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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Capping Property Taxes / Resuming the Fight Against Fraud / A New Senator Takes Her Seat Mar 13th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Plus, when it comes to fighting fraud in Minnesota, this year is different.
- grants if a newly proposed anti-fraud grants if a newly proposed anti-fraud bill<00:09:53.280>
- Your bill is just one of several aimed at combating fraud this session.
- Your bill is just one of several aimed at combating fraud this session.
- <00:25:49.000>
They're a little box for fraud. They're a little box for fraud.
Summary:
The segment focused heavily on affordability and fraud prevention in the Minnesota Senate. Senator Michael Kreun discussed his proposal to cap city and county property tax growth at the rate of inflation, with a small allowance for population growth, and to require voter approval by referendum for increases above the cap. He said property taxes rose by nearly $1 billion statewide last year, blamed part of the increase on unfunded state mandates, and said the bill would curb surprise double-digit hikes. Kreun said the proposal has been well received by constituents and homeowners, while cities and counties are concerned about losing revenue; he also said relief could begin as soon as the next property tax statement if the bill passes this year. He noted related affordability ideas, including increasing disabled-veteran exemptions and deferring property taxes for seniors, and said he is open to bipartisan work on other measures such as ending taxes on tips and overtime and reducing tab fees.
The program also highlighted climate and infrastructure funding. Senator Ann Johnson Stewart argued that worsening weather is driving costly infrastructure damage and said a proposed climate superfund would shift some of those costs from taxpayers to major polluters. She said the fund could support storm sewer upgrades, pavement reinforcement, and erosion prevention, and noted that Senate File 4126 is awaiting a hearing in the Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy Committee.
On fraud prevention, Senator Julia Coleman’s bipartisan bill would require at least one unannounced, on-site inspection for state grants over $10,000, with recurring check-ins for grants lasting more than a year. The bill is pending in the Senate State and Local Government Committee. Senator Heather Gustafson then discussed her push for an independent Office of Inspector General, saying it would provide oversight over any public or private entity receiving public dollars. She said the Senate previously backed the idea with 60 votes, that the governor’s coordinated council is only an interim step, and that she has not yet seen a Republican fraud package to review. The segment also noted that the Senate unanimously passed Senator Johnson Stewart’s school bus safety bill, Senate File 3623, by a 67-0 vote, clarifying that drivers must stop when school bus lights flash even if the stop arm is only partially extended; the bill now awaits House action.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Judiciary Mar 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So we get them notice, and we freeze the funds whether a party steps in and says it is fraud.
- required to participate in... ...required to participate in the program and not required to offer unit
- change does not only allow us to offset the interest with wire fees and other transactions; we have fraud
- We had more units respond.
- phosphate production, Florida's deposits represent the vast majority of viable reserves left in the United
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Stanley can go through the detail of the language, but, um, you know, fraud has been a subject of our
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a <00:27:29.520>subject <00:27:30.080>of <00:27:30.200>our uh fraud - has been a subject of our uh fraud has been a subject of our concern concern concern uh<00:27:31.840
- and also ensuring that department staff have appropriate training on financial reconciliation and fraud
- financial reconciliation and fraud financial reconciliation and fraud prevention. prevention. prevention
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on H.F. 4252 - Omnibus Higher Education finance and policy - 05/14/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Around some of the financial decisions around the fraud software for MnSCU, and also the trees in Bemidji
- The A17 will be for the fraud prevention software funding.
- The fraud prevention software funding, and then $5,000 for the trees.
- to continue with the 570K from the FIG shortfall, and we're pulling a million and a half from the fraud
- the unit. the unit.
Summary:
The committee discussed a higher education attainment-goals bill and several related amendments. Members first reached agreement on funding changes: one amendment redirected money for fraud-prevention software for MnSCU and $5,000 for trees in Bemidji, and another moved $570,000 for workforce development-related funding. Members noted the use of general fund dollars to cover a FIG shortfall and expressed support for addressing fraud prevention while also saying MnSCU should be made whole in the next biennium. Both amendments were adopted.
The main policy debate centered on an amendment updating the statewide attainment goal and related P-20 partnership language. Senator Um Ruebain proposed returning the attainment goal from 75 percent to 70 percent, and members discussed whether the bill’s expanded reporting and coordination duties would create costs for the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF). Nonpartisan staff and Commissioner Olsen said the Office of Higher Education and the P-20 partnership expected no costs, while DCYF’s fiscal note assumed reporting and staffing costs. After discussion, DCYF indicated it would absorb the costs, but some members still objected to expanding the partnership and creating additional bureaucracy.
Members also debated whether early childhood and K-12 subgoals should be included as part of the attainment-goals framework. Supporters said aligning early childhood, K-12, and higher education goals is necessary to improve postsecondary attainment, while opponents argued the committee should focus on existing higher education goals and basic K-12 achievement. The committee ultimately adopted the Senate language on the attainment-goals section as amended, including the change back to 70 percent and revisions directed by staff to ensure the correct references were updated. The A12 amendment on pregnant and parenting students was also adopted earlier in the meeting.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Three - Tuesday, May 5th
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It passed the House 136 to 9, and it’s also his notary fraud bill, which keeps your house from being
- We do have a technical fix and a position from the Senate with regard to the notary fraud bill that the
- This is my House Bill 1990, which is gift card fraud.
- It sets clear boundaries around misuse and protects Missourians from fraud, exploitation, and harm.
- It sets clear boundaries around misuse and protects Missourians from fraud, exploitation, and harm.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/19/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- They successfully interrupted the fraud and stabilized the situation.
- And I want to say that very clearly: we want to see your fraud referrals.
- That said, fraud is never over. It's never over. I'm not saying that it is.
- They successfully interrupted the fraud and stabilized the situation.
- We want to see your fraud referrals. They are essential to our system.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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or <00:16:36.880>um of any mitigation of risk of fraud or um of any - mitigation of risk of fraud or um improper<00:16:37.600>
ownership. - It's in its limiting, as Senator Ward has brought up, who are not United States citizens that might try
- up<00:40:32.560>
who <00:40:32.800>are <00:40:32.960>not <00:40:33.280>United - <00:40:33.599>
States brought up who are not United States brought up who are not United States
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 04/10/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- private that it applies to, and that would make sense given the fact that the legislature is local units
- sense given the fact that the legislature legislature legislature is is is local<00:14:14.920>
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government <00:14:15.680>are <00:14:15.760>creatures local units - of government are creatures local units of government are creatures of<00:14:16.360>
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filing costs of the business fraud filing costs of the business fraud filing
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE Jun 18th, 2026
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- We're seeing a lot of news stories about fraud in some states.
- But I would dare say... ...lot of news stories about fraud in some states.
- would dare say that if you looked nationally, I think the issue of inefficiency is even bigger than fraud
- drive-thru, and again, the same Big Mac, fries, Diet Coke that you would get here in the continental United
Summary:
The committee met to hear consultants Mason Bishop and Cameron Christie discuss Arkansas’s “one door/no wrong door” workforce and social services modernization effort. Bishop argued that the current system is fragmented across multiple agencies, offices, and portals, making it hard for job seekers and employers to access services efficiently. He said the goal is to create a more integrated system that promotes upward mobility, longer labor force attachment, better employer access to talent, greater efficiency, and faster adaptation to changes such as AI and other economic disruptions.
Bishop repeatedly pointed to Utah as a model, describing how that state combined workforce and public assistance functions into a single agency, used statewide cost allocation to blend funding streams, and improved customer service and outcomes after reform. He said Arkansas should consider integrating governance, service delivery, and financing, including possible waivers, a statewide cost allocation plan, and a benefits-cliff pilot. He also said Arkansas’s current local workforce board structure creates duplication and weak coordination, and that Launch is a useful tool but not a full service-delivery system.
Committee members asked how the proposal would work in practice, including whether TANF could be used to cross-train DHS workers, how federal waivers might be obtained, how local boards would be affected, and how disabled clients would be handled. Bishop said TANF should be treated as part of a workforce strategy, that federal pilot authority for workforce reform nearly passed but did not, and that waivers are now the practical path. He also said Arkansas could either merge functions more fully or at minimum co-locate workforce staff in DHS offices statewide. No votes were taken; the meeting ended with plans to continue the discussion in August, including a focus on case management and whether the state is managing programs or people.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Mar 3rd, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- members, on the MSB side, we work with our... fellow state regulators and try to supervise these as a unit
- The traditional fraud. that the check fraud and things like that, that the banks are dealing with has
- The cybersecurity fraud has increased substantially. Actually, I just don't have it in my memory.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House OKs nearly $4 billion higher ed budget that would offset state grant program deficit 4/28/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The United States has repeatedly benefited from immigrant labor and then judged and punished the very
- For all the talk of fraud that program.
- For all the talk of fraud that we<00:31:54.080>
have <00:31:54.679>heard, <00:31:55.679> - It is one of the top places that doctors try to go in the entire United States.
- So I'd ask you the entire United States.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Nov 7th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Year after year, heat kills more people in the United States than any other form of exposure to extreme
- have had numerous, too many constituents bring to my attention in the last two or three years about fraud
- I will share that we are meeting with local banks around how we partner on fraud and abuse, and exploitation
- Different from the environment that we have in the United States.
- The one that is most popular that most states in the United States have are currently using is the MCO
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I understand your concern with fighting fraud and abuse of the law.
- We are talking about fraud in this space, and I very much appreciate Dr.
- Learning I had no legs meant I could not become a United States Marine.
- He spent about 106 days in Parkland Hospital's burn unit. This fire changed... his life forever.
- Prior to 2020, Texas barely cracked the top 10 worst places to litigate in the United States.
Bills:
HB4806
Keywords:
civil action, damages, health care services, noneconomic damages, negligence, legal standards, 1184, house, all
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 05/11/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Fraud risk rating system sought 3/17/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And, you know, members, we've talked a lot about fraud that has happened.
- And, you know, members, we've talked a lot about fraud that has happened.
- members, we've talked a lot about fraud members, we've talked a lot about fraud that<00:02:19.680
- <00:03:11.920>
It's any potential fraud in the future. - It's any potential fraud in the future.
Summary:
The committee took up House File 3682 and first adopted an A1 author’s amendment that would extend the implementation date to 2027. The bill was described as applying vendor risk management concepts from cybersecurity to state grant management, creating a scoring system for grantee internal controls, compliance, and related practices so agencies can identify risk, require remediation, and better prevent future fraud.
Supporters said the measure would give granting organizations a tool to evaluate applicants upfront and work with them to improve weak controls rather than automatically disqualify them. Chair Cleburn encouraged support, noting the delayed implementation would give the administration time to do the necessary work. The Department of Administration was said to be neutral on the bill and to recognize potential taxpayer benefits.
Chair Nash then renewed his motion to re-refer House File 3682, as amended, to Ways and Means. The committee approved the motion by voice vote, and the bill was referred to Ways and Means.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Cause Californians United for Policy and Sex-Based Law. I don't know the acronyms; I'm sorry.
- Christian Ramirez, Vice President of SEIU United Service Workers West, and Monica Madrid, State Policy
- Christian Ramirez, Vice President of SEIU United Service Workers West, and Monica Madrid, State Policy
- I am the Vice President of SEIU United Service Workers West, and I'm also very proud to stand in support
- Was in fact who they said they were and they were concerned about fraud, so we created the statutory
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Before that, I joined the United States Navy in 1999.
- Is the United States government going to purchase it?
- and prosecution of medical providers for fraud in that system.
- The United States is one of only four countries that allow the sale of cell-cultured meat.
- The United Kingdom has moved forward with lab-grown protein, but only in pet food.
Bills:
HB 44, HB 2200, HB 1612, HB 2747, HB 2038, HB 3717, HB 1431, HB 3800, HB 3801, HB 3560, HB 3246
Keywords:
HB 44, Life of the Mother Act, abortion exceptions, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, fetal survival, Texas abortion law, abortion ban, physician liability, health care provider, disciplinary action, aiding and abetting, emergency abortion, obstetric care
Summary:
The meeting of the public health committee focused on the pressing issue of opioid addiction in Texas, with a particular emphasis on House Bill 3717. Chairman Harris detailed the bill's intent to fund a grant program for Ibogaine clinical trials, framing it as a critical response to the ongoing opioid crisis. He shared poignant testimonies highlighting the struggles of families and veterans battling addiction and mental health issues. The conversation underscored the necessity of innovative treatments, like Ibogaine, which showed promising results in studies for reducing symptoms of withdrawal and PTSD.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
State of the State preview with House Republican Whip Jim Nash (R-Waconia) Apr 27th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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So, rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse. - So, rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse.
- Um, recently I've been put on the fraud committee.
- you can't just ignore the fraud problem you can't just ignore the fraud problem and<00:03:11.720>
- amounts of fraud." Because we haven't. amounts of fraud." Because we haven't.
Summary:
A House Republican Caucus member described the state of Minnesota as “fraudulent” and “expensive,” arguing that the state is leading the nation in fraud-related headlines and that taxpayers are being burdened by higher taxes, fees, and spending. He said the caucus sees affordability and fraud prevention as its main priorities, along with pushing single-subject bills and strengthening oversight through the Legislative Auditor and the fraud committee.
He said the caucus is focused on rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse and believes ordinary constituents want answers about whether reported fraud numbers are real and how they affect them. He suggested that pressure near the end of session and the upcoming election could lead some DFL lawmakers to support more “reasonable” anti-fraud policies.
Asked what he hoped to hear from the governor’s State of the State address, he said he wanted Governor Walz to take responsibility for the fraud problem, saying he had not yet heard a full acknowledgment of responsibility from the governor’s office. He also characterized the governor as a lame-duck leader trying to shape his legacy.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Transportation (01/28/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- A number of things like that, a member representing the United States Army Corps of Engineers, who's
- States Army Corp representing the United States Army Corp of of of Engineers<04:17:30.760>
who's< - building on that thought of the fraud building on that thought of the fraud there<04:26:05.319><
- to happen when someone drives the fraud to happen when someone drives the the<04:26:27.399>
an - in all of its morality and stop fraud in all of its places<04:27:18.159>
but <04:27:18.319> - in all of its morality and stop fraud in all of its places<04:27:18.159>
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 119-FN, which would allow rental companies registering a rental fleet to choose New Hampshire as their base jurisdiction under the International Registration Plan. The DMV witness said the state already has this capability under the IRP and did not support the bill, adding that no additional staffing should be needed. Committee questions focused on whether the bill would change where registrations are done, what implementation would require, mileage tracking, decals, and inspection requirements. A representative of the Motor Transport Association also said the bill was unnecessary because the option already exists, while noting some related truck-registration and property-tax issues. The chair then closed the public hearing on HB 119-FN with no further speakers.
The committee next heard House Bill 612, which would let youth operators renew up to 30 days before turning 21 and receive a temporary license so they can transition to a standard horizontal license without an extra DMV trip. The sponsor and DMV director strongly supported the bill, describing a long-standing problem where early online renewals can trigger another vertical youth license, forcing a duplicate transaction and fee after the birthday. The DMV said the change would reduce confusion and workload, and estimated a one-time system update cost of $48,000. Members asked about whether the proposal was effectively a 30-day extension, how law enforcement would view the temporary status, and whether the system could handle printing and mailing the new horizontal license; the director said the DMV could manage it and that the bill was the best approach. The chair closed the hearing after no one else testified.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 209, which would exempt new vehicles from inspection in the second year after purchase, effectively allowing two years before the next inspection. The sponsor argued the bill would save taxpayers money and reduce unnecessary trips for owners of new vehicles. Supporters said newer vehicles are already maintained through warranties and routine service. Opponents, including the New Hampshire Auto Dealers Association and a service manager from a dealership, argued the bill was not limited to truly new cars, would weaken safety by delaying inspections on vehicles that can still develop tire, brake, and other defects, and could raise costs for everyone else if inspection volume drops. The Motor Transport Association clarified that commercial motor vehicles remain subject to annual federal inspection requirements. No vote was taken in the transcript, and the hearing remained open with testimony continuing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Resuming the Fight Against Fraud – Senator Heather Gustafson Mar 13th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- A popular bipartisan approach to preventing fraud and protecting taxpayer dollars is back again this
- Um, your bill is just one of several aimed at combating fraud this session.
- aimed at combating fraud this session. aimed at combating fraud this session.
- <00:03:02.319>
this bipartisan efforts to fight fraud this bipartisan efforts to fight fraud - They have not brought fraud prevention.