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• So in one section of law, it requires anybody who has knowledge of fraud to report.
• ><00:28:32.519> to<00:28:32.760> report<00:28:33.519> in who has knowledge of fraud
• to report in who has knowledge of fraud to report in this<00:28:34.039> section<00:28:34.760>
• 58:33.880> true that there is Criminal Intent or true that there is Criminal Intent or true fraud
• or misuse then we have reason to fraud or misuse then we have reason to ask<00:58:39.640> for

Bills: HF1867, HF1240

Keywords: lottery, retailer contracts, Minnesota Statutes, contract qualifications, public integrity, criminal background, legislative auditor, public funds, state government, compliance, transparency, 1183, house

Bills: SB66, SB243, SB250, SB317, SB393, SB397, SB456, SB628, SB629, SB636, SB715, SB731, SB801, SB865, SB1012, SB1013, SB1015, SB1032, SB1141, SB1181, SB1224, SB1241, SB1242, SB1250, SB1266, SB1285, SB1376, SB1442, SB1449, SB1502, SB1524, SB1528, SB1551, SB1585, SB1640, SB1708, SB1844, SB1854, SB1863, SB1959, SB1965, SB2035, SB2082, SB2119, SB2138, SB2199, SB2200, SB2201, SB2245, SB2269, SB2284, SB2310, SB2357, SB2419, SB2422, SB2480, SB2514, SB2523, SB2529, SB2533, SB2541, SB2550, SB2568, SB2595, SB2605, SB2608, SB2615, SB2717, SB2721, SB2753, SB2778, SB2841, SB2846, SB2891, SB2925, SB2929, SB2933, SB3016, SB3029, SB3039, SB3044, SJR3, SJR18, SB5, SB326, SB494, SB530, SB767, SB769, SB783, SB914, SB963, SB1035, SB1197, SB1271, SB1415, SB1437, SB1619, SB1637, SB1786, SB1806, SB2312, SB29, SB1238, SB1967, SB1, SB260, SB1637, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SJR59, SCR12, SCR39, SCR48, SCR19, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB1502, SB507, SB1434, SB1376, SB1585, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB261, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1999, SB511, SB2309, SB510, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB1524, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB517, SB1200, SB1845, SB1863, SB2681, SB2200, SB2199, SB2458, SB2201, SB801, SB2533, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB1013, SB2797, SB2119, SB2076, SB2876, SB2284, SB2929, SB2595, SB715, SB1640, SB2514, SB2753, SB1241, SB2538, SB1449, SB2529, SB2846, SB986, SB1181, SB1359, SB2550, SB2245, SB410, SB1234, SB456, SB1012, SB2926, SB2138, SB1242, SB2615, SB2310, SB1224, SB2972, SB2841, SB3016, SB1856, SB2035, SB1528, SB1141, SB1266, SB1373, SB2269, SB2480, SB672, SB2891, SB2422, SB1854, SB317, SB2539, SB2532, SB2925, SB1250, SB2082, SB2203, SB2357, SB2721, SB243, SB1285, SB2568, SB1959, SB1442, SB1454, SB2520, SB2541, SB1708, SB1237, SB1844, SB1586, SB1551, SB3039, SB2819, SB66, SB629, SB1015, SB2342, SB2903, SB2933, SB1965, SB2477, SB3029, SB2605, SB2419, SB1957, SB375, SB250, SB777, SB628, SB2523, SB2367, SB2703, SB2608, SB2778, SB3044, SB2965, SB2521, SB865, SB1032, SB2165, SB2501, SB2675, SB2452, SB2835, HB1109, HB1392, HB22, HB2525, HB3093, SB872, SB1212, SB1278, SB1588, SB1602, SB1704, SB1723, SB1833, SB1858, SB1946, SB2009, SB2177, SB2460, SB2785, SB2373, SB1660, SB614, SB867, SB1608, SB1525, SB905, SB640, SB2487, SB1698, SB383, SB705, SB748, SB1113, SB1117, SB1802, SB2340, SB2586, SB2680, SB2690, SB2994, SB2747, SB1950, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB3059, SB2782, SB2781, SB2637, SB2633, SB2337, SB2334, SB1861, SB2043, SB1367, SB946, SB945, SB2857, SB128, SB571, SB1263, SB3058, SB612, SB2221, SB2587, SB2044, SB2363, SB2713, HB517, HB912, HB1130, HB142, HB1689, HB2018

Keywords: disability, supported decision-making, legal assistance, confidentiality, access to justice, autonomy, civil rights, advocacy, migrant labor housing, migrant housing, farmworker housing, migrant agricultural worker, agricultural labor, farm labor contractor, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, TDHCA, civil penalty, housing code enforcement, sanitation, occupancy standards

Transcript Highlights:

• And we put all those statutes, and some of them we treat even a little tighter because of the fraud that's
• Some of them we treat even a little tighter because of the fraud that's there that we need to fight and

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Arizona and our universal voucher program, there will be no testing, no safety, no thought to waste, fraud
• vouchers for private schools in Arizona, and we have seen how much that has drained our budget and the fraud

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• If there is fraud occurring, if there's health, safety, and welfare issues that are taking place, if
• If there is fraud occurring, if there's health, safety, and welfare issues that are taking place, if

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education received a presentation from the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget and the Department of Education on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-27 education budget. Shelby Salmons outlined the overall budget framework, and Commissioner Stasi Kamoutsis highlighted major education investments, including $486 million for VPK, $30.6 billion for K-12 education, a $761.1 million increase in FEFP funding, the highest per-student funding level to date, and $201 million more for teacher pay flexibility. The presentation also emphasized school safety, mental health, civics education, and the Guardian Program, along with continued funding for TEACH, HIPPY, Help Me Grow, and civics debate and literacy initiatives. Members asked about how the mental health allocation would be used, counselor staffing ratios, school closures and whether the department intervenes, oversight of school choice and voucher-funded schools, and the Guardian Program’s pay structure and effectiveness. Senators also raised concerns about the FISH school capacity report, data collection, teacher pay, professional development, AI and tutoring technology, and whether the budget adequately supports mental health services and school safety. The Commissioner said many funding decisions are left to districts, that the department stands ready to assist, and that the Guardian Program has been successful and expanded over time. During public testimony, Pinellas County School Board member Laura Hine said her district spends far more on safety and mental health than it receives in state categorical funding, and urged the committee to consider full-day VPK funding, arguing it has improved third-grade reading outcomes in Pinellas. Senators followed up on district flexibility and local spending choices. The committee took no substantive vote on the budget presentation and adjourned after thanking the department for its recommendations and partnership.

Transcript Highlights:

• They started talking about fraud, which is the usual talking point.
• Removing health care from 200,000 Minnesotans is not the way you fix fraud.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um so I haven't found a tort of fraud.
• That's fraud, and fraud unravels all.
• That's fraud, and fraud unravels all.
• And to have a judiciary create law on fraud. It's pretty self-explanatory.
• And to have a judiciary create law on fraud. It's pretty self-explanatory.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'd never say there's no election fraud. I'd never say there's widespread election fraud.
• There's election fraud, right?
• I'd never say there's no election fraud.
• <03:54:45.040> There's widespread election fraud. There's widespread election fraud.
• So, there's there election fraud, right?

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with Senate Bill 22-FN, which would expand child care licensing background checks so the Department of Health and Human Services can receive fuller criminal history information, including pending charges and other non-conviction records, similar to the system already used for school staff. Grant Bossi, for Senator Pearl, and DHHS officials Melissa Clement and Christine Sheay testified in support, saying the bill closes a gap that can allow people with disqualifying charges to work with children. They explained that the FBI record is a snapshot in time, that juvenile records are not included, and that the bill would apply to child care programs including residential group homes. Questions focused on what “confidential criminal history” means and how often checks are repeated; DHHS said checks are done every five years or sooner if new charge information is received. The hearing on SB 22 was then closed. The committee then took up Senate Bill 23-FN, which would expand the child endangerment statute and remove the word “purposely” from part of the language. Senator Pat Long said the bill is intended to strengthen protection for children and allow more serious conduct to be charged appropriately. Testimony from law enforcement, including Executive Counselor Dave Wheeler, Sergeant Ryan Rooney of Nashua Police, and Nicholas Georgulis of Manchester Police, supported the bill as a way to distinguish routine misdemeanor cases from the most egregious abuse and neglect cases, such as children living in squalor or being exposed to severe danger. Wheeler and some members raised concerns that the language could be vague or overbroad and cited a prior Manchester firearm-in-a-car arrest as an example of possible unintended consequences; supporters responded that the bill still requires knowingly violating a duty of care and that the serious bodily injury or death standard limits its reach. Rooney also described a fentanyl overdose case involving an 11-year-old and said the current misdemeanor charge did not fully reflect the seriousness of the conduct. The committee recessed SB 23 briefly to open and close SB 161, then returned to SB 23, which remained under hearing with no final vote taken in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• Tim Stephenson, Department of State Health Services, Consumer Protection.
• of urgency for survivors' cleanup and financial support by cutting red tape, raising penalties for fraud

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• we repealed two years ago, and this bill is an attempt to reinstate it, the more I realize what a fraud
• this law really realize what a fraud this law really is<00:36:22.800> this<00:36:23.079> law
• This idea that infants are being left somewhere as a fraud is not happening.
• <01:16:58.520> that are being left somewhere as a fraud that are being left somewhere as a
• fraud that is<01:16:58.880> not<01:16:59.280> happening<01:17:00.000> if<01:17:

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• . >> We were asked to just touch on our anti-fraud efforts at the agency.
• One thing is, again for us, any taxpayer dollars that goes to fraud, waste, or abuse is a magnificent
• <00:10:25.040> Um<00:10:25.360> so anti-fraud efforts at the agency.
• Um so anti-fraud efforts at the agency.
• , taxpayer dollars that goes to fraud, taxpayer dollars that goes to fraud, waste<00:10:30.959>

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• And I'll just say a moment I thank you to the chairs for including these fraud protection components.
• <00:53:53.520> protection including these fraud protection including these fraud protection
• If you misrepresent yourself, and I hope to goodness we don't see this, you will be put up on fraud.
• the indexer having to be reduced to make the tails balance and the vote that will ensue after that. fraud
• And and I see a situation where fraud.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Around some of the financial decisions around the fraud software for MnSCU, and also the trees in Bemidji
• The A17 will be for the fraud prevention software funding.
• The fraud prevention software funding, and then $5,000 for the trees.
• to continue with the 570K from the FIG shortfall, and we're pulling a million and a half from the fraud
• It is very important that we deal with this ghost fraud problem, and so I obviously support the decisions

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The committee discussed a higher education attainment-goals bill and several related amendments. Members first reached agreement on funding changes: one amendment redirected money for fraud-prevention software for MnSCU and $5,000 for trees in Bemidji, and another moved $570,000 for workforce development-related funding. Members noted the use of general fund dollars to cover a FIG shortfall and expressed support for addressing fraud prevention while also saying MnSCU should be made whole in the next biennium. Both amendments were adopted. The main policy debate centered on an amendment updating the statewide attainment goal and related P-20 partnership language. Senator Um Ruebain proposed returning the attainment goal from 75 percent to 70 percent, and members discussed whether the bill’s expanded reporting and coordination duties would create costs for the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF). Nonpartisan staff and Commissioner Olsen said the Office of Higher Education and the P-20 partnership expected no costs, while DCYF’s fiscal note assumed reporting and staffing costs. After discussion, DCYF indicated it would absorb the costs, but some members still objected to expanding the partnership and creating additional bureaucracy. Members also debated whether early childhood and K-12 subgoals should be included as part of the attainment-goals framework. Supporters said aligning early childhood, K-12, and higher education goals is necessary to improve postsecondary attainment, while opponents argued the committee should focus on existing higher education goals and basic K-12 achievement. The committee ultimately adopted the Senate language on the attainment-goals section as amended, including the change back to 70 percent and revisions directed by staff to ensure the correct references were updated. The A12 amendment on pregnant and parenting students was also adopted earlier in the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• It passed the House 136 to 9, and it’s also his notary fraud bill, which keeps your house from being
• We do have a technical fix and a position from the Senate with regard to the notary fraud bill that the
• This is my House Bill 1990, which is gift card fraud.
• It sets clear boundaries around misuse and protects Missourians from fraud, exploitation, and harm.
• It sets clear boundaries around misuse and protects Missourians from fraud, exploitation, and harm.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And this leads to the exclusion of the consumer price index.
• electric or solar or whatever into their homes and they do not want to pay an extra penalty for not consuming
• Florida Building Code and Fire Prevention Code are not allowed to adopt measures that would force consumers
• They have to allow the consumer the choice. That is the bill. Questions of the sponsor? Amendments?
• Being forced out of the communities, and there's a lot of concerns on consumer-directed options in the

Bills: SB 5, SJR 3, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 48, HB 27, HB 144, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1775, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 3707, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 1757, HB 2986, HB 972, SB 365, SB 1786, SB 5, SJR 3, HB 14, HB 43, HB 36, HB 26, HB 149, HB 121, HB 206, HB 136, HB 3114, HB 2733, HB 1732, HB 3700, HB 467, HB 1130, HB 1846, HB 1442, HB 1147, HB 2176, HB 2701, HB 805, HB 2890, HB 1154, HB 1644, HB 2118, HB 1718, HB 2488, HB 2596, HB 2468, HB 484, HB 2578, HB 3204, HB 1041, HB 307, HB 685, HB 538, HB 2525, HB 3125, HB 2027, HB 2894, HB 3077, HB 106, HB 18, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 48, HB 27, HB 144, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1775, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 3707, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 1757, HB 2986, HB 972

Keywords: dementia, research institute, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, funding, grants, state health initiatives, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, licensing, reciprocity, regulation, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, interstate agreements, tax exemption, intellectual disability

Transcript Highlights:

• representatives in coming to terms with this year, um, with the full consideration of any mitigation of risk of fraud
• mitigation<00:16:34.320> of<00:16:35.120> risk<00:16:35.440> of<00:16:35.600> fraud
• <00:16:36.240> or<00:16:36.880> um of any mitigation of risk of fraud or um of any
• mitigation of risk of fraud or um improper<00:16:37.600> ownership.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• suicide, increased need for public, mental, and social services, more crimes, theft, and financial fraud
• services, more crimes, theft<00:18:13.039> and<00:18:13.280> financial<00:18:13.760> fraud
• <00:18:14.240> tied<00:18:14.559> directly theft and financial fraud tied directly
• theft and financial fraud tied directly to<00:18:15.120> gambling<00:18:15.960> losses.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Economic Development Technology Committee met on April 17, 2025, to hear STR 121, a resolution to form a working group to explore legalized gaming in Hawaii. Supporters, including DBED, labor representatives, and some industry interests, argued the measure would allow the state to gather more information, consider economic growth, job creation, investment, and tax revenue, and include a range of viewpoints before any final policy decision. Several supporters emphasized that a working group would help ensure informed decision-making and community input. Opponents argued that legalized gambling would disproportionately harm low-income residents and Native Hawaiians, increase addiction and related social harms, and bring crime, corruption, and human trafficking. Some cited examples from other states, illegal game rooms in Hawaii, and concerns that gambling revenue would be limited while social costs would be high. Others said the conversation should be led by local communities rather than industry stakeholders, and one testifier requested community representation on any working group for a potential stadium-area project. The committee also heard from witnesses who framed the measure as a way to address money leaving the state and to create a regulated alternative to illegal gambling. No vote or final action on STR 121 was taken during the hearing, and the chair noted the committee would need to adjourn in time for floor session if the hearing ran long.

Transcript Highlights:

• These are very modest increases to filing fees and will help offset costs of the business fraud filing
• costs<00:43:01.480> of<00:43:01.720> the<00:43:01.880> business<00:43:02.360> fraud
• <00:43:02.840> filing costs of the business fraud filing costs of the business fraud filing

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• a wide range of pro-democracy reforms that will help improve transparency, prevent corruption and fraud
• prevent will help improve transparency, prevent corruption<00:03:29.120> and<00:03:29.720> fraud
• ><00:03:30.720> close<00:03:31.040> loopholes<00:03:31.599> in corruption and fraud
• , close loopholes in corruption and fraud, close loopholes in our<00:03:32.000> campaign<00:03

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We think that the Legislature should reinstate that proposal to prevent fraud.
• those calculations unaudited makes non-classroom-based charter school funding especially vulnerable to fraud
• that moratorium until they're fully in effect and implemented to ensure that there is no additional fraud

Keywords: 987, senate, all