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• statutes right now because Minnesota statutes right now only only only reflect<00:41:33.120><c> the<
• > Minnesota</c><02:18:47.840><c> law</c><02:18:48.120><c> applies.
• :09.760><c> the</c><02:52:09.840><c> state</c><02:52:10.080><c> of</c><02:52:10.200><c> Minnesota</c>
• <02:52:11.040><c> and</c> important to the state of Minnesota and important to the state of Minnesota
• <02:52:39.440><c> gun</c><02:52:39.640><c> violence</c><02:52:40.080><c> in</c><02:52:40.240><c> Minnesota

Keywords: 1183, house

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• 02:09.080><c> over</c><00:02:09.280><c> the</c><00:02:09.440><c> bill</c><00:02:10.200><c> until</c><
• we</c><00:02:12.200><c> now</c><00:02:12.400><c> have</c><00:02:12.760><c> received</c><00:02:12.920
• Al some chocolate<01:02:15.760><c> with</c><01:02:15.920><c> my</c><01:02:16.119><c> love</c><01:02:
• :02:20.720><c> wanted</c><01:02:20.960><c> to</c><01:02:21.079><c> push</c><01:02:21.279><c> that</c>

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• But if it's<00:02:07.439><c> not,</c><00:02:08.080><c> um</c><00:02:08.319><c> the</c><00:02:08.640><
• c> reason</c><00:02:08.720><c> that</c><00:02:08.959><c> we</c><00:02:09.119><c> do</c><00:02:09.200>
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• Previously<00:02:17.280><c> uh</c><00:02:17.360><c> when</c><00:02:17.599><c> this</c><00:02:17.760><
• themselves<00:02:22.319><c> and</c><00:02:22.640><c> coordinating</c><00:02:23.120><c> the</c><00:02

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• More<00:02:04.760><c> funding</c><00:02:05.440><c> for</c><00:02:05.560><c> student</c><00:02:05.920>
• </c><00:02:07.040><c> It's</c><00:02:07.160><c> been</c><00:02:07.320><c> a</c><00:02:07.360><c> huge
• ><c> kids</c><00:02:20.040><c> as</c><00:02:20.240><c> well</c><00:02:20.440><c> as</c><00:02:20.600>
• for every student in the state of Minnesota.<00:02:47.040><c> And</c><00:02:47.160><c> that's</c><00:
• 02:47.440><c> the</c><00:02:47.560><c> key</c><00:02:47.760><c> for</c><00:02:47.920><c> us</c> Minnesota

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee heard House File 3493, the Safe Schools Revenue Increase bill, and first adopted the DE amendment before moving the bill on for re-referral to Ways and Means. Representative Lawrence described the bill as a multi-layered school safety package for all students and schools, including public, nonpublic, charter, and tribal schools, with increased safety funding, mental health support, anonymous threat reporting, school safety plans, and student discipline changes. Several supporters emphasized the need for flexible safety funding and cited real-world safety concerns, including anonymous tip systems that had generated many reports, classroom evacuations, staff injuries, and the need for more resources for mental health and safety infrastructure. Some supporters, including charter school leaders and Catholic Conference testimony, argued the bill’s flexibility and broader safety approach were important, while others supported the K-3 suspension language as a needed tool in severe cases. Opponents focused heavily on the bill’s repeal of Minnesota’s K-3 suspension ban and non-exclusionary discipline requirements. Legal aid, disability advocates, and education groups argued that suspensions harm young children, worsen disparities, and disproportionately affect students of color and students with disabilities, and they urged the committee to keep restorative and non-exclusionary practices in place. Disability advocates also asked that any safety planning explicitly account for students with disabilities and that the bill remain aligned with IDEA protections and individualized education decisions. Several testifiers opposed using public funds for private schools, saying public money should stay in public programs. Other testimony came from school administrators and staff who supported restoring limited suspension discretion, describing serious elementary incidents, classroom evacuations, and injuries that they said required a short-term removal option to stabilize classrooms and plan for students’ return. Mental health and school support personnel witnesses stressed that safety and mental health funding should remain distinct and that more counselors, social workers, and related staff are needed to address student crises. No final vote on the bill itself was taken in the portion provided beyond adoption of the DE amendment and the motion to re-refer the bill.

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• <c> where</c><00:02:12.520><c> we're</c><00:02:12.760><c> at</c><00:02:13.440><c> so</c><00:02:14.440
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• As a statutory nonprofit, Minnesota Statutes 268A.01, subdivision 8, Centers for Independent Living..

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Minnesota statute uh would not change in Minnesota statute uh would not make<00:09:27.279><c> us</c>
• And so instead of having something in Minnesota state statute, um, I believe we should be going down
• And so instead of having something in Minnesota state statute, um, I believe we should be going down
• And so instead of having something in Minnesota state statute, um, I believe we should be going down
• And so instead of having something in Minnesota state statute, um, I believe we should be going down

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> equal force to the Minnesota statute. equal force to the Minnesota statute.
• ><c> in</c><02:16:59.080><c> Minnesota,</c><02:17:00.000><c> aging</c> years in care here in Minnesota
• , aging years in care here in Minnesota, aging out<02:17:00.400><c> at</c><02:17:00.480><c> 21</c><02
• I teach at the University of Minnesota,<02:19:28.480><c> and</c><02:19:28.599><c> I'm</c><02:19:28.760
• Minnesota, and I'm raising my birth daughter<02:19:29.719><c> and</c><02:19:29.840><c> my</c><02:19:

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• As well, we have a 17-person investment advisory committee provided for under Minnesota statute. 10 of
• Minnesota statute. 10 of those are Minnesota statute. 10 of those are practicing<00:04:24.040><c> experienced
• </c><01:02:10.960><c> the</c><01:02:11.080><c> concerns</c><01:02:11.800><c> of</c><01:02:11.920><c>
• </c><01:02:15.360><c> And</c><01:02:15.680><c> so</c><01:02:16.160><c> we're</c><01:02:16.640><c> in<
• </c><01:02:19.480><c> Now,</c><01:02:19.680><c> we're</c><01:02:19.800><c> in</c><01:02:19.880><c> a<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Authority a better detection<00:02:52.840><c> and</c><00:02:53.319><c> oversight</c><00:02:54.319><c
• ><c> penalties</c><00:02:56.280><c> I</c><00:02:56.360><c> will</c><00:02:56.519><c> speak</c><00:02:
• :57.440><c> elements</c><00:02:57.959><c> within</c><00:02:58.200><c> each</c><00:02:58.360><c> of</c
• Aligning statute with guidance for time-based codes from the Minnesota Department of Health's rule and

Keywords: 1183, house

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• , but this<00:02:31.240><c> is</c><00:02:31.360><c> a</c><00:02:31.440><c> start</c><00:02:31.720><c>
• this is a start with repealing the statute<00:02:33.040><c> in</c><00:02:33.160><c> the</c><00:02:33.240
• ><c> Minnesota</c><00:02:33.680><c> State's</c> statute in the Minnesota State's statute in the Minnesota

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Bill last year in the in Minnesota legislature<00:02:31.160><c> um</c><00:02:31.440><c> that</c><00:
• 02:31.720><c> is</c><00:02:32.040><c> to</c><00:02:32.360><c> set</c><00:02:32.640><c> the</c><00:02:
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• the state of Minnesota uh to um have for the state of Minnesota uh to um have a<00:02:36.840><c> carbon

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• from</c><00:02:02.240><c> the</c><00:02:02.399><c> Minnesota</c> issue briefing from the Minnesota issue
• briefing from the Minnesota Medical<00:02:03.119><c> Association</c><00:02:03.759><c> describing</c>
• to serve<00:02:07.040><c> all</c><00:02:07.280><c> health</c><00:02:07.520><c> care</c><00:02:07.759
• So, this one's<00:02:34.080><c> in</c><00:02:34.239><c> statute</c><00:02:34.720><c> and</c><00:02:34.959
• ><c> it's</c><00:02:35.440><c> specifically</c> one's in statute and it's specifically one's in statute

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• 2008<00:02:04.560><c> um</c><00:02:04.759><c> in</c><00:02:04.960><c> that</c><00:02:05.200><c> time
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• </c> I'm<00:02:53.120><c> Cassie</c><00:02:53.519><c> Sor,</c><00:02:53.920><c> the</c><00:02:54.000>
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• So these are provisions that incorporate federal anti-kickback language into Minnesota statute to address
• </c> anti- kickback language into Minnesota anti- kickback language into Minnesota statute<00:47:55.040
• </c> may modify definitions in Minnesota may modify definitions in Minnesota statutes.<01:49:10.639><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It repeals Minnesota Statutes 16B.45, which was enacted, it seems, in 1984 and hasn't changed since.
• It repeals Minnesota Statutes 16B.45, which was enacted, it seems, in 1984 and hasn't changed since.
• And as Senator Dibble mentioned before us today, the provisions in Minnesota Statutes 144A.4799, section
• </c><01:02:31.440><c> and</c><01:02:32.400><c> that</c><01:02:32.720><c> language</c><01:02:33.040><c
• There is also a technical reference to Minnesota Statutes, section 179A.

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So the definition of a tax expenditure is found in Minnesota Statutes 27C.11.
• So um<00:02:34.560><c> with</c><00:02:34.800><c> regards</c><00:02:35.120><c> to</c><00:02:35.200><c>
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• Uh Uh Uh on<00:02:08.800><c> R6</c><00:02:09.679><c> on</c><00:02:09.960><c> the</c><00:02:10.280><c>
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• will be imposing a limit on the<00:02:15.640><c> Minnesota</c><00:02:16.040><c> Housing</c><00:02:16.320
• ><c> Finance</c><00:02:16.880><c> Agency's</c> the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency's the Minnesota Housing
• . statutes. statutes.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The conference committee on the housing omnibus bill began with member introductions and a staff walk-through comparing House and Senate provisions. House Research staff reviewed major policy differences affecting Minnesota Housing Finance Agency operations, including limits on how much the agency may retain from state appropriations for administrative costs, new reporting requirements, restrictions on transfers between appropriated accounts, and House-only language requiring annual expenditure of investment income from state appropriations. Senate provisions were also summarized, including tighter rules on when appropriations may be placed into Housing Development Fund bookkeeping accounts, updated operating-cost reporting, and Senate-only changes to how investment earnings may be used. Staff also described shared and differing provisions on program-money transfers, a lived-experience earnings exemption, and a long list of Senate-only policy changes, including manufactured home park tenant protections, low-income housing tax credit and bond-related changes, a task force on housing taxes and fees, and repealers affecting Housing Development Fund authority and certain older programs. Fiscal staff then reviewed the budget impacts. The House side included one-time appropriations for workforce housing development, family homeless prevention and assistance, a Minnesota Nice Home Share pilot, and homebuyer education, along with debt service for $100 million in housing infrastructure bonds and transfers/cancellations that produced a net zero general fund impact across the budget window. The Senate side noted a fiscal note for the housing taxes and fees task force and a smaller housing infrastructure bond authorization, with corresponding debt service costs and a total Senate budget-window impact of about $1 million in general fund debt service. After the staff presentations, the committee moved to public testimony. Commissioner Jennifer Ho of Minnesota Housing said the bill’s housing infrastructure bonds and continued support for family homeless prevention were important, and she supported the lived-experience earnings exemption, while noting concerns about the interest-earnings provisions. Testifiers from Greater Minnesota groups praised the workforce housing investments and Senate updates to the state housing tax credit and infrastructure grant program, though they suggested changes to the geographic distribution language. HOME Line urged funding for statewide tenant hotline services, citing rising demand and asking for $1 million if additional money becomes available. The Minnesota Consortium of Community Developers supported the bill’s investments and emphasized the need to pair housing development with supportive services. Housing First Minnesota praised housing infrastructure bonds and other investments but criticized the omission of the Minnesota Starter Homes Act. The Minnesota Multi Housing Association began testimony opposing certain rent-control-related provisions in the House bill. No votes or final actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• Minnesota Department information on the Minnesota Department of<00:02:41.760><c> Health</c><00:02:42.080
• :08.880><c> currently</c> however, our Minnesota statute currently however, our Minnesota statute currently
• :03:00.960><c> of</c><02:03:01.119><c> law,</c><02:03:01.360><c> into</c><02:03:01.599><c> statute.
• :03:15.599><c> or</c><02:03:15.840><c> under</c><02:03:16.080><c> the</c><02:03:16.239><c> statute</c

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Isaac<00:02:16.080><c> Pon,</c><00:02:16.640><c> House</c><00:02:16.879><c> GOP</c><00:02:17.440><c>
• Uh,<00:02:20.720><c> Zach</c><00:02:20.959><c> Minertz,</c><00:02:21.840><c> uh,</c><00:02:22.000><c>
• Chair<00:02:26.800><c> Jeff</c><00:02:27.040><c> Beel</c><00:02:27.520><c> with</c><00:02:27.760><c>
• It was ordered back in February under authority in Minnesota statute 16B.37.
• </c> in February under authority in Minnesota in February under authority in Minnesota statute statute

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Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: 1183, house