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• as part of the agreement, transferred as part of the agreement, transferred that<00:18:20.760>
• I I just remember voting on transferring I I just remember voting on transferring ownership<00:18
• <01:33:22.000> stations down there that the transfer stations down there that the transfer
• station and then the uh your transfer station and then the transfer<01:41:46.560> station<01:
• of trash transfer and recycling. of trash transfer and recycling.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• COULD NOT MAKE THE ACCEPTED TRANSFER.
• BUT WHY THE DIFFERENCE FROM ACCEPTED FOR TRANSFER?
• WHY DID YOU CHANGE IT TO ACCEPTED FOR TRANSFER TO TRANSFER.
• TRANSFERRED THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TO TRANSFER ACCEPTED FOR TRANSFER TO ME LOOKS AS IF THEY CAN JUST HANG
• IF SOMEONE IS NOT TRANSFERRED THE ACCEPTED FOR TRANSFER DOES NOT KICK IN.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• ones have transferred from the community college and actually graduated?
• And we have the assurance that those courses are going to transfer.
• And those transfer students succeed as we have the highest graduate, 4-year graduation rate for transfer
• However, our universities also enroll over 6000 transfer students each year.
• OK, so, um, uh, we are a transfer student destination.

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• <00:20:43.000> between and that's related to a transfer between and that's related to a transfer
• <00:26:39.760> That's that represents the transfer. That's that represents the transfer.
• <00:26:42.520> one-time<00:26:43.120> $550,000 transfer one-time $550,000 transfer one-time
• airports fund um but uh the transfer airports fund um but uh the transfer does<00:26:53.400>
• title transfer deadline extension. title transfer deadline extension.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• to be transferred from a male<00:23:18.640> facility<00:23:19.440> to male facility to
• <00:24:13.159> to<00:24:13.279> shaki would be safer if transferred to shaki would
• be safer if transferred to shaki is<00:24:14.400> there<00:24:14.520> a<00:24:14.799>
• to consider even consider transferring to consider even consider transferring an<00:24:40.880>
• to Shaka it's also be transferred to Shaka it's also interesting<00:25:09.600> because<00:25:

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 435, a bill framed by supporters as protecting biological women and keeping Minnesota Correctional Facility Shakopee as a women-only facility. Much of the discussion centered on how the Department of Corrections determines placement, whether and how it verifies sex or gender identity, and what the bill would require in practice. Commissioner Snell said Shakopee is the state’s women’s correctional facility, that DOC uses medical and records-based review rather than genital inspections, and that any transfer decisions involve a broader, nine-factor process that includes individual safety and gender-responsive care. He also said there are three transgender women placed at Shakopee. Opponents argued the bill targets a very small and vulnerable population and would increase risk to transgender people, who they said are already disproportionately subject to assault and harassment in custody. Representative Feist said the issue was not a major concern raised by women at Shakopee and that other facility problems were more pressing. Representative Pinto and Representative Curran challenged the bill’s premise and the author’s framing, while Representative Hudson pressed the commissioner on whether safety concerns alone could justify a transfer to Shakopee from a male facility; Snell said other management tools would be used instead. Testimony from Alicia Beckman, a former DOC employee, supported the bill and said women at Shakopee had not been adequately informed or consulted and that their safety had not been taken into account. The exchange became highly contentious, with repeated disputes over whether the bill was about safety or anti-trans ideology. Supporters said the measure was common sense and necessary to protect women and staff at Shakopee, while opponents said it was unconstitutional and harmful. No final vote or other committee action was shown in the excerpt, though members discussed whether the bill had the votes to pass and the chair indicated support for moving it forward.

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• Moving on to some of the transfers that occur in the bill.
• Line 333 is a transfer to the University of Minnesota regarding heritage oilseed research.
• Mollenbeck, will go over the specifics of the transfer, including the language details about that transfer
• Paragraph C is a transfer to the Pollinator Research Account.
• Paragraph H is to is a transfer to the Ag and Environmental Revolving Loan Account.

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• The budget includes an increase of $139,600,000 in General Fund revenues as a result of a one-time transfer
• Lastly, the bill transfers over $17 million of outlined project surpluses from the State Highway Fund
• So we're formally stating that we are not transferring.
• If we have to transfer it, we have to formally state that too, but this is just an inverse thing.
• The bill tasks ADOT to allocate and transfer $2,500,000,000,000.

Summary: The meeting covered a series of fiscal year 2027 budget and budget-related bills, beginning with the general appropriations and tax package. Staff and the chair highlighted a budget built around about $1.4 billion in tax cuts, a one-time 2.5% agency reduction, major funding for state employee health insurance, corrections, flood and wildfire relief, and other supplemental appropriations. The chair repeatedly urged support for the package, emphasizing the size of the tax cut and noting that the committee’s joint vote had only three no votes out of 28 members. Members then reviewed several smaller budget implementation bills affecting racing and gambling, capital outlay, commerce and defense innovation, corrections, environment and water policy, higher education, human services, K-12 education, county finance, tax administration, state data governance, and state office rent rates. Key provisions included extending or modifying funds and fee structures, transferring surplus or unneeded monies, creating or revising oversight boards and pilot programs, increasing K-12 funding by 2% for inflation, adjusting university retention limits, expanding SNAP and housing-related requirements, and changing tax conformity and credits. Several members asked clarifying questions about specific items such as electric vehicle charging funds, mobile home relocation payments, university funding, and the new health insurance oversight board. The chair also explained the tax bill’s major changes, including conformity to federal tax law, a larger dependent tax credit, changes to deductions, repeal of certain tax credits, veteran property tax relief, limits on data center tax incentives, and provisions affecting manufacturing infrastructure and unemployment insurance administration. The committee discussed the Budget Stabilization Fund, debt repayment, and education rollover balances, with the chair arguing for using surpluses to pay down debt. The final item discussed was a behavioral health bill creating a home and community-based services program for adults determined to be seriously mentally ill, with a stated FY 2027 total fund appropriation of $7.8 million contingent on federal approval and matching funds. The meeting ended with a reminder that floor action would begin the next day at 10 a.m.

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• She said she believed some of the transgender individuals at Shakopee were eventually transferred out
• She said she believed some of the transgender individuals at Shakopee were eventually transferred out
• <00:24:16.640> to<00:24:16.760> Shaka would be safer if transferred to Shaka would
• to consider even consider transferring to consider even consider transferring an<00:24:44.399>
• comes to the potential to be transferred comes to the potential to be transferred from<00:27:14.480

Keywords: 1183, house

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• They help arrange transfers for those rural hospitals.
• When we transfer a patient, we're making a decision based on the immediate clinical condition and the
• some examples of what those transfers look like?
• It's doctors and nurses that have to decide who gets transferred and how they get transferred, correct
• Anybody can call in a transfer—a doctor, a nurse.

Bills: HB2014, HB2156, HB2180, HB2554, HCR2047, HR2002

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, livestock, compensation, funding, ranching, agriculture, appropriation, University of Arizona, education, state budget, biennial budget, state funding, appropriations, budget procedures, fiscal years, Judea

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• A $90 million transfer was approved at the beginning of the year.
• This is the second transfer for the program.
• Those positions will also be requested transfer on this table. The next table shows fund transfers.
• The next table shows fund transfers.
• This is the appropriation transfer request.

Summary: The committee met to consider a series of appropriation, reserve transfer, and grant requests. Early items included temporary appropriations for the Department of Education’s Educational Freedom Account program ($32 million), the State Crime Lab ($476,000), and DFA Assessment Coordination ($90,000), along with a $1 ARPA return from the Department of Health. The committee approved these items after brief questions, including a discussion about contract cost increases at Assessment Coordination and a clarification that the $1 ARPA item was simply an unused-funds return. The most extensive discussion centered on the Department of Education’s EFA funding. Members questioned the growth in participation, the use of one-time funds and restricted reserves, and safeguards against fraud or improper purchases. Agency officials said about 44,000 students were being funded, that purchases are reviewed and flagged for unusual activity, and that homeschool students are not required to buy a curriculum so long as purchases are eligible and approved. The committee approved the EFA appropriation and related reserve transfer, and officials said the governor’s proposed budget would include the program in the RSA going forward. The committee also approved a DHS reallocation request and reviewed a building authority loan for a data center power supply replacement. In the federal grant section, members discussed a Department of Agriculture request for Central Arkansas Water to acquire land in the Maumelle watershed. Debate focused on the environmental benefits versus local property-tax and development concerns in Perry County, with testimony from the agency, Central Arkansas Water, and Potlatch about watershed protection, public access, and potential development impacts. After extended discussion, the committee adopted a motion to defer the item to the full Legislative Council and asked the department to remove the Perry County portion from the request, limiting the grant-funded purchase to Pulaski County property. The committee then reviewed remaining items, including a Veterans Affairs pay-plan appropriation, and adjourned.

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• I was talking to them recently, a group of them, in enrollment, records transfer, credit transfer, graduation
• But in terms of students transferring in and out of.
• And even just transfer students coming in.
• Chair and Senator, definitely there are real benefits to transfers, so the transfers should happen at
• And then we transfer it to the higher ed department.

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• of the bill to the transfer section.
• <00:18:44.720> in<00:18:45.039> the moving uh a transfer in the moving uh a transfer
• technical move um to have the transfer technical move um to have the transfer moved<00:19:37.200
• <00:19:40.960> On the bill to the transfer section. On the bill to the transfer section.
• transfers um where they were moved to. transfers um where they were moved to.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• policy riddled with loopholes that allowed the transfer of these biological males.
• Each day they wonder, will my co-defendant or ex try to transfer here?
• Will the man who sexually exploited me through prostitution try to transfer here?
• Each day they wonder, will my co-defendant or ex try to transfer here?
• Will the man who sexually exploited me through prostitution try to transfer here?

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House File 435 was taken up with an author's amendment that added a definition of “female,” “woman,” and “girl” based on biological sex. The committee debated the amendment at length, with supporters saying it was needed for clarity and opponents arguing it was unscientific, dehumanizing, and imported from outside model legislation. The amendment was adopted, and the bill was laid over because no fiscal note had yet been received. As amended, HF 435 would require the commissioner of Corrections to house only biological females at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Shakopee and to transfer any nonbiological females out within seven days of enactment. Chair Franson described it as a common-sense women’s rights and human rights bill intended to protect incarcerated women. Alicia Beckman, a former Shakopee GED teacher, testified in support, saying the current policy had allowed biological males with violent histories into the facility and created fear, retraumatization, and safety concerns for staff and inmates. Several testifiers opposed the bill. Deva Guy, Lucy Ailia G., Reverend Dr. Justin Saia Tannis, and Jess Braverman argued that the bill would endanger transgender women, scapegoat a vulnerable minority, and conflict with research, the Prison Rape Elimination Act, and constitutional protections. They urged the committee to focus instead on broader prison conditions and safety issues. Committee members also questioned Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell about the placement process; he explained that transgender placements are reviewed through a multi-step process involving behavioral health and medical staff, a gender identity committee, and final review by the deputy commissioner and commissioner. He said 49 people systemwide have identified as transgender. The discussion ended with the bill laid over and the chair noting that a constitutional challenge would likely follow if the bill became law.

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• Generally, the bill would set a fee of $45 for filing a guardianship case transferred from another county
• has concluded fully before the guardian is dismissed, and streamline and specify procedures for transfer
• Generally, the bill would set a fee of $45 for filing a guardianship case transferred from another county
• Real property records showing that your property has been transferred to a third party.
• Beneficiaries get 365 days to apply for ownership transfer, not just six months in the original bill.

Bills: SB302, SB1335, SB1734, SB1760, SB1975, SB2127

Keywords: probate court, statutory judge, reimbursement, court costs, court proceedings, judicial assignments, judge assignment, cost reimbursement, judicial expenses, estate management, statutory requirement, court expenses, estates, inheritance, representative duties, court authority, personal representative, real property, deed fraud, title fraud

Summary: The committee heard several probate, family law, judicial, property, and contract-related bills. Senate Bill 1335, relating to decedents’ estates, would remove outdated references to a clerk’s certificate, allow courts to remove personal representatives on their own motion with notice by qualified delivery method, and add independent administrators to provisions that referenced only independent executors; an estate-planning attorney testified in support, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1760, concerning guardianship transfer fees and procedures, was described as setting a $45 filing fee for transferred guardianship cases and clarifying completion and dismissal procedures; it received no testimony and was left pending. Senate Bill 2127 would shorten the eligibility period for retired judges to serve as visiting judges from eight years to six, restrict practice in their assigned region for two years, and require conflict-related certification; it also was left pending without testimony. Senate Bill 302 would shift the cost of a traveling probate judge to the requesting estate or parties rather than the county; one witness registered in favor, no one testified, and the bill was left pending. The committee then considered a committee substitute for Senate Bill 252, which would clarify the parental presumption in conservatorship cases, require non-parents seeking relief against a parent to file an affidavit showing significant impairment to the child if relief is denied, require courts to state specific findings when overcoming the presumption, confirm the clear-and-convincing standard, and clarify that agreed prior orders do not defeat the presumption. The substitute was explained as consensus language from a work group, public testimony was reopened, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1734, on deed fraud, would create a streamlined ex parte process for property owners to have fraudulent deeds declared void, modeled on the fraudulent lien statute; county clerk and title association representatives testified that it would provide a low-cost self-help remedy for a growing problem, and the bill was left pending subject to the chair. Senate Bill 1975 would prevent Texas contractors from being forced to litigate disputes in foreign jurisdictions and require disputes to be handled in the county where the project is located; it was presented as a repeat of a previously vetoed bill and was left pending. Finally, the committee took up a substitute for Senate Bill 1940, concerning transfer-on-death style beneficiary designations for manufactured homes. The substitute would allow one or more beneficiaries instead of only one, transfer the interest to surviving designated beneficiaries who survive by 120 hours, extend the application period for transfer to 365 days, void the designation if not timely filed, and require mailing by certified or registered mail with return receipt requested. The substitute was adopted without objection. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• Chairman, members Recent years, there have been issues with transfer and guardianships between courts
• excess of $150 in the county where the case is being transferred.
• This bill also ensures that all necessary documents are transferred.
• So it's similar to the family law transfer fee. All right. Thank you, Judge Herman.
• Transfer on death deeds are a simple way for homeowners to transfer their property upon their death,

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• to ensure that that electronic transfer to ensure that that electronic transfer system<00:52:03.920
• Sometimes you're creating an opportunity for a kid not to get to play because somebody transfers.
• Sometimes you're creating an opportunity for a kid not to get to play because somebody transfers.
• <00:57:50.599> are play because most of the transfers are play because most of the transfers
• <00:59:14.720> we<00:59:14.880> make<00:59:15.119> the transfers we make the transfers

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 669, sponsored by Representative Smith, which was presented as a response to a September shooting incident in his district that led to school closures and missed instructional days. Smith said the bill was intended to help school districts recover lost days caused by extraordinary emergencies and not to set a broad precedent. Members asked whether districts had adjusted calendars to make up time, and Smith said many had already extended days or moved calendars into June. The committee then voted to pass House Bill 669, with all members present voting yes. The committee next heard House Bill 621, as amended by a committee substitute that removed a homeschooling-related section and left only the school-threat provisions. The bill would allow courts to impose a fine on parents when a child is adjudicated for terroristic threatening if law enforcement incurred excessive costs, and it would require a mental health assessment for the child. Representative Duvall and Officer Steve Chappelle supported the measure, arguing that online school threats spread fear, disrupt attendance, pull law-enforcement resources from other schools, and should create more parental accountability. Representative Riley also supported the accountability goal, citing lost instructional time and a recent student suicide tied to online issues. Several members raised concerns about the bill’s scope and due process. Representative Josh Callaway questioned why this offense should be the starting point for parental fines and warned about a slippery slope in holding parents liable for children’s crimes. Representative Willner said the bill seemed more like a judiciary issue, questioned whether punishment can make parents better parents, and asked about diversion programs and the meaning of the detention language. Representative Tipton pointed to existing statutes on mental health assessments and terroristic threatening penalties, and said the committee substitute would alleviate many concerns. Scott West, speaking for Kentucky Policy and the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, argued that the mandatory detention language would remove judicial discretion and that the parental fine provision could conflict with existing due process protections requiring notice, a hearing, and a finding that lack of supervision was a substantial factor in the child’s delinquency. The transcript does not show a final vote on House Bill 621 in the portion provided.

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• We first provide a definition of a transfer, referencing statute, and are clear that a transfer is not
• c> and of a transfer referencing statute and of a transfer referencing statute and are<00:20:08.159
• state treasury just with transfer state treasury just with transfer language<00:20:17.320> then
• <00:20:22.440> in needing to affect transfers in needing to affect transfers in law law law
• more about the authority to transfer more about the authority to transfer amongst<00:28:43.799><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Finance Committee met for its first 2025 meeting, with co-chairs Senator Marty and Senator Pratt opening the session and members and staff introducing themselves. No bills were heard; the meeting was focused on orientation and on reviewing the committee’s budget rules for the new biennium. Committee members and staff from both caucuses, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB), and legislative fiscal offices were introduced before the presentation began. MMB fiscal staff Brian D. and committee fiscal staff explained that budget rules are a nonbinding agreement between MMB and House and Senate fiscal staff that guides how fiscal proposals are tracked and understood. They reviewed the history of the rules, noting that the current document reflects the most substantial update since the rules were first adopted in the early 2000s, and that the 2025 version was reorganized into eight sections after extensive interim work by House, Senate, and MMB staff. The presenters emphasized that the rules are updated annually, are intended to promote consistent fiscal tracking and transparent communication, and are used as guidance for budget bills rather than as law. The presentation highlighted several substantive rule areas: general tracking rules and comparison points for budget documents; appropriation drafting guidance; treatment of transfers, revenues, and inflation; planning estimates and “budget tails”; and rules for extending, canceling, or reappropriating existing appropriations. Staff also described new or revised provisions, including guidance on understanding current-law changes, using Department of Revenue estimates for tax revenue, and treating inflation in the forecast as a general pressure estimate rather than appropriated dollars. The committee was asked to review the updated rules, but no vote or formal action was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• This is a transfer of $4,345,000 among the fringe benefit accounts in the General Fund and the Special
• This is a transfer of $3,300,000 among various accounts to meet projected year-end requirements.
• This is a transfer. FAC 2026-12 for the Department of Children and Families.
• That was intended to be transferred from foster care.
• account, we were not able to transfer those funds.

Keywords: 962, all

Summary: The Finance Advisory Committee approved the minutes from its May 14, 2026 meeting and then considered four fiscal transfers. FAC 2026-9 for the Office of the State Controller transferred $4.345 million among fringe benefit accounts in the General Fund and Special Transportation Fund. Members questioned several employee benefit accounts, including active and retiree health care, Social Security, higher education alternative retirement, and OPEB; agency staff explained the transfers were based on updated year-end projections, with some accounts showing surpluses and others needing additional funds. The item was approved, with two no votes noted. FAC 2026-10 for the Military Department transferred $150,000 from the Honor Guards account to personal services and Governor’s Guard accounts to cover operational needs, and it was approved without opposition. FAC 2026-11 for the Department of Social Services transferred $3.3 million among accounts. Most of the discussion focused on a surplus in the substance use disorder waiver/reinvestment account, lower-than-expected TANF/TFA caseloads, federal family planning backfill requirements, and staffing challenges in eligibility operations. DSS said some funds remained unused because a residential care vendor did not enter into a contract, some reserves were intended for future multi-year investments, and eligibility staff require 12 to 18 months of training; the item was approved. FAC 2026-12 for the Department of Children and Families transferred $3.05 million among accounts for year-end operational needs. Members asked about closures of day treatment and community-based prevention programs, and DCF said children were transitioned to other providers without service interruption, with closures driven by provider decisions and financial viability. DCF also explained that some prior funding had been used as gap funding and that ongoing support had been built into the budget. The committee approved the transfer and then adjourned.

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• If we have consent, it makes it harder to move the policy or transfer it to another company.
• Who is benefiting from not allowing these to be transferred?
• Are we able to transfer that money into another provider if we go through underwriting?
• Tom, could be transferring these, you know, without a new consent.
• Tom, could be transferring these, you know, without a new consent.

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• A $90 million transfer is approved at the beginning of the year.
• This is the second transfer for the program.
• The second table on that page shows transfers between divisions.
• Those positions will also be requested transfer on this table. The next table shows fund transfers.
• This is the appropriation transfer request.

Summary: The committee met to consider a series of temporary appropriation requests, reserve fund transfers, federal grant appropriations, and review items. Early items included a $32 million appropriation and matching reserve transfer for the Department of Education’s educational freedom account program, a $476,000 request for the State Crime Lab, and a $90,000 assessment coordination request from DFA. Members asked questions about the assessment contract costs, and the item was approved. The committee also approved a $1 ARPA return to the CDC and a Department of Human Services reallocation package that moved general revenue and positions among divisions to meet client needs. The most extensive discussion centered on a $32 million restricted reserve transfer for the educational freedom account program. Members questioned the growing number of participating students, the program’s long-term funding needs, and safeguards against improper purchases. Agency representatives said about 44,000 students were being funded, that reimbursements and marketplace purchases are reviewed, and that reporting and audit controls are in place, though not every instance of fraud can be prevented. The committee approved the transfer after discussion. Members also approved smaller cash and federal grant items, including funding for a teacher shortage data dashboard, All Kids Bike grants, crime lab outsourcing, veterans cemetery operations, and a podiatric medicine licensing investigation fund. The most contentious item was a $7 million federal Forest Legacy grant request for Central Arkansas Water and the Department of Agriculture to acquire land in the Maumelle watershed, including acreage in Perry County and Pulaski County. Members debated water quality, development pressure, property tax impacts, local support, and whether Perry County had been adequately consulted. Agency and company representatives argued the acquisition would protect drinking water, preserve forested watershed land, and support recreation, while some legislators emphasized the county’s tax and development concerns. Senator Davis moved to defer the item to the full Legislative Council and to request removal of the Perry County portion; that motion passed. The committee then reviewed the remaining items, including a Veterans Affairs pay plan request, and adjourned.