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• in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.
• Paul, Minnesota, Wednesday, February 19th, 2025.
• It's happening in Minnesota.
• Because that's what Minnesota wants. They want us to work together to do what's best for Minnesota.
• And Minnesota...

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• </c> this July um and the Minnesota this July um and the Minnesota Department<00:04:51.080><c> of</c>
• </c> inform how we move forward in Minnesota inform how we move forward in Minnesota uh<00:08:38.519>
• </c> will ensure our wonderful Minnesota will ensure our wonderful Minnesota schools<01:11:05.040><c>
• So I model like a fitness wear, and then you go on to Miss Minnesota and compete at Miss Minnesota.

Committee: Senate Education Policy

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• </c> state of Minnesota. That is incorrect. state of Minnesota. That is incorrect.
• Minnesota.
• Minnesota. Minnesota.
• </c> of Minnesota. of Minnesota.
• </c> high-profile kidnappings in Minnesota. high-profile kidnappings in Minnesota.

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• What does Medicaid do in Minnesota?
• in Minnesota is paid for by Medicaid.
• Are you on the side of the people of Minnesota?
• We didn't take care of saving in Minnesota.
• Greater Minnesota. We've worked collectively.

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Summary: The House Finance Committee held an informational briefing with the University of Hawaiʻi, led by new President Wendy Hensel and Vice President for Budget and Finance Calbert Young. Hensel outlined the university system’s scope, student demographics, research activity, and campus missions, emphasizing four strategic priorities: serving Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi, student success, workforce development, and economic diversification through innovation and research. She highlighted the system’s enrollment, research funding, and the roles of Mānoa, Hilo, West Oʻahu, the community colleges, and specialized institutions such as JABSOM and the Cancer Center. Young then reviewed the budget request, focusing largely on making prior one-time appropriations permanent and supporting recurring needs. Items included funding for Mānoa athletics, the Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology, K-12 teacher education, Pamantasan Council support, Hilo programs, Windward’s mental health technician certificate, Maui’s practical nursing bridge program, and student support positions such as financial aid and admissions counselors. He also described workforce-related requests tied to nursing expansion at Mānoa and West Oʻahu, as well as facilities support at West Oʻahu. A major portion of the testimony addressed the university’s two Kakaʻako medical facilities. Young explained that declining tobacco settlement and cigarette tax revenues are no longer sufficient to cover debt service for JABSOM and the Cancer Center, so the governor’s budget includes general fund support to supplement those obligations. He also described a regents-approved request not included in the governor’s proposal: expanding the Hawaiʻi Promise financial aid program to the four-year campuses, estimated at about $11–12 million. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.

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• According to the statute.
• Well, Minnesota Democrats have been caught trying to profit a specific Minnesota Democrat on his own
• Well, Minnesota Democrats have been caught trying to profit a specific Minnesota Democrat on his own
• This is an important bill for Minnesota construction and the Minnesota construction industry, and for
• This is an important bill for Minnesota construction and the Minnesota construction industry, and for

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• Paul, Minnesota, Thursday, February 20, 2025.
• I suspect that Minnesota consumers will disagree with that.
• I suspect that Minnesota consumers will disagree with that.
• I suspect that Minnesota consumers will disagree with that.
• It's about the culinary program with ProArt Minnesota.

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• The law has worked well, but why we're here before you today is to clear up an ambiguity in our statutes
• We've worked with and I would like to thank the Minnesota State Bar Association's Real Property Section
• , the Minnesota Bankers Association, the Minnesota Credit Union Association, BankIn, and the Minnesota
• We also want to thank the Minnesota Mortgage Association for its assistance.
• We have to stop making these decisions to make it harder to get care for people in Minnesota.

Bills: HF1224 , HF1615 , HF2403

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

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• that program in Minnesota prefer to keep that program in Minnesota rather<00:27:23.840><c> than</c><
• Um, we director at Minnesota AFL CIO.
• I'm a lobbyist with Education Minnesota.
• Then sections two and statute cited.
• ><c> Labor</c><01:13:11.520><c> and</c> Minnesota Department of Labor and Minnesota Department of Labor

Committee: Senate Labor

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• into statute.
• into statute.
• into statute.
• Minnesota.
• Minnesota. Um, we do that through Minnesota.

Bills: HF3228 , HF2441

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

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• Paul, Minnesota. Pledge of Allegiance.
• So I think women in Minnesota find a Misleading Women Act pretty ironic.
• It's an epidemic around the U.S. and Minnesota.
• And that's what pregnancy centers in Minnesota do. That's what pregnancy centers in Minnesota do.
• I haven't heard one claim of that in the state of Minnesota.

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• Minnesota Energy $2 million for the Minnesota Energy Alley.
• </c> the the 5% that is in statute. the the 5% that is in statute.
• were up to exist uh in in statute were up to $3,000. $3,000. $3,000.
• ><c> is</c><00:30:16.160><c> increasing</c> the spending in Minnesota is increasing the spending in Minnesota

Committee: Senate Finance

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• Minnesota. Minnesota.
• </c> new home constructed in Minnesota today. new home constructed in Minnesota today.
• </c> current home being built in Minnesota. current home being built in Minnesota.
• The trend it's it's a Minnesota.
• </c> And again, this was not just Minnesota. And again, this was not just Minnesota.

Bills: HF3545 , HF4004

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

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• That statute... ...is based on Arizona Revised Statute Section 15-271.
• The statute then allows a non-compliant district 90 days to correct the deficiencies.
• Those states were California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York.
• Those states were California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York.
• I think through that conversations, of auditor from the state of Minnesota.

Committee: Joint Joint Legislative Audit Committee

Summary: The committee first heard an update on Topok Elementary School District’s long-running noncompliance with Arizona’s Uniform System of Financial Records. The Auditor General’s office explained the USFR noncompliance process and reported that Topok had made substantial progress, correcting many deficiencies in areas such as open meeting law, procurement, payroll, attendance reporting, property control, and information technology. The district’s superintendent and staff described the corrective actions they had taken, the use of outside consultants, and their plan to maintain compliance through stronger leadership, training, and consistent procedures. Members praised the district’s progress and asked about the remaining deficiencies and the status of the 3% state-aid withholding, which the Auditor General said would be addressed by the State Board of Education. The committee then considered a request for a fourth school safety special audit, tied to concerns raised by Representative Martinez about Phoenix Union High School District and school violence response practices. The Auditor General said the proposed audit would be a new topic focused on policies and procedures for responding to credible threats of violence and allegations of staff misconduct affecting student safety, and could include Phoenix Union in the sample. Representative Martinez described a fatal 2024 shooting, weapons incidents, and concerns about district oversight. The committee approved the motion 10-0. Next, staff presented the fiscal years 2027-2028 school district performance audit schedule, describing 26 randomly selected school districts and career and technical education districts, plus 84 planned follow-ups. The Auditor General said the schedule is intended to shorten the average time between audits and that the school audits division is now fully staffed. Members asked about county coverage and the inclusion of ESA accountability, but the schedule was ultimately presented for review rather than approval. The committee also heard a detailed federal compliance audit presentation on the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) administered by DES. The Auditor General reported repeated findings involving missing provider documentation, questioned costs, and FFATA reporting errors, including a 2024 sample that led to questioning $2.88 million in costs. The office recommended stronger documentation, record retention, reporting procedures, and staff training; DES concurred and said it would correct the findings in 2026. Members discussed the limits of the single-audit scope, the possibility of a broader special audit, and the federal government’s recent actions on CCDF oversight in other states. Finally, the committee considered and discussed a special audit request for CCDF that would broaden review to provider oversight, licensing, site visits, and billing accuracy across multiple state agencies, with estimated costs of $547,000 to $625,000 and a projected report date of July 31, 2027.

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• Water is not distributed equally across Minnesota.
• Minnesota businesses and families have made it clear that costs matter to them and that costs in Minnesota
• The University of Minnesota.
• Function in the state of Minnesota is one of the great things about living in Minnesota.
• I'm here on behalf of the Minnesota Solar Energy Industry Association and their 5,000 Minnesota employees

Bills: HF2928 , HF2912 , HF2297

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

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• So, in May of 2024, the Minnesota Okay.
• This made Minnesota the 18th into law.
• Um and many required by the statute.
• Tech in charge of prices and Minnesota Tech in charge of prices and Minnesota consumers<01:12:28.760>
• </c> Minnesota families. Minnesota families.

Bills: HF3794 , HF3408

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

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• House Bill 414053 reinstates previous statutes about new drivers qualifying for licensure and updates
• But, are we going to place any kind of a statute of limitations on the event, the original event?
• That, in itself, becomes a statute of limitations in my opinion. Thank you for the question.
• From an administrative rules standpoint, we look at it as did they comply with what the statute said,
• Our committee's job is to look and see are they complying with The statute in that case they would be

Bills: HB3329 , HR1039 , HR1040 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3415 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3418 , HB3419 , HB3420 , HB3706 , HB3711 , HB4139 , HB1268 , HB3660 , HJR1023 , HB3298 , HB3056 , HJR1084 , HB3934 , HB3919 , HB4118 , HB4119 , HB3791 , HB4260 , HB4178 , HB4215 , HB4324 , HB3270 , HB4352 , HB4305 , HB2955 , HB3315 , HB3066 , HB1245 , HB4125 , HB3075 , HB3129 , HB3239 , HB4153 , HB3265 , HB4491 , SB680 , HB4263 , HB4268 , HB1675 , HB3885 , HB2984 , HB3697 , HB2959 , HB3671 , HB3852 , HB2933 , HB3057 , HB3802 , HB4294 , HB4285 , HB3708 , HB3979 , HB3977 , HB3986 , HB3985 , HB3588 , HB3742 , HB3845 , HJR1070 , HB3590 , HB3595 , HB3391 , HB3183 , HB3764 , HB3765 , HB1002 , HB4434 , HJR1086 , HB4060 , HB3881 , HB3500 , HB4408 , HB3648 , HB3127 , HB3606

Keywords: long-term care, advisory board, sunset legislation, mental health, psychologists, University of Oklahoma, gymnastics, NCAA, congratulations, sports excellence, recognition, honor, athletics, Joseph Castiglione, leadership, education, sports management, HB3413, public finance, state budget

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• And just ask the basic question: Is there anything in state statute that prevents a school district from

Bills: HB3329 , HR1039 , HR1040 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3415 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3418 , HB3419 , HB3420 , HB3706 , HB3711 , HB4139 , HB1268 , HB3660 , HJR1023 , HB3298 , HB3056 , HJR1084 , HB3934 , HB3919 , HB4118 , HB4119 , HB3791 , HB4260 , HB4178 , HB4215 , HB4324 , HB3270 , HB4352 , HB4305 , HB2955 , HB3315 , HB3066 , HB1245 , HB4125 , HB3075 , HB3129 , HB3239 , HB4153 , HB3265 , HB4491 , SB680 , HB4263 , HB4268 , HB1675 , HB3885 , HB2984 , HB3697 , HB2959 , HB3671 , HB3852 , HB2933 , HB3057 , HB3802 , HB4294 , HB4285 , HB3708 , HB3979 , HB3977 , HB3986 , HB3985 , HB3588 , HB3742 , HB3845 , HJR1070 , HB3590 , HB3595 , HB3391 , HB3183 , HB3764 , HB3765 , HB1002 , HB4434 , HJR1086 , HB4060 , HB3881 , HB3500 , HB4408 , HB3648 , HB3127 , HB3606

Keywords: long-term care, advisory board, sunset legislation, mental health, psychologists, University of Oklahoma, gymnastics, NCAA, congratulations, sports excellence, recognition, honor, athletics, Joseph Castiglione, leadership, education, sports management, HB3413, public finance, state budget