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Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2025-06-06 - 11:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Working Group on Omnibus Human Services Bill - 06/05/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
Members met to review a budget bill agreement using a nonpartisan spreadsheet and summary materials. Chairs and members thanked fiscal, research, revisers, and agency staff for the collaborative process, noting the bill had been difficult and that the final product reflected compromise. The chair also said only minor technical changes were expected before final enactment, and the spreadsheet walkthrough was then turned over to fiscal staff.
Fiscal staff explained that the agreement met the overall budget target and walked through major human services provisions. Key items included nursing facility payment changes, including a phased PDPM change, APS inflation, modified single-bed incentives, and a CPI-U capped payment cap; a nursing facility surcharge; workforce standards board rule costs; continuation of certain nursing facility property tax rates; regulation of for-profit acquisitions of nursing homes and assisted living facilities; repurposing assisted living special project funds; funding the SEIU self-directed worker agreement; CFSS reimbursement in acute care hospital settings; and multiple disability waiver rate and authorization changes, including CPI-U inflation caps, waiver authorization reforms, and a waiver reimagined advisory task force.
The agreement also included family residential service rate increases, a temporary extension of customized living disproportionate share payments, tribal eligibility for targeted case management, positive supports training changes, out-of-home respite modifications, swimming lessons as an allowable service for certain children with disabilities, a provisional EID provider license, and program integrity services funded by licensing fee increases. Additional provisions covered MinnChoices studies and assumed savings, behavioral health fund changes, substance use disorder treatment billing and rate changes, supportive recovery housing, housing support supplemental rates for specific providers, disability determinations, enteral nutrition payment timing, temporary funding for Boundary Waters Care Center, several one-time human services grants, senior nutrition funding, and grant reductions and extensions. No formal vote was described in the transcript; the discussion focused on explaining the agreement and its fiscal effects.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education Jun 5th, 2025
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Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Jun 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- SENATOR COLLINS. SENATOR DICEGLIE. SENATOR GARCIA. SENATOR GRALL. SENATOR HARRELL. SENATOR MARTIN.
- SENATOR MCCLAIN. SENATOR PIZZO. SENATOR POLSKY. SENATOR SHARIEF. SENATOR POLSKY. SENATOR SHARIEF.
- SENATOR BRODEUR. SENATOR BURGESS. SENATOR COLLINS. SENATOR DICEGLIE. SENATOR GARCIA. SENATOR GRALL.
- SENATOR HARRELL. SENATOR MARTIN. SENATOR MCCLAIN. SENATOR PIZZO. SENATOR POLSKY. SENATOR SMITH.
- SENATOR MARTIN. SENATOR MCCLAIN. SENATOR PIZZO. SENATOR POLSKY. SENATOR SHARIEF. SENATOR SMITH.
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Transcript Highlights:
- The Senate will be in order.
- Senators and guests, please rise for the opening prayer to be given by Senator Polsky.
- Thank you, Senator Berman. Senator Brodeur has closed and explained the bill.
- Have all senators voted? Have all senators voted?
- Thank you, Senator.
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Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice Jun 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- >> THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON SENATE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS IN HOUSE JUSTICE BUDGET
- PLACE WITH THE JUDGES AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON OUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS FOR OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS
- IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE SENATOR WRIGHT MOVES THAT
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Transcript Highlights:
- Members, before you is an offer from the Senate on proviso, back of the bill and implementing for your
- For the project, the Senate agrees to row 89 and bumps the remaining unagreed to rows. > Thank you, Senator
- For the implementing bill, we agree with the Senate with the exception of the following lines.
- For proviso, we agree with the Senate offer with the exception of the following lines.
- If there's no further business before the committee, Senator McCain moves we rise.
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Transcript Highlights:
- >> ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO WELCOME CHAIR ESPOSITO, SENATE MEMBERS AND HOUSE MEMBERS TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
- SURE CELL PHONES ARE AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DEVICES ARE TURNED OFF OR ARE ON VIBRATE, MEMBERS, THE SENATE
- CHAIR ESPOSITO I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE AN OFFER ON PROVISO AND IMPLEMENTING BILL LANGUAGE FOR THE SENATE
- CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN COMING TO AN AGREEMENT ON MANY OF THE ISSUES. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OFFER, SENATE
- REMINDER WE ARE STILL ON ONE HOUR NOTICE AND IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE SENATOR
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Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Conference Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education/PreK-12 Jun 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING THE HOUSE FOR ITS INITIAL OFFERS, REPRESENTATIVE PERSONS-MULICKA THE SENATE
- I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SENATOR GAETZ TO MAKE THE FIRST OFFER ON SENATE BILL 7030, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
- DISTRICTS HOME EDUCATION FAMILIES HOUSE MEMBERS AND SENATORS.
- SO THE MODIFIED SENATE BILL 7030 THE SENATE OFFERS TODAY IS OUR SOLUTION.
- HAVING HEARD THE SENATE OFFER AS WELL AS THE EXPLANATION BY PRES.
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Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care Jun 5th, 2025
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Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care Jun 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Additionally, the House accepts all items where the Senate made offers to match the House and their budget
- , Senate offer Number 2 and Project Senate offer Number 2.
- The House accepts the following rows and the Senate budget offer Number 2, Line 9, 30a, 35, 36, 105,
- Additionally, the House accepts the following rows from the Senate Project offer Number 2, Line 2, 8,
- Great Senator.
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Transcript Highlights:
- The Senate will be in order.
- Senators and guests in the gallery, please rise for the prayer given today by Senator Yarborough.
- SENATE BILL 2502 OR ANY SENATE AND HOUSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT THEREON.
- SENATE BILL 2506 OR ANY HOUSE AND SENATE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT THEREON.
- SENATE BILL 2510 OR ANY SENATE OR HOUSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT THEREON.
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Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Inis, no. Senator Ward, no. Senator Rashardi, yes. Senator Fenton, yes. Senator Mcu, no.
- Senator Rober, no. Senator Lang, no. Senator McConi, no. Senator Lang, no. Senator McConi, no.
- Senator Inis, no. Senator Ward, no. Senator Rashardi, no. Senator Fenton, yes. Senator Mcu, no.
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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Press Conference: House Speaker Demuth Budget Negotiations Media Availability - 06/04/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Of the caucus chairs, the lead in the Senate have been looking at that.
- Senate Republicans seem to be maybe the wild card on that.
- Senate Republicans are working.
- I don't know their details and what is being worked out in the Senate.
- Um, the tax bill, the one that had come out, was actually a Senator Rest bill.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Press Conference: Senate and House DFL Leaders Budget Negotiations Media Availability - 06/04/25
Transcript Highlights:
- I think the Senate and the House call these bills by different names.
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and <00:00:52.719>the <00:00:53.039 - of bills, which bills start in the Senate, which bills start in the House.
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start start in the Senate, which bills start start in the Senate, which bills - And speed things up in the House and 45 in the Senate.
Summary:
The meeting focused on delays in finalizing major budget bills, especially the health and human services bills, which speakers said are highly complex and require extensive review by the revisor, legislative chairs, and agency staff. Transportation was described as nearly complete, with technical language issues slowing its posting. Leaders said the special session agreement would not be negotiated until the bills are posted in final form, and that the agreement will likely specify the items of business for the session.
Speakers emphasized that the extra time is being used to carefully review the legislation and avoid mistakes, noting the bills cover large portions of the state budget and affect vulnerable populations. They also said they want to preserve some previously agreed-to technical, non-money provisions from the tax bill. There was discussion of unresolved policy items, including a question about a non-compete rollback, which was said not to be under discussion.
On timing, one speaker said the special session was unlikely to happen the next day, gave only a small chance of Thursday, and said Saturday was the most realistic target. The urgency was tied to avoiding additional layoff notices for state employees before June 10. Leaders said the special session would ideally last one day, with enough votes to pass bills and suspend rules in both chambers, and noted that the tied legislature has made cooperation more necessary than in the prior session, when a majority-minority conflict led to a long filibuster.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Press Conference: Governor Walz Budget Negotiations Media Availability - 06/04/25
Transcript Highlights:
- have the closest split in any legislature maybe ever, with a tie in the House and one vote in the Senate
Summary:
A state leader briefed reporters on ongoing budget negotiations, saying talks were still active and that he remained optimistic a responsible Minnesota budget could be completed soon. He emphasized the legislature’s narrow margins, the need to finish the remaining bills, and the goal of producing a budget that leaves money on the bottom line, invests in priorities that improve Minnesotans’ lives, and reduces a projected structural imbalance in 2028-29.
A major focus was the risk of a government shutdown and the possibility of a special session. He said state agencies, including MMB, had already prepared contingency plans, with essential 24/7 operations such as corrections and state patrol continuing if a shutdown occurred. He noted that if no agreement is reached by Monday, he is contractually obligated to send out more than 28,000 potential layoff notices, which he said would create unnecessary uncertainty and chaos. He said he wanted a one-day special session and that the bills had already gone to revisers, with the remaining work centered on final amendments, votes, and agreement on procedure.
When asked about policy sticking points, he declined to go into specifics because the negotiations were fragile, but acknowledged that the talks covered a wide range of issues, including transportation funding, undocumented immigrants, and non-competes. He said the challenge was not one issue alone but the fact that every legislator could effectively become a veto point on the overall deal. He described the process as difficult but collaborative, said the bills were nearly finished and would be posted for public review, and expressed confidence that lawmakers would reach a budget agreement in the next few days.
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Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Conference Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education/PreK-12 Jun 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Persons-Mulicka: THANK YOU SENATOR BURGESS.
- FOR THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ORIGINAL BUDGETS PUTS FORTH REDUCTION OF THOSE WEIGHTS.
- SENATOR BURGESS, THAT COMPLETES MY SUMMARY. >> Sen.
- SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT -- SENATOR. SENATOR GAETZ. PRESIDENT SENATOR GAETZ MOVES WE ADJOURN.
- YOU SHOULD THINK SENATOR OSGOOD. I WAS DOING MY CURSOR SCAN.
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