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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 13th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Paul, Minnesota. Pledge of Allegiance.
- The next bill on the supplemental calendar for today is House File 2133.
- It's an epidemic around the U.S. and Minnesota.
- And that's what pregnancy centers in Minnesota do. That's what pregnancy centers in Minnesota do.
- I haven't heard one claim of that in the state of Minnesota.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Today here in Minnesota, one in three licensed Minnesota educators are choosing not to teach.
- </c> important in Minnesota. important in Minnesota.
- And those children, our children of Minnesota, our students of Minnesota, deserve that.
- </c> requirement in the state of Minnesota. requirement in the state of Minnesota.
- But, the happening in Minnesota.
Committee:
House Education Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/5/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- So I'll Minnesota paid leave program.
- So, the last part of our supplemental request has to do with the cost of Minnesota paid leave.
- It's a mandatory law here in Minnesota.
- And Minnesota's ... of the Minnesota newspaper association. of the Minnesota newspaper association.
- </c><00:48:41.520><c> newspaper</c> maintained by the Minnesota newspaper maintained by the Minnesota
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Higher Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- It is financial aid-based; it relies on the support, it's on support as well.
- It is financial aid-based; it relies on the support, it's on support as well.
- Eleven states—New York, California, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Washington, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana,
- And then in one of the last supplemental budget passes, Senator Liz Miranda put in for an additional
- Now I am grateful to both the governor and to A&F, because they did, supplementally, provide the Reggie
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Higher Education
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Higher Education heard testimony on a wide range of bills touching student access, campus safety, and institutional support. Early testimony focused on H. 4544, which would create a state Hispanic-serving institution designation to replace a lost federal designation and potentially allow future funding. Representative Kushmerek and Fitchburg State President Donna Hodge described Fitchburg’s growing Latino student population, the university’s local commitments such as the Fitchburg Promise, and argued the bill would help the institution better serve its community. Committee members asked about how the tuition-free local program is financed, and the bill was described as having no immediate funding request but allowing for future appropriations.
The committee also heard support for H. 1421, a proposed John F. Kennedy Service Scholarship Program for Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Commonwealth Corps alumni, with Representative Arena DeRosa arguing that student debt discourages service and that the program would help make citizen service more accessible to lower- and moderate-income students. Members raised questions about cost, take-up, and whether the program should be capped. H. 1449, dealing with transcript withholding, drew support from Representative LeBoeuf and USPyre’s Demi Stoltz, who said withholding transcripts over small balances or non-academic fees traps students and harms workforce participation; members discussed how schools could still collect debts without blocking transcripts. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to improve study-abroad safety reporting, with Carrie Pascarello urging a centralized data system after multiple student deaths and serious incidents abroad, and members asking about how other states handle similar transparency measures.
Another major topic was H. 4113 on higher education sexual misconduct. Laura G. and Ashley Freeman supported a proposal aimed at preventing “passing the harasser” by requiring disclosure of substantiated findings or departures during open investigations in hiring processes. They said the bill would improve transparency and campus safety while preserving due process, and noted Washington State has a similar law. Members discussed whether the bill should be expanded to K-12 settings and asked about the Washington model’s effectiveness. The committee also heard from Mike Canavan of AFT Massachusetts in support of a bill to create a grant program for librarians to earn a master’s in library science, noting the credential is required for the profession but is not offered by any public institution in Massachusetts. No votes were taken, and the hearing concluded after all scheduled witnesses testified.
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Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion
Transcript Highlights:
- So I'll turn now to the financial aid programs.
- If our Title IV aid is threatened, we cease to exist.
- Because our financial aid would be threatened.
- Grad PLUS is a critical financial aid program.
- Then they went after financial aid funding.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion held an informational hearing on “Protecting Equity in Higher Education” and emphasized that no bills were being heard. Members and witnesses focused on the effects of recent federal actions on DEI, admissions, financial aid, student loans, international students, and campus equity efforts in Massachusetts. Opening remarks from the co-chairs and the chair of Higher Education highlighted Massachusetts’ investments in free community college, expanded financial aid, and early college programs, while warning that federal policy changes could undermine those gains.
Testimony from BU law professor Jonathan Feingold argued that many DEI practices remain legally defensible after Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, and that the decision did not end all race-conscious or equity-oriented efforts. He said the Trump administration’s anti-DEI actions and funding threats were legally suspect and had created confusion and a chilling effect. Bahar Akman-in-Boden of the Hildreth Institute testified that proposed federal cuts to TRIO, Gear Up, Pell Grants, SEOG, work-study, and student loan programs would disproportionately harm low-income, first-generation, Black, Latino, and other underserved students, and urged the state to prepare hold-harmless and advising supports using Fair Share revenue.
Commissioner Noe Ortega described Massachusetts’ long history of equity in higher education and said the state has expanded aid, success programs, and early college, but still has work to do on attainment and completion. He said the state responded to SFFA by creating ACARE and continuing to defend equity practices, while also warning that federal disruptions and “dear colleague” letters have created uncertainty. In the second panel, state university leaders and campus officials said federal threats to Pell, DEI grants, Medicaid, and international student policies could affect access, campus operations, and the economy; they stressed that most state university graduates stay in Massachusetts and that institutions are continuing their equity practices despite federal pressure. Roxbury Community College’s president said RCC remains committed to open access and inclusion, noted enrollment growth, and said executive orders do not change existing law or the college’s obligations.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Public Safety Committee Meeting - 2025-03-28
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota is unique in that respect.
- They would be available to assist county attorneys across Minnesota.
- The Board has sought supplemental funds.
- Rates across Minnesota.
- Of Minnesota. With that, Mr.
Bills:
HF2432
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Three are indeed practicing in Minnesota but in the metro area, and then one left the state of Minnesota
- so places like Battle Lake Minnesota so places like Battle Lake Minnesota<00:14:42.920><c> up</c><00
- </c><00:14:55.639><c> so</c> one left the state of Minnesota so one left the state of Minnesota so um
- </c><00:26:13.760><c> and</c> employer in the state of Minnesota and employer in the state of Minnesota
- </c> which is the tip of northern Minnesota which is the tip of northern Minnesota way<01:04:05.160><
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/16/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And it care is provided in Minnesota.
- This contains changes to the Explore Minnesota councils at the request of Explore Minnesota.
- This contains changes to the Explore Minnesota councils at the request of Explore Minnesota.
- </c> save the businesses in Minnesota. save the businesses in Minnesota. uh<00:26:43.360><c> civil</c
- </c> Minnesota. Micheline. Minnesota. Micheline.
Bills:
HF3732
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 05/13/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- supplemental state aid go to the right fire departments.
- </c> some recordkeeping problems at Minnesota some recordkeeping problems at Minnesota State<00:13:22.320
- Um and so just a of the two Minnesota statues, one in of the two Minnesota statues, one in Statuary<00
- ,</c> Alumni of the University of Minnesota, Alumni of the University of Minnesota, I'm<00:21:08.799>
- ,</c><00:25:24.080><c> it</c> who did all their work in Minnesota, it who did all their work in Minnesota
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> other cities in the state of Minnesota. other cities in the state of Minnesota.
- </c> prevention aid since 2023. prevention aid since 2023.
- What happened in Minnesota?
- </c> statewide data from Minnesota courts. statewide data from Minnesota courts.
- </c> apartments has crashed in Minnesota. apartments has crashed in Minnesota.
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Republicans Announce Education Plan for Safe and Smart Kids - 03/17/26
Transcript Highlights:
- :17.920><c> School</c><00:01:18.360><c> Safety</c> through the Minnesota School Safety through the Minnesota
- </c><00:08:47.080><c> would</c> which would ensure Minnesota would which would ensure Minnesota would
- </c> going to cost the state of Minnesota going to cost the state of Minnesota anything,<00:09:08.800
- </c> we can be helping out Minnesota we can be helping out Minnesota families. families. families.
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
Summary:
Minnesota Senate Republicans held a press event focused on school safety, student performance, and relief from what they described as burdensome mandates on districts. Sen. Zach Duckworth promoted the SHIELD Act, which would provide grant funding through the Minnesota School Safety Center for security upgrades such as access controls, ballistic-resistant materials, mass notification systems, and staff training. He also highlighted other education bills, including measures to require parental and teacher notification of violent incidents within 24 hours, allow short removals after serious incidents in K-3 classrooms, expand retention and intervention policies for students not meeting grade level, and increase parental access to curriculum materials and consent for sex education. Duckworth said the school safety proposal has bipartisan support and argued schools should have flexible, locally driven tools to protect students.
Sen. Julia Coleman and other Republicans framed the agenda as a response to classroom violence, learning loss, and a lack of transparency. Coleman said teachers and parents are seeing serious problems firsthand and argued that schools should not hide violent incidents. She described Senate File 676 as a notification and anti-retaliation bill, and said Senate File 4023 would give schools a brief reset after serious incidents in early grades. She also backed the transparency bill requiring parental review of curriculum and written consent for sex education. The group repeatedly argued that schools, parents, and teachers should be prioritized over what they called political secrecy or overreach.
Sen. Jason Rarick focused on school finance, saying new state mandates have left districts in deficit despite prior funding increases. He discussed bills to expand safe school aid to nonpublic schools, increase staffing at the Minnesota School Safety Center, expand counselor funding for nonpublic students to K-6, and conform state law to federal tax credits that could support scholarships and tutoring. Sen. Carla Nelson Housley argued that more than 60 unfunded mandates have strained districts and said Senate File 3361 would temporarily let districts transfer funds between accounts and opt out of certain new mandates from 2023-24, with public board discussion and votes. In the question period, Republicans also discussed the governor’s supplemental budget, fraud enforcement, possible bonding for IT upgrades, and potential tax and child care credit changes, while emphasizing they want bipartisan cooperation on fraud and school safety but oppose new taxes and what they called harmful mandates.
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North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kratom Working Group Aug 12th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We're hearing aids and... Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- We're hearing aids and... And so do I. What was that again?
- It's a dietary supplement.
- As a dietary supplement and cannot be lawfully added to conventional foods.
- Kratom is an opioid-acting drug, not a benign herbal supplement.
Summary:
The Kratom Working Group met to hear public testimony and expert presentations on whether North Dakota should prohibit or regulate kratom and 7-OH products. Early testimony split sharply between speakers who described natural kratom as a helpful, lower-risk alternative for chronic pain, opioid withdrawal, PTSD, and recovery, and speakers who urged prohibition because of dependence, overdose risk, and the growth of concentrated or synthetic 7-OH products sold in gas stations, smoke shops, and online. Several witnesses, including consumers and shop owners, argued that banning kratom would push people to more dangerous drugs or unregulated internet sources, while public health and medical witnesses said the marketplace is confusing and inadequately controlled.
A number of witnesses, including representatives of the North Dakota Public Health Association, the state crime lab, and addiction-treatment and pediatric clinicians, emphasized risks from adulterated or concentrated products, lack of labeling and age restrictions, contamination concerns, and harms to adolescents, pregnant patients, and newborns. The crime lab described recent cases involving mitragynine, 7-OH, and pseudoindoxyl, and said products purchased in a smoke shop were inaccurately labeled. A Sanford pediatric hospitalist testified that kratom exposure in pregnancy can cause severe neonatal withdrawal and that adolescents are using the product. By contrast, American Kratom Association representatives and other advocates argued that natural leaf kratom should be distinguished from synthetic 7-OH, that deaths usually involve other substances, and that a regulatory framework with testing, labeling, age limits, and product registration would better protect consumers than a blanket ban.
No formal bill was debated or voted on in this transcript. The working group heard testimony, asked questions, and took no final action before breaking for lunch and later resuming with additional presentations.
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Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Quality education for all Minnesota Quality education for all Minnesota students<00:04:45.720><c
- </c> provide the definition of supplemental provide the definition of supplemental online<00:09:58.959
- </c> Minnesota schools almost all Minnesota Minnesota schools almost all Minnesota schools<01:18:45.120
- of youth across Minnesota.
- Minnesota Youth Council the NC or Minnesota Youth Council the NC or Minnesota<01:39:51.760><c> Youth<
Committee:
Senate Education Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:01:53.920><c> I'll</c> Minnesota, and the Mayo Clinic. I'll Minnesota, and the Mayo Clinic.
- </c> bianium appropriation for the Minnesota bianium appropriation for the Minnesota Education<00:05:
- , southeastern Minnesota, and Minnesota, southeastern Minnesota, and our<00:57:41.040><c> own</c><00:
- </c><01:11:04.400><c> On</c> at the University of Minnesota. On at the University of Minnesota.
- financial aid offers.
Committee:
Senate Higher Education
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/21/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- They're not in Minnesota. bank accounts. They're not in Minnesota.
- </c> Minnesota.
- Senator Mcquade in Minnesota Minnesota.
- </c> for the Minnesota Sheriff's Association. for the Minnesota Sheriff's Association.
- </c> of the jails in the state of Minnesota. of the jails in the state of Minnesota.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> greater Minnesota. greater Minnesota.
- </c> cities in Minnesota. cities in Minnesota.
- aid.
- I love Vergas, Vergas, Minnesota. I love Vergas, Minnesota. Minnesota. Minnesota.
- </c> Minnesota." And it is. Minnesota." And it is.
Committee:
House Taxes
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Transportation Mar 3rd, 2026
Joint Committee on Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- Everyone here is very well familiar with the Chapter 90 bill, but it provides critical aid to our cities
- progress we've made in recent years, working with this administration to take major steps to expand aid
- Similarly, the bill authorizes $800 million for highway projects that are not eligible for federal aid
- So the federal dollars are essential in terms of being able to supplement the state dollars.
- the state dollars we know that and Essential in terms of being able to supplement the state dollars,
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Transportation
Summary:
The Transportation Committee heard testimony on House Bill 4987, the Healey-Driscoll administration’s transportation bond bill financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges. Administration officials said the bill would authorize more than $5 billion overall, including $1.2 billion for Chapter 90 over four years, $500 million for accelerated road and bridge repairs, $200 million for MBTA rail modernization and reliability, $200 million for transportation projects supporting housing development, $200 million for a new DCR parkway resilience and safety program, and reauthorizations for federal-aid highway projects, non-federal highway projects, municipal pavement, and Shared Streets and Spaces. They emphasized that the proposal is backed by Commonwealth Transportation Fund revenues, including registry fees, gas tax, and Fair Share surtax revenue, and said it would improve safety, reliability, housing production, and regional equity.
Committee members asked about the four-year Chapter 90 authorization, the housing-related transportation funding, federal funding uncertainty, and how the MBTA money would support commuter rail electrification and regional rail. Administration witnesses said the multi-year structure would help municipalities plan and avoid more expensive deferred maintenance, that the housing funds would be flexible for infrastructure needs tied to development, and that the state is pursuing federal grants while relying on state-backed capital financing. They also described process improvements at MassDOT that have reduced project bid-to-notice timelines by 60% and said the rail modernization funds would support locomotive procurement, including battery-electric and Tier 4 diesel locomotives.
The Massachusetts Municipal Association and local officials from Sherborn, Conway, and Yarmouth strongly supported the bill, saying the increased Chapter 90 funding and road-mile formula have made a major difference for small and rural communities and that four-year funding would improve predictability, project bundling, and cost savings. They cited local road, bridge, culvert, and gravel-road needs and urged favorable action. A Better City and MAPC also supported the bill but urged the committee to use it for broader transportation policy changes and new revenue tools, including possible reforms to TNC fees, regional pricing, and other funding mechanisms. The committee took no vote during the hearing and adjourned after testimony.
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Transcript Highlights:
- On line 39 for the Minnesota FY26.
- Uh for the Minnesota State 2627.
- , commissioner, Minnesota Peterson, commissioner, Minnesota Department<00:25:02.559><c> of</c><00:25:
- </c> now Minnesota citizens for 40 50 years. now Minnesota citizens for 40 50 years.
- We wanted a for greater Minnesota.
Committee:
Senate Finance
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:57:24.359><c> Minnesota</c> Beckle so members uh Minnesota Minnesota Beckle so members uh Minnesota
- Aid and transportation Aid education Aid and transportation Aid will<01:24:15.280><c> have</c><01:24:
- aid.
- aid.
- aid.
Committee:
House Education Finance
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Minnesota State Patrol. Minnesota State Patrol.
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
- </c> of Albert Lea, Minnesota. of Albert Lea, Minnesota.
- Uh this would allow<00:54:04.560><c> Minnesota</c><00:54:05.800><c> um</c> allow Minnesota um allow Minnesota
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
Committee:
Senate Transportation