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• honored today to be joined by. our law enforcement officer of the day, Deputy Corey LaBrecque with the Lake
• I would like to take a moment in the East Gallery, and I would like to introduce our Lake County Sheriff
• Peyton Grinnell, and also our Lake County tax collector, Mr.

Bills: HB 1500 , HJR 7 , HJR 112 , HB 34 , HB 133 , HB 112 , HB 119 , HB 128 , HB 130 , HB 132 , HB 2756 , HB 166 , HB 406 , HB 186 , HB 271 , HB 331 , HB 380 , HB 1583 , HB 1584 , HB 1819 , HB 621 , HB 303 , HB 552 , HB 366 , HB 463 , HB 1211 , HB 1327 , HB 1461 , HB 923 , HB 1760 , HB 2043 , HB 2467 , HB 5333 , HB 5265 , HB 1592 , HB 1576 , HB 1552 , HB 2018 , HB 3511 , HB 1781 , HB 2013 , HB 2340 , HB 2349 , HB 2508 , HB 2970 , HB 2520 , HB 865 , HB 2851 , HB 3385 , HB 3336 , HB 3529 , HB 3309 , HB 1127 , HB 1232 , HB 1397 , HB 4236 , HB 1804 , HB 1926 , HB 4041 , HB 1965 , HB 1964 , HB 2679 , HB 2730 , HB 3698 , HB 3699 , HCR 77 , HB 3354 , HB 163 , HB 201 , HB 272 , HB 333 , HB 405 , HB 519 , HB 569 , HB 654 , HB 694 , HB 791 , HB 1006 , HB 1136 , HB 1240 , HB 1266 , HB 1275 , HB 1437 , HB 1532 , HB 1675 , HB 1842 , HB 1868 , HB 1888 , HB 1894 , HB 1943 , HB 1990 , HB 2029 , HB 2061 , HB 2286 , HB 2523 , HB 2622 , HB 2626 , HB 2652 , HB 2692 , HB 2842 , HB 2885 , HB 2914 , HB 3016 , HB 3096 , HB 3129 , HB 3248 , HB 3251 , HB 3255 , HB 3479 , HB 3611 , HB 3623 , HB 3701 , HB 3724 , HB 3803 , HB 3804 , HB 3805 , HB 3806 , HB 3810 , HB 3816 , HB 3832 , HB 3887 , HB 4127 , HB 4129 , HB 4130 , HB 4131 , HB 4163 , HB 4187 , HB 4229 , HB 4238 , HB 4454 , HB 4588 , HB 4643 , HB 4736 , HB 4738 , HB 4739 , HB 4945 , HB 5015 , HB 5616 , SB 767 , SB 1619 , SB 1738 , HJR 5 , HJR 2 , HB 1399 , HB 388 , HB 114 , HB 205 , HB 2789 , HB 2791 , HB 499 , HB 2960 , HB 3163 , HB 3135 , HB 2427 , HB 1672 , HB 1722 , HB 2618 , HB 879 , HB 1126 , HB 4134 , HB 3513 , HB 1445 , HB 1893 , HB 1734 , HB 3229 , HB 3306 , HB 1276 , HB 3516 , HB 4145 , HB 1585 , HB 4810 , HB 2558 , HB 2742 , HB 1695 , HB 33 , HB 144 , HB 109 , HB 103 , HB 148 , HB 3809 , HB 2217 , HB 220 , HB 2421 , HB 2363 , HB 421 , HB 2455 , HB 3711 , HB 2559 , HB 2775 , HB 3126 , HB 3666 , HB 3595 , HB 3260 , HB 3376 , HB 3826 , HB 3770 , HB 1831 , HB 2614 , HB 3113 , HB 322 , HB 431 , HB 869 , HB 1203 , HB 1244 , HB 1875 , HB 1950 , HB 2152 , HB 2341 , HB 2809 , HB 2856 , HB 3012 , SB 1415 , SB 1058 , SB 487 , SB 1499 , SB 513 , SB 1697 , SB 1197 , SB 1437 , SB 1809 , SB 836 , SB 1879 , SB 1145 , SB 963 , SB 1038 , SB 1147 , SB 914 , SB 711 , SB 1409 , HB 3707 , HB 589 , HB 1360 , HB 2337 , HB 2391 , HB 718 , HB 23 , HB 2436 , HB 1500 , HJR 7 , HJR 112 , HB 34 , HB 133 , HB 112 , HB 119 , HB 128 , HB 130 , HB 132 , HB 2756 , HB 166 , HB 406 , HB 186 , HB 271 , HB 331 , HB 380 , HB 1583 , HB 1584 , HB 1819 , HB 621 , HB 303 , HB 552 , HB 366 , HB 463 , HB 1211 , HB 1327 , HB 1461 , HB 923 , HB 1760 , HB 2043 , HB 2467 , HB 5333 , HB 5265 , HB 1592 , HB 1576 , HB 1552 , HB 2018 , HB 3511 , HB 1781 , HB 2013 , HB 2340 , HB 2349 , HB 2508 , HB 2970 , HB 2520 , HB 865 , HB 2851 , HB 3385 , HB 3336 , HB 3529 , HB 3309 , HB 1127 , HB 1232 , HB 1397 , HB 4236 , HB 1804 , HB 1926 , HB 4041 , HB 1965 , HB 1964 , HB 2679 , HB 2730 , HB 3698 , HB 3699 , HB 3354 , HB 163 , HB 201 , HB 272 , HB 333 , HB 405 , HB 519 , HB 569 , HB 654 , HB 694 , HB 791 , HB 1006 , HB 1136 , HB 1240 , HB 1266 , HB 1275 , HB 1437 , HB 1532 , HB 1675 , HB 1842 , HB 1868 , HB 1888 , HB 1894 , HB 1943 , HB 1990 , HB 2029 , HB 2061 , HB 2286 , HB 2523 , HB 2622 , HB 2626 , HB 2652 , HB 2692 , HB 2842 , HB 2885 , HB 2914 , HB 3016 , HB 3096 , HB 3129 , HB 3248 , HB 3251 , HB 3255 , HB 3479 , HB 3611 , HB 3623 , HB 3701 , HB 3724 , HB 3803 , HB 3804 , HB 3805 , HB 3806 , HB 3810 , HB 3816 , HB 3832 , HB 3887 , HB 4127 , HB 4129 , HB 4130 , HB 4131 , HB 4163 , HB 4187 , HB 4229 , HB 4238 , HB 4454 , HB 4588 , HB 4643 , HB 4736 , HB 4738 , HB 4739 , HB 4945 , HB 5015 , HB 5616 , SB 767 , SB 1619 , SB 1738 , HCR 77

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• The Erath County folks, is it related to the North Bosque River in the Lake Waco permitting situation
• Have you ever been involved in a case that involved Lake Waco. Lake Waco? Yes, sir.

Bills: HB512 , HB2248 , HB2679 , HB2832 , HB3112 , HB3368 , HB3490 , HB3512 , HB3623 , HB3666 , HB3700 , HB3711 , HB3770 , HB3963

Committee: House Delivery of Government Efficiency

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• I'm from South Lake Tahoe. My son was Nicholas Overfield. My son, Nick, got sick in jail.
• A friend and former South Lake Tahoe City Council member wrote a letter to the sheriff's office.
• So I decided to request Nick's medical records from Barton at South Lake Tahoe.

Summary: The committee heard several bills, with the most detailed discussion focused on AB 316, AB 251, AB 474, AB 1201, AB 464, and AB 614. AB 316 would prevent AI developers or deployers from arguing in civil cases that an AI system’s alleged autonomy absolves them of responsibility. Supporters framed it as a narrow guardrail to protect families, especially children, from harms like dangerous chatbots and deepfakes; opponents, including TechNet and the Chamber of Progress, raised concerns about possible strict-liability implications. The bill was moved out of committee to Privacy and Consumer Protection. AB 251 would let judges lower the burden of proof in elder abuse cases when a skilled nursing facility or RCFE intentionally destroys evidence. Supporters said the measure is needed because elder abuse victims are often unable to testify and records are vulnerable to spoliation, while opponents argued existing sanctions are sufficient and warned of more litigation. The bill passed, with committee members emphasizing the vulnerability of elder abuse victims. AB 474 sought to expand nonprofit home-sharing programs, including tax incentives for low-income homeowners and changes to housing law and lodger rules. Supporters said it would help older adults and low-income Californians avoid homelessness, but several members and the California Apartment Association raised concerns about removing lodger-law protections for homeowners; the author committed to keep working on the issue. The bill passed to Human Services. AB 1201 would give courts discretion to provide family reunification services to parents with certain violent felony convictions, rather than applying an automatic bypass. Supporters from Starting Over Inc. described personal experiences with permanent family separation and argued the bill would give parents a fair chance when the conviction is unrelated to child safety. Some members supported the measure but questioned whether domestic violence histories should be treated differently; the author said the bill still allows courts to deny services when reunification would endanger a child. The bill passed to Human Services. AB 464 addressed sexual abuse and retaliation in state prisons by extending reporting time after release, adding 90-day monitoring after reports, barring rehiring of confirmed abusers, and strengthening reporting and anti-retaliation rules. Survivors testified about abuse, retaliation, and failures in CDCR’s response; the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 614 would standardize the Government Claims Act filing deadline at one year for all claims. The author and supporters argued the current six-month deadline for injury and wrongful death claims is too short for victims to learn the process, find counsel, and gather evidence, while businesses often get a full year. A civil rights attorney and a family member of a deceased jail detainee testified in support, describing how the current deadline can block meritorious claims. The bill was presented for committee consideration as the hearing continued.

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• Other than to say, I'll just bring up one more example: City of Lake Worth, small municipality within
• That caused a $550,000 hit to Lake Worth ISD, $340,000 hit to the city of Lake Worth.

Bills: HB21 , HB211 , HB223 , HB323 , HB524 , HB530 , HB636 , HB762 , HB21 , HB211 , HB223

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

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• happened to Creates a mandatory death penalty in these horrific situations, like what happened to Lake
• I mean, what happened with Lake and Riley? These are not, it's not you got arrested for jaywalking.
• Imagine if you're Lake and Riley's family, her parents, how would you feel?

Summary: The Senate opened with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the reading of an amended joint proclamation expanding the Legislature’s immigration agenda. The proclamation added items calling for financial penalties for government officials, enhanced criminal penalties for offenses committed by illegal aliens, and programs and appropriations to support law enforcement in enforcing federal immigration law. The chamber then took up the special order calendar, beginning with Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 2B, the immigration bill. Most of the meeting was devoted to debate and questions on the strike-all amendment to SB 2B. Sponsor Senator Gruters described the bill as a broad immigration enforcement package aligned with President Trump’s agenda. He said it would require greater cooperation with federal immigration authorities, strengthen participation in the 287(g) program, create a chief immigration officer and council, authorize financial penalties for noncompliance, provide bonuses for officers assisting ICE, and direct information-sharing with federal agencies. He also said the bill would bar DHSMV from issuing licenses or ID cards to unauthorized aliens and would end in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. Senators Polsky, Pizzo, Smith, Jones, Berman, Osgood, and others questioned the scope of the bill, whether it would affect schools, churches, cities, nonprofits, and green-card holders, and how the 287(g) provisions would work in practice. Gruters repeatedly said the operational focus was on jails and detention facilities, not street-level enforcement. A major point of controversy was the bill’s proposed mandatory death penalty for unauthorized aliens convicted of certain capital offenses. Senator Fine said the covered crimes were the most serious capital felonies, including murder, child sexual battery, destructive-device offenses causing death, and certain trafficking offenses, and argued the provision was intended to withstand constitutional challenge. Senator Pizzo raised Eighth Amendment concerns and questioned whether the bill could mandate death sentences. The tuition waiver provisions also drew extended debate: Fine said the state would save about $41 million by ending discounted tuition for undocumented students, while Democrats argued the savings would not return to general revenue and that the policy would harm students who are already enrolled. Fine and Gruters said green-card holders would not be affected and that the bill targeted only students in the country illegally. The discussion also covered appropriations and implementation. Senator Smith asked about the bill’s large funding levels, and Fine broke down the spending as including $375 million for the chief immigration officer, $100 million in grants to local law enforcement, $29 million for the new Office of State Immigration Enforcement, and $10 million for an unauthorized-alien transport program. Gruters said the funds would reimburse local governments and help address staffing shortages, while critics questioned the lack of benchmarks and the fiscal impact. No final vote or disposition on the bill appears in the transcript excerpt.

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• </c> Senator Benton moves adoption of the A3 amendment. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed.
• Uh, Senator Mover Benton, are those the testifiers that you have today? Uh, yes, Mr. Chair.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

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• However, we are coming into the voting season, and I am the Lakes Region senator, so I kind of pushed
• So I want to make sure, for the health and safety of our lakes and to maximize our tourism revenue, that
• you is because I didn't want to wait for regular rulemaking and have it come out in October when our lakes
• believe it is out for a while, and so they're entering rulemaking already, but um... safety of our lakes
• and to maximize our safety of our lakes and to maximize our tourism<01:44:03.920><c> revenue</c><01:

Summary: The committee opened with housekeeping items, approved the minutes and consent agenda, and reminded the public that JLCAR’s role is limited to determining whether agency rules are within statutory authority, not to decide policy. Testimony was to be limited, and members noted that policy concerns should be addressed through the legislature rather than the committee process. The first major item was Public Utilities Commission rule 25-215 concerning natural gas suppliers. Staff said the proposal had been postponed because the PUC appeared to lack authority to impose fines and penalties in this rule set, especially suspending or revoking registrations, and recommended either a conditional approval removing those provisions or a preliminary objection for lack of statutory authority. PUC counsel responded that the cited authority had been incorrect, that the Department of Energy now has most registration rulemaking authority, but argued the commission still has jurisdiction over mediation and dispute resolution and may still have authority over fines because natural gas suppliers are not expressly excluded from public-utility status. Committee members discussed the split between PUC and DOE authority and the possibility that the transition in authority had not been fully cleaned up in statute. The committee then voted to grant a waiver of the time limit and postpone the item for another month so the agencies could work with counsel and clarify which parts of the rule could proceed. Members also urged that any needed legislative fix be brought forward quickly, noting that the Senate was not taking up non-germane amendments and suggesting the House as the likely venue for a cleanup bill. The committee next took up Department of Energy EN900 and EN1000 rules. Staff said the EN900 net-metering rules had been postponed previously and that the main remaining issue was a retroactive requirement in EN909.03(b), which the agency agreed to revise so the language would apply only on or after the 2026 effective date of the chapter. The agency described the EN900 rules as implementing net metering authority transferred from the PUC and expanding the chapter to cover municipal group net metering and low- and moderate-income community solar projects. The EN1000 interconnection rules were described as implementing 2024 legislation requiring uniform procedures for distributed energy resources. The department said both sets of rules were developed through extensive stakeholder input and asked for approval subject to the oral amendment already discussed."}】【。json

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• What we're looking for here is transparency, so that a city such as Lino Lakes, which is served by Alina
• city<00:09:59.120><c> such</c><00:09:59.560><c> as</c><00:10:00.600><c> Lino</c><00:10:00.920><c> Lakes
• ><00:10:01.400><c> which</c><00:10:01.600><c> is</c><00:10:01.720><c> served</c> city such as Lino Lakes
• , which is served city such as Lino Lakes, which is served by<00:10:02.120><c> Alina,</c><00:10:02.880
• I am also the immediate past president of the Great Lakes region of the American Music Therapy Association

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• The Great Lakes Water Authority voted to increase water rates by 5.9% and sewage rates by 4.5%.
• Commercial space-based images provide vital scientific information on the health of our Great Lakes,
• Commercial space-based images provide vital scientific information on the health of our Great Lakes,
• Commercial space-based images provide vital scientific information on the health of our Great Lakes,
• Commercial space-based images provide vital scientific information on the health of our Great Lakes,

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• Homeman, I'm the chief executive officer for Lake Superior Community Health Center.
• I'm the CEO for Lake Superior Community Health Center in Duluth, Minnesota.
• I'm the CEO for<00:03:35.519><c> Lake</c><00:03:35.760><c> Superior</c><00:03:36.239><c> Community</c
• ><00:03:36.480><c> Health</c> for Lake Superior Community Health for Lake Superior Community Health Center

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• So we work with Central Lakes College to do demonstrations there and invest in research at the college
• So we work with Central Lakes College to do demonstrations there and invest in research at the college
• <00:17:41.960><c> work</c><00:17:42.120><c> with</c><00:17:42.240><c> Central</c><00:17:42.520><c> Lakes
• <00:17:42.919><c> College</c><00:17:43.280><c> to</c><00:17:43.400><c> do</c> we work with Central Lakes
• College to do we work with Central Lakes College to do demonstrations<00:17:44.280><c> there</c><00:

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

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• there's<00:46:51.559><c> also</c><00:46:51.800><c> a</c><00:46:52.000><c> small</c><00:46:52.319><c> Lake
• </c><00:46:52.640><c> that</c><00:46:52.760><c> borders</c> there's also a small Lake that borders there's
• also a small Lake that borders my<00:46:53.599><c> property</c><00:46:54.000><c> to</c><00:46:54.200
• But when you get into northern Minnesota, into woods and in Lake Country, it doesn't work so well.
• Lake boundaries and water boundaries always have tidal problems.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

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• Um, Representative Andrew Myers, I represent the fine cities of Becker and Big Lake, and Representative
• represent the fine cities of Becker<00:01:47.200><c> and</c><00:01:47.360><c> big</c><00:01:47.560><c> lake
• </c><00:01:47.759><c> and</c><00:01:47.960><c> representative</c> Becker and big lake and representative
• Becker and big lake and representative Howard<00:01:48.799><c> failed</c><00:01:49.119><c> to</c><00
• :59.039><c> western</c> I think Huldah, you may have mistaken and you forgot to say Cottage Grove, Lake

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

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• done three public pilot projects: one in Rochester, Minnesota, in 2021 to 2022; one in White Bear Lake
• done three public pilot projects: one in Rochester, Minnesota, in 2021 to 2022; one in White Bear Lake
• Minnesota in 2021 to 2022 one in White Minnesota in 2021 to 2022 one in White Bear<01:13:57.639><c> Lake
• 59.679><c> 2023</c><01:14:00.679><c> and</c><01:14:00.800><c> then</c><01:14:00.920><c> the</c> Bear Lake
• from 2022 to 2023 and then the Bear Lake from 2022 to 2023 and then the go<01:14:01.239><c> Mari</c>

Committee: Senate Transportation

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• It sounds a little odd, but there is a 2020 appropriation to Heron Lake.
• specifically brought to the council's attention, such as there was one project that happened down in Lake
• ><00:28:37.320><c> happened</c><00:28:37.600><c> down</c><00:28:37.720><c> in</c><00:28:37.880><c> Lake
• </c><00:28:38.080><c> pen</c> um uh that happened down in Lake pen um uh that happened down in Lake pen

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

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• folks<01:52:08.560><c> like</c><01:52:09.000><c> on</c><01:52:09.160><c> the</c><01:52:09.240><c> Lake
• </c><01:52:09.440><c> Street</c><01:52:09.640><c> corridor,</c> folks like on the Lake Street corridor
• , folks like on the Lake Street corridor, which<01:52:10.320><c> are</c><01:52:10.800><c> largely</c>
• 50:45.480><c> Madison</c> by Madison by Madison from<03:50:46.760><c> Madison</c><03:50:47.200><c> Lake
• ,</c><03:50:47.480><c> there</c><03:50:47.640><c> are</c><03:50:47.760><c> 6,800</c> from Madison Lake

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• They beat the best team in the world at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid.
• </c> the 1980 Olympics in Lake the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid.<02:14:00.960><c> Nobody</c><02:14:01.360
• One is going to go to the ice rink in Lake Placid, where they won it.
• Steve Janisk from White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Mark Johnson from Madison, Wisconsin.
• Steve Janisk from White Bear Lake,<02:22:28.359><c> Minnesota.

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• Michigan</c><07:01:14.320><c> who</c> So when you look at the largest freshwater basins of our Great Lakes
• losing representation every time we dare to reapportion the size of the chamber. basins of our great lakes
• , when you look basins of our great lakes, when you look at<07:01:30.400><c> the</c><07:01:30.718><c>

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• Those counties are Rock, Jackson, Lacaparo, Roso, and Red Lake counties.