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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Conference Committee on SF2077 5/9/25

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  • 02:36.000><c> the</c><00:02:36.239><c> city</c><00:02:36.480><c> of</c><00:02:36.720><c> St.
  • I represent<00:02:48.720><c> the</c><00:02:48.879><c> Briner</c><00:02:49.280><c> Lakes</c><00:02:49.599
  • It's actually<00:02:50.239><c> a</c><00:02:50.480><c> very</c><00:02:50.720><c> small</c><00:02:51.120
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Summary: The conference committee on the Environment budget for Senate File 2077 met to introduce members and staff, then walked through the Senate and House budget spreadsheets side by side. Nonpartisan staff explained that the Senate budget was built around a smaller general fund increase and more use of environmental and dedicated funds, while the House met its target through several reductions, including cuts to DNR, PCA, and Board of Water and Soil Resources appropriations. The committee reviewed major agency items for the Pollution Control Agency, DNR, the Metropolitan Council, the Minnesota Zoo, and other accounts, including operating adjustments, permit-related funding, and transfers between funds. Several major differences were highlighted. For the PCA, the Senate included operating adjustments, permitting efficiency funding, composting grants, outreach funding, and a closed landfill investment fund approach that repeals an expiring statutory appropriation, while the House instead extends that appropriation for four more years. For the DNR, the Senate included operating adjustments, groundwater and AIS fee increases, aquatic invasive species funding, trail grants, outdoor schools for all, abandoned watercraft enforcement, and a sustainable foraging task force; the House had fewer of these fee and policy items and used reductions to meet its target. The committee also noted Senate-only policy provisions on outreach to diverse communities, field citations and mercury certification for skin-lightening products, disabled veteran license fee changes, and a moratorium on foraging rulemaking until July 1, 2027. Agency testimony followed. The MPCA commissioner praised both chambers for recognizing core agency work and urged adoption of operating adjustments, the closed landfill fund access, and the air appropriation increase. The DNR assistant commissioner supported operating adjustments, groundwater and AIS fee increases, and the veteran license proposal, but raised concerns about the Senate’s foraging task force language, saying it overweights consumptive users and could limit the agency’s ability to manage foraging without clear data. He also noted support for the land transfer funding and said the agency would continue working with the committee on unresolved issues. No votes were taken in this portion of the meeting.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/24/25

Elections Finance and Government Operations

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  • :06.399><c> what</c><00:02:06.600><c> I</c><00:02:06.680><c> will</c><00:02:06.920><c> do</c><00:02:07.200
  • ><00:02:08.800><c> is</c><00:02:08.959><c> I</c><00:02:09.080><c> will</c><00:02:09.239><c> move</c><
  • </c><00:02:22.920><c> and</c><00:02:23.040><c> move</c><00:02:23.400><c> to</c><00:02:23.680><c> the<
  • :32.040><c> chair</c><00:02:32.480><c> quam</c><00:02:33.280><c> I</c><00:02:33.680><c> I'm</c><00:02
Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations
Keywords: 1183, house
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House lawmakers OK bill with digital payment protections for tenants, landlords 4/30/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

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  • There<00:02:14.800><c> is</c><00:02:14.920><c> no</c><00:02:15.120><c> expedited</c><00:02:15.680><c>
  • That<00:02:18.840><c> doesn't</c><00:02:19.120><c> reflect</c><00:02:19.560><c> how</c><00:02:19.680>
  • When<00:02:34.600><c> there</c><00:02:34.720><c> is</c><00:02:34.800><c> a</c><00:02:34.880><c> serious
  • This<00:02:39.800><c> amendment</c><00:02:40.240><c> allows</c><00:02:40.680><c> expedited</c><00:02:
Keywords: 1183, house
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 4/28/25 - Part 2

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

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  • Minnesota<02:01:44.960><c> is</c><02:01:45.520><c> like</c><02:01:46.040><c> 1.7%</c><02:01:47.040><c
  • Minnesota we are ensuring that it's Minnesota students,<02:27:19.600><c> those</c><02:27:19.840><c>
  • <02:42:56.640><c> that</c><02:42:56.960><c> quote,</c><02:42:57.600><c> "Minnesota</c><02:42:58.399><
  • in</c><02:43:24.000><c> Minnesota</c><02:43:24.399><c> paid</c> shows that immigrants in Minnesota paid
  • > and</c><02:53:43.279><c> in</c><02:53:43.800><c> Minnesota,</c> There are foster youth and in Minnesota
Keywords: 1183, house
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 02/23/26

Transportation

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  • 02:19.320><c> is</c><00:02:19.520><c> the</c><00:02:19.640><c> extent</c><00:02:20.120><c> of</c><00:
  • And<00:02:25.680><c> uh</c><00:02:25.760><c> that</c><00:02:26.000><c> way</c><00:02:26.160><c> we</c
  • ><00:02:26.320><c> won't</c><00:02:26.640><c> end</c><00:02:26.840><c> up</c><00:02:26.960><c> with</
  • Um Senator<00:02:32.520><c> Howe,</c><00:02:32.600><c> do</c><00:02:32.680><c> you</c><00:02:32.760><
  • Minnesota</c><00:02:58.840><c> and</c><00:02:59.040><c> in</c><00:02:59.440><c> this</c><00:03:00.400
Committee: Senate Transportation
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Updating outdated county government IT systems prioritized under Minnesota House bill 4/14/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

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  • First, it's system improvements<00:02:09.840><c> by</c><00:02:10.000><c> expanding</c><00:02:10.640><
  • to tools<00:02:12.000><c> like</c><00:02:12.160><c> Data</c><00:02:12.440><c> Depot,</c><00:02:13.160
  • ><c> automation</c><00:02:43.760><c> like</c><00:02:44.040><c> case</c><00:02:44.360><c> noting.
  • Overall,<00:02:46.320><c> the</c><00:02:46.440><c> goal</c><00:02:46.720><c> is</c><00:02:46.840><c>
  • <00:02:53.040><c> policy</c><00:02:53.800><c> while</c><00:02:54.640><c> reducing</c><00:02:55.640><c
Keywords: 1183, house
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

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  • </c> Minnesota statute 144E50.
  • Minnesota statute 144E50. uh<00:30:40.720><c> some</c><00:30:40.960><c> of</c><00:30:41.120><c> those
  • ><c> state</c><01:02:36.640><c> of</c><01:02:36.799><c> Minnesota</c><01:02:37.200><c> and</c> um cost
  • to the state of Minnesota and um cost to the state of Minnesota and the<01:02:37.520><c> taxpayers.
Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy
Keywords: 1183, house
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session - 05/04/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

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  • gun violence in the state<02:02:45.199><c> of</c><02:02:45.360><c> Minnesota.
  • </c><02:02:46.080><c> Thank</c><02:02:46.239><c> you,</c> state of Minnesota.
  • <c> or</c><02:21:40.000><c> statutes.
  • </c><02:29:53.680><c> the</c><02:29:53.840><c> Minnesota</c><02:29:54.399><c> Senate.
  • This is the only<02:40:19.840><c> room</c><02:40:20.399><c> in</c><02:40:20.720><c> Minnesota</c><02:
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 1/23/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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  • :00.320><c> so</c><00:02:00.520><c> members</c><00:02:01.159><c> uh</c><00:02:01.719><c> and</c><00:02
  • </c><00:02:03.000><c> for</c><00:02:03.159><c> thank</c><00:02:03.320><c> you</c><00:02:03.399><c> for
  • :02:05.759><c> starting</c><00:02:06.000><c> to</c><00:02:06.360><c> testify</c><00:02:07.360><c> and
  • ><c> of</c><00:02:07.960><c> just</c><00:02:08.160><c> your</c><00:02:09.160><c> um</c><00:02:09.440>
  • :02:10.879><c> sick</c><00:02:11.080><c> and</c><00:02:11.239><c> safe</c><00:02:11.599><c> time</c><
Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The committee opened by approving the January 16 and January 21 minutes. Members then heard testimony focused on the impact of Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) and the proposed paid family and medical leave program on Minnesota school districts, with the chair framing the hearing as an opportunity to hear from major employers and school leaders about costs and operational effects. Kimberly Lewis, speaking for the Minnesota School Boards Association and related school administrator groups, said districts generally already provide generous, locally negotiated sick leave and had initially adapted to ESST by separating vacation, sick time, and ESST into different buckets. She argued that a 2024 law effectively converted previously bargained sick leave into ESST, which she said undermines contracts, creates large unfunded costs, and may raise constitutional contract-clause concerns. Lewis cited large accumulated leave banks in some districts, increased sick leave use, and estimated significant costs from paid leave, including a reported $2.5 million impact for one large district. She urged flexibility such as prorating ESST for midyear hires and part-time staff and exempting coaches, short-term substitutes, and similar employees from ESST. Superintendent Anarie Fuco of St. Michael-Albertville said her district expects about $400,000 in added fiscal 2026 costs from ESST and paid leave, plus indirect costs from substitute coverage and increased absenteeism. She said schools already have generous bargaining agreements, but the new laws reduce verification and require districts to track leave for temporary staff, creating what she described as a need for “substitutes for our substitutes.” Fuco said the district would face more than $211,000 in direct payroll costs from paid leave alone and asked for flexibility or exceptions for districts already offering comparable benefits. Members asked follow-up questions about how substitute teachers accrue leave and how many districts may be cutting budgets; Lewis and Fuco said many districts are making cuts and that substitute and staffing burdens are growing. A third testifier began by Zoom, but the transcript cuts off before her full testimony.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 3/10/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Minnesota. Minnesota.
  • </c> The<01:02:04.720><c> next</c><01:02:05.000><c> bill</c><01:02:05.400><c> on</c><01:02:05.640><c>
  • paid implementation of the Minnesota paid leave<01:02:23.080><c> law</c><01:02:23.320><c> by</c><01:
  • 02:23.560><c> 1</c><01:02:23.960><c> year.
  • </c> I I I I<01:02:34.240><c> recognize</c><01:02:34.920><c> the</c><01:02:35.240><c> author</c><01:02
Keywords: 1183, house
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Capital Investment - 03/17/26

Capital Investment

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  • They<00:02:08.759><c> strive</c><00:02:09.200><c> to</c><00:02:09.280><c> provide</c><00:02:09.679><c
  • under<00:02:46.360><c> the</c><00:02:46.760><c> Minnesota</c><00:02:47.480><c> Excuse</c><00:02:47.880
  • ><c> me,</c><00:02:48.280><c> the</c> under the Minnesota Excuse me, the under the Minnesota Excuse me
  • buildings in Minnesota.<00:02:59.200><c> Many,</c><00:02:59.760><c> many,</c><00:03:00.080><c> many<
  • Minnesota. Minnesota.
Committee: Senate Capital Investment
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Audit Commission - Audit Subcommittee 11/12/25

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  • Um, the state<00:02:02.560><c> does</c><00:02:02.799><c> have</c><00:02:02.960><c> many</c><00:02:03.360
  • Overtime<00:02:31.440><c> is</c><00:02:31.599><c> paid</c><00:02:31.920><c> based</c><00:02:32.160><c
  • </c><00:02:34.239><c> And</c><00:02:34.400><c> then</c><00:02:34.560><c> it</c><00:02:34.720><c> can<
  • <00:02:41.760><c> rate,</c><00:02:42.160><c> times</c><00:02:42.560><c> 1.5.
  • The<00:02:44.640><c> employees</c><00:02:45.040><c> can</c><00:02:45.280><c> receive</c><00:02:45.760
Keywords: 1183, house
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Rules and Administration - 03/26/26

Rules and Administration

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  • &gt;&gt; Madam<00:02:07.200><c> Chair</c><00:02:07.400><c> and</c><00:02:07.520><c> Senator</c><00:02
  • </c><00:02:16.360><c> all</c><00:02:16.560><c> of</c><00:02:16.720><c> the</c><00:02:17.240><c> the</
  • ,<00:02:18.680><c> and</c><00:02:18.800><c> that</c><00:02:19.000><c> is</c><00:02:19.160><c> the</c>
  • ><c> as</c><00:02:22.680><c> we</c><00:02:22.880><c> all</c><00:02:23.040><c> know,</c><00:02:23.680>
  • threats in district<00:02:32.920><c> um</c><00:02:33.120><c> to</c><00:02:33.320><c> them</c><00:02:
Committee: Senate Rules and Administration
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - Part 1 - 04/25/25

Finance

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  • :02:05.840><c> to</c><00:02:06.000><c> the</c><00:02:06.240><c> Department</c><00:02:06.560><c> of</c
  • Safety,<00:02:07.759><c> including</c><00:02:09.039><c> uh</c><00:02:09.119><c> the</c><00:02:09.399
  • Um<00:02:20.080><c> I'll</c><00:02:20.400><c> note</c><00:02:20.640><c> that</c><00:02:20.800><c> the
  • 02:48.400><c> budget</c><00:02:48.800><c> to</c><00:02:49.040><c> do</c><00:02:49.200><c> that.
  • And then finally, we have a Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership fee reallocation within the fee statutes
Committee: Senate Finance
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Conference Committee on HF2431 5/12/25

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  • It goes into the<00:02:25.840><c> actual</c><00:02:26.480><c> uh</c><00:02:26.720><c> sexual</c><00:02
  • Um<00:02:30.800><c> the</c><00:02:31.360><c> Senate</c><00:02:31.760><c> side</c><00:02:32.480><c> includes
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  • Um the<00:02:54.480><c> house</c><00:02:55.000><c> side</c><00:02:56.000><c> was</c><00:02:57.280><c>
Keywords: 1183, house
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/24/25

Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Minnesota<01:02:16.640><c> faces</c><01:02:17.040><c> ongoing</c><01:02:17.520><c> cuts</c><01:02:17.839
  • ><c> in</c><01:02:18.079><c> federal</c> Minnesota faces ongoing cuts in federal Minnesota faces ongoing
  • So, this bill would really<01:02:28.720><c> make</c><01:02:28.880><c> a</c><01:02:29.200><c> Minnesota
  • </c><01:02:29.760><c> investment</c><01:02:30.480><c> in</c> really make a Minnesota investment in really
  • make a Minnesota investment in preparing<01:02:31.200><c> Minnesota's</c><01:02:31.680><c> youth</c>
Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Capital Investment - 02/19/26

Capital Investment

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  • of West Central Minnesota,<00:02:36.879><c> including</c><00:02:37.360><c> Ottertale,</c><00:02:38.239
  • The RFA was created in 1986 with Minnesota statute 41B.01 due to state economic conditions that would
  • <02:02:20.800><c> as</c><02:02:21.040><c> what</c><02:02:21.599><c> uh</c><02:02:21.840><c> is</c><02
  • :02:53.520><c> are</c><02:02:53.920><c> are</c><02:02:54.719><c> uh</c><02:02:54.880><c> out</c><02:02
  • ><c> in</c><02:04:31.679><c> in</c><02:04:32.159><c> greater</c><02:04:32.560><c> Minnesota.
Committee: Senate Capital Investment
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

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  • regulator<00:02:03.000><c> they</c><00:02:03.119><c> can</c><00:02:03.320><c> issue</c><00:02:03.640>
  • :25.080><c> who</c><00:02:25.160><c> are</c><00:02:25.280><c> going</c><00:02:25.440><c> to</c><00:02
  • </c><00:02:28.120><c> because</c><00:02:28.239><c> some</c><00:02:28.360><c> are</c><00:02:28.480><c>
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  • 00:02:38.519><c> came</c><00:02:38.680><c> in</c><00:02:38.840><c> this</c><00:02:39.239><c> morning<
Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords: 1183, house
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/20/25

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I've<02:02:07.119><c> seen</c><02:02:07.280><c> a</c><02:02:07.440><c> lot</c><02:02:07.520><c> of</c
  • ><02:02:07.679><c> them</c><02:02:07.840><c> play</c><02:02:08.000><c> out</c><02:02:08.239><c> in</c
  • our courts.<02:02:09.599><c> Um,</c><02:02:09.920><c> but</c><02:02:10.159><c> what</c><02:02:10.480
  • ><c> I</c><02:02:10.719><c> see</c><02:02:10.880><c> in</c><02:02:11.119><c> this</c><02:02:11.360><c
  • ><c> it's</c><02:02:31.440><c> just</c><02:02:31.599><c> like</c><02:02:31.920><c> a</c><02:02:32.239
Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 1/23/25

Taxes

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  • :22.440><c> to</c><01:02:22.760><c> 342</c><01:02:23.599><c> million</c><01:02:23.960><c> in</c><01:02
  • </c><01:02:27.680><c> um</c><01:02:27.799><c> briefly</c><01:02:28.160><c> about</c><01:02:28.480><c>
  • c> spending</c><01:02:29.440><c> for</c><01:02:29.680><c> Township</c><01:02:30.160><c> Aid</c><01:02
  • <c> Township</c><01:02:56.119><c> in</c><01:02:56.200><c> P</c><01:02:56.440><c> County</c><01:02:57.039
  • ><c> to</c><01:02:58.200><c> um</c><01:02:58.480><c> about</c><01:02:58.920><c> $188,500</c><01:02:59.920
Committee: House Taxes
Keywords: 1183, house