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• Excited to go through it, and I'm sure you funded a tremendous amount of the Senate priorities.
• That was obviously our goal, Senator. So is there anyone wishing to address the conference?
• That was obviously our goal, Senator.
• So is there anyone wishing to address the conference committee?
• If there's no further business of the conference committee, Senator Trumbull moves that we adjourn, and

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• We now move to the fifth order of business, which is reports of committees. Senator Murphy?
• Senator Senator Murphy, the motion to adopt the committee reports. Thank you, Mr. President.
• Pursuant to rule 5.1, I move that Senate File 4515 be withdrawn from the Committee on Rules and Administration
• Uh, Senator Marty, you want this bill re-referred to the Committee on Finance, is that correct?
• I move that in accordance with the report from the Committee on Labor reported April 7th, 2026, the Senate

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• Senator Pearl for the of seven to zero. Senator Pearl for the committee. committee. committee.
• Senator McConi for the of 5 to zero. Senator McConi for the committee. committee. committee.
• Senator Abbis for the vote of 3 to two. Senator Abbis for the committee. committee. committee.
• Senator Ganon for the committee. to2. Senator Ganon for the committee.
• Senator McConi for the committee. Z. Senator McConi for the committee.

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• The Senate Committee on Appropriations will now come to order. Good morning, everyone.
• Our next author is Senator Cabaldon. Our next author is Senator Cabaldon.
• Next author, Senator Limon. Next author, Senator Limon.
• Our next author is Senator Rubio. Our next author is Senator Rubio.
• Remember that we will be posting hearing results on the Senate Appropriations Committee website, and

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• The Senate will come to order. The Senate will come to order. Secretary, please call the roll.
• I was just informed by the senator, good senator from Santa Cruz, that Mr.
• Moving next to committee announcements, Senator Chavantes. Thank you, Mr. President.
• The Senate Appropriations Committee will be convening for our suspense hearing 10 minutes after floor
• Thank you, Senator.

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• On behalf of the committee on conference, the following senators are appointed to the committee on conference
• So, those are the uh Senate committee.
• Government Operations and the Senate Government Operations and the Senate Committee<01:06:46.520
• Recognize the senator from Chittenden, Senator Vyhovsky, for the report of the Committee on Government
• from Washington, Senator Perchlik, for the report of the Committee on Appropriations.

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Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you, Senator Allen, Senator Rubio.
• As Joint Committee Chair, the longest Joint Committee Chair for the arts.
• As joint committee chair, the longest joint committee chair, I think in the legislature as joint committee
• Committee, Chairman Allen and Senator Rubio. My name is Aaron.
• Good afternoon, committee, Chairman Allen and Senator Rubio.

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• Today is May 13th, and this is the meeting of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.
• As Senator Boudreaux said, we had a committee that ended at four something last night.
• As Senator Boudreau said, we had a committee that ended at four something last night.
• We have a will committee motion by Senator Luneau to report House Bill 414 as amended.
• Evelyn Griffin, Surgeon General, distinguished chairman and committee members, senators.

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Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 13 with a quorum present and approved the prior meeting minutes. The committee first heard HB 971, which would equalize Medicaid reimbursement rates between independent clinics and hospital-owned rural health clinics; supporters said independent clinics are disadvantaged by a large payment disparity, and the bill was reported favorable without objection. The committee also recognized visiting Alpha Phi Alpha members and other guests during personal privilege remarks. Members then considered HB 414, which would bar hiring certain health care workers and direct support professionals with serious disqualifying convictions from other states and address background-check issues for therapeutic group homes. After adopting three amendment sets, the bill was reported as amended. HB 740, creating an independent review process for Medicaid behavioral health claim disputes in the coordinated system of care, was amended to clarify applicability and CSOC definitions and then reported as amended. HB 288, which would place the term “miscarriage” alongside “spontaneous abortion” in medical documentation, drew emotional testimony from affected parents and advocates; the committee reported it favorable. The committee also advanced several more bills: HB 405, updating the name of the national acupuncture certifying body, was reported favorable; HB 786, prohibiting extrapolation in certain managed-care claims recoupments, was reported favorable; HB 1095, allowing alternative backup power sources for nursing homes, was reported favorable; HB 403, raising the cottage food gross-sales cap, was amended from $50,000 to $150,000 and then reported favorable; HB 930, modernizing cosmetic-product regulation and creating a small-producer exemption, was reported favorable; HB 557, defining long-term pharmacies for policy purposes, was reported favorable; HB 779, on expedited partner therapy for sexually transmitted diseases, was reported favorable; HB 915, setting utilization-management timelines and standards, was reported favorable; HB 546, expanding criteria for peace officers to take someone into protective custody during a mental health crisis, was reported favorable; HB 796, creating a chiropractic preceptorship program, was reported favorable; and HB 933, authorizing commemorative birth certificates, was reported favorable. The final major item was HB 1041, a “no-mandate” bill barring discrimination based on medical intervention status. The sponsor and Surgeon General said it was aimed at healthy, asymptomatic individuals and not at public health quarantine powers, but Senator Boudreaux objected to exemptions for schools and hospitals and offered an amendment to restore broader coverage. That amendment failed on a roll-call vote, and the bill remained under discussion as the transcript ended, with no final committee disposition shown in the excerpt.

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• On behalf of Senator Herr, I move the Senate accede to the request of the House for a conference committee
• on Conference Committees on the part of the Senate to act with the like conference committee appointed
• On behalf of Senator Her, I move the Senate accede to the request of the House for a conference committee
• Committees on the part of the Senate to act with the like conference committee appointed on the part
• The Senate is in a brief recess for the purpose of appointing conference committee members.

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Summary: The Senate opened under call, received a prayer and pledge, and then proceeded through routine business including roll call, quorum, and messages from the House. The chamber concurred in House amendments to Senate File 3210, a human rights bill concerning disability accommodations, and then passed the bill on final passage by a vote of 42-22. The Senate also received several House messages on conference committees and returned bills, including SF 4476, SF 4612, and SF 4760, and agreed to conference committees on House File 3426 (Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund appropriations) and House File 4252 (higher education student aid reporting). The Senate adopted committee reports and moved several bills through second reading and introduction stages. In motions and resolutions, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution 86, which governs Senate business during the interim between sessions; the sponsor explained that most changes were cleanup and modernization, with one substantive change allowing the Secretary of the Senate to appoint someone to fill a vacancy in an elected officer position for the remainder of the interim. The resolution passed 57-0. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 87, commemorating deceased senators Bruce Anderson, Carrie Dietick, Alice Johnson, Bob Kurlin, Don Samuelson, James Yuland, and Ray Vander, followed by a moment of silence. The Senate then took up confirmations of three Minnesota Tax Court judges: Jane Bowman, Bradford Deopena, and Beverly Luther Quest. Supporters cited their combined public- and private-sector tax law experience, and the appointments were confirmed. Later, the chamber designated special orders and debated Senate File 3891, which would allow eggs to be donated up to 30 days past their quality assurance date to food shelves; supporters emphasized food insecurity, food waste reduction, and the bill’s support from food shelves and retailers. The bill passed 65-0. The Senate also considered House File 4240 on election administration, adopting an amendment that replaced House language with Senate language, including polling-place requirements for certain school district elections, a ban on candidates betting on their own elections, and an effective date for Three Rivers Park District reporting; the bill then passed 36-28. The chamber then began consideration of House File 4239, another elections-related bill, taking it from the table and offering an A5 amendment, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.

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• Um, 10:00 a.m., and we are in 1200 Minnesota Senate Building.
• Article 2 of the Senate language. Article 2 of the Senate language.
• <00:09:22.200> changes Senate language makes technical changes Senate language makes technical
• Article 3 Senate language Section 1. Mr. Article 3 Senate language Section 1. Mr. Hudalla.
• <00:10:08.560> language move to adopt Article 3 Senate language move to adopt Article 3 Senate

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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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• committee as follows. Page one, line committee as follows.
• Senator<00:07:23.040> Friends.<00:07:23.760> Yes. Senator Friends. Yes.
• Chair, uh representative uh Senator Chair, uh representative uh Senator Sieber.
• <00:09:25.000> Senator<00:09:25.280> French. Senator Duckworth. Yes.
• Senator French. Senator Duckworth. Yes. Senator French. Yes. Yes. Yes.

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Summary: The committee took up a series of conference amendments to House File 4188. The A24 amendment, described by nonpartisan staff as a technical change to data-sharing language, was modified on the floor to delete everything after the reference to section 295.52, then adopted. The A17 amendment, which adjusted effective dates in a previously enacted liquor bill so several provisions would take effect July 1 instead of August 1, was also adopted after staff noted it affected the happy hour provision and two other liquor-related sections involving coolers/nonalcoholic beverages and resorts. The A20 amendment, which changed notification language and directed penalties into a victim’s crime account, and the A22 amendment, a set of technical corrections requested by the Department of Commerce on reinsurance administration, were both adopted. The A23 amendment, adding residential mortgage originators and servicers into chapter 58, was likewise adopted. The committee then considered several Senate provisions. A motion to adopt Senate Article 4, sections 8 through 12, which would prohibit the sale of cats and dogs in pet stores with a grandfather for existing businesses, was debated and failed on a roll call because it did not receive enough House-side votes. A separate motion to adopt Senate Article 4, section 35, dealing with paddle wheel prizes and the maximum value of merchandise prizes for paddle tickets, also failed for lack of sufficient House-side support. Another Senate motion to adopt Article 4, sections 13 through 14, which would restrict minors’ access to chat bots and create Attorney General enforcement and a transition period, was discussed at length. Supporters framed it as a consumer protection measure, while Chair O'Driscoll raised concerns about enforceability and broader AI-related policy needs; the motion failed on a roll call. After the failed motions, the committee recessed to the call of the chair.

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• Senator Duckworth. Yes. Senator<00:01:46.960> Franzen.<00:01:47.480> Yes.
• Senator Franzen. Yes. Senator Franzen. Yes. Co-Chair<00:01:49.000> Keagle.
• Senator<00:03:42.840> O'Driscoll. Senator O'Driscoll. Senator O'Driscoll.
• <00:03:54.960> So, Senate I either. So, Senate I either.
• Senator Senator Senator Representative<00:09:46.600> Driscoll.

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Summary: The committee took up a series of amendments to the bill. Representative Keagle’s A21 amendment, which would have prohibited online sweepstakes games, raised the paddle wheel prize value, and added Hessian pepper as a social skill game, was discussed with support cited from a broad coalition of organizations, but it failed on a roll call vote. The A27 amendment, directing the Department of Commerce to perform a 62J evaluation of home care nursing services, was then adopted after members described it as a temporary step toward a longer-term solution for disability home care issues. Senator French’s A11 amendment, which raises the cap on deposits into the consumer protection restitution account and changes how those funds are distributed to eligible consumers, was also adopted. Representative O’Driscoll then offered the H.F. 4188 A22 amendment, described by counsel as incorporating language from House File 4333 on short-term and long-term home care insurance; members supported it as a way to expand private insurance options, and it was adopted. Finally, Representative Keagle moved Article 3, Section 11, a provision to reimburse clinical trainees providing mental health services at full rates, and that motion was adopted as well. Afterward, the committee authorized nonpartisan staff to make technical or necessary corrections to the bill, noted that the bill would not be wrapped up that day, and then adjourned.

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• I chair the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee.
• Senate District 61. I chair the Transportation Committee. Good morning.
• And he urges the conference committee to adopt the Senate position to fully fund the branch's safety
• <00:41:12.400> the committee, both the Senate and the committee, both the Senate and the House
• from members of the committee? from members of the committee? Senator<01:04:57.320> Dibble.

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Summary: The Safety and Security Conference Committee met on May 13, 2026, with a quorum present and no immediate vote taken. Chairs explained the committee was working ahead of a possible target so it could act quickly later if needed, then proceeded with member introductions and a reminder about committee decorum. Staff noted a microphone delay and said the meeting would include a side-by-side walk-through of the House and Senate policy language and a review of the fiscal spreadsheet. Fiscal staff summarized major differences in court, public safety, and legislative security funding. The House and Senate proposals differed on safety and security funding for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and District Courts, as well as on courthouse grants, capital security enhancements, and a new legislative/protective services unit. Staff also reviewed Senate-only and House-only items, including a Senate proposal to require removal of insignia from public safety vehicles sold to the public, and House provisions for a security services task force and member security costs. Total general fund impacts were reviewed, with the House total corrected to include an open appropriation that had been omitted from the spreadsheet totals. Nonpartisan staff then walked through the policy differences. The Senate language focused on a Protective Services Unit and security for principal state officials, while the House language focused on a Legislative Services Unit and security for legislators. Both bills included provisions on Capitol Complex Security, reporting requirements, and reimbursement arrangements with local law enforcement, but differed on details such as whether elected officials must provide contact information to DPS and how requests for personal protective services are handled. The House-only amendment A8 was presented for discussion; it would revise emergency contact provisions, replace the House’s personal protective services request language with a more detailed threat assessment and mitigation framework, direct implementation of the new unit, and make related reimbursement and technical changes. Judge Richard Kyle, president of the Minnesota District Judges Association, testified in support of stronger judicial and court safety measures. He described rising threats against judges, citing survey results showing high rates of judges limiting personal information, receiving inappropriate communications, changing personal behavior, and experiencing threats to themselves and family members. He said the association supports legislative authorization and funding for home security and personal data protections for judicial officers, and emphasized that safety concerns for judges and court staff have become more serious in recent years.

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• This is our ninth meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Labor for the 2026 legislative session.
• This afternoon, we're joined by Senator Jackson, member_7056, and Senator Zellner, member_23623, as well
• as Senator Mattera, member_7107, and, as always, our Ranking Member, Senator Rhoads, member_7142.
• We have been joined by Senator Ryan, member_21252, Senator Scarcella-Spanton, member_7144, and Senator
• Senator Mayer, you're just in time for Senate Bill 7999 by Senator Mayer, member_6946: an act to amend

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Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Labor met for its ninth meeting of the 2026 session, chaired by Senator Jessica Ramos, with several members present including Senators Jackson, Zellner, Mattera, Rhoads, Ryan, Scarcella-Spanton, and Mayer. The committee considered five bills covering workers’ compensation, unemployment benefits for employees of certain educational institutions, creation of an Office of Special Investigation for work-related matters, establishment of a wage data clearinghouse, and a requirement that employers obtain written acknowledgements of sexual harassment prevention policies and programs in English and an employee’s primary language. Each bill was moved by committee members and approved without recorded opposition. Senate Bills 3948, 5623, 7999, and 9141 were reported to Finance, while Senate Bill 10057 was reported to the calendar. No testimony or substantive debate was included in the transcript beyond brief bill descriptions and motions.

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• Secretary will read. >> Senator May moves to discharge from the Committee on Higher Education, Assembly
• moves to discharge from the Committee on Health, Assembly Bill 8849, and substitute the identical Senate
• Bill 9401A, Third Reading Calendar 813. >> Senator Ramos moves to discharge from the Committee on Consumer
• 834. >> Senator Sutton moves to discharge from the Committee on Higher Education, Assembly Bill 9566
• FROM THE COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, ASSEMBLY BILL 7301B AND SUBSTITUTE THE IDENTICAL SENATE BILL

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Summary: The Senate opened with routine business, approved the prior journal, and received several motions to discharge identical Assembly bills from committee and substitute corresponding Senate bills. Members also offered brief recognitions for visitors, including Yemeni American community advocates and Cheri Davis, who was honored for her Alzheimer’s advocacy and support work. The chamber then took up several previously adopted resolutions, including Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, Period Poverty Awareness Week, and Nurses Week, with senators speaking in support of each measure’s purpose and importance. The body then moved through a long calendar of bills, passing a wide range of measures on education, public health, correction law, environmental conservation, municipal law, agriculture, and consumer protection. Notable floor discussion included Senator Ramos explaining her support for a bill requiring salons and similar businesses to display multilingual domestic violence resource information, and Senator Gianaris and Senator Borrello debating a bill to prohibit electronic shelf labeling in stores over concerns about surveillance, dynamic pricing, and impacts on brick-and-mortar retailers. Senator May and Senator Skoufis also spoke on an environmental conservation bill concerning American eel management, with May supporting the species protections and Skoufis objecting to the bill’s structure. Most bills were adopted by wide margins, though several drew recorded negative votes. The Senate passed the domestic violence information bill, the electronic shelf-labeling bill, and multiple other measures, including bills on eviction notice procedures, surrogate court procedure, and environmental conservation. After completing the calendar, the Senate reported no further business and adjourned until the next day at 11:00 a.m.

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• And then we have vote sheets from Senator Baskin, Senator Serrano, Senator Stavisky, Senator Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
• , and Senator Weik.
• Okay, for the record, we have Senator Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick is an AWR. Allow it, Senator Baskin.
• Senator Baskin is an AWR, along with Senator Serrano.
• Senator Stavisky and myself have an I, and we have a NAY from Senator Weik. Okay, thank you.

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Summary: The Women’s Issues Committee met on May 13 at 9:34 a.m. with a quorum present and several members voting by sheet. The committee first considered S-845, which would prohibit drug, cannabis, or alcohol testing and screening of pregnant or postpartum individuals and newborns without informed consent. Supporters emphasized that the bill is about requiring written or oral consent and addressing disproportionate impacts on Black and brown mothers. The bill was reported to the Committee on Alcoholism, with Senator Weik voting no and several members recorded as aye without recommendation or in favor. The committee then advanced several public health measures. S-2121, on education and outreach related to home visiting programs, and a bill directing the Department of Health to create an informational pamphlet about liposcopic power motion surgery technique both moved to first reading. S-3576A, establishing a statewide fibroid study program, was approved and referred to finance. S-8584, requiring two EBT cards for certain WIC households, and S-9084, creating a maternal health monitoring pilot program, were also approved and referred to finance, with Senator Weik recorded as without recommendation on both and one opposition noted on S-9084. The final bill, S-9733, would require maternal mortality review boards to share annual information with New York City and county health departments, including patterns, best practices, and data related to maternal mortality and morbidity. It was approved and referred to health, again with Senator Weik recorded as without recommendation. The meeting ended at 9:49 a.m., and the chair noted another Women’s Issues Committee meeting would be held the following week with bills and a guest speaker.

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• I'm State Senator Kevin Parker, the Chairman of the Standing Committee, the Senate Committee on Energy
• I am joined by my colleagues here: Senator Mario Mattera, who is the raker on the committee; Senator
• Thomas O'Mara; Senator Christopher Ryan; Senator Rachel May; Senator Michelle Hinchey; and Senator Kristen
• But it's not necessarily the purview of this committee or the state senate. I don't know.
• But it's not necessarily the purview of this committee or the state senate.

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Summary: The Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee, chaired by Senator Kevin Parker, met to consider a series of energy, utility, housing, and labor-related bills. The committee discussed Senator Parker’s clean hydrogen bill authorizing NYSERDA to administer programs to fund clean hydrogen projects, with members debating how it would be financed through NYSERDA’s system benefit charge and RGGI funds and whether there should be a fiscal estimate. Despite concerns from some members about cost transparency and the use of ratepayer-supported funds, the bill advanced to the Finance Committee with three without-recommendation votes. The committee also advanced Senator Parker’s bill directing NYSERDA to study hydrogen feasibility, Senator Gonzalez’s Green Affordable Pre-Electrification Program bill, Senator Hinchey’s natural carbon sequestration research program bill, Senator Gineris’s bill increasing penalties for utility annual report failures, Senator Comrie’s EV charging fee transparency bill, and Senator Parker’s battery energy storage workforce and labor standards bill. Senator Comrie’s outage hotline bill moved to third reading, while Senator Parker’s renewable hydrogen center program bill advanced despite a technical objection that a deadline in the bill had already passed, and the battery storage bill was referred to the Labor Committee. Several bills drew specific concerns. On the outage hotline bill, members questioned whether small municipal electric and water systems should be exempted rather than required to petition for an exemption, and one member said they would not support the bill without a carve-out. On the annual report penalty bill, members asked about the lack of documentation for the penalty increase and whether municipal utilities would be affected; the sponsor explained the penalty was updated from a 1900-era statute to reflect inflation and that municipal utilities file with the PSC. On the EV charging transparency bill, a member suggested the bill should also require credit card payment options, not just prohibit mobile-device-only payment. On the battery storage labor bill, members asked whether remote operations would count as on-site work and whether out-of-state remote monitoring would be covered; the sponsor said that was the intent and would follow up with labor counsel on residency questions. The committee concluded by adjourning after moving the listed bills forward.

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• I'm going to call together the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. It is May 13th, 2026.
• Today we've just got one agenda item, and that is a proposal, Senate File 4696, Senator Maye Quade.
• Welcome to the committee.
• Senator Maye Quade, seeing no questions, Senator Limmer moves that the provisions of Senate Concurrent
• committee report be adopted.

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• The Conference Committee Report adopts the Senate Committee amendments and adds an additional set of
• Okay, Senator Miller moves to adopt the committee minutes of HB 842.
• Reported by the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs: Senate Bill 121, reported with amendments
• With committee amendments, Senator Miller moves adoption of the committee amendments.
• It comes from the Committee on Agriculture favorably. Senator Kathy. Thank you, Senator Kathy.

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• And I welcome all of you to the most popular committee meeting going on.
• So on the next committee, there will be a ton grayed out, I believe.
• Thank you, Senator.
• Thank you, Senator Brodeur, for your offer.
• Anyone wish to address the conference committee?

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