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• <00:11:10.639> committee closely with the F the finance committee closely with the F the finance
• But it's HR, it's payroll, it's finance, it's budget, it's everything.
• give you some updates from the finance give you some updates from the finance side<01:47:31.840>
• recommended by the government Finance recommended by the government Finance Officers Officers Officers
• budget and uh some of the financing budget and uh some of the financing issues<04:21:21.439>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Department of Administrative Services presented an overview of its budget and operations, emphasizing that it is the lowest-spending agency in state government and that its general fund allocation has declined since 2019. Commissioner Arling House explained that DAS also handles back-office functions for several administratively attached boards, which has affected staffing and spending comparisons. He said the department’s current general fund spending is roughly split between retiree health and other operations, and that the presentation was based on adjusted authorized spending rather than the original budget figures. A major portion of the meeting focused on retiree health benefits and the long-term effort to control costs. Deputy Commissioner Cassie Keane described how the state moved from a projected deficit in retiree health to savings through a series of changes, including higher premium contributions, co-pay adjustments, and shifting Medicare retirees into Medicare Advantage arrangements to capture federal reimbursement. She said the state has about 12,500 retirees and spouses on the plan, with roughly 10,906 Medicare retirees and 1,580 non-Medicare retirees, and that the savings have depended heavily on federal funding and procurement decisions. She also noted that Medicare retirees pay Part B premiums and that the state has grandfathered older retirees from some premium contributions. Members asked about what the expenditures cover, why the state offers retiree health instead of simply giving retirees a payment to buy coverage themselves, and whether out-of-pocket costs changed under Medicare Advantage. Keane said the plan covers actual health claims or insurance premiums, that co-pays and maximum out-of-pocket limits remain in place, and that the state has no authority to change benefit details without legislative action. She explained that retiree health is a long-standing employee benefit that wraps around Medicare and is not collectively bargained in the usual sense, though its eligibility rules and cost-sharing have been tightened over time to better target the benefit to long-term state service. The discussion also covered vendor performance problems. Keane said Anthem recently won the contract back from Aetna, but its pharmacy subsidiary, Caroline, caused serious service disruptions. DAS responded by withholding payments, assessing more than $2 million in performance guarantees, and hiring a third-party auditor to review the pharmacy processes. The current contract runs through the end of calendar year 2026, and officials said they are watching federal Medicare Advantage reimbursement changes closely because future savings are uncertain.

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• And I've got a resolution out there that we're going to try to get the Legislative Budget and Finance
• Committee to start doing an investigation, but it's ...to try to get the Legislative Budget and Finance
• This amendment narrows the focus of the proposed study by the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
• The proposed study by the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to matters more specifically current
• Madam President, the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee does not need to look at outdated reports

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, communications, committee reports, and leaves of absence. The journal was approved 50-0. The chamber then took up House Bill 1505, which drew extended debate over school funding and adequacy/tax equity. Senators Coleman and Keefer argued the bill continued to pour money into districts like Allentown without accountability or improved results, while Senators Costa, Miller, Haywood, and Anthony Williams defended the funding as a response to historic underfunding and the Commonwealth Court decision. A motion allowing Senator Coleman a third speaking turn was adopted 27-23, and the bill ultimately passed 45-5. The Senate then considered House Bill 2400, the General Appropriation Act. Supporters, including Senators Martin, Dush, Phillips-Hill, Costa, Ward, Street, Hughes, and Pittman, emphasized that the budget was balanced without using the rainy day fund or raising taxes, reduced the governor’s proposal, increased education and child care funding, supported nursing homes, rape crisis centers, infrastructure, and workforce programs, and shifted money from lapsed or unused accounts to current priorities. Opponents, including Senators Saval and Muth, said the budget failed to address structural deficits and omitted new revenue options, emergency services funding, and other major issues. The bill passed 44-6 with amendments and was returned to the House for concurrence. The Senate also passed a series of other bills, including House Bills 2412, 2413, 96, 858, 1042, 1286, 1646, 1851, 1862, 2017, 2024, 2401, and 2559, with varying margins, and sent them to the House, some with amendments. House Bill 1042 drew a negative recommendation from Senator Costa over a late amendment involving second-degree murder/felony language, but after reconsideration and vote changes it passed 30-20 with amendments. House Bill 1862, creating an Ignition Interlock Driver’s License, passed 45-5 after support from Senator Judy Ward. House Bill 1248 passed 43-7 and designates Pennsylvania rye whiskey as the official state spirit, with Senators Bartolotta and Robinson speaking in support. The chamber also adopted Senate Resolution 216, after defeating Senator Haywood’s amendment to narrow the scope of a proposed Legislative Budget and Finance Committee study of managed care organizations; the resolution passed 31-19. Several other bills were held over in their order, and the Senate later moved toward a condolence resolution.

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• related to housing, specifically work we have done to assess the impact of housing growth on municipal finances
• findings to date are clear: not only is this anti-housing production argument untrue, but the public finances
• and particularly the research on how housing growth... ...how housing growth intersects with public finance
• represents the interests of companies involved with the development, ownership, management, and financing
• represents the interests of companies involved with the development, ownership, management, and financing

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing held its second introductory hearing to frame the session’s housing agenda. Chairs Cyr and Haggerty described the hearing as a chance to hear a wide range of perspectives on Massachusetts’ housing crisis, including underbuilding, zoning and permitting barriers, rising costs, and the need for both state and local action. The committee heard from court, municipal, advocacy, and regional housing leaders, with recurring themes of increasing supply, preserving existing housing, preventing displacement, and expanding resources for renters and homeowners. Chief Justice Diana Horan of the Housing Court said the court is handling more than 40,000 new filings annually with only 15 judges, and estimated the court would need about 21 judges to meet demand. She described complications from RAFT-related stays, mental health and guardianship issues, aging housing stock, and the new eviction sealing law, which she said was being implemented smoothly but may require additional resources if filings continue to rise. The Massachusetts Municipal Association and MAPC emphasized that municipalities need flexibility, funding, and better tools such as MassWorks, Housing Works, H-DIP, 40R reforms, inclusionary zoning changes, and a local option transfer fee; they also said local control concerns and long permitting timelines remain major barriers. MAPC and others stressed that supply growth alone will not solve the crisis and urged continued support for subsidized housing, access to counsel, and modular/off-site construction. Advocates and housing providers focused on displacement, preservation, and tenant protections. Homes for All Massachusetts and Mass Law Reform Institute called for rent stabilization, stronger tenant protections, foreclosure prevention, elimination of junk fees, continued funding for RAFT and HomeBASE, and expanded access to counsel. Mass Union of Public Housing Tenants said the state needs far more extremely low-income housing, more operating subsidy, and major investment to repair public housing, while also supporting tenant technical assistance during redevelopment. Franklin County’s housing authority warned that rural communities are being left out of many state programs and asked for a rural LIHTC set-aside, a permanent rural credit boost, and a review of housing choice programs. A Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation researcher presented findings that communities that add housing generally see stronger municipal finances, and that housing growth can improve property tax and state aid outcomes. Seasonal community representatives from Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket described extreme affordability pressures and the need for tailored tools. Nantucket’s housing trust chair said the island has made progress through local funding, inclusionary zoning, and deed-restricted units, but still needs a real estate transfer fee and faster ways to preserve year-round housing. Across the hearing, members and witnesses repeatedly returned to the need for a mix of production, preservation, tenant protections, and local flexibility, rather than relying on any single policy solution.

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• And then we'll move to Erica Lee from the Department of Finance. Good morning.
• Eric Lee with the Department of Finance.
• Laura Yala, Department of Finance, said approximately 1.5 million to 2 million individuals currently
• The DDS postal center services and regional center operates as runs on finances.
• The services and regional center operates on finances and state budgets.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• here to testify about some language that was added to and subsequently passed in the Senate Omnibus Finance
• here to testify about some language that was added to and subsequently passed in the Senate Omnibus Finance
• subsequently passed in the Senate and subsequently passed in the Senate Omnibus<00:25:40.000> Finance
• Bill,<00:25:41.160> namely<00:25:41.440> the<00:25:41.560> changes Omnibus Finance
• Bill, namely the changes Omnibus Finance Bill, namely the changes to<00:25:42.080> the<00:25:

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard public testimony on a health insurance/home care nursing provision and on other consumer protection items. Nick Keis and Emily Walters, both parents of medically complex children, testified that commercial health plans had recently begun capping home care nursing as if it were intermittent home health visits, which they said was contrary to Minnesota law and legislative intent dating to 2010. They described severe impacts on their families, including hospitalizations, loss of nursing coverage, strain on waiver budgets, and the risk of children being forced out of the home and into institutions. Representative Bierman echoed that the bill was a straightforward clarification of existing law, not a new mandate or added cost, and a staff member later cited the statutory definition of home care nursing as ongoing, continuous nursing services that cannot be met through intermittent or visit-based care. The committee also discussed the practical difference between home health visits and private duty/home care nursing, with testimony emphasizing that the latter is medically necessary, assessed, and not unlimited in practice. Laura Sales of the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office testified on changes to the Consumer Protection Restitution Fund (CIPRA). She said the fund has begun distributing restitution, starting with consumers harmed by the closure of Woodbury Dental Arts, but that current statutory language limits the office’s flexibility to prorate payments. She asked for an amendment allowing the AGO to distribute available funds more equitably so more eligible consumers can receive some payment, rather than requiring full payment to the oldest claims first. Annette Meeks, representing Citizens Against Gambling Expansion, testified in support of banning sweepstakes gambling in the Commerce Committee omnibus report. She argued that online sweepstakes casinos are an illegal gray-market form of gambling, cited rapid growth and billions in revenue, and said other states have acted through enforcement and legislation to stop them. She urged the committee to include language from Senate File 4474 to clarify state law and prohibit sweepstakes gambling. No votes were taken in the portion of the meeting shown; members mainly asked questions and received testimony.

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• So the first one is our Rural Finance Authority agroforestry loan program.
• It expands the practices that Minnesota farmers can finance through our agroforestry loan program.
• So the first one is our Rural Finance Authority agroforestry loan program.
• It expands the practices that Minnesota farmers can finance through our agroforestry loan program.
• So the first one is our Rural Finance Authority agroforestry loan program.

Bills: HF858, HF2577, HF2576

Keywords: bioincentive payments, agriculture, job creation, environmental compliance, financial reporting, waste handling, sewage sludge, PFAS regulation, environment, record retention, fertilizer disposal, pesticide disposal, environmental impact, safety regulations, burning prohibition, 1183, house

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• Committee on Judiciary and Elections, having had under consideration SB 1006, relating to campaign finance
• Committee on Judiciary and Elections, having had under consideration SB 1006 relating to campaign finance
• Committee on Judiciary and Elections, having had under consideration SCR 1002 relating to campaign finance
• SCR 1002, signed David C.R. 10.2, signed D.C.R. 1002 relating to relating to campaign finance, aggregate
• Committee on Judiciary and Elections, having had under consideration SCR 1002 relating to campaign finance

Keywords: 1182, all

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• I did see Acting Budget and Finance Director Dr. Seth Kobe. I don't think we submitted written.
• I'm available for questions. and finance director, Dr. Seth Kobe. and finance director, Dr.
• next item, Senate Bill 2388, relating to public employment, hearing the testimony from Budget and Finance
• 51:58.880> and hearing the testimony from budget and hearing the testimony from budget and finance
• and office of collective finance and office of collective bargaining.<00:52:01.839> Uh<00:52:

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint hearing of the Senate Committees on Labor and Technology and Public Safety and Military Affairs considered three bills. SB 2141 would reclassify certain Department of Law Enforcement leadership and employees as Class A members for retirement purposes and adjust retirement benefit calculations. DLE supported the bill, saying it would address retirement classification without enhancing benefits, while the Employees’ Retirement System said it had no formal board position but wanted key provisions preserved. The Deputy Attorney General raised a potential title/subject issue and warned the bill could be vulnerable to challenge because the reclassification, contribution changes, and benefit calculations are in separate statutory sections. After questions about the number of affected employees and possible amendments, the committees deferred the bill. SB 2593 would exempt certain Law Enforcement Standards Board positions from civil service and collective bargaining. The board’s administrator said the positions would handle sensitive and confidential information and require specialized experience, and the board chair’s representative said the bill was important to meet certification deadlines. Opposition testimony from HGA argued exempt employees are at-will and suggested civil service protections should remain, with any staffing issues handled through reclassification or other personnel tools. Committee members questioned whether the positions could instead be civil service but excluded from bargaining, and staff explained the distinction between civil service exemption and collective bargaining exclusion. The committees ultimately recommended passing SB 2593 with amendments, including a deferred effective date of January 1, 2077, and the recommendation was adopted. SB 2824 would create a bribery-related reporting duty for public servants. Supporters, including Indivisible Hawaii, said it would establish a clear duty to report known or suspected bribery and strengthen public trust. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the bill, saying it would criminalize an affirmative duty to report another person’s misconduct. After limited discussion, both committees voted to pass SB 2824 with amendments, including a deferred effective date of July 1, 2050, and the recommendation was adopted. The meeting then adjourned.

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• recommends that in this bill we pass amendments mandating the disclosure of the cash price and the financed
• We're going to see more financed solar products coming because of what's happened at the federal level
• We're going to see more financed solar products coming because of what's happened at the federal level
• We're going to see more financed solar products coming because of what's happened at the federal level
• of Consumer Protection recommendations that there should be mandated disclosure of cash price and finance

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint hearing covered SB 2120, which would allow certain state and county employees rehired within one year to transfer accrued vacation and sick leave and extend the break-in-service period for health benefits. Testimony was split: the Department of Human Resources explained current leave payout and pension credit rules and raised concerns about the long transfer window, while labor representatives supported the measure. During decision-making, both committees recommended passage with amendments. The amendments narrowed the bill by changing the break-in-service period to 180 days for leave beginning on or after July 1, 2026, making the benefit transfer voluntary with a 90-day notice deadline, and changing the effective date to January 1, 2077. The recommendations were adopted by vote. The committees also heard SB 2523, an appropriation for the City and County of Honolulu Department of Information Technology to modernize the driver’s license and motor vehicle system. DIT described the current COBOL-based mainframe as decades old, said the project would use a code-share arrangement with Arizona, and estimated a $10 million, two-year conversion and rollout. Members questioned the cost, the city-state funding arrangement, and the feasibility of the project, including whether it would move to a cloud-based system. After testimony, both committees deferred the measure. In the Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs portion, SB 2032 on consumer protection for solar sales drew broad support from the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority, the Office of Consumer Protection, the Hawaii Solar Energy Association, and others. Testifiers said the bill was needed in response to misleading solar door-to-door sales and urged amendments to clarify “contractual affiliation,” exclude balcony/portable solar devices, and require disclosure of cash and financed prices. The committee then moved on to SB 2079 on vehicle titles, which had one supporter and one opponent but no testimony in person or online, and SB 2241 on zero-emission vehicles, for which the Hawaii State Energy Office submitted written support. The hearing also began discussion of SB 2579 on water-related grants, where agencies said any program would need clearer statutory standards and likely a feasibility study before implementation.

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• They helped us walk through the process of requesting allotments from the budget and finance and the
• from the process of requesting aotments from the budget<00:21:47.360> and<00:21:47.520> finance
• and<00:21:48.080> the<00:21:48.159> governor<00:21:48.480> as budget and finance
• and the governor as budget and finance and the governor as needed,<00:21:49.360> writing<00:21
• Frinkin's briefing to the finance committee was there is something called the World Uncertainty Index

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• But the latest budget analysis and where we are, and maybe where finance is, and where money is, and
• Chairman, members of the committee, my name is Daniel, and I cover public school finance for the LASC
• But I think it's a great model for the rest of the legislature that I wish the finance folks would actually
• This is the LESC recommendation as we go into the legislature to negotiate with the finance committee
• through several of the committees, and like with many bills with money attached to them, died in finance

Keywords: 996, all

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• we are doing that from that aspect, but as far outside of that, with Meat cutting, running books, finance
• a quasi-governmental agency that's been in operation since, also known as the New Mexico Mortgage Finance
• So I have another question, Madam Chair, for Robin, and this has come up in the Mortgage Finance Authority
• What we've described to you and the Mortgage Finance Authority Oversight Committee as being children
• What we've described to you and the Mortgage Finance Authority Oversight Committee as being children

Keywords: 996, all

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• So, that Senate Bill 3 that you just voted for in Finance not be printed. Okay, it's just.
• About Finance today that definitely fit in the intermediate and specifically long term with respect to
• The players, the politics, and the finances is a larger conversation.
• They were at the finance hearing, and 12 months probably for sonar stuff.
• Members, this bill is the bill that we laid out in Finance this morning, and it is designed to be the

Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum call, invocation, and approval of the previous day’s journal, then observed a moment of silence after Senator Eckhardt referenced a mass shooting in Austin. The chamber also agreed to postpone reading and referral of bills until later in the day. Early procedural business included a motion not to print Senate Bill 3, which was adopted without objection. Later, Senator Mendez raised a parliamentary inquiry about moving flood relief bills to the top of the calendar, but the presiding officer said the order of business was up to the chair. The main floor action centered on Senate Bill 4, the congressional redistricting bill. Senator King laid out the bill, describing it as the companion to the House version, based on 2020 census data, and arguing it was legal, race-blind, more compact, and likely to elect more Republicans. Senators asked extensive questions about the process, public hearings, and the map’s effects on districts and communities. The Senate voted to suspend the regular order of business and the three-day rule, then passed SB 4 to engrossment and finally passed it, with the recorded votes showing 19 yeas and 2 nays. The Senate also took up Senate Bill 6, relating to abortion and civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs. Senator Hughes argued the bill was needed to stop illegal abortion pills being mailed into Texas and harming women and unborn children. The Senate suspended the regular order of business and the three-day rule, passed the bill to engrossment, and then finally passed it, with the recorded votes showing 18 yeas, 10 nays, and one present not voting. A lengthy discussion followed on the committee substitute for Senate Bill 14, which would standardize law enforcement personnel and departmental files statewide. Senator King said the bill codifies a TCOLE model policy and limits public access to personnel files to substantiated misconduct, commendations, and evaluations, while keeping other records available through other legal processes. Senators Eckhardt, West, Hinojosa, and others questioned how the bill would affect transparency, meet-and-confer agreements, civilian review boards, and access to unsubstantiated complaints. An amendment by Senator Hinojosa of Dallas to narrow the bill to unfounded complaints failed, and SB 14 was then passed to engrossment on a vote of 18 yeas and 10 nays. The final major item was Senate Bill 1, the natural disaster omnibus bill responding to the July flooding. Senator Perry said the bill addresses camp and RV park safety, evacuation plans, emergency rooftop access, lines of succession for local emergency management, annual drills, volunteer management, drone restrictions over disaster areas, small-business recovery loans, and a statewide data hub for flood and weather monitoring. Senators Menendez, Eckhardt, and Kolkhorst asked about autopsies, volunteer background checks, liability, warning systems, floodplain mitigation, and coordination with FEMA and local governments. Perry said the bill focuses on preparation, response, and recovery, while broader prevention and mitigation issues may be addressed later. The transcript ends during this extended discussion, before final action on SB 1 is shown.

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• Chair Mohler, would you like to move that House File 1082 be re-referred to the Judiciary Finance and
• He said he had a similar question in Ed Finance that he asked of MDE and was not able to get a terribly
• of the appropriation being used for administrative costs and said he had a similar question in Ed Finance
• that<00:21:11.200> I<00:21:11.320> asked<00:21:11.600> of question in Ed finance
• that I asked of question in Ed finance that I asked of uh<00:21:12.120> mde<00:21:13.000>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Jody Withers, I'm the committee administrator for Education Policy as well as Education Finance.
• I think this is the only subject area where there's still separate policy and finance, but especially
• um but um especially for those finance um but um especially for those of<00:10:51.279> you<00
• > know Have served on one of the other, you know, there's a lot of overlap between policy and finance
• That's more in the Education Finance area.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Education Policy Committee met for its first hearing of 2025 and began with member and staff introductions, along with opening remarks from Chair Peggy Bennett about her first time chairing the committee. Members briefly described their districts and backgrounds, and the chair also reviewed committee rules and procedures, including deadlines for bill requests, amendments, testifiers, and handouts. Nonpartisan House Research then provided an extensive overview of the committee’s jurisdiction and the education code. The presentation covered the Department of Education’s duties, including supervision of public schools, rulemaking under legislative authority, state and federal education funding and compliance, standards and assessments, accountability systems, student discipline, and model policies. It also discussed related entities such as PELSB, the Board of School Administrators, the Perpich Center, regional centers of excellence, Compass, MTSS, and the READ Act. The committee asked questions about zoning for school sites and about teacher licensure changes, including the tiered licensure system and recent adjustments affecting special education teachers and standards of effective practice. No bills were heard and no votes were taken. The meeting was primarily organizational and informational, focused on orienting members to the committee’s work and the structure of Minnesota’s education policy system.

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• And Brian Underhill, last but not least, Brian does the FEFP, Florida Education Finance Program.
• And Brian Underhill, last but not least, Brian does the FFFP, Florida Education Finance Program.
• The Florida Education Finance Program, which I already mentioned, funds your public schools and your
• The Florida Education Finance Program, which already mentioned, funds your public schools and your Family
• The Florida Education Finance Program, which I already mentioned, funds your public schools and your

Summary: The committee held its first meeting and received an overview of the Pre-K-12 education appropriations jurisdiction and base budget. Staff explained that education funding is driven largely by enrollment and per-student formulas, with most money coming from state and local sources. The presentation highlighted the major budget areas: early learning, the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP), non-FEFP K-12 programs, federal programs, and the State Board of Education. Members asked about instructional materials funding and how scholarship students who return to public schools are counted and funded; staff explained that instructional materials remain in the base and that funding depends on survey timing, with districts ultimately funded through the enrollment count process. The committee then reviewed federal IDEA funding for students with disabilities. Department of Education officials explained how IDEA Part B funds are split between state set-asides and local educational agencies, and noted that Florida ranked fourth nationally in total IDEA Part B funding and received a 95% state determination for meeting IDEA requirements. They also described the bureau’s responsibilities, including monitoring, dispute resolution, instructional support, and the Hope Florida unit for ages 3 to 5. Members asked for more information on student performance outcomes and how the state measures success beyond compliance, and the department agreed to provide follow-up data. The final major topic was the Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System (FDLRS), including associate centers, multidisciplinary centers, and specialized centers for deaf/hard of hearing and visually impaired students. Presenters described services such as child find, family support, assessments, professional learning, accessible instructional materials, and technical assistance. Committee members focused on whether families and schools have equal access to services across the state, how IEP disputes and reevaluations are handled, and whether more support is needed for parents, teachers, and rural districts. FDLRS representatives said they do not write IEPs but help connect families to districts, provide training and assessments, and support compliance and data collection; they also emphasized staffing and resource needs, especially for low-incidence disabilities and multilingual family outreach.

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• for modernization of the financing for modernization of the state's<00:21:15.120> Maxis<00:21
• Lease-purchase financing allows the state to make critical upgrades now while spreading costs over time
• <01:30:35.920> Just Providing public financing to upgrade county and city IT infrastructure
• It's time to update the Constitution to meet our current financing needs so we can adequately prevent
• needs so we can adequately financing needs so we can adequately prevent<01:31:01.760> fraud<01

Bills: HF4736, HF4737, HF3806, HF3352, HF4840, HF3748

Keywords: emergency shelter, grant program, homelessness, capital investment, Minnesota Statutes, appropriation bonds, public funding, housing, infrastructure bonds, funding, appropriation, Minnesota constitutional amendment, public debt, state bonds, general obligation bonds, information technology, IT infrastructure, software licenses, technology modernization, capital improvements

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• Good morning and welcome to the final House Commerce, Finance, and Policy Committee meeting for the first
• The second item would be the minutes from yesterday, Wednesday, March 25th, 2026, Commerce, Finance,
• This is the same bill that we saw in the 3388, less the assessment or financing provision.
• less the assessment or financing less the assessment or financing provision.<00:13:12.760> It
• mechanisms for our different finance mechanisms for our health<00:20:27.600> care<00:20:27.800

Bills: HF4502, HF3388, HF4106, HF400, HF4138, HF4118, HF4203

Keywords: trusted contact, financial exploitation, elder abuse, elder financial abuse, fraud prevention, financial institution, banking, credit union, broker-dealer, account security, dormant account, consumer protection, scam, suspicious activity, protective services, law enforcement reporting, Minnesota Statutes chapter 45A, HF3388, Minnesota premium security plan, reinsurance

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• Pursuant to Rule 4.30, Tabke moved that House File 3402 be recalled from the Committee on Public Safety, Finance
• Serving on Public Safety and Education Finance, we've heard a number of different solutions or aspects
• Serving on Public Safety and Education Finance, we've heard a number of different solutions or aspects
• Serving on Public Safety and Education Finance, we've heard a number of different solutions or aspects
• safety bill out of our education finance safety bill out of our education finance committee committee

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I've been active in the Minnesota Government Finance Officers Association, have served on the Finance
• the Minnesota Government Finance the Minnesota Government Finance Officers<00:32:35.640> Association
• Committee of the National League Finance Committee of the National League of<00:32:39.000> Cities
• <00:32:44.480> I<00:32:44.560> also Finance Officers Association.
• I also Finance Officers Association.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all