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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on S.F. 4760 - Omnibus Public Safety policy provisions - 05/08/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Next item, criminal conviction employment or occupation provisions modifications.
- eligible, and it also creates a list of cancers that are related to firefighters, inherent to the occupation
- firefighters um inherent to related to firefighters um inherent to the the the uh<01:01:57.720><c> occupation
- 59.080><c> uh</c><01:01:59.160><c> serve</c><01:01:59.520><c> in</c><01:01:59.880><c> and</c> uh occupation
- that they uh serve in and uh occupation that they uh serve in and are<01:02:00.600><c> common</c><01
Summary:
The Public Safety Policy Conference Committee met on May 8, 2026, with all conferees present. The chair opened with decorum instructions, explained that the meeting was policy-only, and noted that no public testimony had been signed up. Members then introduced themselves, with several noting they were retiring at the end of the session or year.
The committee adopted a series of provisions, mostly by unanimous voice vote, including House language on identity theft and financial crimes updates, supervision abatement and restitution considerations for corrections, protective-order enhancements for murder penalties, prediction markets, victim-notification requirements for plea and sentencing hearings, research data privacy, ignition interlock and impaired-driving license changes, DOC licensing and sanctions for juvenile/adult community-based residential facilities, criminal-conviction employment and licensing standards, jail medication procedures, domestic abuse law changes, and a grant-use extension for dual-status/crossover youth funding. Several items were described as technical or clarifying changes, while others updated law to address AI-related identity theft, foreign protective orders, victim privacy, and corrections oversight.
The committee also heard discussion on a Senate provision allowing victims of domestic violence to petition for wireless account and phone-number transfers. A witness supported the concept but urged changes to better align the state language with existing federal law; members noted the issue might need another vehicle or further work. For the domestic abuse item, staff explained that an A15 amendment would later adjust the warrantless-arrest window from 28 days to 14 days. On the jail-medication item, a member emphasized the changes were clarifying and not an admission that last year’s law was flawed. All adopted provisions passed by voice vote without opposition.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- construction, as you noted, if the money were awarded in this cycle, would be beginning in 2027 with occupancy
- 2027</c><01:20:16.320><c> with</c> would be beginning in 2027 with would be beginning in 2027 with occupancy
- 17.680><c> in</c><01:20:17.800><c> September</c><01:20:18.320><c> of</c><01:20:18.480><c> 2028</c> occupancy
- in September of 2028 occupancy in September of 2028 in<01:20:20.560><c> that</c><01:20:20.800><c> particular
- significant cost savings, and this building is designed because of its specialized use to be a 50-year occupancy
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
Keywords:
water treatment, infrastructure, municipal funding, bond issuance, Becker, sewer improvements, sanitation, Hibbing, state bonds, infrastructure funding, capital investment, safety improvements, mobility, U.S. Highway 12, bonds, transportation funding, trails, Prior Lake, bond funding, recreational improvements
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/05/26
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- investors</c> Exemption, a tax exemption for investors who sell their single-family homes to owner-occupant
- buyers, could enact a corporate income tax credit per unit sold to owner-occupants, provide a deed tax
- c><00:21:01.400><c> an</c> uh homes from an investor to an uh homes from an investor to an owner-occupant
- ><c> feels</c><00:21:02.960><c> like</c><00:21:03.160><c> it'd</c><00:21:03.280><c> be</c> owner-occupant
- would feels like it'd be owner-occupant would feels like it'd be a<00:21:03.480><c> meaningful</c><00
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 33 (2-24-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- committee on committees has met and and referred the following bills and resolutions to Licensing and Occupations
- Senate Bill 237, an act relating to occupational license fees.
- 01:54:44.800><c> to</c> Senate Bill 237, an act relating to Senate Bill 237, an act relating to occupational
- </c><01:54:47.360><c> Senator</c> occupational license fees. Senator occupational license fees.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- those students have experienced a temporary online learning option as a result of this federal occupation
- through a global pandemic, a civil uprising, a school shooting to start this year, and now a federal occupation
- shooting to start this year, and now a shooting to start this year, and now a federal<01:24:40.639><c> occupation
- 42.320><c> say</c><01:24:42.560><c> that</c><01:24:42.800><c> my</c><01:24:43.440><c> uh</c> federal occupation
- So to say that my uh federal occupation.
Committee:
House Education Finance
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Artificial Intelligence Task Force 2025 (10-9-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- So whether we're talking about occupational therapy, maybe we're talking about nursing, maybe we're talking
- So whether we're talking about occupational therapy, maybe we're talking about nursing, maybe we're talking
- So whether we're talking about occupational therapy, maybe we're talking about nursing, maybe we're talking
- So whether we're talking about occupational therapy, maybe we're talking about nursing, maybe we're talking
- So whether we're talking about occupational therapy, maybe we're talking about nursing, maybe we're talking
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, approved the prior meeting minutes, and then heard testimony on the use of artificial intelligence in therapy and mental health settings. Representative Lisa Willner and Brenda Rosen of NASW Kentucky argued for “guard rails” on AI chatbots so they cannot present themselves as licensed therapists or replace school counselors, psychologists, or social workers. They said AI can support licensed professionals, but warned that chatbots cannot reliably recognize nonverbal cues, escalate crises, or provide accountable care, and they cited examples of harmful chatbot interactions, including a suicide case and a chatbot telling a user to “Please die.”
The witnesses also raised concerns about data privacy, commercialization of sensitive mental health conversations, and the use of personal clinical content to train AI models. They said minors should require parental consent and suggested transparency about how a chatbot is trained and who created it. They distinguished between unvetted consumer chatbots and AI tools that have been scientifically validated or approved as digital therapeutics, noting that some evidence-based tools may be useful for specific conditions such as depression, anxiety, or eating disorders.
Committee members asked whether regulation should be handled by the legislature or by professional boards, and whether a multi-state model would be preferable to 50 different state approaches. The witnesses generally favored expert-led standards and said a board or panel of experts could review and approve mental health chatbots, but members cautioned that boards can become too restrictive and that legislation should preserve flexibility and avoid discouraging children from seeking help. The discussion ended with a request for the witnesses to restate their proposed policy ideas, including privacy protections, bans on commercialization, limits on training AI with clinical content, transparency requirements, and informed consent.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Housing Task Force 2025 (6-30-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- expanded use of manufactured housing just as Kentucky did this session as well, curbing roommate occupancy
- expanded use of manufactured housing just as Kentucky did this session as well, curbing roommate occupancy
- c> did this session as well, curbing did this session as well, curbing roommate<00:58:54.720><c> occupancy
- </c><00:58:56.000><c> And</c><00:58:56.160><c> I</c><00:58:56.319><c> wanted</c> roommate occupancy limits
- And I wanted roommate occupancy limits.
Summary:
The Housing Task Force 2.0 reconvened with several new members and heard a presentation from Kentucky Housing Corporation Executive Director Winston Miller and Deputy Executive Director Wendy Smith. They framed the task force’s work as a practical effort to address Kentucky’s housing shortage, update members on the current housing landscape, summarize existing state and federal resources, and suggest areas for the task force to focus on over the coming year.
KHC said its 2024 housing supply gap analysis found Kentucky is short about 206,000 housing units, split roughly evenly between rental and homeownership, and projected the gap could grow to 287,000 units by 2029 if current trends continue. They emphasized that every county in Kentucky needs more housing, that the 2008 housing crisis and loss of construction capacity remain major causes of the shortage, and that current pressures include high interest rates, rising insurance and tax costs, construction cost inflation, and housing prices and rents growing faster than incomes. KHC also said homelessness has risen in Kentucky, with point-in-time counts showing double-digit increases in recent years.
The presenters reviewed existing resources, including federal programs, the Kentucky Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the rural housing trust fund, KHC mortgage and down payment assistance programs, and the state mortgage interest deduction. They said these resources are important but insufficient to close the gap, and noted that a proposed federal FY2026 budget would cut HUD programs by 44%, potentially removing about $286 million from Kentucky housing resources, though no action has been taken yet. They urged the task force to consider stronger, more flexible tools such as a revolving loan fund, a state affordable housing tax credit, and economic development and employer-assisted housing incentives, and pointed to Indiana’s housing infrastructure and regional development funds as examples. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/27/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We considered a lot of different occupations and geographies and ways that we could divide things up,
- We considered a lot of different occupations and geographies and ways that we could divide things up,
- 00:08:52.480><c> different</c> we considered a lot of different we considered a lot of different occupations
- <c> and</c><00:08:53.920><c> geographies</c><00:08:54.680><c> and</c><00:08:54.920><c> ways</c> occupations
- and geographies and ways occupations and geographies and ways that<00:08:55.480><c> we</c><00:08:55.720
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25 - Part 1
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Our data shows women are concentrated in low-wage occupations like service industries, where benefits
- Barbara Ehrenreich called women in low-wage occupations anonymous donors to society for what they personally
- ><c> low-wage</c> women are con concentrated in low-wage women are con concentrated in low-wage occupations
- <01:26:29.639><c> like</c><01:26:29.800><c> service</c><01:26:30.119><c> Industries</c> occupations like
- service Industries occupations like service Industries where<01:26:31.199><c> benefits</c><01:26:31.560
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- these sensors that measure your brain waves and they can identify anxiety, depression, Parkinson's disease
- ,<01:33:03.960><c> epilepsy,</c><01:33:05.400><c> um</c> disease, epilepsy, um disease, epilepsy, um
- neurocognitive disorders, behavioral disorders, respiratory problems, cancer, and cardiovascular disease
- respiratory problems, cancer and respiratory problems, cancer and cardiovascular<01:46:52.240><c> disease
- </c> cardiovascular disease. cardiovascular disease.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (05/05/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Novo Nordisk in the Upper Valley is another one of our founders, and they manufacture for rare disease
- :10:20.640><c> rare</c> Um, and they manufacture um for rare Um, and they manufacture um for rare disease
- uh cases out of the Upper Valley disease uh cases out of the Upper Valley location.<01:10:23.920><c>
- We had a right-to-try expansion to go to chronic diseases. >> Yeah. >> We've not taken a position on
- </c> expansion to go to chronic diseases. expansion to go to chronic diseases.
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- But what I want to bring up is my dad had Parkinson's disease for 30 years.
- </c><01:10:36.480><c> And</c> Parkinson's disease for 30 years.
- And Parkinson's disease for 30 years.
- Watson: Parkinson's disease. Uh, you may remember I've said he was my driver's ed teacher.
- Watson: Parkinson's disease. Uh, you may remember I've said he was my driver's ed teacher.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- As the disease progresses, mobility challenges, costs, and logistics can make that travel difficult or
- </c><00:40:28.240><c> As</c><00:40:28.400><c> a</c><00:40:28.640><c> disease</c> inner inner island travel
- As a disease inner inner island travel.
- As a disease progresses,<00:40:29.520><c> mobility</c><00:40:30.000><c> challenges,</c><00:40:30.560>
- The center for Disease Control and Prevention manages the national violent death reporting system.
Committee:
House Health
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several health-related bills. HB 1871, establishing a maternal health monitoring pilot program, drew support from the Department of Health, the Hawaii State Commission on Status of Women, and the Hawaii affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives, with testimony urging provider-neutral language so midwives and other qualified providers would not be excluded. HB 1977, requiring a maternal and infant health information mobile app, received support from ACNM and Philips, which said similar apps in other states improved awareness of services and helped families navigate care; a member asked the Department of Health about implementation time. HB 1858, relating to certificates of fetal deaths, was supported by the Department of Health and clinicians, who said the current statute is outdated and inconsistent with CDC guidance; the department and a physician testified that the bill should shift documentation responsibilities to physicians and APRNs, and members discussed optional versus mandatory issuance language and whether the bill would improve data on home births and transfers.
The committee also heard HB 1591, expanding definitions for preceptor and volunteer-based clinical training to improve income tax credits. The Department of Health supported the measure but preferred a similar, broader bill; Taxation suggested clarifying terms; the University of Hawaii and the State Center for Nursing supported it. ACNM asked that midwifery preceptors and Hawaii-based students enrolled in mainland programs be included, while the Hawaii Public Health Institute supported expansion of the program as a workforce solution. HB 1574, on the health care education loan repayment program, also drew broad support, including from the governor, SHPDA, OHA, and health organizations, but ACNM raised concerns that the bill’s 30% Medicaid-client threshold could exclude many providers and limit participation.
For HB 1575, creating a feasibility committee on Parkinson’s patient air transport, the Department of Health supported the intent but said transportation is more likely an insurance or benefit issue and suggested redirecting funds to Parkinson’s research; the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Hawaii Parkinson Association supported the bill, citing inter-island travel barriers and high costs for patients and caregivers. HB 1854, establishing certification of community behavioral health clinics, was supported by the Department of Health and DHS, which said certification would help clinics qualify for enhanced Medicaid reimbursement and expand access; the Attorney General’s office raised a legal concern about the special fund language and recommended a purpose section, and the committee discussed whether the fund would be self-sustaining and noted a possible amendment to change membership language and reduce the board size if the amendment moved forward.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- from Senator Maye Quade, and it is updating the language for sexually transmitted infections and diseases
- transmitted language for sexually transmitted infections<00:26:17.159><c> and</c><00:26:17.320><c> diseases
- </c> infections and diseases infections and diseases program<00:26:20.399><c> section</c><00:26:21.320
- Students can model rising tuition fees or look at infectious disease rates.
- </c> infectious uh disease infectious uh disease rates<01:34:46.040><c> I'm</c><01:34:46.159><c> currently
Committee:
Senate Education Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- He said the Centers for Disease Control has been studying harm reduction for over 30 years and found
- ><00:59:37.760><c> The</c><00:59:38.440><c> Centers</c><00:59:38.720><c> for</c><00:59:38.880><c> Disease
- </c> when we um The Centers for Disease when we um The Centers for Disease Control<00:59:39.799><c> has
- lead to further complications in their recovery, undermining their efforts to break free of their disease
- break free undermining their efforts to break free of<01:12:43.639><c> their</c><01:12:44.000><c> disease
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
Keywords:
HF696, rural EMS, ambulance, emergency medical services, uncompensated care, payment pool, rural health, Office of Emergency Medical Services, public safety answering point, PSAP, nontransport, unpaid ambulance calls, EMS reimbursement, rural ambulance provider, general fund appropriation, Minnesota health finance, specialized life support, metropolitan counties, emergency response funding, HF1429
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- use sexually transmitted<01:20:27.320><c> infections</c><01:20:28.040><c> and</c><01:20:28.280><c> diseases
- </c><01:20:29.040><c> pre</c> transmitted infections and diseases pre transmitted infections and diseases
- of them: CPR and AED training, vaping awareness prevention, sexually transmitted infections and diseases
- um sexually transmitted<01:43:17.280><c> infections</c><01:43:17.800><c> and</c><01:43:18.040><c> diseases
- </c><01:43:18.599><c> and</c> transmitted infections and diseases and transmitted infections and diseases
Committee:
House Education Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- and then about 2009 the trend reversed, and that was largely due to what has now been called the diseases
- Those are specifically suicide, drug poisoning, including accidental overdose, and alcohol-related diseases
- <01:26:05.480><c> been</c><01:26:05.760><c> called</c><01:26:06.080><c> the</c><01:26:06.320><c> diseases
- </c> to what has now been called the diseases to what has now been called the diseases and<01:26:07.239
- and you can see alcohol related diseases and you can see how<01:26:18.760><c> in</c><01:26:19.000><c
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee, my name is Nicky Chopski, and I am the Health Professions Bureau Chief at the Division of Occupational
Committee:
Senate Health and Welfare
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- AND TAILLIGHTS FROM EACH OTHER WE ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO HAVE MORE HEAD ON COLLISIONS THAT THE OCCUPANTS
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- done because everything over $200 would be collected and everything over $1,000 would have the occupational
- </c><04:55:33.360><c> Then</c><04:55:34.000><c> why</c> the occupational information.
- Then why the occupational information.
- working in Montana and Florida to create a legal framework for emerging treatments and build a rare disease
- :14:39.200><c> rare</c> emerging treatments and build a rare emerging treatments and build a rare disease