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MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • the different statutes that require agencies to report possible or more likely evidence of misuse or fraud
  • the different statutes that require agencies to report possible or more likely evidence of misuse or fraud
  • statutes that require agencies to report um uh possible or um uh more likely um evidence of misuse or fraud
  • I just know that it's a very time-consuming process, and so I just wanted to bring that to the attention
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session May 9th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Animal feed is not taxed at any point in this production to the consumer, except when that product is
Bills: SB111, SB128, SB203, SB205, SB261, SB383, SB393, SB397, SB466, SB510, SB705, SB715, SB731, SB748, SB801, SB867, SB876, SB913, SB945, SB946, SB1013, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1181, SB1250, SB1285, SB1373, SB1400, SB1444, SB1483, SB1528, SB1553, SB1556, SB1581, SB1586, SB1608, SB1698, SB1730, SB1835, SB1858, SB1903, SB1946, SB1950, SB1986, SB2017, SB2043, SB2056, SB2058, SB2063, SB2082, SB2105, SB2133, SB2137, SB2177, SB2203, SB2260, SB2311, SB2334, SB2337, SB2340, SB2403, SB2417, SB2446, SB2452, SB2460, SB2519, SB2532, SB2565, SB2611, SB2619, SB2622, SB2633, SB2637, SB2655, SB2681, SB2688, SB2713, SB2717, SB2764, SB2781, SB2782, SB2790, SB2794, SB2797, SB2841, SB2847, SB2857, SB2878, SB2891, SB2943, SB2955, SB2959, SB2972, SB2995, SB3037, SB3047, SB3057, SB3059, HJR2, HJR99, HB26, HB29, HB136, HB166, HB206, HB353, HB451, HB517, HB1399, HB1672, HB2000, HB2198, HB2756, HB3204, HB3248, SJR3, SB5, SB72, SB509, SB616, SB963, SB985, SB1025, SB1080, SB1143, SB1172, SB1245, SB1267, SB1271, SB1273, SB1355, SB1422, SB1759, SB1786, SB2361, SB1, SB260, SB1506, SB1637, SCR48, SB375, SB410, SB672, SB777, SB1373, SB1454, SB1586, SB1704, SB1854, SB1856, SB2165, SB2203, SB2342, SB2367, SB2452, SB2501, SB2520, SB2521, SB2538, SB2539, SB2703, SB2835, SB2903, SB2926, SB2959, SB2965, SB3029, HB22, HB1392, HB3093, HB3096, HCR6, HCR12, HCR29, HCR50, HCR55, HCR56, HCR58, HCR70, HCR71, HCR74, HCR78, HCR80, HCR107, HCR116, HCR117, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SCR12, SCR39, SCR48, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB507, SB1434, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB261, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB511, SB2309, SB510, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB1200, SB1845, SB2458, SB801, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB2797, SB2076, SB2876, SB1640, SB2538, SB1449, SB1181, SB1359, SB410, SB1234, SB2926, SB2972, SB2841, SB1856, SB1528, SB1373, SB672, SB2891, SB1854, SB317, SB2539, SB2532, SB1250, SB2082, SB2203, SB1285, SB1454, SB2520, SB1237, SB1586, SB2819, SB629, SB2342, SB2903, SB3029, SB375, SB777, SB2367, SB2703, SB2608, SB2965, SB2521, SB2165, SB2501, SB2452, SB2835, SB1602, SB1704, SB1723, SB1858, SB1946, SB2009, SB2177, SB2460, SB2785, SB867, SB1608, SB640, SB1698, SB705, SB748, SB2680, SB2994, SB2747, SB1950, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB3059, SB2637, SB2334, SB1861, SB2043, SB1367, SB2857, SB128, SB3058, SB2044, SB2363, SB2311, SB1986, SB2565, SB2943, SB1888, SB2417, SB3048, SB3052, SB3053, SB3036, SB3057, SB3056, SB3043, SB3037, SB3050, SB3063, SB3047, SB3035, SB2446, SB466, SB2611, SB2794, SB2105, SB2017, SB1790, SB1778, SB1730, SB2995, SB2847, SB205, SB2619, SB1903, SB203, SB3061, SB1581, SB2600, SB2799, SB2790, SB2688, SB2515, SB1230, SB876, SB2522, SB2639, SB2137, SB2519, SB2403, SB2459, SB3051, SB2655, SB2251, SB2764, SB2878, SB1884, SB111, SB582, SB2617, SB1835, SB2751, SB2959, SB2063, SB1400, SB2058, SB2260, SB2928, SB1310, HJR99, HJR2, HJR1, HB1109, HB1392, HB22, HB3093, HB517, HB1130, HB1689, HB2018, HB2884, HB1393, HB2730, HB1399, HB1244, HB467, HB331, HB2559, HB26, HB166, HB353, HB2000, HB2756, HB3248, HB3513, HB3204, HB3135, HB3012, HB2763, HB2523, HB2457, HB2415, HB2198, HB2143, HB1708, HB1672, HB767, HB1327, HB2723, HB451, HB140, HB109, HB3096, HB206, HB1238, HB1089, HB2890, HB9, HB2081, HB4215, HB2970, HCR6, HCR12, HCR29, HCR50, HCR55, HCR56, HCR58, HCR70, HCR71, HCR74, HCR78, HCR80, HCR107, HCR116, HCR117, SB2566, SB2344, SB1897, SB1749, SB1361, SB2549, SB2553, HB37, HB1899, HB3809, HB334, HB554, HB1593, HB2607, HB3526, HB3810, HB5092, HB388, HB2809, HB1151, HB913
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Department of Agriculture update 2/18/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We were asked to just touch on our anti-fraud efforts at the agency.
  • So, um, it's very outlined how staff can report whether or not they suspect any fraud, waste, or abuse
  • We were asked to just touch on our anti-fraud efforts at the agency.
  • So, um, it's very outlined how staff can report whether or not they suspect any fraud, waste, or abuse
  • So, um, it's very outlined how staff can report whether or not they suspect any fraud, waste, or abuse
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture presented an overview of its budget, staffing, and major program areas, including protection services, marketing, and administration. Commissioners also highlighted concerns about federal funding uncertainty after a January letter suspending active and future USDA awards to the department. They said the issue affected about 13% of the agency’s budget, created confusion for farmers, and briefly disrupted poultry lab testing and HPAI-related work, though they later received assurances from USDA leadership that existing programs would continue processing. The department also described its anti-fraud efforts, including internal controls, a compliance coordinator, a grants administrator, review committees, site visits, and participation in the state’s Inspector General Coordinating Council. The committee then discussed several agriculture support programs. For dairy margin coverage, the department said Minnesota’s sign-up is open and supported a bill to extend assistance to farmers who began operations in 2023-2025 and were not covered under the earlier production-based formula. The renamed Farm to Food Security program, formerly LFPA, was described as a state-created local food purchasing effort funded at $700,000 per year. The down payment assistance grant for first-time farm buyers was also reviewed; the department said it has supported 112 farmers so far, with additional awards pending, but noted timing problems when purchase agreements fall through. Members asked whether priority should be given to applicants with signed purchase agreements, and the department said that was under consideration. The grain indemnity account update focused on the Hansen-Mueller facility failure and related claims. The department said the account holds about $10.7 million, has received 19 claims totaling $1.1 million, and that $842,000 of those claims were tied specifically to Minnesota transactions. It explained the difference by noting that some claims involved Minnesota farmers selling in North Dakota and Wisconsin, and that the indemnity account covers grains sold in Minnesota. The committee also heard updates on elk and wolf depredation payments, with the department projecting shortfalls in both funds and noting that payments are being delayed into later months. The agriculture response fund balance was said to be about $2.5 million. Finally, the Rural Finance Authority and the East Grand Forks potato facility were discussed. The RFA reported strong demand for low-interest loans, about $26 million remaining from the prior $50 million authorization, and a new $50 million bonding request in the governor’s proposal to avoid a funding gap. The department said the program has issued 3,951 loans totaling about $390.3 million with very low defaults. It also requested $1.38 million in bonding for building improvements at the East Grand Forks potato facility, which it said is the department’s only owned building and supports a significant potato industry. In response to a question from Rep. Bang, the commissioner said recent ICE activity had affected farms, processing plants, immigrant workers, and some rural food businesses, and that the department had relayed those concerns to the governor’s office and congressional delegation.
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session, 3/10/2026 #1

Maryland Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:55:37.680> credit financial institutions, consumer credit financial institutions, consumer
  • <00:59:05.000> protection-related state law on consumer protection-related state law on consumer
  • Consumers know that this, for instance, if you go and you pay with a credit card, sometimes it'll say
  • It's more just a conversation that's being held, but with no real guidance to the consumer either.
  • are not sure what's that consumers are not sure what's happening<01:04:47.120> because<01:04:
Summary: The Senate convened on March 10, 2026, established a quorum, and began with an invocation by Reverend Damien Flowers, which was journalized without objection. The chamber then recognized several guests and honorees, including Dr. Courtney Glickman for being named 2025 Play Therapist of the Year, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Dr. Sonja B. Santelises for her leadership of Baltimore City Public Schools, students shadowing legislators, Navy Alliance representatives, the Maryland Alliance for Advocacy for Sickle Cell, and Ms. Kimberly Body for her lupus advocacy. The Senate also journalized prior remarks about the 6888 regiment. The Finance Committee report then moved several bills forward. Senate Bill 348 would allow hospitals and freestanding birthing centers to contact, rather than only call, patients after high-risk pregnancies; its amendments were adopted and the bill was ordered to third reading. Senate Bill 390 on Wicomico County liquor licenses was laid over under the rule. Senate Bill 492, addressing massage therapy advertising and prohibiting misleading sexual-service advertising, was amended and sent to third reading. Senate Bill 562, concerning pharmacist-prescriber agreements for opioid use disorder treatment, was amended and advanced. Senate Bill 773 would let pharmacists order certain vaccines, including intranasal flu vaccines, for self-administration and was advanced without amendment. Senate Bill 53, on Maryland Port Administration land acquisition notice in Anne Arundel County, was amended and advanced. Senate Bill 428 would bar cost-sharing for collaborative care model services under Medicaid and private coverage and was advanced without amendment. Senate Bill 473 would require human trafficking awareness training for for-hire and transportation network drivers; its amendments were adopted and it was sent to third reading. Senate Bill 585 would shift administration of the human relevant research fund from Health to Agriculture and was advanced. Senate Bill 606, the Easy Pass Commuter Fairness and Transparency Act, would require an MDTA report on commuter plans and unused trips; its amendment was moved as the transcript ended. During debate on Senate Bill 917, which would expand the definition of audiology practice to include certain screenings and non-radiographic imaging, a senator questioned whether the bill would make Maryland the only state restricting a health occupation from performing Medicare-required screenings. The floor leader said the committee had heard that claim in testimony but had not verified it, and the senator moved to special order the bill for amendment, which was granted without objection. Most other bills were reported favorably, with committee amendments adopted without objection and several bills ordered printed for third reading.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • the bill, I wanted to ask in the letter of opposition that we did receive, it claimed that towing fraud
  • the bill, I wanted to ask in the letter of opposition that we did receive, it claimed that towing fraud
  • Um just a little curious about that data. claimed that towing fraud and listening claimed that towing
  • fraud and listening to<00:47:17.359> police<00:47:17.680> scanners<00:47:18.319> so
  • more fraud. more fraud.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee first heard a presentation from the Kentucky Aviation Association on the importance of general aviation airports in Kentucky and their economic and public-safety role. Witnesses said the state has more than 50 general aviation airports that support jobs, agriculture, tourism, medical transport, disaster response, and law enforcement, and they urged continued support for aviation infrastructure and workforce development. They asked the legislature to again provide $200,000 per general aviation airport for operating and basic infrastructure costs, to route the money through the Kentucky Department of Aviation for accountability, to revisit a special-purpose governmental entity audit requirement they said is too costly for small airports, to create a long-term appropriations process for the roughly $100 million in unmet capital needs, and to fund the Arrow Act for aviation education and scholarships. Members asked about a dedicated aviation fuel tax and about local training partnerships, simulators, and school or community college programs; the witnesses said they preferred an appropriations-based solution and offered to help connect interested communities with aviation education resources. The committee then took up “Troy’s Law,” sponsored by Representatives White and Flannery, which would allow tow trucks to use blue lights while stationary and actively removing vehicles or debris from highways. Sponsors and tow operators said the bill is intended to improve worker safety after the deaths of tow operators Troy Cwell and Hubert Mosley in highway hit-and-run incidents, and they emphasized that tow operators often work in dangerous conditions at night, in bad weather, and near fast-moving traffic. They said the proposal would not apply while driving or towing and noted that other states have adopted similar measures. Witnesses from the towing industry, including Bubba Johnson and Barbara Maguire, supported the bill as an added layer of protection and described tow operators as first responders who help motorists in emergencies. Representative Flannery and other members expressed support for the safety goal and invited further discussion, but no vote or final action was taken in the excerpt.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I just want to give our counties credit for how much of this fraud prevention we put on our counties.
  • I know government at its best is a watchdog for waste, fraud, abuse—I mean all efficiency, all these
  • I know government at its best is a watchdog for waste, fraud, abuse—I mean all efficiency, all these
  • I know government at its best is a watchdog for waste, fraud, abuse—I mean all efficiency, all these
  • I know government at its best is a watchdog for waste, fraud, abuse—I mean all efficiency, all these
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/18/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The reading charlatans had been exposed, and their fraud has been revealed.
  • Fraud is rampant in Minnesota.
  • <01:47:51.960> is bakeberg You' mentioned that fraud is bakeberg You' mentioned that fraud
  • So, obviously, we want to be concerned about fraud. Let's address fraud.
  • about fraud let's address fraud um and about fraud let's address fraud um and frankly<01:49:22.480>
Bills: HF6, HF52, HF53
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Apr 23rd, 2026 at 09:30 am

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Terry Anderson of Guthrie to the Mission of Consumer Credit to serve a five-year term ending January
  • I think it has applicable knowledge to apply to continue my service on the consumer credit mission.
  • Manipulation prices to avoid taxes and aligns the tax with what is actually being consumed.
  • Uh, 2933 is a consumer protection bill.
  • I want them to have to swallow something because we have to protect our consumers.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Apr 23rd, 2026

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This will be a tax increase for consumers in Oklahoma.”
  • the products are going to have a lower tax, that they'll pass that on to the consumer.
  • Members, 2933 is a consumer protection bill.
  • This is, we have continued to work with the carriers on this as well as consumer advocates.
  • We had the Consumer Protection Bill.
Summary: The Business and Insurance Committee first handled a series of executive nominations, including appointments or reappointments to the Oklahoma Securities Commission, Real Estate Commission, State Athletic Commission, Accountancy Board, Commission on Consumer Credit, Uniform Building Code Commission, Abstractors Board, Used Motor Vehicle Dismantler and Manufactured Housing Commission, and State Banking Board. Most nominees briefly addressed the committee, and the nominations were advanced by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. One HB 4488 was laid over at the start of the meeting. The committee then considered several bills. HB 4322, which would remove a dual-licensure requirement for funeral directors and embalmers, drew questions about consumer protection and body care procedures and passed 6-3. HB 4202, changing workers’ compensation fee schedule treatment for radiology, passed unanimously. HB 4203, directing the Uniform Building Code Commission to explore guidelines for single-exit configurations in certain buildings up to four stories, passed 7-2 after concerns were raised about fire safety. HB 4457, dealing with specialty pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers, and access to specialty medications, passed unanimously. Members also debated HB 3983, which would move Oklahoma’s moist smokeless tobacco tax to a weight-based system; supporters argued it would improve fairness and revenue stability, while opponents said it would raise taxes on some products and lacked consumer protections. It passed 6-3. HB 3660, authorizing natural organic reduction as an additional end-of-life option, prompted a lengthy debate over dignity, religious concerns, and consumer choice; it passed 5-4. HB 3802, prohibiting auto insurers from raising premiums solely because a spouse died, passed unanimously. HB 2933, a consumer protection insurance bill, passed 9-0 after extensive discussion of claims handling and insurer accountability. Additional insurance and regulatory measures—HB 2955, HB 2956, HB 3781, HB 3521, HB 3796, HB 3794, and HB 3800—were also advanced, most with little or no opposition. The chair closed by noting all executive nominations and legislation had been cleared from the committee for the year.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session - 04/16/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • was an interesting bill yesterday that actually has a fair amount of Democrats supporting it, the fraud
  • Could you go back again to that fraud question you asked me earlier?
  • Yeah, so it was a press conference yesterday about taxing, like, people convicted of fraud that have
  • We understand that fraud is a problem.
  • , as well as efforts to prevent fraud, as well as efforts to prevent fraud, especially<00:55:31.680
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • So this is a fraud; this was done on...
  • And I don't mean the kind of fraud that these parents are being accused of.
  • I say most of that is necessary, so if it isn't, then it's fraud on the doctor's part.
  • To sum it up, hospitals use this for medical malpractice cover-up, insurance fraud, and to surveil.
  • If they're not doing that, then we have the fraud problem that Senator Perry was talking about, and we
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • There $9 is what they say has been stolen from Minnesota through fraud.
  • There $9 is what they say has been stolen from Minnesota through fraud.
  • sudden notice that a bunch of money is flying out the window, that somebody's stealing from you or fraud
  • sudden notice that a bunch of money is flying out the window, that somebody's stealing from you or fraud
  • So, let's watch our pocketbook, watch our spending, and get that fraud under control.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Ethics and Elections Feb 4th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • you, you try to preserve their right to petition their government, but some of it was just outright fraud
  • I don't like the the fraud that has taken place.
  • sure that it is the person who says it is, you know. >> And senator, when you say that there has been fraud
  • and security had report, I think, was it 3 counties that they did a sample and saw some significant fraud
  • That the fraud, if I had to outside of Walmart, you know, signed a document and add that information,
Keywords: 999, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • that the only reason they put up that 51% was because they were trying to keep guns out—well, that's fraud
  • established the state lottery. laid out very strict and intelligible principles to protect the public from fraud
  • inconsequential, but they opened the door for what is likely the most significant and far-reaching lottery fraud
  • say much, but taken together, as I outlined, these changes are indicative of an intent to facilitate fraud
  • Section 308: Claiming lottery prize by fraud. Penalty: felony of the second degree.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/30/26

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • this point three bills: the Human Services budget bill, the Norris bill that deals with the Medicaid fraud
  • c> uh Norris bill that deals with the uh Norris bill that deals with the Medicaid<00:12:56.760> fraud
  • 58.160> is<00:12:58.320> going<00:12:58.720> to<00:12:59.400> the Medicaid fraud
  • part that is going to the Medicaid fraud part that is going to the AG's<00:13:00.440> office,
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Balancing the Budget – Minority Leader Mark Johnson Jun 16th, 2025

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , which, you know, for most—again, going back to Minnesotans and their priorities—when you see the fraud
  • when<00:06:46.720> you<00:06:46.880> see<00:06:47.039> the<00:06:47.280> fraud
  • <00:06:47.600> and priorities when you see the fraud and priorities when you see the fraud
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Growing Minnesota’s Economy – Senator Rich Draheim May 5th, 2025

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • you know, talking about the budget, one idea that has been floated to help balance it is rooting out fraud
  • balance it is rooting floated to help balance it is rooting out<00:04:47.680> uh<00:04:47.919> fraud
  • 48.960> and<00:04:49.199> you<00:04:49.440> have<00:04:49.600> a out uh fraud
  • and waste, and you have a out uh fraud and waste, and you have a bill,<00:04:50.080> Senate<00
Keywords: 1187, senate, all