Transcript Highlights:

• note, both in the Senate fiscal note or in the House fiscal note, is the fact that the U.S.
• Again, the fiscal note has been referenced, but the fiscal note, every single piece of the fiscal note
• dollar fiscal note. dollar fiscal note.
• notes, fiscal impact.
• Again, the fiscal note has been referenced, but the fiscal note, every single piece of the fiscal note

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up Senate File 4760, a public safety package, and first adopted an amendment to insert House language into the Senate file. Members then heard brief explanations of several included provisions, including a section from House File 3870 that would make Office of Justice Programs research and victim-related data private, clarify privacy for data collected by the Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls office and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives office, and remove outdated statutory language. Representative Novotny also described the package as combining a number of previously passed stand-alone bills and a few additional provisions. The chamber then adopted amendments A5, A7, and A8. A5 inserted House language and adjusted an effective date related to public employer discretion in hiring; A7 allowed the Office of Legislative Auditor to request BCA fingerprinting and federal tax information as required by federal rules; and A8 clarified language affecting jail medical services and custody-related safeguards after collaboration among Representative Witty, the sheriffs association, the Department of Corrections, and advocates. Representatives Hansen, Moller, and Witty all urged support for those changes. A proposed A3 amendment from Representative Duran, which would have kept the current age of delinquency rather than implementing the previously enacted change, drew extensive debate. Supporters argued counties, law enforcement, and other stakeholders were not ready for the change and lacked infrastructure, while opponents said the 2024 law was intended to address serious gaps in juvenile justice and child welfare and should take effect as planned. After a roll call, the House rejected A3 by a vote of 66 yeas to 67 nays. The transcript then indicates another Duran amendment, A2, was called up, but the excerpt ends before its disposition.

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• fiscal note for the in front of you the fiscal note for the 51A 51A 51A uh<00:04:01.439> for<00
• summary from you or Mr. the fiscal note summary from you or Mr. the fiscal note summary as<00:04:
• <00:04:43.280> out that this uh fiscal note was not put out that this uh fiscal note was not
• page of the fiscal note that I passed page of the fiscal note that I passed over<00:10:45.440>
• Um I suppose we could fiscal note.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have a fiscal note, but we don't have a solid bill.
• Are you looking for the fiscal note, Mr. Tessier?
• I have the fiscal note that I have the fiscal note Are you looking for the fiscal note, Mr.
• On the fiscal note, That just don't get too far away because here's my question on the fiscal note.
• I got to go back, sorry, on the fiscal note.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee reconvened to work on re-engrossed Senate Bill 2400, which dealt with education savings accounts and related school-choice provisions. Members discussed several amendments already incorporated into version 4.006, including changes affecting the Center for Distance Education, homeschool language, marketplace penalties, and an increase in the ESA amount from $500 to $1,000. The committee first reconsidered its prior action, then adopted the 4.006 amendments unanimously, while noting that an updated fiscal note was still needed. A Department of Public Instruction fiscal officer, Adam Tessier, explained the revised fiscal impact. He estimated the bill would cost roughly $124.4 million in the first year, based on assumptions about student participation and utilization rates. He also clarified that the means test at 500% of poverty applied to non-public students in participating schools, and estimated that the private-school portion of the bill accounted for about $5 million of the total cost. Members asked several questions about the assumptions behind the estimate and the scope of the program. After discussion, Representative Conmy moved a do not pass recommendation, citing concerns that the marketplace structure was administratively cumbersome and that direct aid through another mechanism would be preferable. The committee voted 11-3 to adopt the do not pass motion. Representative Hauck was designated to carry the bill to the floor.

Transcript Highlights:

• <02:32:15.200> note needed and we do have a fiscal note needed and we do have a fiscal note
• after fiscal note request, right?
• after fiscal note request, right?
• c> fiscal they fiscal note request after fiscal they fiscal note request after fiscal note<02:45:
• c><02:45:22.240> request, note request after fiscal note request, note request after fiscal note

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• million fiscal note and I don't million fiscal note and I don't understand<00:37:41.680> how<
• /c><00:47:29.480> that it into this fiscal note did I hear that it into this fiscal note did I
• <00:47:33.920> note correctly so yes so in the fiscal note correctly so yes so in the fiscal
• fiscal note representative Baker year's fiscal note representative Baker so<00:47:49.040> for<
• <00:56:08.200> note change if I can but that fiscal note change if I can but that fiscal note

Bills: HF827, HF1258, HF2387, HF2388, HF2534, HF2016

Keywords: education, school funding, consolidation aid, financial support, Minnesota Statutes, education finance, ice arena, school districts, cooperation agreement, equal sports opportunities, school milk program, nutrition, food waste, kindergarten, public schools, supplemental revenue, charter schools, funding, state appropriations, general education funding

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, you should have a copy of the fiscal note.
• And taxation did have a fiscal note on the bill.
• From a fiscal note standpoint, the fiscal note was removed by DHS and Stacey Weeks.
• We did follow up with them to get an updated fiscal note.
• So that's how we built the note, and that's what the fiscal note parts on. Thank you so much.

Bills: AB568, SB90, SB133, SB147, SB229, SB233, SB240, SB245, SB280, SB378, SB393, SB417, SB434, SB494, SB495, AB62, SB104, SB119, SB132, SB193, SB262, SB422, SB431, SB435, SB468, SB503

Keywords: higher education, Nevada System of Higher Education, operational expenses, instructional expenses, public funding, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel, civics education, Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, funding, youth programs, civic involvement, Southern Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas Valley, regional planning, economic resiliency

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• <00:04:31.360> note first of those being the fiscal note first of those being the fiscal note
• > estimates<00:04:33.600> of process fiscal notes are estimates of process fiscal notes
• impact note process where the fiscal impact note process where the fiscal note<00:05:22.680>
• Thank you. the timeliness of fiscal notes is is the timeliness of fiscal notes is is much<00:08:59.920
• fiscal notes.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee met briefly to approve the January 16 minutes, then heard a series of informational presentations from legislative joint offices and commissions that fall under its jurisdiction. Michelle Urick of the Legislative Coordinating Commission explained the LCC’s governance structure, including its leadership-based membership and role overseeing joint offices such as the Legislative Auditor, Legislative Budget Office, Legislative Reference Library, Revisor of Statutes, and the LCC staff office itself. Christian Larson of the Legislative Budget Office described the office’s nonpartisan fiscal note work, local impact notes, and support for the Tax Expenditure Review Commission, noting the volume of requests it handles and that the office currently has 18 budgeted FTE. He also explained the LBO Oversight Commission’s role in setting standards and appointing the director. Elizabeth Lincoln of the Legislative Reference Library outlined the library’s services, including answering thousands of reference questions, maintaining state policy and legislative collections, archiving state documents, supporting the legislative website and search tools, and preserving House and Senate audio, video, and committee minutes. She also noted the library’s staffing levels and its move to the Capitol. In response to a question, she said copies of the book Minnesota Standoff were in constant circulation, that the title is out of print, and that the library had digitized it for use by legislators and staff. Ryan Inman, the Revisor of Statutes, described the office’s drafting, legal review, publication, IT, and other services. He said every bill introduced is reviewed by a Revisor attorney, the office publishes Laws of Minnesota, Minnesota Statutes, and Minnesota Rules, and it maintains the legislative drafting system now being replaced. He also discussed rule drafting for agencies, legal counsel, the claims subcommittee, court opinions reports, and the annual technical Revisor bill. Members asked about bill volume, amendment drafting, and the history of administrative rules review; Inman said the office is handling over 2,500 active bill requests and that a prior commission on administrative rules existed in the past. No votes were taken beyond approving the minutes.

Transcript Highlights:

• There is a fiscal note from JLBC on this bill.
• There is a fiscal note from JLBC on this bill.
• There is a fiscal note from JLBC on this bill.
• Fiscal notes, I'm sorry. Mr. Chair, members, the fiscal note is on the website. Mr.
• information in our briefing that there was a fiscal note.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Committee on Government opened with a lengthy chair statement about Department of Child Safety oversight, describing prior hearings that identified systemic failures in communication, child placement oversight, response times, transparency, and accountability. The chair said the committee would continue pursuing reforms through legislation and ongoing reporting requirements. During that discussion, members also raised concerns about child trafficking in congregate care settings and the need for separate legal representation for child victims, which was tied to recommendations and a bifurcation bill. The committee then considered and advanced several bills. SB 1141, concerning presidential electors if a candidate dies, withdraws, or becomes incapacitated before the Electoral College meets, received testimony in support from election-law and ethics groups and passed 4-3. SB 1186, requiring disclosure of things of value given by companies or their affiliates when seeking government contracts or grants, also passed 3-3 after a tie-breaking due-pass outcome. SB 1808, allowing certain flags, including the Israeli flag, to be displayed in HOA communities, passed 4-3. SB 1050, as amended, would create a lifetime free state parks pass for qualifying veterans and a related Game and Fish license provision; state parks and Game and Fish testified about fiscal impacts and requested further work, but the bill passed 6-0 with one present vote after the amendment was adopted. The committee also passed SB 1140, which creates a court-based expungement process for certain misdemeanor records, especially for trafficking survivors and others who have remained crime-free for five years; survivor advocates, anti-trafficking organizations, and legal service providers testified in support, and the bill passed 7-0 after an amendment clarifying limited uses of expunged records. SB 1437, requiring public records to be provided in the least expensive available format and favoring electronic delivery, passed 4-3 amid debate over transparency versus agency costs. SB 1246, raising the delinquency threshold before condominium lien foreclosure, passed 7-0. SB 1664, lowering signature requirements for constable nomination petitions in large counties, passed 7-0. SB 1338, addressing eligibility for state or local public benefits for certain noncitizens and unauthorized persons, passed 4-3. The committee adjourned after the final vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• And as I said, the fiscal note shows that those two sections account for 68% of the fiscal note.
• That would be the fiscal note as opposed to the fiscal note prior to this amendment, because I'm, you
• And as I said, the fiscal notes shows that those two sections account for 68% of the fiscal note.
• That would be the fiscal note as opposed to the fiscal note prior to this amendment, because I'm, you
• It's got $50 million fiscal note.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. Representative Hoverson offered remarks recognizing World Autism Day, and the House then handled conference committee motions on several bills, including House Bills 1460 and 1248 and Senate Bills 2262, 2070, 2294, and 2297, with the Speaker appointing members to each conference committee. The chamber also set aside Senate Bill 2200 for re-referral to Appropriations and moved to amendments on Senate Bill 2128, which was the main subject of the day. Senate Bill 2128, a major criminal justice and corrections bill, drew extensive debate over truth-in-sentencing, mandatory minimums, parole, transitional facilities, work release, electronic monitoring, and the fiscal impact of longer incarceration. Division A of the amendments removed mandatory minimums for resisting arrest and felony simple assault while keeping consecutive-sentence language; supporters said this preserved judicial discretion and reduced costs, while opponents argued it weakened public safety. Division A was adopted 70-23. Division B proposed broader changes to preserve transitional programming, add penalties for tampering with electronic monitoring and escape, limit some work-release restrictions, create a parole board study, and fund electronic monitoring with a $600,000 appropriation. Supporters framed it as a compromise that balanced rehabilitation and public safety; opponents said it undercut the bill’s intent and left dangerous offenders with too much access to transitional release. Division B failed on a 46-46 tie. The House then took up the bill itself, with the Judiciary Committee reporting a do-not-pass recommendation as amended, and debate continued over whether the amended bill should advance, with members split between concerns about victims and public safety versus rehabilitation, prison capacity, and recidivism.

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, you guys have the fiscal note in front of you.
• why why the fiscal note? why why the fiscal note?
• c> to that's what the fiscal note is to try to that's what the fiscal note is to try to show<00:04
• fiscal note in front of you. fiscal note in front of you.
• > you this fiscal note shows you this fiscal note shows you what<00:05:04.520> will<00:

Bills: SF0025, SF0027, SF0043, SF0066

Keywords: landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, game management, hunting regulations, black bear, tracking dogs, wildlife conservation, conservation, contracting, supervisor, funding, districts, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations

Transcript Highlights:

• So, what we bring, something that has a zero fiscal note, but they want to hold a zero fiscal note to
• Zero This here is a zero fiscal note.
• for a zero fiscal note to the end for a zero fiscal note to the end for negotiations negotiations
• /c> This is a zero fiscal note for you to This is a zero fiscal note for you to press<00:18:18.720>
• <00:18:44.000> fiscal fiscal note because the first fiscal fiscal note because the first fiscal

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• But a fiscal note has been requested a couple of months ago.
• c><00:03:10.480> so don't have a fiscal note as we are so don't have a fiscal note as we are so
• <00:03:16.560> a a fiscal note has been requested a a fiscal note has been requested a couple
• back so that we can review the fiscal back so that we can review the fiscal note<00:04:29.080>
• note is completed, and I would prefer to have that deeper dive once the fiscal note comes back.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We are neutral on AB 117, but we did have a fiscal note.
• So there originally was a tiny fiscal note, which wasn't a cost.
• There's no fiscal note from a state agency or a local government.
• DMV is here to testify, but I believe the fiscal note is zero.
• note with an undetermined fiscal impact.

Bills: AB102, AB108, AB117, AB213, AB220, AB221, AB251, AB259, AB331, AB336, AB375, AB379, AB409, AB475, AB476, AB550, AB575, AB594, SB466

Keywords: emergency medical services, ambulance, licensing, health district, paramedic, training requirements, outdoor education, recreation, grant program, environment, funding, special license plates, vehicle registration, custom plates, state revenue, transportation, public works, prevailing wage, custom fabrication, nonstandard materials

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• fiscal note and there is received the fiscal note and there is zero<00:41:27.920> anticipated
• many<00:44:59.200> of these fiscal notes because so many of these fiscal notes because so
• fiscal note and this It's it's death by fiscal note and this should<00:45:13.599> not<00:45:13.839
• > fiscal note would be and fiscal note would be and I<00:48:29.040> mean<00:48:30.400> I
• the fiscal note has been requested. the fiscal note has been requested.

Bills: HF3487, HF3421

Keywords: anonymous reporting, school safety, education, crisis intervention, threat reporting, early literacy, reading instruction, teacher preparation, teacher candidates, teacher licensure, educator licensing, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, field experience, supervised practicum, evidence-based reading, science of reading, literacy methods, teacher training, preservice teachers

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• <00:13:47.000> notes then I would also add the fiscal notes then I would also add the fiscal
• And then on the fiscal note side, MMB does not have a formal role in the fiscal note process that runs
• And then on the fiscal note side, MMB does not have a formal role in the fiscal note process that runs
• And then on the fiscal note side, MMB does not have a formal role in the fiscal note process that runs
• And then on the fiscal note side, MMB does not have a formal role in the fiscal note process that runs

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:04:39.640> note couldn't get an updated fiscal note couldn't get an updated fiscal note
• fiscal note. Is that correct? fiscal note. Is that correct?
• So, in looking at the fiscal note, the fiscal note does no longer matches the bill.
• the committee, we didn't have a fiscal the committee, we didn't have a fiscal note. note. note.
• OHE cuz it's about the fiscal note. OHE cuz it's about the fiscal note.

Bills: HF1323, HF4266, HF4413, HF3101, HF4572, HF4698, HF3650, HF2634

Keywords: undocumented, financial aid, state policy, higher education, noncitizen eligibility, state grants, college affordability, Office of Higher Education, Minnesota State Grant, need analysis, expected family contribution, student aid, grant formula, living and miscellaneous expense allowance, dependent student, independent student, parental contribution, student contribution, surplus appropriation, biennium

Transcript Highlights:

• We're just here to talk about the fiscal note.
• The fiscal note on this bill originally came in much higher than you see it.
• The fiscal note on this bill originally came in much higher than you see it on here already.
• There is a fiscal note with this bill, and the fiscal note actually is dwarfed by the annual savings
• I want to address the fiscal note.

Bills: SB219, SB9

Keywords: military pension, military retirement pay, veterans, retiree tax relief, income tax exemption, pension exclusion, Delaware income tax, retirement income, state tax subtraction, armed forces retirement, National Guard, Space Force, Coast Guard, NOAA, Public Health Service, taxable income, Title 30, Section 1106, wetlands protection, nontidal wetlands

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met to hear several bills, with members repeatedly reminded to focus on fiscal impacts rather than policy merits. The committee first considered SB 9 on freshwater wetlands, which would combine tidal and non-tidal wetlands programs into one permitting framework; supporters said the bill resulted from a two-year consensus process and that the governor’s office and DENREC would absorb a significant share of the cost. Public testimony was largely supportive, emphasizing flood control and ecosystem services, though one speaker opposed the spending. The committee voted to release SB 9. The committee then heard SB 278 on child care assistance, which would preauthorize summer camp for eligible school-age children and create a separate lower co-payment for half-day care. The sponsor and the YMCA of Delaware said the change would better align family co-pays with provider reimbursement and make before- and after-school care more affordable for working families. The committee also released SB 278, SB 168 on alcohol delivery for package stores, SB 120 on health insurance coverage for certain testing and treatment, and HB 4, a pilot program for artificial intelligence and extended reality in schools; HB 4 was described as having a near-$3 million fiscal note and a one-year implementation delay because it was not funded in the budget. Later, the committee approved SB 219, which gradually increases the military pension income tax exclusion from $12,500 to $25,000 over three years and includes related joint-filing and residency changes. Supporters argued it would help attract and retain military retirees and bring federal dollars into the state. The committee also released SB 1, a major primary care reform bill that would increase primary care spending and implement hospital payment reforms, with projected long-term savings to the state employee health plan, and SB 325, which expands background checks and wrap-back monitoring for fire service personnel and adds an investigator position for the Fire Prevention Commission. In each case, public commenters and committee members generally supported the bills, and all were released from committee by recorded vote.

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• <00:07:40.760> note<00:07:40.919> was fiscal note, because the fiscal note was fiscal
• that fiscal note comes in and is where that fiscal note comes in and that<00:10:27.360> cost.
• The fiscal note on page 12 this.
• fiscal note. fiscal note.
• the fiscal note in the bill came in. the fiscal note in the bill came in.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• He then said that if Representative Schumacher wanted to go through the fiscal note quickly, he could
• He asked whether the fiscal note was in front of him or whether he wanted one handed over.
• fiscal note just real uh go through the fiscal note just real quickly<00:07:56.240> since<00:07
• fiscal note in front but do you have the fiscal note in front of<00:08:03.720> you<00:08:03.800
• note because we all read the fiscal note because we haven't<00:08:45.800> had<00:08:45.880>

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Respectfully, Madam Chair, there are two fiscal notes that we have yet to remove.
• of unsolicited fiscal notes on the first reprint of the bill.
• And that's where some of the confusion with us with the fiscal notes really started.
• There were no fiscal notes on that bill, and that bill was a lot more prescriptive.
• Madam Chair, there were a couple of fiscal notes identified in the legislation.

Bills: SB6, SB62, SB74, SB90, SB104, SB119, SB132, SB133, SB135, SB182, SB185, SB193, SB207, SB217, SB229, SB233, SB260, SB262, SB280, SB281, SB300, SB306, SB378, SB382, SB393, SB403, SB422, SB427, SB431, SB434, SB442, SB452, SB456, SB468, SB472, SB487, SB503, SB6

Keywords: cloud seeding, Nevada, water conservation, agriculture, Desert Research Institute, victim compensation, hate crimes, property remediation, criminal justice, vulnerable persons, elections, voter registration, mail ballots, candidate eligibility, cybersecurity, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel