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• </c> who pay this tax. who pay this tax.
• </c> Minnesota small businesses pay this tax. Minnesota small businesses pay this tax.
• </c> might have to pay $35. might have to pay $35.
• Thank you, Chair. are the ones that ultimately pay are the ones that ultimately pay everything. everything
• </c> and those who cannot pay for it. and those who cannot pay for it. remember<00:32:28.880><c> tax<

Bills: HF4598 , HF4884 , HF3732

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician, correctional officer, security counselor, public safety dispatcher, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability

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• :16.119><c> 90-day</c><01:05:16.640><c> Supply</c><01:05:16.960><c> than</c><01:05:17.079><c> I</c> pay
• less for the 90-day Supply than I pay less for the 90-day Supply than I ever<01:05:17.400><c> did</c
• my bills for this analed or do I pay my bills for this month<02:27:15.319><c> and</c><02:27:15.479><
• Without that felony, I would argue that police and prosecutors have plenty of authority to prosecute
• </c> police and prosecutors police and prosecutors have<05:59:42.878><c> plenty</c><05:59:43.320><c>

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Bills: HR286 , HR287 , HR288 , HR289 , HR290 , HR291 , HR292 , HR293 , HR294 , HCR114 , HR275 , HR276 , HR277 , HR278 , HR279 , HR280 , HR282 , HR283 , HR284 , HR285 , HCR112 , HCR113 , SCR62 , SCR64 , SB132 , SB135 , SB405 , HR179 , HR216 , HR223 , HR225 , HR274 , HCR89 , SB39 , SB99 , SB111 , SB112 , SB124 , SB134 , SB174 , SB189 , SB190 , SB201 , SB233 , SB236 , SB258 , SB270 , SB273 , SB288 , SB307 , SB313 , SB320 , SB321 , SB325 , SB326 , SB331 , SB339 , SB341 , SB345 , SB346 , SB347 , SB353 , SB357 , SB359 , SB387 , SB393 , SB401 , SB415 , SB419 , SB422 , SB426 , SB435 , SB437 , SB440 , SB451 , SB464 , SB470 , SB487 , SB488 , SB495 , SB504 , SB505 , SB518 , SB523 , SB228 , SB408 , HR168 , HR174 , HR194 , HCR54 , HCR74 , HCR79 , HCR87 , HCR94 , HCR95 , HCR97 , HCR98 , HCR102 , HCR104 , SCR23 , SCR38 , HCR26 , HB250 , HB265 , HB339 , HB427 , HB445 , HB463 , HB468 , HB606 , HB639 , HB649 , HB665 , HB746 , HB781 , HB853 , HB861 , HB872 , HB886 , HB916 , HB937 , HB1054 , HB1068 , HB1117 , HB1237 , HB75 , HB705 , SB34 , SB164 , SB172 , SB198 , SB208 , SB232 , SB281 , SB286 , SB317 , SB322 , SB334 , SB380 , SB385 , SB409 , SB417 , SB421 , SB430 , SB439 , SB447 , SB458 , SB510 , SB54 , SB56 , SB72 , SB79 , SB97 , SB105 , SB123 , SB125 , SB129 , SB163 , SB171 , SB252 , SB287 , SB375 , SB386 , SB461 , SB466 , HR84 , SCR3 , HB582 , HB625 , HB646 , HB998 , HB1191 , HB1255 , SB81 , SB100 , SB109 , SB197 , SB374 , SB479 , SB78 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HCR65 , HCR71 , HB284 , HB302 , HB306 , HB341 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB577 , HB603 , HB605 , HB614 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB798 , HB911 , HB955 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1069 , HB1113 , HB1140 , HB1180 , HB1240 , SB82 , SB89 , HB134 , HB258 , HB359 , HB782 , SB149 , SB382 , SB441

Keywords: HR286, House Resolution 286, LED, Louisiana Economic Development, rural development, energy efficiency, renewable energy, public-private partnership, tax credits, economic development, workforce training, school energy costs, community colleges, technical colleges, local government, building modernization, on-site energy generation, public facilities, rural parishes, distressed communities

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• Jake, raise your hand back there.
• Doesn't pay very well, but I sure don't want yours, and we appreciate everything that you do.
• Doesn't pay very well, but uh mine.
• Doesn't pay very well, but uh but<00:17:54.440><c> I</c><00:17:54.520><c> sure</c><00:17:54.760><c> don't
• Uh Uh, I don't know that we more pay?

Summary: The Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity convened its first meeting of the 2026 interim, established a quorum, and introduced staff and a summer student intern. The chair explained that the commission’s first topic would be crime, public safety, violence prevention, and mentoring, and invited the police chiefs of Lexington, Louisville, and Bowling Green to discuss how the legislature could help them do their jobs more effectively. The chiefs described a shift in policing from a more enforcement-only approach to community policing built on relationships, trust, and prevention. They said community engagement and mentorship are central to reducing violence, and cited examples such as community engagement teams, youth programs, and efforts to build trust through regular presence in neighborhoods. Louisville’s chief said the department’s community engagement work has helped improve homicide solvability, while Bowling Green’s chief emphasized that juvenile crime and stolen guns are major concerns and that the state cannot arrest its way out of the problem. All three stressed that policing depends on cooperation with residents, prosecutors, and courts. Members then asked about recruiting officers who reflect the communities they serve. The chiefs said successful recruitment depends on personal relationships, officers serving as ambassadors, and reaching people through community presence rather than only traditional ads. Bowling Green described junior police academy and cadet programs that begin with youth and often lead to hiring, while Lexington said it uses social media, a community police academy, and outreach to keep local residents in the profession. They also said character matters more than background and that officers should be embedded in the neighborhoods they serve. A final exchange focused on immigrant and refugee communities and fear of police. The chiefs said they are trying to reduce fear through community police academies, multilingual outreach, neighborhood meetings, and clear communication that local police do not enforce civil immigration detainers. Louisville said it has marked SWAT vehicles more clearly and works with community organizations to spread accurate information. The chiefs repeatedly emphasized that their role is to keep people safe, protect constitutional rights, and make sure residents feel able to call 911 when they need help.

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• </c><00:09:54.200><c> adjustments</c> related to retroactive pay adjustments related to retroactive pay
• I think that you raised a really important point about timing.
• People who once had to pay as much as $6,000 out of pocket just to afford to live now have to pay no
• By the way, all of these new prosecutors are very busy.
• Thank you for raising these issues.

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

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• It said it allows those paying does.
• </c> obligor and that's the person who pays obligor and that's the person who pays the<00:26:00.159><
• </c> worth of income that an employee pays worth of income that an employee pays because<00:27:01.679
• This amendment raises concerns raised by the minority during the bill hearing.
• c><05:40:25.200><c> the</c><05:40:25.360><c> minority</c> raises concerns raised by the minority raises

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• </c><00:20:08.559><c> And</c><00:20:08.799><c> that</c><00:20:09.120><c> raises</c> That raises serious
• But when we have the nonpartisan prosecutors and we see as it compares to other places in the country
• I thought in many ways it was a lot like, if you've ever watched The Wizard of Oz, they say, "Don't pay
• the last, the previous three biennia before we started this, to just sort of put blinders on and not pay

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

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• c><00:51:49.480><c> program</c><00:51:49.839><c> and</c><00:51:49.960><c> the</c><00:51:50.040><c> raise
• </c><00:51:50.280><c> the</c> the Jeremiah program and the raise the the Jeremiah program and the raise
• Senator Eric, I appreciate you raising that for a number of different reasons.
• Senator Eric everything Mr chair Senator Eric appreciate<01:10:11.840><c> you</c><01:10:11.960><c> raising
• > that</c><01:10:13.199><c> uh</c><01:10:13.280><c> for</c><01:10:13.480><c> a</c> appreciate you raising

Committee: Senate Higher Education

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• TSA officers who screen without pay.
• The very wealthiest Americans pay an average effective tax rate of 3.4%. Elon Musk pays 3.3%.
• Jeff Bezos pays 1%, yet wage-earning Americans pay nearly 30%.
• </c><02:26:15.760><c> costs</c> Trump's tariffs that are raising costs Trump's tariffs that are raising
• </c><02:34:01.120><c> uh</c> financial responsibility uh paying uh financial responsibility uh paying

Bills: HR1115 , SB3971 , HB4294

Keywords: rules resolution, special rule, House procedure, floor consideration, lead ammunition, lead tackle, fishing tackle, hunting, wildlife management, federal lands, federal waters, Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, immigration and nationality act, inadmissible, deportable, public benefits fraud, fraud against the United States, alien deportation, law enforcement animals

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• There's a $1,000 penalty there that a prosecutor or an aggrieved person can bring, and they also can

Committee: House State Affairs

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• state-paid position, and often there's a coordinator in a county that is basically employed by the prosecutor

Committee: House Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met with a quorum and first took up several bills in executive session. It voted House Bill 3144, relating to injunctions, due pass by an 8-4 vote; House Bill 3160, relating to preliminary injunctions and judicial proceedings, due pass by a 9-4 vote; House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2254, relating to post-conviction relief, due pass after adopting a technical committee amendment and substitute, by an 8-5 vote; House Bill 2206, relating to commercial activities, due pass by a 12-1 vote; and House Bill 2256, relating to minimum prison terms, due pass by a 9-4 vote. Members raised questions on HB 3160 about whether probate commissioners should be included in the bill’s language, and on HB 2254 about whether it was the same measure previously used to speed up the process. In public hearing, the committee heard House Bill 1711, the Uniform Interstate Deposition Discovery Act, which the sponsor and the Attorney General’s office said would streamline out-of-state depositions and subpoenas, reduce legal fees, and make Missouri’s process consistent with more than 40 other states. No opposition testimony was offered. The committee also heard House Bill 1713, which would simplify dissolution of deadlocked LLCs by allowing a judge to order dissolution more quickly, with the sponsor arguing it would reduce delay and litigation; no witnesses opposed it. House Bill 2427 would add judicial positions in St. Charles County, with the sponsor and members discussing the county’s rapid growth, docket pressure, staffing, and the need to reconcile differences among pending versions of the bill. No witnesses testified for or against that measure. The committee then heard House Bill 3086, which would create an additional associate circuit judge position in Miller County. The sponsor and a local attorney testified that Miller County’s caseload, tourism-related population spikes, municipal cases, and lack of commissioners justify moving up the statutory population threshold for a second associate judge. Members asked about treatment court staffing, courtroom space, senior judges, and whether similar arguments might apply in other counties. Finally, House Bill 3072 would allow the Industrial Labor Commission to modify attorney fee arrangements in permanent total disability cases when an attorney retires or dies and a new lawyer must take over; the sponsor said it would clear up an oversight and help manage ongoing medical issues. The committee also heard House Bill 2968, a cleanup bill to align circuit descriptions with prior recircuiting changes and to authorize a previously budgeted circuit judge position in the 25th Circuit. Testimony from the Judicial Conference explained that the bill would remove outdated geographic language and resolve ambiguity about the election date for the new judge. The meeting concluded after the public hearing on HB 2968, and members were told the next Judiciary meeting would be held the following Tuesday at noon in Hearing Room 3.

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• state-paid position, and often there's a coordinator in a county that is basically an employee of the prosecutor

Committees: House Judiciary , House Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence

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• </c> please pay attention. please pay attention.
• Deductibles and co-pays. You guys all pay your deductibles and co-pays.
• I pay a lot of deductibles and co-pays.
• </c><04:00:59.600><c> I</c><04:00:59.760><c> pay</c> pay your deductibles and co-pays.
• I pay pay your deductibles and co-pays.

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• And again, we pay for that.
• </c><00:48:52.760><c> for</c> hour you worked is uh you're paying for hour you worked is uh you're paying
• </c> same thing when we're actually paying same thing when we're actually paying some<00:52:34.680><c
• ><c> these</c> some gang members or paying these some gang members or paying these individuals<00:52:
• </c> and have savings and can afford to pay and have savings and can afford to pay for<01:03:11.039><

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

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• </c><00:20:50.320><c> taxes</c> New Hampshire way of not raising taxes New Hampshire way of not raising
• We asked; they are voluntarily paying dues.
• We asked; they are voluntarily paying dues.
• We asked; they are voluntarily paying dues.
• </c> set money aside in their budget to pay set money aside in their budget to pay the<01:23:34.719><

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• They're low-barrier; people have to pay rent and they have to follow the law.
• They're low-barrier; people have to pay rent and they have to follow the law.
• I have to pay rent, and I get to be part of the community with other people who are taking care of each
• <00:45:00.839><c> rent</c><00:45:01.160><c> and</c><00:45:01.520><c> I</c> responsibility I have to pay
• rent and I responsibility I have to pay rent and I get<00:45:02.240><c> to</c><00:45:02.480><c> be</

Bills: HF1051 , HF16

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Keywords: sacred communities, micro units, religious institutions, housing regulations, homelessness, conditional use permits, immigration enforcement, sanctuary policies, sanctuary city, noncooperation ordinance, ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, federal immigration authorities, deportation, undocumented immigrant, undocumented person, immigration status data, data sharing, preemption, local government

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• </c><02:05:06.080><c> it</c> for that, working with them to pay it for that, working with them to pay
• ><c> close</c> Senator Parks, please pay close Senator Parks, please pay close attention<02:14:21.360
• </c> have having to pay the bed tax. have having to pay the bed tax.
• </c><04:30:03.120><c> for</c> utility authority and pay for utility authority and pay for authorities
• </c><04:44:06.200><c> their</c> And you're going to have to pay their And you're going to have to pay

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• </c><01:04:49.280><c> off</c> new projects or is it just paying off new projects or is it just paying
• </c> stable and allow us to continue to pay stable and allow us to continue to pay the<01:20:58.960><
• Paying assigned counsel is more expensive than paying the public defender for the same services.
• Paying assigned counsel is more expensive<01:54:19.040><c> than</c><01:54:19.280><c> paying</c><01:54
• :19.440><c> the</c><01:54:19.599><c> public</c> expensive than paying the public expensive than paying

Committee: Senate Finance

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• </c> certification is eliminated by raising certification is eliminated by raising the<01:15:22.239><
• They live there, probably raised their kids there, and now they move out.
• An investor pays the taxes and receives a certificate of purchase.
• An investor pays the taxes and receives a certificate of purchase.
• An investor pays the taxes and receives a certificate of purchase.

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• the taxes, and supporting people with good-paying jobs.
• I pay for the attorney general's fees.
• The people working here with good, high-paying jobs that would be paying into your paid family medical
• </c> high-paying jobs that would be paying high-paying jobs that would be paying into<01:17:21.679><c
• ><c> costs</c><01:37:43.360><c> for</c> product, paying massive costs for product, paying massive costs

Committee: House Ways and Means