Video & Transcript Research : 'House Resolution 224'
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- Tom Burn, House GOP Research. My name is Isaac Pon.
- I’ll just start out by saying House File 6 covers several of the education priorities for the House Republican
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Republican priorities for the house Republican priorities for the house Republican - express my strong opposition to house express my strong opposition to house file<00:54:08.960>
- I'm here to testify today against House File 6.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 2/12/25
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
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- House Veterans and Military Affairs Division to order.
- When he bought his house, it cost him $89,000. Today that house is valued at $312,000.
- Our disabled vets and spouses, we... $89,000 today that house is valued AT3 $89,000 today that house
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representative U last year in the house representative U last year in the house - House File 195 is re-referred to Taxes.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
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- that seniors have a right to housing that seniors have a right to housing care<01:05:14.279>
- Simply put, supportive housing works.
- I'm here today to briefly highlight two critical supportive housing programs: housing support and housing
- We are adjourned. to the housing stabilization Services to the housing stabilization Services Program
- Supportive Housing is an effective Supportive Housing program<01:41:51.560>
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
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- Welcome to the House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee.
- Today we do have a quorum in the House, so thank you very much for making it here, members.
- Tomorrow we're hearing House File 11.
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floor passing anything off the house floor passing anything off the house floor - Opposition from the GOP the last two years on the House floor.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
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- The next bill on the agenda is House File ... House File 131.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Republican Press Conference 2/12/25
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- I'm State Representative Christa Kuden from House District 5A, and I'm here to talk to you about a bill
- It's House File 25, and this bill is a supporting women bill.
- This had 17 years of bipartisan support between the Senate and the House, and the need exists today for
- This had 17 years of bipartisan support between the Senate and the House, and the need exists today for
- and the need exists today and the house and the need exists today for<00:01:22.479>
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
'Parent's Bill of Rights' bill advances in House committee 2/12/25
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- I will move to refer House File 22 to the Education Policy Committee, so the bill is before us.
- I'm happy to bring forward House File 22.
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file house file house file 22<00:33:26.519>any <00:33:26.760>other - I will renew my motion to re-refer House File 22 to the Committee on Education Policy.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
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- I represent House District 10B, which includes five counties in central Minnesota.
- Taylor, Janelle Taylor, with House Research.
- This is my first year as a House page. I am a DFL researcher. Good stuff.
- Our next meeting will be Thursday, February 13th, and we'll be taking up House File 8.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House higher education panel debates bill to restrict state aid for undocumented immigrants 2/11/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- We’ll be talking about House File 10.
- I’m going to move House File 10 to be recommended to be re-referred to the Committee on Health Finance
- I represent House District 10B in central Minnesota and am honored to present House File 10 before you
- be re-referred to the House Committee on Health Finance and Policy.
- I renew my motion that House File 10 be recommended to be re-referred to the House Committee on Health
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
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- I will call the meeting to order of the House Children and Families Committee. Take one.
- Well, I guess we can quick the House rules are in your document. House rules are in your document.
- Berg on House Fiscal staff, and I'll have...
- mock uh I'm Annie Mock with house mock uh I'm Annie Mock with house research<00:05:07.080>
and - Berg on House Fiscal staff. And I'll have the record show that Mr.
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- I represent District 63A in the House, which is part of South Minneapolis.
- House fiscal staff: I've been here; this will be my seventh session.
- House fiscal staff: I've been here; this will be my seventh session.
- Suve Beckle, House fiscal...
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fiscal uh if she'll go over the house fiscal uh if she'll go over the house
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
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- I've been with the House since 2011. Mr. Chair, Jeff Witte with House research.
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since I've been with the house since I've been with the house since 2011<00 - 2011 Mr chair Jeff dble with house 2011 Mr chair Jeff dble with house research<00:07:50.599>
- House File 7 is a priorities bill from the House Republican caucus in the public safety area.
- come from the bill that House come from the bill that House Republicans<00:10:31.160>
have
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
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- Yeah, Ben Frey, House Republican Research. Over here, H. Jennifer Nelson, House DFL Research.
- Yeah, Ben Frey, House Republican Research. Over here, H. Jennifer Nelson, House DFL Research.
- Yeah, Ben Frey, House Republican Research. Over here, H. Jennifer Nelson, House DFL Research.
- Yeah, Ben Frey, House Republican Research. Over here, H. Jennifer Nelson, House DFL Research.
- Yeah, Ben Frey, House Republican Research. Over here, H. Jennifer Nelson, House DFL Research.
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- Hi, Cynthia Templin, House Fiscal.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25 - Part 1
Energy Finance and Policy
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- I'm here to support House File 9.
- Industries I ask you to oppose house Industries I ask you to oppose house file<00:36:32.520>
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
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- Mota good morning Molly Peterson house Mota good morning Molly Peterson house dfl research<00:02
- Danielle Penelli from House Research, Joe Harney, House Fiscal, Doug Berg, House Fiscal, and Sarah Sunderman
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- programs, Safe Harbor shelter and housing programs, Safe Harbor shelter, Housing Shelter Link youth
- programs, Safe Harbor shelter and housing programs, Safe Harbor shelter, Housing Shelter Link youth
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25 - Part 2
Energy Finance and Policy
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without - Chair Murphy, thank you for the opportunity to present House File 9 before the Energy Committee.
- With eight ayes and seven nos, the House File 9 will move on to the Committee on Taxes and is passed.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House panel hears bill proposing constitutional amendment to return surpluses to taxpayers 2/11/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- Now have House File 4, Representative Johnson, if you want to come up for the hearing table.
- Representative Johnson moves House File 4.
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- I thank you for the opportunity to share our deep concerns with House File 4.
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Summary:
House File 4, as amended, was heard in committee. The bill proposes a constitutional amendment to create a Minnesota tax relief account that would capture projected general fund revenues exceeding 105% of projected expenditures and return those funds to taxpayers, primarily through property tax relief or income tax relief. The committee adopted an amendment to put the bill in the author’s preferred shape, and later adopted a technical amendment from Representative Smith to insert the word “projected” before “expenditures” on line 2.2.
Representative Johnson presented the bill as an affordability measure meant to return surplus money to the people rather than create new spending, arguing it would help homeowners and taxpayers if a surplus occurs. Ranna Lee of Americans for Prosperity supported the concept of returning surplus funds to taxpayers but also urged broader tax and budget reforms, including triggers for rate reductions and changes to budgeting practices. Nan Madden of the Minnesota Budget Project and Eric Bernstein of We Make Minnesota opposed the proposal, warning that embedding budget and tax rules in the Constitution would reduce legislative flexibility, weaken public investment, shift costs to local governments, and make it harder to respond to recessions or emergencies.
Members raised questions about how the formula would work, who would qualify for refunds, whether corporations with property tax liability could benefit, and how the proposal would handle forecast-based calculations and unexpected events such as pandemics or federal policy changes. House research and committee staff clarified that the bill would need to go to Ways and Means and then Rules to satisfy House requirements for constitutional amendments, and that a fiscal note had been requested and was in process. The committee did not take final action on the bill in the portion of the transcript provided, but the motion before it was to recommend passage and send House File 4 to Ways and Means.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
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- This is my first term on this committee, second term overall in the House.
- This is my first term on this committee, second term overall in the House.
- I represent Blaine, Ham Lake, and Columbus in the Minnesota House.
- I'm Solve Beckle, House fiscal staff.
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Summary:
The Minnesota House Commerce Committee held its inaugural meeting with Chair Tim O’Driscoll and co-chair Representative Greg Davids opening the session and inviting members to introduce themselves. Members briefly described their districts, business backgrounds, and priorities, with recurring themes including small business competitiveness, insurance and health care access, property and real estate issues, agriculture, and making Minnesota easier to do business in. Committee staff also introduced themselves and reminded members and testifiers about sign-in procedures and microphone use.
The committee then heard an overview from Eric Toell, interim director of the Office of Cannabis Management, on the agency’s work and budget priorities. He said the office now oversees adult-use cannabis, medical cannabis, and hemp-derived cannabinoid products, has grown from about nine employees to 90 full-time staff plus temporary workers, and has been working with a Cannabis Advisory Council on testing, warning labels, and implementation issues. He also described outreach efforts, including webinars, newsletters, guidebooks for local governments, and office hours for applicants, along with enforcement of hemp-derived product rules through more than 3,000 inspections and an increase in compliance rates from about 35% to 75%.
Toell also reported that the medical cannabis program has surpassed 51,000 patients and nearly 2,500 registered health care providers, and that a chronic pain report found more than a third of patients reported decreased pain. On the adult-use side, he said the office has posted proposed rules for public comment, plans to adopt them after review, and will open a licensing window from February 18 to March 14. He explained that the office is also managing community reinvestment grants and a technical assistance grant, with an emphasis on safeguards to ensure funds reach intended recipients. No votes were taken during this meeting.