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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/5/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><02:22:59.040><c> I</c> the fraud protections. Thank you. I the fraud protections. Thank you.
- Another example of this, we talked a lot in the fraud committee about the business model of fraud.
- Another example of this, we talked a lot in the fraud committee about the business model of fraud.
- Another example of this, we talked a lot in the fraud committee about the business model of fraud.
- committee about the business model fraud committee about the business model of<03:31:42.120><c> fraud
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 098 Apr 21st, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> then that opens the door for fraud. then that opens the door for fraud.
- Fraud<00:48:52.359><c> how?
- Under the table payments of Fraud how?
- </c> have actually tried white-collar fraud have actually tried white-collar fraud cases. cases. cases
- </c> finding of the fraud, or maybe not. finding of the fraud, or maybe not.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Review of the Minnesota Senate’s 2026 Session | Senator Mark Johnson May 22nd, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- bipartisan, but it was one of your caucus's high-priority items this session, which was combating fraud
- It was a good bill that, you know, people across the state have been talking about the issues with fraud
- It was a good bill that, you know, people across the state have been talking about the issues with fraud
- >> Yeah, and that's an issue that, you know, as we pointed out that fraud was occurring for the last
- >> Yeah, and that's an issue that, you know, as we pointed out that fraud was occurring for the last
Summary:
The interview reviewed the Minnesota Senate session with a focus on bipartisan accomplishments and the challenges of a divided chamber. The senator highlighted the creation of an independent Office of the Inspector General as a major fraud-fighting win, along with the “Take It Back Act,” which would require fraudsters to forfeit 100% of stolen proceeds. He said lawmakers also refined fraud-response measures so legitimate service providers, including those serving Minnesotans with disabilities, would not be unnecessarily cut off while investigations proceed.
Another bipartisan measure discussed was a consumer protection bill for homeowners associations and common interest communities, intended to give property owners more protection against overzealous enforcement while preserving community rules. The senator said these bills reflected growing working relationships across the aisle and noted the importance of trust-building, especially with many retirements ahead in the Senate.
The conversation also covered affordability and tax relief. The senator said the caucus helped secure a one-year reduction in vehicle tab fees, worth about $254 million to taxpayers, alongside a $1.2 billion bonding bill, and also backed other tax relief items such as pass-through entity tax changes, Section 179-related business tax relief, and property tax relief. He said these were negotiated at the end of session and did not reduce funding for roads and bridges.
On contentious issues like gun violence prevention and immigration enforcement, he said some broad packages contained useful bipartisan elements but were derailed by controversial provisions and party-line politics. He described the session overall as “50/50,” saying Republicans wanted more emphasis on taxpayers, education, public safety, and economic growth, and argued that Minnesota’s education performance needs urgent improvement. He closed by stressing that the main lesson of the session was the value of relationships and service, and he encouraged incoming senators to focus on constituents rather than themselves.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House/Senate DFL Media Availability 4/28/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The governor articulated many of those tonight, from the important work to combat fraud, to doing something
- The governor articulated many of those tonight, from the important work to combat fraud, to doing something
- And so I think between HCMC and bonding and fraud, school safety, there's a lot of pieces still in play
- ,</c><00:10:02.680><c> school</c><00:10:02.960><c> safety,</c><00:10:03.280><c> there's</c> and fraud
- , school safety, there's and fraud, school safety, there's there's<00:10:03.760><c> a</c><00:10:03.800
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/03/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- At a time when affordability<00:17:49.760><c> and</c><00:17:50.080><c> fraud</c> affordability and fraud
- I don't obviously think fraud happens, right?
- I don't obviously fraud or fluff. I don't obviously fraud happens,<00:28:20.320><c> right?
- </c> Minnesota is mired in a regime of fraud Minnesota is mired in a regime of fraud and<02:00:21.360
- The world that you are a proud sponsor of Minnesota's fraud machine.
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/25/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- in order to deal with fraud.
- And I would hope that we talk about the economic impact of fraud as well. >> Any other questions?
- </c> and the economic impact of the fraud and the economic impact of the fraud that<01:24:09.199><c>
- But I don't want the fraud<01:25:54.159><c> conversation</c><01:25:55.199><c> to</c> fraud conversation
- </c> the economic impact of fraud as well. the economic impact of fraud as well.
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Business meeting to markup an original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034. Feb 12th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Senate Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud and abuse." End of quote.
- Let's talk about fraud.
- But before you add more money, why don't you get rid of the waste and the fraud?
- I think everybody at this table knows there is massive waste, fraud, and abuse at the Pentagon.
- Their charge is to look out for waste, fraud, and abuse, so it is...
Committee:
Senate Senate Budget
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill is very important to make sure there will be enough funds for any fraud victims like me who
- Thank you for listening to my story and helping fraud victims. Thank you very much.
- Bill, thank you for listening to my story and helping fraud victims. Thank you very much.
- I mean, that's fraud. But is that not apply?
- So yet again, thank you for helping create the fraud restitution fund in the first place.
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords:
healthcare, insurance, regulation, financial institutions, prescription drug affordability, consumer protection, restitution account, financial compensation, attorney general, distributions, property insurance, homeowners insurance, fire and allied lines, hail insurance, appraisal clause, loss adjustment, alternative dispute resolution, insurance claims, claim valuation, actual cash value
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Mar 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Could you give us a sense of what that's going to mean for the reduction of fraud specifically?
- But I think the top-of-mind concern is the fraud that exists and how this plays into that.
- This creates fraud in our community colleges.
- I think it's important to have the ability to track how much fraud we're preventing going forward, so
- With trying to recover from fraud? That is such a good question.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The purpose of this amendment is to prevent fraud and to see that...
- The purpose of this amendment is to prevent fraud and deceit in the signature-gathering process for ballot
- are paid per signature. ...law prohibiting paid-per-signature arrangements in response to signature fraud
- This amendment focuses on a very specific payment model that invites significant fraud into our electoral
- Thanks. ...significant fraud into our electoral process.
Summary:
The Senate considered a campaign finance and ballot question transparency bill, taking up a series of amendments. Several amendments offered by Senator Tarr were rejected, including proposals on safety-based redactions, standardized valuation/liability reporting, higher contribution limits, municipal ballot question reporting, tax-exempt entities in ballot campaigns, and post-election audits for all statewide elections. Amendments by Senators Rausch and DiDomenico were adopted, including late contribution reporting and retroactive reporting with an emergency preamble. Senator Feingold’s amendment to prohibit pay-per-signature arrangements for petition gathering was also adopted after a roll call vote. The bill, Senate No. 2898, An Act improving campaign finance reporting by state ballot question committees, was then passed to be engrossed by a 38-0 vote.
The Senate next took up Senate No. 2903, An Act honoring Blue Star families, which would provide specialty license plates at no charge to the parent, child, or spouse of a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty. Senators spoke in support, emphasizing the sacrifice of officers and their families, including the recent funeral of Officer Stephen LaPorteur. The bill was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed by a 38-0 vote.
The chamber also approved several committee extension orders. These extended deadlines for the Committees on Aging and Independence, Education, Public Service, and Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, with members noting the limited number of bills and the need for additional time to complete review, cost analysis, or respond to commission reports. The Senate then adopted an order to meet again the following Tuesday at 11 a.m., dispensed with printing a calendar, and adjourned in memory of Stuart H. Altman.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Democratic Leaders Media Availability Feb 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm curious about the allegations of fraud on the sign-ins for a few of the Senate and House Millionaire's
- our really outstanding vote-by-mail system, for example, which is not subject to the same kind of fraud
- Let's take the interim, make sure we investigate and look at what level of fraud there was in this, and
- I mean, could there be a fraud? Well, I think... I'll turn to the prosecutor.
- That fraud is not going to personally help anyone financially or in any other way.
Summary:
House and Senate Democratic leaders held a media availability focused on the late-session agenda, including the House policy cutoff, a supplemental budget, and the House Finance Committee hearing on the proposed “millionaire’s tax”/income tax measure. They said several Senate bills had moved or were moving quickly, including a face mask bill, an abortion medication access bill, a mobile devices in schools bill, a driver privacy/personal safety data protections bill, and a West Coast Health Collaborative bill. They also said the supplemental budget would emphasize food, shelter, health care, continuity of government, and other core services.
A major topic was allegations of fraudulent or bot-generated remote sign-ins on the millionaire’s tax hearings. Leaders said remote testimony and sign-ins have broadened public participation, but misuse of the system is a problem that will be reviewed over the interim. They said the goal is to preserve easy public access while improving accuracy, and that the sign-in numbers should be treated cautiously because the system is informational rather than equivalent to voting. They also said there had been no direct contact with state Supreme Court justices about the tax bill.
The leaders defended the need for the income tax proposal by arguing that state spending growth reflects inflation, population growth, the McCleary school-funding changes, and major investments in child care, higher education, Medicaid dental care, IT systems, and special education. They said the Legislature is trying to balance the tax code and that they do not support taxing incomes below $1 million, though they would not rule out future legislative changes decades from now. On tort claims against the state, they said Senator Dhingra’s arbitration bill has advanced the discussion but is unlikely to move further this session, and that broader liability reductions may require constitutional changes or prevention-focused investments. They also discussed long-term care workforce pressures, saying Washington is better positioned than many states but still faces an aging-population challenge. On the millionaire’s tax process, they said the House Finance Committee is expected to increase tax reductions in the bill, with leaders aiming to resolve differences with the Senate without going to conference if possible.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Electronic driver's licenses 3/9/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They do make sure the documents pass general fraud detection procedures and are valid documents, but
- preventing fraud.
- This is to Representative Anderson's questions about security and fraud and those things.
- preventing fraud.
- This is to Representative Anderson's questions about security and fraud and those things.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/27/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- business identity fraud.
- They are exposing the massive fraud through nearly every agency.
- </c><00:20:20.240><c> through</c> are exposing the massive fraud through are exposing the massive fraud
- </c> government again uh diminish the fraud government again uh diminish the fraud instead<00:20:57.159
- That is corruption and fraud happening before our eyes.
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Media Availability on Budget Agreement - 05/14/26
Transcript Highlights:
- going to continue to work to make sure that whatever tools that are in place that are meant to fight fraud
- /c><00:10:29.880><c> meant</c><00:10:30.160><c> to</c><00:10:30.400><c> fight</c><00:10:30.680><c> fraud
- </c><00:10:31.480><c> don't</c> that are meant to fight fraud don't that are meant to fight fraud don't
- related to payment withhold, etc., and making sure that the programs in human services are strong and fraud-proof
- </c> fraud-proof. Um not cuts to services. fraud-proof. Um not cuts to services.
Summary:
A Minnesota Senate leader discussed the end-of-session budget deal and said the Senate had passed a comprehensive budget that addresses several recent crises and federal policy changes. He highlighted funding to respond to gun violence, Metro Surge, and the effects of a federal Republican budget bill, saying the package includes retroactive medical assistance coverage, support to keep SNAP functioning, $10 million for food banks and shelves, rental assistance, and aid for counties and property taxpayers. He also said the Senate secured $205 million for HCMC, a $30 million uncompensated care pool for other distressed hospitals, and a $500 million health care stabilization reserve, along with a one-year license tab fee reduction and a $1.2 billion bonding bill.
He said some priorities were left out or rejected in negotiations, including small business relief, low-income rent, energy assistance, rural EMS stabilization, a manufactured home bill of rights, a social media platform data collection tax, and proposals to block private equity from nursing homes and single-family homes. He also said the House Speaker had promised but not brought a gun vote to the floor, and he expressed disappointment that immigration-related action and some gun control measures did not advance further. He defended the rental assistance as available to Minnesotans regardless of documentation status and said it was not tied only to Operation Metro Surge.
The leader also addressed concerns about payment withholding and program integrity in human services, saying the goal was to fight fraud without cutting services. He said hospitals seeking access to the stabilization reserve would need to show distress and financial need, and that both the governor and a legislative advisory committee would have to approve. He closed by saying the process had been difficult and too much negotiation had moved into backroom settings, but that the chambers were working toward an orderly conclusion and that he expected the remaining bills to be finalized and sent to the governor.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
State government committee approves HF289 2/13/25
Transcript Highlights:
- It's just like when you empower them and they start thinking and looking, hopefully they'll catch fraud
- </c><00:02:57.040><c> waste</c><00:02:57.360><c> and</c> hopefully they'll catch fraud waste and hopefully
- they'll catch fraud waste and abuse<00:02:59.200><c> but</c><00:02:59.440><c> this</c><00:02:59.599>
- /c><00:08:50.519><c> know</c><00:08:50.640><c> the</c><00:08:50.720><c> waste</c><00:08:50.959><c> Fraud
- and Abuse uh uh you know the waste Fraud and Abuse uh has<00:08:53.120><c> gone</c><00:08:53.480><c>
Summary:
The committee took up House File 289, authored by Representative Quam, and adopted a technical A1 amendment before moving the bill forward. Quam explained that the bill is intended to create a mechanism for frontline state employees, faculty, and management to identify waste, inefficiency, and possible savings in agency budgets, with a portion of any savings going back to the state budget and the remainder placed in a special fund for mission-related spending decided by a joint committee. He said the idea grew out of earlier faculty union discussions and that the bill had previously passed with bipartisan support, though it was underused when first enacted.
Members generally praised the goal of empowering employees and improving efficiency, but several raised concerns about the bill’s practical operation and low historical use. Representative Jones asked why uptake had been limited and whether current conditions would improve participation; Quam responded that larger budgets and more employee engagement could make the program more useful now. Representative Freiberg and Representative Bonner both supported the concept but questioned whether employees would understand budget constraints and whether the structure might discourage managers from saving money intentionally. Quam argued that employee input would improve decisions, morale, and credibility, and could help justify needed investments.
Representative Koznick asked how the bill interacted with the Odyssey Fund, and staff clarified that the two are separate accounts and do not directly affect each other. Representative Koznick also objected to comments he viewed as attacking the administration, and the chair reminded members not to impute motives. Representative Kosnik/Quam indicated openness to future improvements, but Representative Bonner said she was not ready to support the bill in its current form because of concerns about the approval process through MMB and the Legislative Audit Commission. Despite those reservations, the committee ultimately voted to send House File 289, as amended, to the General Register.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 4th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud since this governor took office in 2018, with no revelation
- There's a pattern of behavior here, hiding fraud and invoking the threat of public safety.
- , we don't want people to know what those methods are, so we have an opportunity to detect the fraud.
- , we don't want people to know what those methods are, so we have an opportunity to detect the fraud.
- Those methods are, so we have an opportunity to detect the fraud.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Audit Commission - Evaluation Subcommittee 5/8/26
Transcript Highlights:
- For the Office of Attorney General Medicaid Fraud and Control Unit, that one again, we could definitely
- The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. All right.
- </c><00:32:25.200><c> All</c> The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. All The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
- If we added the uh<00:46:24.760><c> Medicaid</c><00:46:25.240><c> Fraud</c><00:46:25.520><c> Control<
- Yes, so the first eight and then the Office of the Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
Summary:
The subcommittee met on May 8, 2026, to narrow 12 proposed Legislative Audit Commission evaluation topics down to 8-10 semi-finalists for a legislative survey. Deputy Legislative Auditor Jodi Munson Rodriguez reviewed the selection criteria and explained which topics were promising now, which might be better deferred to fall because of timing or data limitations, and which were less promising because OLA would have limited ability to add value. She identified the Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy, DHS Adult Day Services Licensing, DHS county service approvals and provision, MDH mortuary science program, MPCA feedlot permitting, Minnesota paid leave, the Office of Cannabis Management, and several other DHS-related items as candidates, while recommending that DHS system modernization be shifted to an IT audit and that corporate concentration be narrowed substantially if pursued.
Members discussed several topics in detail. Representative Lee asked how a broad DHS county services topic could be narrowed and suggested providing legislators with an addendum listing possible subprograms so they would know what they were ranking; Munson Rodriguez said OLA could add a few suggested subtopics and tailor the survey materials. Representative Hansen urged that the MPCA feedlot permitting review focus on effectiveness and environmental and health impacts, not just speed, and Munson Rodriguez said those kinds of questions could be added. The Office of Cannabis Management was viewed as promising but probably too new to evaluate immediately, and the MDH mortuary science program was also seen as worthwhile but potentially delayed because of overlap with other MDH licensing work.
The Minnesota research tax credit drew the most extended discussion. Munson Rodriguez said it remained a weak fit for OLA because of limited data and unclear program goals, and Senator Rest argued it would be better handled by the Department of Revenue’s research staff or possibly the Legislative Budget Office’s tax expenditure research section. Representative Lee asked whether OLA’s financial audit division could review whether the credit “pays for itself,” but Munson Rodriguez said that would require econometric analysis outside the financial audit division’s normal work. The committee did not take a formal vote in the portion provided, but the chair indicated the tax credit issue should be brought to the full commission agenda, and the meeting continued with additional topic review, including the Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which staff said was heavily federally controlled and already reviewed by federal OIG, limiting OLA’s likely impact.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> covered under the general fraud statute. covered under the general fraud statute.
- They could be others who may be vulnerable individuals who, it's like any other fraud.
- They could be others who may be vulnerable individuals who, it's like any other fraud.
- They could be others who may be vulnerable individuals who, it's like any other fraud.
- </c><00:32:52.320><c> They're</c> it's like any other fraud. They're it's like any other fraud.
Committee:
Senate Elections
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a big problem with fraud in that area.
- It does not attempt to measure any kind of fraud.
- There's fraud in Medicaid.
- We do have to do the fraud reduction for SNAP so that we don't lose the money.
- We do have to do the fraud reduction for SNAP so that we don't lose the money.
Bills:
S0006 , S0026 , S0206 , S0532 , S0576 , S1012 , S1110 , S1178 , S1192 , S1758 , S1760 , S7046 , S7048
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee met and considered a large agenda of bills, reporting several measures favorably. Early action included SB 6, a settled claim bill involving the Department of Children and Families and the estate of Leila Estrada and Sapphire Williams, which was approved for $3.8 million. The committee also passed a cybersecurity internships bill creating a Department of Commerce program with Cyber Florida, and SB 532, which lets clerks of court retain the full amount of certain excess revenue and clarifies foreclosure-sale procedures. Veterans housing measures, CS for CS for SB 1602 and SB 1604, were approved to create a pilot program and a related trust fund for vacancy relief and risk mitigation for veteran housing. The committee also favorably reported SB 1110 on Medicaid and insurance coverage for orthotics and prosthetics, with emotional testimony from a student and family describing the high cost and importance of activity-specific prosthetics.
Members also approved CS for CS for SB 1012 after adopting an amendment that removed inmate emergency and specialty medical service compensation provisions while retaining changes to the contractor-operated institutions inmate welfare trust fund. Another bill, CS for CS for SB 1614, was narrowed by a delete-all amendment to focus on limiting the use of excess fees for new building construction by local governments. All of these measures were reported favorably after brief debate, with some support testimony submitted in writing or waived.
The most extensive discussion centered on CS for CS for SB 17, a major Medicaid and public assistance overhaul. The bill would create a Joint Legislative Committee on Medicaid Oversight, allow the Legislature to retain its own actuary, tighten Medicaid program oversight, update encounter-data reporting, set performance standards for managed care plans, revise pharmacy benefit manager rules, and require DCF to implement SNAP fraud-reduction and payment-accuracy reforms, including photo IDs on EBT cards and updated work requirements. It also would direct agencies to seek federal waivers for Medicaid work requirements for able-bodied adults and expanded behavioral health services. After lengthy questioning and testimony, the committee adopted amendments adding a transitional medical benefits glide path for people who gain employment and later lose Medicaid eligibility, and exempting hospice patients with six months or less to live. Supporters argued the bill would improve accountability, reduce fraud, and save money, while opponents warned it would create administrative burdens, increase paperwork, and cause eligible people to lose coverage or food assistance. The committee ultimately reported the bill favorably as amended.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Professional Registration and Licensing Feb 25th, 2026 at 08:30 am
Professional Registration and Licensing
Transcript Highlights:
- If it had been fraud, has he, you know, filed a bill to correct that fraud? If not, I wish he had.
- And Missouri's, according to FY24, our SNAP fraud rate, fraud slash error rate, is 9.42.
- The Medicaid fraud rate, you know, has fluctuated.
- reasons, but that would be a fraud.
- There's enough fraud as it is.