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• read in another language.
• language is or what...
• home languages, whatever the home language may be.
• languages.
• rates in both languages.

Bills: SB234, SB210, SB243, SB244, SM16, HB8

Keywords: foster children, school transportation, education funding, public education, child welfare, New Mexico Highlands University, soccer field, women's sports, infrastructure improvement, funding allocation, student athletes, appropriation, New Mexico State University, nutrition, travel support, funding, education, university support, financial assistance, parenting students

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• Now he's in high school, taking the Advanced Language for Native Speakers class for Tewa Language.
• language?
• And so there is a form of written language there, but for the Pueblos, not a written language.
• the language be continued.
• , indigenous language cohort.

Keywords: 996, all

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• some old outdated language. some old outdated language.
• federal language request. federal language request.
• . language. language.
• language. 858 is federal<00:04:50.320> language.
• Uh 944 is new language federal language.

Keywords: Medicaid - Room 210; 2 February, 2026: 2:30 PM, 925, all

Summary: The committee first took up a placeholder bill related to the Medicaid “L tax” for long-term acute care hospitals. The sponsor explained that these hospitals pay into Medicaid but do not receive Medicaid reimbursement, and said members had reached a general consensus that a solution is needed. The bill was described as a dummy bill with no firm language yet, and the committee adopted a motion for title sufficient do pass; the bill was reported despite one opposing vote. Members then heard a detailed explanation of the committee’s Medicaid technical bill. The sponsor said it was much lighter than in prior years because of uncertainty around federal Medicaid conditions and the lack of a signed bill in recent years. Most changes were described as federal-language updates, cleanup, or department-requested revisions, including changes from “shall” to “may” to give the department more flexibility, shortened notification and care-period timelines, and removal of outdated provisions. Substantive items mentioned included allowing the department to review value-based payment models, adding pediatricians to a covered list, increasing ambulatory surgery center reimbursement from 80% to 85%, approving “treat in place” for ambulances, allowing supplemental payments to hospitals, and reestablishing the Medical Advisory Council. After brief questions, the committee adopted a motion for title sufficient do pass on the tech bill and reported it, again with one opposing vote. The chair then announced a follow-up hearing for the next day at 1:30 p.m. in Room 216 on the L tax, the hospital bed tax, a Medicaid 101 overview on hospital financing, and a briefing on nonopioid medications and a device intended to prevent or reduce epilepsy seizures.

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• language at 29.22. language at 29.22.
• They're fine with this language.<01:05:38.079> So, language. So, language.
• Senate language.
• Senate language would be preferred. Senate language would be preferred.
• on the Senate language. on the Senate language.

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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• The language is language on this.
• And that's what this language does. language. That is as you said the language.
• The language is adopted. language on R67 and 68. All those in language on R67 and 68.
• . language. language.
• language is adopted. language is adopted.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Public Safety Policy Conference Committee met on May 8, 2026, with all conferees present. The chair opened with decorum instructions, explained that the meeting was policy-only, and noted that no public testimony had been signed up. Members then introduced themselves, with several noting they were retiring at the end of the session or year. The committee adopted a series of provisions, mostly by unanimous voice vote, including House language on identity theft and financial crimes updates, supervision abatement and restitution considerations for corrections, protective-order enhancements for murder penalties, prediction markets, victim-notification requirements for plea and sentencing hearings, research data privacy, ignition interlock and impaired-driving license changes, DOC licensing and sanctions for juvenile/adult community-based residential facilities, criminal-conviction employment and licensing standards, jail medication procedures, domestic abuse law changes, and a grant-use extension for dual-status/crossover youth funding. Several items were described as technical or clarifying changes, while others updated law to address AI-related identity theft, foreign protective orders, victim privacy, and corrections oversight. The committee also heard discussion on a Senate provision allowing victims of domestic violence to petition for wireless account and phone-number transfers. A witness supported the concept but urged changes to better align the state language with existing federal law; members noted the issue might need another vehicle or further work. For the domestic abuse item, staff explained that an A15 amendment would later adjust the warrantless-arrest window from 28 days to 14 days. On the jail-medication item, a member emphasized the changes were clarifying and not an admission that last year’s law was flawed. All adopted provisions passed by voice vote without opposition.

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• language with the following correction. language with the following correction.
• The House have exact language.
• This was house-only language.
• This was House-only language.
• saying they want to accept our language. saying they want to accept our language.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• . language. language.
• gets to language and the use of language gets to language and the use of language because<02:21:
• language.
• clarifying Then this language, this clarifying Then this language, this clarifying language<03
• language as well. language as well.

Keywords: 981, all

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• <00:01:58.240> lines of article 2 R29 Senate language lines of article 2 R29 Senate language
• > lines R27 house language lines R27 house language lines 20.10.<00:04:31.199> This<00:
• the language as well. Thank you, Mr. the language as well. Thank you, Mr.
• article 13 of the Sen Senate language. article 13 of the Sen Senate language.
• So, that's what this language is, Mr. Chair. language. It's on language.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We're reviewing language. So if you have a question,... We're reviewing language.
• language.
• language.
• in the budget language.
• So on the other language items, you will adopt. Other language items.

Keywords: 996, all

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• 15 say two languages, five languages, 15 say two languages, five languages, 15 languages,<01:
• . languages. languages.
• six languages. six languages.
• c> is language, the official language is language, the official language is English<01:52:33.520>
• . languages. languages.

Keywords: 981, all

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• just get to a better language on this. just get to a better language on this.
• <00:23:29.440> So the uh House language on here. So the uh House language on here.
• the designated support person language. the designated support person language.
• language not be included in in uh this. language not be included in in uh this.
• language? Chairs. language? Chairs.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• 49.22 with the A40 amendment. language entitled artic this is title language entitled artic this is
• <00:05:33.680> lines R19, House language lines R19, House language lines 48.26<00:05:36.639
• And then it also adds the language... additional language for traffic control additional language for
• <00:08:33.919> lines R21-22, Senate language lines R21-22, Senate language lines 77.12<00:
• insert the and insert the A32 language. insert the and insert the A32 language. Correct?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• those pieces of language.
• those pieces of language.
• Is that language been added here, that restrictive language?
• We haven't seen language.
• We haven't seen language.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Next is the House language for the State Board of Investment annual report followed by Senate language
• This is House-only language.
• This is House-only language.
• The next item is the language.
• <00:04:28.759> language.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• language.
• It's House language.
• It's House language.
• It's House language.
• It's House language.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:01:41.960> related Um, and also includes language related Um, and also includes language
• The Senate language includes some language that exempts property held in tax-deferred accounts.
• Article 2 of the Senate language. Article 2 of the Senate language.
• Article 3 Senate language Section 1. Mr. Article 3 Senate language Section 1. Mr. Hudalla.
• :12:56.720> it<00:12:56.839> been that language and has it been that language and has it

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The committee took up H.F. 4188, the Commerce and Consumer Protection Policy Omnibus, and moved through a series of agreed-upon motions to adopt various House and Senate language articles and sections. The adopted provisions covered a wide range of topics, including residential mortgage loan servicing standards, student loan borrower protections, rental home marketplace guarantees, group coverage cancellation, limited lines travel insurance, insurance lead generators, collection agency and credit services organization definitions, proof of identification requirements, scrap metal copper licensing, technical changes to ASTM references and report filings, securities-related provisions, unclaimed property issues involving virtual currency and funeral prepayment funds, repeal of the prescription drug affordability advisory council, reinsurance program changes, and health insurance reporting and oversight provisions. Most motions were adopted without opposition after brief staff explanations and member encouragements to vote yes. In the health-related sections, the committee adopted language requiring insurers and nonprofit health service plan corporations to notify the Commissioner of Commerce about significant enrollment increases, expanding access to all-payer claims data for oversight, and requiring the sharing of PBM annual transparency reports with the Commissioner of Health. The committee also adopted language on artificial intelligence in utilization review, initially defining AI and prohibiting exclusive reliance on AI for adverse coverage determinations. Representative Elkins then offered an amendment to remove the specific AI definition and replace it with broader language referring to automated processing, arguing that technology-neutral drafting is more durable and that a human must remain in the loop for coverage denials; the amendment was adopted. After the agreed-upon items were completed, members indicated the chairs would huddle to work on the remaining issues and return after recess. The meeting then recessed to the call of the chair.

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• wealth building program Senate language wealth building program Senate language drops<00:02:22.640
• about adopting Senate language on R63? about adopting Senate language on R63?
• Senate language but without that change Senate language but without that change was<00:07:26.840>
• The changes on the the Senate language.
• forward with the Senate language forward with the Senate language otherwise. otherwise. otherwise

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• separate language or language is on separate language or language is on every<00:49:51.040> street
• executive action it is now the language executive action it is now the language recognized<00:50
• come here that uh that speak a language come here that uh that speak a language other<00:55:49.599
• into a country is learning the language into a country is learning the language and<01:04:55.000
• American Sign Language.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Transportation Committee met in executive session on several House bills. HB 212, allowing a 180-day operation waiver when a vehicle fails an emissions test, was retained at the sponsor’s request for possible modifications. HB 249, which would have let bicyclists treat stop signs as yields and stop lights as stop signs, was recommended inexpedient to legislate (ITL) by a 9-7 vote, with a minority report expected. The committee then retained HB 298, creating an exception for removing VIN tags from pre-1981 vehicles when needed for repair or restoration, by a 15-1 vote. HB 411-FN, making handheld device use while driving a secondary offense, was recommended ITL by consent after members argued the current primary-offense law is more effective for enforcement and safety. On HB 414, which would have barred DMV license suspensions based on debts owed to private towing or storage companies, the committee rejected ITL and instead retained the bill 16-0 after members split over whether the current law unfairly ties driving privileges to private debt collection. HB 441, addressing visible diesel emissions and “rolling coal,” was recommended ITL 16-0 because members said the conduct is already illegal under existing state and federal law. The committee then took up HB 461, concerning Department of Safety and DMV training and testing materials, where members debated whether driver testing should be limited to English and whether multilingual materials are a safety necessity or discriminatory; the transcript cuts off before a final vote is shown.

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• <00:06:43.880> and so the more trauma informed language and so the more trauma informed language
• <00:08:42.599> to um we send to any right uh language to um we send to any right uh language
• um language trauma informed language<00:38:41.760> I<00:38:41.839> don't language I don't
• back the rebuttable presumption language back the rebuttable presumption language but<01:02:06.480
• of the law only the the language of the law only the language<01:02:22.760> of<01:02:22.920><

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee met on House Bill 553, which concerns the definitions of child abuse and neglect in RSA 169-C, including psychological maltreatment and the rebuttable presumption of harm. The chair and members emphasized that the bill is intended to clarify definitions rather than create punishments, and they discussed concerns that had arisen after the bill’s earlier drafting. Representative Eimon stated his view that the bill is constitutional, citing case law, and members noted that amendment 114 would restore language refined by the prior study committee and address trauma-informed wording, especially around substance use disorder and newborns. A major portion of the discussion focused on whether the bill could be read to treat ordinary parental discipline or disagreements with a child—such as grounding, taking away car keys or a phone, or refusing gender-affirming care—as abuse or neglect. DCF Deputy Director Jen Ross explained that screeners look at the nature of the allegation and whether the parent’s conduct is likely to cause serious psychological or emotional harm; she said routine discipline or prudent parenting would not be screened in, while persistent ridiculing, terrorizing, bullying, isolating, threats, or similar conduct could qualify. She also said that denial of gender-affirming care, by itself, would not be treated as neglect, but the agency would consider the full context and any resulting harm or need for mental health care. DCF General Counsel Susan Larby added that the legislature’s earlier definition of psychological maltreatment and related policy already focus on pervasive emotionally abusive behavior, and that the bill is meant to make the statute more understandable and transparent, not to change the core neglect standard. She and other speakers said the goal is to identify serious harm and provide services, not to remove children for ordinary parental decisions. Lisa Massio of the Office of the Child Advocate said the bill and related placement language are intended to preserve family unity and fill gaps where courts have interpreted neglect too narrowly or inconsistently. Members also discussed a proposed concise analysis from Representative Maral and asked about CPSW qualifications and training; DCF said staff generally have backgrounds in human services, social work, psychology, or education and receive a 12-week Core Academy on policy, law, investigations, and family engagement. No vote was taken in the portion provided, and members indicated they wanted to continue refining the amendment before sending anything to the Office of Legislative Services.

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• I do know, because I know the federal block grant language and I know our state language, the governor
• state language.
• One would be through BAR language.
• It's not in the current language.
• It's not in the current language.

Keywords: 996, all