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• Madam Chair, members, Teresa Nelson for the ACLU of Minnesota. Ms.
• I realize there's a great diversity in police agencies.
• I'm the Superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
• But in Minnesota, child support is a very important issue.
• For my part, I think he's a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Bills: HF2233, HF1524, HF1893, HF1396, HF2456, HF2959, HF2300, HF2412, HF3022, HF2825, HF1862, HF1373, HF1039, HF3070

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• screened out is found in Minnesota screened out is found in Minnesota statute statute statute 326.3381
• I think it was somewhat justice agency.
• exception for criminal justice agencies exception for criminal justice agencies and<00:08:39.200
• We put the detectives in Minnesota.
• <00:41:24.400> to managers do in the state of Minnesota to managers do in the state of Minnesota

Bills: HF2233, HF1524, HF1893, HF1396, HF2456, HF2959, HF2300, HF2412, HF3022, HF2825, HF1862, HF1373, HF1039, HF3070

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• <00:10:15.440> nitrates use in the hopes of controlling nitrates use in the hopes of controlling
• Madam Chair, members, Teresa Nelson for the ACLU of Minnesota. Ms.
• <00:50:09.720> statute<00:50:10.400> 518a Minnesota statute 518a Minnesota statute 518a
• <00:51:34.319> is the best way to do it in Minnesota is the best way to do it in Minnesota
• <00:57:59.920> Supreme identified by the Minnesota Supreme identified by the Minnesota Supreme

Bills: HF2233, HF1524, HF1893, HF1396, HF2456, HF2959, HF2300, HF2412, HF3022, HF2825, HF1862, HF1373, HF1039, HF3070

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• Um as a 23B in Austin, Minnesota.
• shift responsibility from the agencies shift responsibility from the agencies to<00:34:24.639>
• investment in Minnesota. investment in Minnesota.
• And right now, they are consistently passing Minnesota by because we all want Minnesota to be the best
• an agency, so be it. an agency, so be it.

Bills: HF3650, HF1791, HF3489, HF4231, HF4232, HF4269, HF4270, HF3490

Keywords: student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, career and technical education, CTE, postsecondary scholarship, postsecondary grant, school district funding, cooperative unit, Minnesota high school, apprenticeship, certificate program, tuition assistance, workforce training, military transition, education finance, student aid, career pathways

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• um uh Minnesota reinsurance program and um uh Minnesota reinsurance program and so<00:01:44.799>
• <00:09:52.000> Insurance Minnesota Comprehensive Health Insurance Minnesota Comprehensive
• that we had in the state of Minnesota that we had in the state of Minnesota was<00:10:35.600>
• This isn't a greater Minnesota problem; this isn't a metro problem. This is a Minnesota problem.
• > a<01:20:36.520> Minnesota this is a Minnesota this is a Minnesota problem<01:20:38.960

Bills: HF837

Keywords: health insurance, premium security plan, federal funding, state innovation waiver, Minnesota, 1183, house

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• Pollution Control Agency.
• Uh first of Pollution Control Agency.
• > Prism Pollution Control Agency in the Prism Pollution Control Agency in the Prism system<00:
• Cover crops are identified by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in a 2025 Minnesota nutrient reduction
• > 2025<01:37:39.520> Minnesota Control Agency in a 2025 Minnesota Control Agency in a 2025

Bills: HF4253, HF4257, HF3236, HF4264, HF4149, HF4019

Keywords: boat storage structures, public waters, natural resources, rule amendments, watercraft canopy, PFAS, environmental regulation, manufacturers, public health, product safety, groundwater, water appropriation, water-use permit, water permit, aquifer test, aquifer, well construction, groundwater permit, Department of Natural Resources, DNR

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• <00:03:12.200> in Education capacity in Minnesota in Education capacity in Minnesota in 2021
• life liced care and in rural Minnesota life liced care and in rural Minnesota it's<00:30:00.760>
• Paul, or greater Minnesota.
• <01:09:15.719> with we're doing in all the agencies with we're doing in all the agencies with
• Children and Families here in Minnesota Children and Families here in Minnesota but<01:19:27.440

Bills: HF656, HF655, HF633

Keywords: child care, childcare, day care, daycare, licensing, variance, licensed capacity, capacity limit, staff qualifications, staffing, child care center, family child care, provider flexibility, Minnesota career lattice, Department of Children Youth and Families, DCYF, licensing rules, enrollment, indoor space, professional development

Bills: HB1, HB312, HB313, HB314, HB383, HB983, HB1126, HCR3

Keywords: state budget, appropriations, education funding, public health, social services, government operations, state institutions, budget, funding, state general fund, local government, fiscal year, economic development, state treasury, emergency response, education, voting technology, sustainability, revenue sharing, fund distribution

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• We had agency-to-agency discussions and did roll out toolkits for agencies to use in preparing for space
• We had agency-to-agency discussions and did roll out toolkits for agencies to use in preparing for space
• you use for other state agencies. you use for other state agencies.
• Minnesota needs help and the Minnesota Minnesota needs help and the Minnesota HBPA<01:21:30.880>
• Representative Ston. continue in Minnesota. Minnesota racing continue in Minnesota.

Bills: HF4912, HF4664

Keywords: electronic pull-tabs, pull-tabs, tipboards, gambling tax, Minnesota Racing Commission, Thoroughbred, horse racing, Minnesota-bred horses, breeders, owners, racing purses, industry subsidy, gambling revenue dedication, problem gambling, compulsive gambling treatment, general fund appropriation, state affiliate National Council on Problem Gambling, racing incentives, equine industry, public officers

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• <00:03:15.360> taxes, Um we're looking at all Minnesota taxes, Um we're looking at all Minnesota
• <00:39:52.960> of some of this is out of the control of some of this is out of the control
• .<01:09:13.199> Furthermore,<01:09:13.759> Minnesota Minnesota.
• Furthermore, Minnesota Minnesota.
• in Minnesota. So, thank you, Mr. Chair. in Minnesota. So, thank you, Mr. Chair.

Bills: HF331, HF916

Keywords: school supplies, sales tax exemption, use tax, sales and use tax, back-to-school, classroom supplies, education tax relief, tax holiday, retail exemption, Minnesota sales tax, school materials, binders, calculators, notebooks, pencils, backpacks, book bags, local tax revenue, taxable sales base, income tax

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• Kinder Morgan controls that pipeline, and they've evidently received enough interest from shippers to
• We ended the urban-rural tension with that bill and effectively left two basins not controlled by the
• move water away you've defeated that whole purpose if not you've increased it because there's no control
• And local control over groundwater resources to keep people living in their homes, and we continue to
• We know more about the impacts of air pollution and the impacts of long-term drought on our water, and

Bills: HB2014, HB2031, HB2078, HB2102, HB2103, HB2117, HB2261, HB2262, HB2264, HB2278, HB2428, HB2494, HB2756, HB2758, HB2762, HB2782, HB2932, HB2933, HB2986

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, water rights, groundwater, Willcox, active management area, certificate of grandfathered rights, Arizona legislature, aggregate mining, reclamation plans, environmental protection, public safety, land use, domestic water, improvement district, water delivery, water hauling

Summary: The committee began with an informational presentation from Gordon Shemp of Nemecu Analytics on Arizona transportation fuel supply and pricing. He explained that Arizona sits at the end of the pipeline system, relies on limited terminal inventories, and can experience only about a seven-day fuel supply if pipelines are disrupted. He attributed recent price spikes to constrained pipeline capacity, Kinder Morgan pressure reductions after PHMSA anomaly reviews, and recovering demand, and he also discussed California refinery closures, increased imports from overseas, and proposed new pipeline capacity into Phoenix from the east. Committee members asked about fuel formulations and pipeline logistics, and Shemp said the proposed project would not change fuel specifications, only transport capacity. The committee then took up House Bill 2758, which would allow eligible entities in La Paz County’s McMullen Valley groundwater basin to transport groundwater to AMAs under specified limits and conditions, with related provisions on fees, districts, and water improvement programs. Supporters, including Stan Barnes, Jim Downing, and Barry Arons, argued the bill follows the Harquahala model, provides needed augmentation for urban Arizona, and includes local benefits and guardrails. Opponents, including La Paz County Supervisor Holly Irwin, Devonna Sater, and Ed Curry, said the bill would worsen groundwater decline, subsidence, and well failures in Salome and Wenden and favored outside investors over rural residents. After debate, the committee approved HB 2758 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also heard and advanced several other water-related bills. HB 2031, extending the deadline to apply for grandfathered groundwater rights in the Wilcox AMA from 15 to 27 months, passed 5-2 after some members said the extension was unnecessary and would delay protections. HB 2102, allowing county improvement districts in subsequent AMAs or groundwater transportation basins to use eminent domain for a well and standpipe site and water hauling, passed 4-3 after Sierra Club testimony called it a limited “band-aid” rather than a real solution. HB 2103, which would let water improvement programs accept gifts and dedicate groundwater transportation fee revenue to local residential water hauling and delivery, also passed 4-3. HB 2117, a technical cleanup bill shifting Environmental Special Plate Fund administration to the Natural Resource Conservation Board and raising education-center distributions from $5,000 to $10,000, passed 5-2 despite concerns about the fund’s administration. The committee then considered HB 2261, which changes agricultural property tax terminology and valuation rules. County assessors and the Arizona Association of Counties opposed it, warning it would effectively exempt many agricultural improvements from taxation and shift costs to residential taxpayers; the Arizona Farm Bureau supported it as a clarification that would provide certainty for agriculture. The bill passed 4-3. Finally, HB 2262, transferring the Resource Analysis Division from the State Land Department to the Arizona Geological Survey and revising geospatial advisory responsibilities, was introduced, with State Land Department staff saying they were neutral but noting the bill would need clearer statutory duties if RAD is removed.

Bills: HB101, HB290

Keywords: voter approval, local tax, disaster declaration, tax rate increases, community funding, PFAS, agriculture, criminal offense, pollution, Johnson County, environmental regulation

Bills: HB101, HB290

Keywords: voter approval, local tax, disaster declaration, tax rate increases, community funding, PFAS, agriculture, criminal offense, pollution, Johnson County, environmental regulation

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• For that reason, our agency license for me is four times what it would be for the little guy who only
• Development and the other agencies?
• Banker, I love it, you know, but these agencies are different, and some of them are being sued more.
• They don’t have a state agency option.
• They don't have a state agency they can go to and say, "I need help."

Bills: SB174, SB180, HB196, HB25, SB193, HB25

Keywords: business taxes, annual reports, Alabama Tax Tribunal, tax appeals, local government, media monitoring, government contracts, state agencies, local agencies, media regulations, transparency, juvenile detention, county management, legal procedures, juvenile justice, county commission, supervision, administration, emergency services, 911

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• and political Affairs for the Minnesota and political Affairs for the Minnesota Association<00:04
• <00:10:29.399> employees fact what I hear from agency employees fact what I hear from agency
• <00:18:06.080> has that because we know that Minnesota has that because we know that Minnesota
• <00:42:22.800> and<00:42:23.760> this Minnesota and this Minnesota and this bill<00:42:
• <01:20:05.960> based of them in the state of Minnesota based of them in the state of Minnesota

Bills: HF23, HF1355

Keywords: whistleblower, whistleblower protections, public employees, state employees, retaliation, reporting fraud, misuse of authority, personal gain, state government, state services, state programs, legislative auditor, constitutional officer, public corruption, fraud reporting, government accountability, employee rights, labor law, Minnesota Statutes 181.931, Minnesota Statutes 181.932

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• <00:30:03.679> that on about the 150 different controls that on about the 150 different controls
• <00:47:46.160> and just coming in and saying controls and just coming in and saying controls
• <00:52:20.680> weakness attention to a internal control weakness attention to a internal control
• As high as other agencies.
• as we hear of audits and other agencies as we hear of audits and other agencies it<01:30:32.119>

Bills: HF1060, HF1062

Keywords: sports facilities, Minnesota, legislative commission, financial oversight, accountability, HF1062, driver and vehicle systems oversight committee, MNLARS, VTRS, vehicle title and registration system, driver's license system, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, MN.IT, legislative oversight, transportation finance, state government, committee repeal, sunset provision, information technology audit, vehicle registration

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• Um, and in Minnesota, as you look at Minnesota, we now have 19.3 million acres of farmland in Minnesota
• Um, we bring solutions not only to real Minnesota, but we look at controlled environment agriculture,
• central Minnesota. central Minnesota.
• Minnesota up in northern Minnesota. Minnesota up in northern Minnesota.
• particular in Minnesota, so. particular in Minnesota, so.

Bills: HF4698, HF4608

Keywords: higher education, identity verification, enrollment fraud, funding, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, postsecondary education, community college, university, developmental education, remedial education, remediation, corequisite, co-requisite, English composition, college readiness, adult basic education, ABE, student placement, credit-bearing courses, noncredit courses

Summary: The committee first approved the March 26 minutes after Representative Coulter pointed out and moved a technical correction to add a missing “T” in “Regents.” The committee then took up HF 4698, which Representative Duran said would address enrollment fraud at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities by funding an automated identity-proofing system. Testimony from Chief Information Security Officer Craig Munson described a commercial software system that would verify student identities using a selfie and a state ID image, reduce ghost students and fraud, speed enrollment, and lessen staff time spent on manual investigations. Members focused heavily on privacy, data retention, and biometric concerns. Representative Cleveland asked what biometric data would be collected, and Munson said it would be limited to a selfie and ID images, not fingerprints or retinal scans. Chair Klippert and others urged stronger Chapter 13 protections and clearer data practices, while Chair Scott asked how long images would be stored; Munson said they should be deleted as soon as identity is validated, with possible revalidation later. Members also raised concerns about racial bias in biometric matching and the need for alternate verification methods. The bill was laid over, and Duran said he would work on the data practices with committee members. The committee then heard HF 4608, presented by Representative Allen for Representative Koznick, on developmental education reform. Allen said too many students are placed into remedial courses that do not count toward a degree, costing time and money and reducing completion rates. Jane Groatman of the International Institute of Minnesota supported the bill, describing students who spent years in noncredit remedial coursework and arguing for a one-semester cap on remedial classes and clearer notice that such credits do not count toward a degree. Mark Grant of Minnesota State College faculty opposed the bill’s approach, saying it imposed a one-size-fits-all model, could undermine open admissions, and should not limit colleges’ flexibility to meet diverse student needs. The bill was laid over for further consideration.

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• It allows Minnesota competitiveness.
• affairs director for the Minnesota affairs director for the Minnesota Department<00:15:24.639>
• :46:39.280> the<00:46:39.440> best Minnesota has some of the best Minnesota has some of
• Miller and I am a Minnesota Miller and I am a Minnesota [clears throat]<00:47:16.960> certified
• appraiser, past chair of the Minnesota appraiser, past chair of the Minnesota Real<00:47:21.200>

Bills: HF3604, HF2236, HF3709, HF3766, HF2400

Keywords: bulk fuel, nonoxygenated gasoline, environment, exemption criteria, transportation, HF2236, Minnesota commerce, obsolete language, statutory cleanup, retail installment contract, consumer credit, vehicle financing, auto loans, retail buyer, retail seller, delinquency charge, collection fee, attorney fees, assignment notice, payment receipt

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from February 26, after correcting the header date to Thursday, February 26. It then took up House File 36004, as amended by the author’s technical A1 amendment. Representative Van Binsbergen described the bill as a change to statute governing bulk delivery of nonoxygenated fuel, especially for boats and other watercraft, to allow direct delivery to vehicles rather than requiring transport of fuel in containers or removal of boats from the water. Members generally supported the concept, citing convenience for lake users, reduced travel and potential invasive species spread, and fewer spill risks, but the chair said the bill would be laid over pending additional clarification from the State Fire Marshal’s Office and other agencies. House File 2236 was then introduced as a vehicle bill for possible future omnibus use and laid over without testimony or opposition. The committee also heard House File 3709, which would allow Minnesota banks and credit unions to offer custodial accounts for digital assets such as cryptocurrency. The authors framed the bill as a consumer-protection and competitiveness measure that would let local institutions keep pace with customer demand and prevent Minnesotans from relying on out-of-state or offshore providers. Testimony from the Department of Commerce and credit union representatives supported the bill, saying it would level the playing field, keep digital assets under Minnesota oversight, and help local institutions remain relevant; one witness said significant liquidity had been leaving local communities for outside exchanges. Questions from members focused on whether the accounts would be NCUA-insured, how the bill related to unclaimed property, and whether the policy goal was consumer protection or simply preserving bank relevance. Several members expressed support but also cautioned about crypto volatility, scams, and the need to avoid turning credit unions into exchanges. The discussion ended without a final vote in the excerpt, with the bill still under committee consideration.

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• the Association of Minnesota Counties. the Association of Minnesota Counties.
• Central Minnesota. I've run a food shelf Central Minnesota.
• ,<00:41:20.560> Minnesota Blue Shield of Minnesota, Minnesota Blue Shield of Minnesota, Minnesota
• our Minnesota neighbors need us most. our Minnesota neighbors need us most.
• supporting Minnesota families. supporting Minnesota families.

Bills: HF45, HF1148, HF3624, HF3586, HF777

Keywords: HF45, Lake Benton, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Public Facilities Authority, public infrastructure, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, utility replacement, U.S. Highway 75, road reconstruction, municipal infrastructure, local government grant, Minnesota bonding, capital appropriation, food insecurity, prepared meals

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• I am president of the Student Angler Organization in the state of Minnesota.
• We know that the Minnesota DNR and its leadership are fully supportive of this.
• Brad Parsons, Fisheries Section Manager for the Minnesota DNR.
• First up to testify is the Minnesota Christmas Tree Association.
• I'm Randall Donine with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Bills: HF647, HF2824, HF1249, HF623, HF820

Keywords: water appropriation, aquifer management, potable water, water conservation, environmental policy, fishing regulation, angling, sustainability, biodiversity, game fish, Carley State Park, Minnesota state parks, state lands, park boundary expansion, Wabasha County, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, public lands, land acquisition, park addition