House and Senate side-by-side for higher education-related legislation, with staff identifying Senate-only, House-only, identical, and technical-difference provisions. Topics included paid blood donation leave for Minnesota State employees, a revised higher education attainment goal, athletic fee restrictions, developmental course disclosures, American Indian Scholars Program eligibility, protections and definitions for pregnant and parenting students, online program management contracts, student aid reporting, work-study and dual training grants, private and out-of-state postsecondary education regulation, private career school licensing and data privacy, college savings plan changes, and several University of Minnesota-related provisions. House-only items also included an unemployment insurance aid adjustment, a $1.5 million ongoing appropriation for an identity verification system to combat enrollment fraud, and $5,000 for Bemidji State University reforestation; Senate-only items included Board of Regents appointment language, limits on for-profit control of medical school curriculum, and reporting on for-profit funding in medical education. After the walkthrough, the committee moved to adopt the same and similar provisions and direct staff to make technical corrections. A senator asked about proposed adjustments to the pregnant and parenting student language, and the chair said amendments would be considered after adopting the same and similar provisions. The motion to adopt prevailed. During public testimony, Sydney Spre of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees supported the Senate’s paid blood donation leave language, saying it would create parity for Minnesota State employees and encourage blood and plasma donation. Commissioner Dennis Olsen of the Office of Higher Education thanked the committee for adopting most of the agency’s proposed language and said he was available to help clarify remaining differences. In response to questions, he explained the Senate’s higher education attainment goal proposal, saying it would extend and broaden the existing goal, raise the target from 70% to 75%, expand the age range, and use additional metrics and partner agencies; he also said the overall attainment rate had been 63.5 under the prior goal. The transcript ends as the commissioner was being asked whether the proposal would require additional appropriations.

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• Cloud.
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Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The missing data due to the shutdown also clouds our picture of both inflation and labor market conditions
• higher tax liability carries forward into tax years 2025 and 2026, increasing the revenue... also clouds
• our picture of both also clouds our picture of both inflation<00:14:38.000> and<00:14:38.320>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Minnesotans through prior investments, advancing cybersecurity defenses and collaboration, accelerating cloud
• interacting with their state government in a safe and responsible way. collaboration accelerating cloud
• collaboration accelerating cloud transformation<00:48:30.400> and<00:48:30.800> advancing<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We have registered Reginald Ease, representing Cloud Phonics and SELF. He's against House.
• Okay, we were going to show Reginald Dees. as registered on behalf of Cloud Ponics itself against the
• The VA solution, a prescription for antidepressants that would have clouded my judgment when I needed

Bills: HB 28, SB 3

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, state health, youth protection, licensing fees, criminal offenses, HB28, public testimony, committee decorum, bill substitute, legislative process

Summary: The meeting featured significant discussions regarding HB28, where the chair outlined the plans to bring forward a substitute for the bill. The chair emphasized the importance of maintaining order and decorum during the proceedings. Members engaged in deliberations, and a number of public witnesses were invited to testify, thereby enriching the discussion around the bill. This interaction provided valuable insights into public sentiment regarding the issues at hand.

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• Cloud State University for the past 17 years and a temporary part-time instructor at St.
• Cloud Technical and Community College for the past 16 years.
• Cloud Tech. And every single time I've had to start from scratch.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• and those marketplace and and rent it and those are<00:33:13.919> typically<00:33:14.320> cloud-based
• <00:33:14.960> services<00:33:15.360> we are typically cloud-based services we are
• typically cloud-based services we look<00:33:15.600> to<00:33:15.760> rent<00:33:15.919

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Cloud that had sexually assaulted other prisoners, and I noticed when I read those lawsuits, as I served
• served lawsuits to prisoners at St Cloud served lawsuits to prisoners at St Cloud that<01:36:31.360><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Cloud. pre-registration and registration event pre-registration and registration event 165<00:13:36.600
• <00:13:50.639> Joseph<00:13:51.000> and<00:13:51.160> St<00:13:51.639> Cloud
• Cloud high schools.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• trades are coming more from the east than the northeast, so they represent less cooling and also less cloud
• trades are coming more from the east than the northeast, so they represent less cooling and also less cloud
• trades are coming more from the east than the northeast, so they represent less cooling and also less cloud

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• slap a tape recorder on the table, and send that recording off to other countries, to the web, to the cloud
• to other countries, to the web,<00:29:22.960> to<00:29:23.200> the<00:29:23.360> cloud
• web, to the cloud to get transcribed. web, to the cloud to get transcribed.
• after a deposition has been finalized, so it doesn't get into the wrong hands and doesn't go up to the cloud

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• . >> Make sure you put your title on there. >> Schools and organizations can apply as well, but they
• >> Make sure you put your title on there. >> Make sure you put your title on there.
• supplier just sits here, shows them what they got, takes them to their beautifully, you know, white puffy cloud
• supplier just sits here, shows them what they got, takes them to their beautifully, you know, white puffy cloud

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• The thing I loved about her is I always called her my first lady, and she never used that title.
• She reminded us that leadership is not about titles and positions.
• SB 1816 by Hancock relating to the titling, registration, and operation of a miniature...
• The quorum for us to address each other by last name and title. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr.

Bills: SB31, SB33, SB20, SB217, SB264, SB269, SB650, SB681, SB528, SB502, SB740, SB916, SB995, SB10, SB2581, SB2570, SB3031, SB24, SB379, SB1171, SB1121, SB1120, SB1061, SB1036, SB1019, SB890, SB11, SB868, SB1188, SB1254, SB2778, SB2543, SB2443, SB1333, SB1259, SB1401, SB1404, SB2139, SB2165, SB2237, SB2268, SB1202, SB1198, SB1212, SB1451, SB1470, SB1498, SB965, SB1547, SB1667, SB1818, SB1902, SB2129, SB2078, SB2069, SB1737, SB1589, SB1318, SB387, SB1150, SB1574, SB2127, SB3034, SB860, SB1278, SCR5, SCR32, SB4, SB23, SB1762, SB34, SB60, SB706, SB1814, SB1220, SB523, SB565, SB1253, SB840, SB764, SB2383, SB2155, SB1535, SB1423, SB1566, SB1804, SB1728, SB1816, SB1952, SB75, SB2068, SB1455, SB213, SB627, SB2037, SB670, SB896, SB917, SB1184, SB971, SB1255, SB1261, SB1283, SB991, SB1733, SB21, SB231, SB739, SB1252, SB1371, SB646, SB3, SCR27, SB552, SB1405, SB1948, SB243, SJR1, SB31, SB33, SB20, SB217, SB264, SB269, SB650, SB681, SB528, SB502, SB740, SB916, SB995, SB10, SB2581, SB2570, SB3031, SB24, SB379, SB1171, SB1121, SB1120, SB1061, SB1036, SB1019, SB890, SB11, SB868, SB1188, SB1254, SB2778, SB2543, SB2443, SB1333, SB1259, SB1401, SB1404, SB2139, SB2165, SB2237, SB2268, SB1202, SB1198, SB1212, SB1451, SB1470, SB1498, SB965, SB1547, SB1667, SB1818, SB1902, SB2129, SB2078, SB2069, SB1737, SB1589, SB1318, SB387, SB1150, SB1574, SB2127, SB3034, SB860, SB1278, SCR5, SCR32, SB546, SB647, SB648, SB1493, SB1709, SB2001, HB5669, HB3115, HB5655, HB5675, HB5689, HB5690, HB5653, HB3228, HB2802, HB45, HB1318, HB5560, HB2894, HB4344, HB2775, HB33, HB 12, HB148

Keywords: SB 31, Life of the Mother Act, Texas abortion law, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, unborn child, abortion exception, abortion ban, physician liability, health care liability claim, aiding and abetting, Texas Medical Board, State Bar of Texas, continuing medical education

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• Cloud School District is the poorest school district in the state, subject to all of the requirements
• Cloud School District is the poorest school district in the state.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• She added that demand for cloud computation, digital currencies, and large language models also drives
• She added that demand for cloud computation, digital currencies, and large language models also drives

Keywords: 1183, house

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• A lot of that is AI, data center, cloud computing, all of those things.
• Everyone should have a copy of the memorandum in front of them titled "Other States Regulations on Data

Summary: The committee met at the Coteau Freedom Mine in Mercer County, approved the June 2 minutes, and heard an overview of the mine from Coteau Properties president Andrew Hawbaker. He described the Freedom Mine as the largest lignite mine in the United States, supplying coal to Dakota Gasification, Antelope Valley Station, and Leland Olds Station. He emphasized the mine’s scale, safety record, reclamation work, workforce needs, community involvement, and economic impact, including payroll, taxes, royalties, scholarships, and local hiring. Members asked about how long land stays in production, how quickly it returns to agriculture after reclamation, labor shortages, and how mining affects groundwater and water wells. Hawbaker said most tracts are mined for about three to five years, reclamation is coordinated with landowners, and the company continues to struggle to find electricians, welders, mechanics, operators, and engineers. The committee then heard from Public Service Commission Chairman Randy Christman on coal mining reclamation and permitting. He reviewed North Dakota’s coal mining history, the state’s reclamation laws, federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act primacy, bonding, permit renewals and revisions, prohibited mining areas, inspection and enforcement, and contemporaneous reclamation requirements. Christman stressed that North Dakota’s program is professional and thorough, with frequent inspections, financial assurance, and a 10-year revegetation monitoring period before bond release. He also discussed federal coal ownership issues that can delay mine plans, the treatment of prime farmland, and how reclamation differs for wind and pipelines. In response to questions, he said one challenge is sometimes releasing land too soon before long-term compaction issues are fully understood, and he noted that data centers do not currently have a comparable reclamation model because they typically own the land. In the afternoon, the committee received an update from Lignite Energy Council president Jonathan Fortner on the lignite industry. He said North Dakota’s lignite sector supports five commercial power plants, four mines, about 12,000 direct and indirect jobs, and more than $5.5 billion in economic activity, while helping keep the state’s electricity rates among the lowest in the nation. Fortner reviewed coal severance and conversion tax revenues, the lignite research fund, federal regulatory rollbacks, carbon capture policy, and the industry’s legal costs fighting federal rules. He also highlighted a study on large-load development, saying new data centers and critical mineral processing facilities could create major local tax revenue and help justify new baseload generation. Members asked whether new gas pipelines would crowd out coal plant development and whether the economic study included jobs and broader local impacts; Fortner said the industry sees room for both and that the study did include construction, operations, jobs, and tax effects.