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• </c><00:03:51.159><c> about</c> having uh been quickly educated about having uh been quickly educated
• </c> then Maria King from the uh Minnesota then Maria King from the uh Minnesota Department<00:25:52.399
• Greater Minnesota is missed um then the Greater Minnesota is missed um then the following<00:30:45.519
• </c> not an option for over half of Minnesota not an option for over half of Minnesota senior senior
• </c><01:24:15.679><c> in</c> member of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota in member of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota

Bills: HF1419 , HF500

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: nursing facilities, reimbursement rates, elderly care, minimum wage, healthcare funding, nursing home, employment standards, worker rights, Minnesota Statutes, labor compensation, 1183, house

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• This includes the development of My Minnesota Conservator and My Minnesota Guardian, online platforms
• </c> any response to the education piece? any response to the education piece?
• Minnesota should be among them.
• Minnesota should be among them. Minnesota should be among them.
• Minnesota. Minnesota. &gt;&gt; Um,<01:26:07.679><c> thank</c><01:26:07.920><c> you.

Bills: HF3901 , HF962 , HF4428 , HF4478 , HF1775

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: foster care, ombudsperson, investigative powers, children's rights, complaint process, HF4428, Medical Assistance, Medicaid, community engagement, work requirement, work mandate, employment requirement, community service, 80 hours, half-time student, income threshold, federal minimum wage, eligibility verification, benefit suspension, benefit termination

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• education.
• Um with our educational protections.
• </c> because um the some of the educational because um the some of the educational funding<00:11:02.079
• </c> educational funding is is also tied. educational funding is is also tied.
• </c> unlikely events that a Minnesota unlikely events that a Minnesota veterans<00:18:04.640><c> home

Bills: HF3540 , HF3522 , HF3544

Committee: House Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Keywords: veterans rights, employment discrimination, human rights, Minnesota laws, protected classes, veterans, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, veterans affairs, Secret War in Laos, SGU veteran, Hmong veterans, Laotian veterans, honor guard, military funeral honors, state veterans cemetery, burial eligibility, veterans home, temporary closure, state active service, National Guard

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• Minnesota Department of Transportation Minnesota Department of Transportation Mandot<00:03:57.599><c>
• </c> Minnesota new, excuse me, Minnesota Minnesota new, excuse me, Minnesota newspaper<00:31:23.600><
• </c> I work for the Association of Minnesota I work for the Association of Minnesota Counties.<00:32:
• We surveyed our entire Minnesota.
• </c><00:51:31.520><c> They</c> especially in rural Minnesota. They especially in rural Minnesota.

Bills: HF1532 , HF1290 , HF2231 , HF2013

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Keywords: eminent domain, reimbursement, property acquisition, appraisal, landowner rights, HF1290, AED, automatic external defibrillator, defibrillator signage, wayfinding signs, roadside signs, directional signage, public access AED, emergency medical response, cardiac arrest, sudden cardiac arrest, public safety, Minnesota Department of Transportation, road authority, transportation law

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• </c> couple years ago um in Donley Minnesota couple years ago um in Donley Minnesota it<00:03:06.599>
• , Higher Education, the Interagency Council on Homelessness, and Minnesota Management and Budget.
• higher education the safety education higher education the inter<00:24:56.760><c> agency</c><00:24:57.159
• </c><00:27:10.200><c> can</c> are the best steps that Minnesota can are the best steps that Minnesota
• </c> 2023 70% of Overdose deaths in Minnesota 2023 70% of Overdose deaths in Minnesota involved<00:31

Bills: HF696 , HF1429 , HF1379

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF696, rural EMS, ambulance, emergency medical services, uncompensated care, payment pool, rural health, Office of Emergency Medical Services, public safety answering point, PSAP, nontransport, unpaid ambulance calls, EMS reimbursement, rural ambulance provider, general fund appropriation, Minnesota health finance, specialized life support, metropolitan counties, emergency response funding, HF1429

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• First and the state of Minnesota.
• </c> the safe transportation of Minnesota the safe transportation of Minnesota students.<00:21:20.480
• </c><00:46:29.920><c> Last</c> cooperatives across Minnesota. Last cooperatives across Minnesota.
• </c> &gt;&gt; Well, just in Minnesota. &gt;&gt; Well, just in Minnesota.
• &gt;&gt; Just<00:57:40.000><c> in</c><00:57:40.160><c> Minnesota.</c> &gt;&gt; Just in Minnesota.

Bills: HF3131 , HF3436 , HF3106 , HF3241 , HF3531

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: cancer, disability, parking certificates, transportation, state law, school bus, schoolchildren, student safety, traffic safety, stop arm, flashing red lights, amber lights, passing a school bus, 20 feet, vehicle stopping distance, driver duties, school transportation, Minnesota traffic law, school bus law, bus stop signal

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• I'm here today because Section 3 of the DE3, starting on line 3.12, is a new section under Minnesota
• Probably know, it was the biggest fine in the history of the state of Minnesota.
• My wife, Laurie, and I live in Plymouth, Minnesota, and we are the very proud parents of Joseph.
• Minnesota has a long history of supporting these veterans and acknowledging their sacrifices.
• House File 1225 is a simple, common-sense way to honor and support Minnesota disabled veterans.

Bills: HF1355 , HF78 , HF1846 , HF1225

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: commercial diving, scuba diving safety, aquatic plant management, workplace safety, environmental regulations, HF78, Minnesota veterans, veteran retreats, Camp Bliss, Walker, Independent Lifestyles Inc., Department of Veterans Affairs, veterans affairs grant, general fund appropriation, family members, spouse, domestic partner, children, therapy, transportation

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• Education and stop payment on those Education and stop payment on those funds<00:07:46.479><c> um</c>
• </c><00:29:56.760><c> from</c> throughout the state of Minnesota from throughout the state of Minnesota
• are educating at the University of Minnesota here.
• Highly Educated people that we<00:59:33.799><c> are</c><00:59:33.920><c> educating</c><00:59:34.359>
• at the University of we are educating at the University of Minnesota<00:59:35.760><c> here</c><00:59

Bills: HF4 , HF173

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: tax relief fund, budget surplus, surplus revenue, tax rebate, tax refund, one-time refund, income tax, property tax, constitutional amendment, Minnesota Constitution, general fund, budget reserve, taxpayer relief, state surplus, fiscal forecast, wealthy taxpayers, high-income exclusion, 2026 ballot, referendum, surplus distribution

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• So thank you. for people in Minnesota. I have a couple for people in Minnesota.
• <c> more</c> This is making Minnesota more This is making Minnesota more affordable.<01:42:07.840><c>
• </c> district supervisor, Minnesota district district supervisor, Minnesota district supervisor<01:42
• </c> things down here to make Minnesota things down here to make Minnesota affordable,<01:43:00.960><
• </c><01:47:10.880><c> needs,</c> us when uh there are education needs, us when uh there are education

Bills: HF3694 , HF3844 , HF4006 , HF3785 , HF3849 , HF4102 , HF3441 , HF3507 , HF3562

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: transportation, tow trucks, variable message signs, road safety, emergency service, optometrist, window glazing, motor vehicle regulations, medical prescriptions, transportation safety, infrastructure, construction, appropriation, state project, motorized bicycles, motorcycles, electric vehicles, transportation regulations, safety standards, dealer license

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• If it's banned or illegal in the United States or in Minnesota, I'll just talk about Minnesota, from
• Minnesota has been a leader in regulating social media.
• I'm the CEO of Save Suicide Awareness Voices of Education.
• There were 61,000 live births in Minnesota in 2023.
• The Chief of General Pediatrics at Children's Minnesota.

Bills: HF2779 , HF1645 , HF1885 , HF1289 , HF1534 , HF2707 , HF1675 , HF3046

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

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• </c> to be ahead of that trend in Minnesota. to be ahead of that trend in Minnesota.
• </c><00:06:21.199><c> Our</c> Healthcare Minnesota, and Iowa. Our Healthcare Minnesota, and Iowa.
• communities in Minnesota. This communities in Minnesota.
• It's a matter of of education.
• about Minnesota.

Bills: HF2779 , HF1645 , HF1885 , HF1289 , HF1534 , HF2707 , HF1675 , HF3046

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

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• The changes must be adopted by January 1st, 2026, for Minnesota to meet NAIC accreditation standards.
• Adding them to Minnesota statutes would ensure that we maintain strong insurance solvency requirements
• The peg that the state of Minnesota was using is no longer valid or relevant; it kind of went away.
• About the educator and hero Driscoll here.
• There were two provisions that are in the bill for the University of Minnesota licensing.

Bills: HF2601 , HF2607 , HF2027 , HF2608

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: financial institutions, insurance regulation, insurance holding company, group capital calculation, liquidity stress test, NAIC, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, insurer solvency, affiliate transactions, groupwide supervision, internationally active insurance group, lead state commissioner, policyholder protection, hazardous financial condition, deposit or bond, contract for deed, conventional loan, cooperative apartment loan, mortgage interest rate cap, average prime offer rate

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• </c> file 566 to help Greater Minnesota file 566 to help Greater Minnesota communities<00:05:28.720><
• </c> here today representing the Minnesota here today representing the Minnesota Chiefs<00:14:41.519>
• I am the executive director of the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota. I live in Rochester, Minnesota.
• must be Minnesota-titled and pay Minnesota tab fees.
• must be Minnesota-titled and pay Minnesota tab fees.

Bills: HF2066 , HF340 , HF341 , HF566 , HF2107 , HF2130

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: electric bicycles, tax rebate, transportation, environment, local economy, fleeing peace officer, culpable negligence, traffic laws, public safety, motor vehicle offenses, driving violations, penalties, license suspension, traffic enforcement, all-terrain vehicle, ATV, class 1 ATV, class 2 ATV, road rights-of-way, public roads

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• I'm bringing it forward because the governor is proposing to cut Minnesota nursing homes.
• The standards will impact Minnesota.
• </c><00:10:47.800><c> and</c> member of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and member of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota
• Next is Brian Elliott, SEIU Minnesota State Council. Thank you for having me.
• </c> employees International Union Minnesota employees International Union Minnesota state<00:14:39.399

Bills: HF1419 , HF500

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: nursing facilities, reimbursement rates, elderly care, minimum wage, healthcare funding, nursing home, employment standards, worker rights, Minnesota Statutes, labor compensation, 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 500, which would require the legislature to fund the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board’s standards before they could take effect. An author’s DE2 amendment was adopted first; the amendment was described as pausing the board’s standards unless the legislature estimates and fully pays the cost for each nursing home. The bill author argued that mandates without money create serious consequences for seniors and providers, and said the measure would keep budget authority with the legislature rather than an appointed board. Supporters, including nursing home operators and the Long-Term Care Imperative, said the board’s holiday pay and minimum wage standards would create large unfunded costs, citing estimates ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars for individual facilities and more than $200 million statewide. They argued that some facilities could face debt, reserve depletion, or reduced access to care if the standards are not funded. Opponents, including SEIU workers and union leaders, said the board has improved staffing, recruitment, morale, and worker safety, and that caregivers deserve higher wages and holiday pay. They argued the bill would weaken the board’s ability to address chronic understaffing and would shift focus away from worker protections. Members also debated whether nursing home reimbursement rates have already risen enough to cover wages and whether the problem lies with how funds are used by providers. After public testimony closed, several members spoke in opposition and support. A roll call was requested, and the committee voted 9-7 to re-refer House File 500, as amended, to the Committee on Labor and Workforce and Economic Development Finance and Policy.

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• </c> interviewers from across Minnesota interviewers from across Minnesota receive<00:29:13.679><c> basic
• </c> executive director of NAMI, Minnesota. executive director of NAMI, Minnesota.
• We need Minnesota to follow suit.
• </c> facilitate efforts and to educate facilitate efforts and to educate fosters<01:39:07.760><c> about
• We need Minnesota to follow closed.

Bills: HF2362 , HF2136 , HF1316 , HF2009 , HF1918 , HF1614

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: youth intervention, funding, mental health, education, community programs, HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers

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• </c> Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin. Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin.
• I think we heard Minnesota Farmers Union against, Minnesota Milk against this, Minnesota Pork Producers
• I think we heard Minnesota Farmers Union against, Minnesota Milk against this, Minnesota Pork Producers
• Minnesota. Minnesota.
• Minnesota. Minnesota.

Bills: HF4740 , HF3940

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: financial assurance, feedlot permits, manure storage, environmental compliance, agriculture regulation, abandoned infrastructure, pollution control, environmental impact, animal feedlot, livestock, regulations, Minnesota Rules, 1183, house

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• </c><00:13:27.320><c> Sheriff's</c> letter from the Minnesota Sheriff's letter from the Minnesota Sheriff's
• </c> from the Minnesota Sheriffs Association. from the Minnesota Sheriffs Association.
• </c> Minnesota and across the country. Minnesota and across the country. So,<00:47:38.400><c> why?
• ,</c><00:49:14.920><c> we</c> And it's not isolated in Minnesota, we And it's not isolated in Minnesota
• </c> we had an incident here in Minnesota we had an incident here in Minnesota with<00:57:51.480><c>

Bills: HF4810 , HF4597 , HF1082 , HF3230

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: public safety, radio communications, infrastructure funding, county funding, interoperability, ARMER network, local jurisdictions, HF4597, Minnesota public safety, 911, emergency dispatch, emergency communications, public safety appropriation, Metropolitan Emergency Services Board, PSAP, dispatch interoperability, real-time coordination, emergency response coordination, cross-jurisdictional response, 911 center awareness platform

Bills: SF1832 , HF2440 , HF2442

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: economic development, small business, workforce training, grants, entrepreneurship, equity, community support, labor market, employment, funding, data analysis, climate finance, energy finance, renewable development account, RDA, weatherization, preweatherization, low-income housing, energy efficiency, clean energy

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• I did want to thank the Minnesota Bar Association, the Minnesota Credit Union Association, the Minnesota
• Network, the Minnesota Land Title Network, the Minnesota Land Title Association,<00:03:18.959><c> Minnesota
• </c> data to be handled in Minnesota. data to be handled in Minnesota.
• the</c><00:52:30.800><c> 2025</c><00:52:31.680><c> Minnesota</c> In 2025, Minnesota in the 2025 Minnesota
• Minnesota should protect youth online. Minnesota should follow<00:58:20.000><c> suit.

Bills: HF3479 , HF4205 , HF3782 , HF4081 , HF4138

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: foreclosure, mortgage, redemption period, homestead, Minnesota Statutes, automated license plate reader, ALPR, license plate recognition, vehicle surveillance, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, data privacy, government data practices, law enforcement data, surveillance technology, location data, vehicle tracking, warrant requirement, probable cause, exigent circumstances

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• The Minnesota Juvenile distinctions.
• </c> partnership with the Minnesota partnership with the Minnesota Department<00:07:12.880><c> of</c>
• Second, a question was Minnesota.
• Um for our the state of Minnesota.
• They were Minnesota county jail.

Bills: HF3405 , HF3413 , HF3769 , HF3768 , HF3771 , HF3465

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Use of Force Investigations Unit, federal agents, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, Customs and Border Protection, CBP, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS, officer-involved death, use of force, law enforcement accountability, police oversight, independent investigation, criminal sexual conduct, sexual assault, peace officers