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• So, and will the insurance be impacted by the fact that it's not being examined, you know, tested by
• And will the insurance be impacted by the fact that it's not being examined, you know, tested by the
• been chosen as the administrator, would be able to have enough time to put the system in place and test
• <01:23:18.600> and<01:23:18.880> do<01:23:19.120> the system in place and test
• and testing. and testing.

Bills: HF4712, HF4801, HF3756, HF4860, HF4931, HF4289, HF4460

Keywords: residential pools, swimming classes, certification, private business, health safety, health care, prior authorization, managed care, medical assistance, mental health, substance use treatment, chronic conditions, health insurance, insulin, healthcare access, pharmacy regulations, patient assistance, affordable medication, healthcare, pharmacy

Summary: The committee met at 1:00 p.m., confirmed a quorum, and approved the April 8, 2026 minutes. The first bill heard was House File 4712, which was laid over after the committee adopted a DE2 amendment. Representative Schultz said the bill would create a narrow additional exception to public pool limitations so highly certified swimming instructors could use certain pools for specialized infant, youth, and developmental-disability swim instruction. The only testifier, Tessa Seppelt, described ISR instruction as water-safety and drowning-prevention training for very young children and children with developmental delays, and said access to appropriate facilities is the main barrier. Members raised questions about emergency egress, public safety, and insurance coverage, and the author said he would follow up on those concerns. The committee then took up House File 4801, a bill by Representative Nadeau aimed at health care program integrity. He said it would align commercial and Medicaid partners to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse by changing prior authorization and retrospective review processes, improving data sharing on suspected fraud, addressing conflicting or duplicative services, allowing managed care organizations to verify provider credentials, and making risk corridors in MCO contracts permanent. The Minnesota Council of Health Plans supported the bill, saying it would help detect fraud and improve coordination, while the Minnesota chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics opposed it, arguing that expanded prior authorization would delay care, increase physician burden, and harm children with chronic conditions. Members debated patient safety, fraud detection, and whether the bill would undermine recent prior-authorization reforms. The bill was laid over. House File 3756, a technical update to the insulin safety net program, was also laid over. Representative Backer said the bill clarifies that a hospital-use intravenous insulin product is not part of the program because it is sold only to health care institutions and infused by practitioners, not dispensed to patients for self-use. The Board of Pharmacy testified that the language was drafted to avoid affecting future legitimate uses, and members asked whether the definition could limit new uses if treatments change. The committee then began House File 4860, but the transcript cuts off before the bill’s presentation is completed.

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• It pays for test strips. It pays for drilling equipment. It pays for mileage. It pays for expenses.
• It pays for test strips. It pays for drilling equipment. It pays for mileage. It pays for expenses.
• It pays for test<01:00:23.520> strips.
• It pays for drilling test strips.
• for lead to the raptor center is tested for lead regardless<01:32:54.480> of<01:32:54.639>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• /c><00:30:16.799> there<00:30:16.960> are<00:30:17.120> some<00:30:17.360> test
• Uh, there won't be a test.
• Uh there won't<00:51:34.079> be<00:51:34.160> a<00:51:34.319> test.
• <00:51:36.000> this<00:51:36.240> indicates<00:51:36.720> what won't be a test
• Uh this indicates what won't be a test.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Tony thank you chair and thank your test Tony thank you chair and thank you<00:47:28.920> members
• Cloud, and I only had to drive 15 minutes to get a year's worth of chemo, radiation, test visits—you
• <01:15:16.560> um Year's worth of chemo radiation um Year's worth of chemo radiation um test
• visits you name it it was there test visits you name it it was there within<01:15:21.239> one
• would<01:15:26.159> wait<01:15:26.360> for<01:15:26.560> my<01:15:26.760> test

Bills: HF2090, HF982, HF2229

Keywords: higher education, scholarship, financial aid, state grant, tuition assistance, Pell grants, student retention, education equity, disabled veterans, veterans' dependents, dependent children, college affordability, books and fees, University of Minnesota, public colleges, Office of Higher Education, veterans benefits, military families, permanent disability, 100 percent disability

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• . $97,000 to the Quad Cities ATV Club to engineer, survey, test, and design a new trailhead facility.
• The Lumberjack to Brookton Trail. $97,000 to the Quad Cities ATV Club to engineer, survey, test, and
• <00:47:01.160> fire<00:47:01.480> possibly um we have one more test fire possibly um
• We test to those standards.
• We test to those standards.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• would<00:45:40.720> proceed<00:45:41.079> to<00:45:41.280> the<00:45:41.400> test
• 00:45:41.720> fires<00:45:42.000> table<00:45:42.359> we would proceed to the test
• fires table we would proceed to the test fires table we will<00:45:43.280> uh<00:45:43.400>
• This bill is little more than a trial balloon for those hoping to test how far they can push austerity
• This bill is little more than a trial balloon for those hoping to test how far they can push austerity

Bills: HF10

Keywords: undocumented immigrants, state funding, MinnesotaCare, scholarship ineligibility, state assistance, 1183, house

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• /c> Chiropractic associations and the Chiropractic associations and the national<00:26:25.799> testing
• /c><00:26:26.520> organizations<00:26:27.520> as<00:26:27.640> well national testing
• organizations as well national testing organizations as well as<00:26:27.880> a<00:26:27.960>
• uh thank you binur and go ahead please uh thank you for<01:17:24.360> your<01:17:24.520> test
• for your test for your test very<01:17:25.520> helpful<01:17:25.880> today<01:17:26.719

Keywords: 1183, house

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• carry extra stressors that were evolved around staffing shortages, limited resources, additional testing
• carry extra stressors that were evolved around staffing shortages, limited resources, additional testing
• carry extra stressors that were evolved around staffing shortages, limited resources, additional testing
• carry extra stressors that were evolved around staffing shortages, limited resources, additional testing
• limited resources additional testing limited resources additional testing isolation<01:06:45.160

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• professional engineering uh tests professional engineering uh tests because<00:56:19.559> I
• <01:36:59.400> fires this out I'm going to let the test fires this out I'm going to let the
• test fires that<01:36:59.719> have<01:36:59.920> driven<01:37:00.239> all<01:37
• going<01:37:09.159> to<01:37:09.280> go<01:37:09.360> to<01:37:09.560> test
• fires so that we're going to go to test fires so that you<01:37:10.840> can<01:37:10.960>

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee met on February 11 and began with introductions from members and staff, who shared brief personal and district facts. Chair Jim Nash then outlined the committee’s goals for the session, emphasizing bipartisan cooperation, the need to address a looming structural deficit, and the committee’s role in moving legislation forward. The committee also reviewed its rules for the year. The main item was House File 3, authored by Chair Nash and referred to Ways and Means. The bill would require the Office of the Legislative Auditor to produce an annual report tracking whether agencies have implemented prior audit and evaluation recommendations, with the goal of improving internal controls, transparency, and accountability and helping legislators make funding decisions. Nash described the bill as a preventative measure to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse, and said it was modeled in part on practices used in Colorado. Legislative Auditor Judy Randall testified that the office already produces similar update reports but lacks resources to independently verify many agency responses; she said the bill would provide a framework for more regular reporting and discussion, not a “shame tool.” Ranna Lee of Americans for Prosperity testified in support, saying the bill would increase accountability and transparency for how public agencies manage taxpayer resources. A letter from the Minnesota Council on Nonprofits was also noted in support. Representative Clardy offered the A7 amendment to add an appropriation matching the fiscal note; Nash accepted it, saying savings could be found later in the process. The committee approved the A7 amendment by voice vote. During discussion, Representative Quam supported the bill’s focus on accountability, and Representative Freiberg questioned the Legislative Auditor about the office’s expertise on a specific ambulance-services recommendation in the report. Randall responded that the office’s staff are policy research generalists who use standards, best practices, interviews, surveys, and site visits to develop recommendations, and that the goal is to prompt further discussion rather than require blind acceptance. The transcript ends during that exchange, with no final committee vote on House File 3 shown.

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• that with healthy patients because you're doing cancer drugs are so toxic anyway, you can only be testing
• Because you're doing cancer drugs, they're so toxic anyway, you can only be testing them on cancer patients
• You passed legislation last session that provided coverage for biomarker testing.
• You passed legislation last session that provided coverage for biomarker testing.
• Director of Programs for the Texas Cultural Trust, and we're here to talk about the importance of testing

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• They discussed HIV prevention and testing, knowledge, stigma, advocacy, MSM culture.
• Participants who posted about HIV and STI prevention and testing had substantially higher odds of requesting
• a home-based HIV self-testing kit, and adjusted odds of 11.
• community without peers, the intervention participants were more likely to report recent HIV self-testing
• one another, appeared associated with positive health behaviors like increased HIV prevention and testing

Summary: The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational hearing on the impact of social media on LGBTQ+ youth, focusing on benefits, risks, and possible safeguards. Chair members framed the discussion around the tension between protecting young people from addictive design, harassment, hate speech, exploitation, and mental health harms while preserving access to affirming resources, community, and crisis support that many LGBTQ+ youth rely on online. Members emphasized that the hearing was meant to inform future policy rather than relitigate prior bills, and several members of the LGBTQ+ Caucus attended or participated. The first panel featured lived experience and advocacy testimony from Madi Roby of Alliance for Trans Youth Rights, Shea Gardner of LGBT Tech, and Casey Pick of the Trevor Project. Roby described social media as essential to exploring identity, finding trans language and safety information, and connecting to Trevor Project resources during a family crisis, while also acknowledging online hate and bullying. Gardner argued that lawmakers should regulate harms more precisely rather than impose broad age-based exclusions, warning that account bans and age-gating could cut off access to community, privacy-protective pseudonymity, and crisis resources. Pick testified that LGBTQ+ youth are more likely than peers to attempt suicide, that social media can be both a lifeline and a risk, and that Trevor Space and other moderated online spaces can improve mental health and reduce isolation; she also cautioned against policies that would push youth into less visible, less moderated spaces. Committee members questioned the witnesses about algorithmic feeds, addictive design, age verification, and whether platforms should be required to do more to protect youth. Several lawmakers distinguished between personalized feeds and addictive features such as infinite scroll and autoplay, and asked for more targeted prescriptions. Witnesses generally supported stronger privacy protections, limits on data collection and use, better reporting and moderation tools, digital literacy, and design changes that reduce harmful engagement patterns without eliminating access to community. The discussion also touched on the loss of LGBTQ-specific 988 services at the national level and the importance of maintaining alternative support pathways. The second panel presented research from Common Sense Media, UC Irvine, Hope Lab, and LGBTQ+ Health Australia. Researchers reported that LGBTQ+ youth often arrive online with higher depressive symptoms and limited in-person support, encounter homophobic and transphobic content at high rates, and may self-censor because of fear of harassment. At the same time, many said social media helps them feel less alone and find affirmation. Dr. Sean Young emphasized a harm-reduction approach, noting that online environments can be designed to support health and that policymakers should measure whether restrictions actually reduce harm or simply displace it. Dr. Amy Green echoed that social media is both harmful and supportive for LGBTQ+ youth, underscoring that the policy goal should be to make youth safer rather than less visible online.

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• Do the various projects under the EDD Next modernization integrate stress testing or other tools to ensure
• , every product, every change that we make to our production systems goes through a very rigorous testing
• process that does include... ...that we make to our production systems goes through a very rigorous testing
• process that does include load testing and stress testing to make sure we can achieve the volumes at

Summary: The subcommittee heard a series of budget and trailer bill presentations focused on labor and public employment programs. The first item covered EDD Next modernization, where EDD described progress on customer service improvements, fraud prevention, language access, and the Integrated Claims Management System. The LAO urged stronger legislative oversight as the project enters its most difficult phase, and members questioned the revised schedule, total cost, change orders, stress testing, SB 1090 implementation, and how race and ethnicity data will be protected. EDD said the overall project cost remains about $1.2 billion, that the work is being phased with disability insurance and paid family leave first, and that fraud has been greatly reduced since pandemic-era programs ended. Members also asked for follow-up information on SB 590 outreach and equity impacts. The committee then reviewed the California Workforce Development Board’s request to reduce staffing as one-time grant workloads wind down, along with trailer bill language to streamline reporting requirements. The board and Department of Finance said the staffing reductions reflect the end of surge funding and that the proposal would consolidate roughly 10 to 12 reports into one annual report, with additional reporting only if new funds are appropriated for certain programs. Senator Durazo questioned the policy direction of reducing workforce staffing, while the administration said the positions were tied to temporary grant programs and that current staffing is sufficient for ongoing duties. Members also asked about the board’s role in AI-related workforce planning and the rationale for using state funds for the High Road Construction Careers Program. A major portion of the hearing focused on the Subsequent Injury Benefits Trust Fund reforms and related staffing request at DIR. The administration and LAO described rapid growth in applications, backlog, and liabilities, saying the program’s eligibility has expanded beyond its original intent and that liabilities could reach about $30 billion by 2030 without reform. The trailer bill would tighten eligibility, apply the changes to open cases, and use the QME process and contemporaneous evidence to document preexisting disabilities. Members raised concerns about fairness to pending claimants, evaluator capacity, and the relationship to other SIBTF legislation, while the LAO said the proposal largely aligns with its prior recommendations. DIR also presented a request to eliminate vacant positions under a statewide vacancy sweep, which drew criticism from members who argued the cuts could weaken enforcement and backlog reduction efforts; the committee asked DIR to return with more detail on impacts and on its use of temporary-help authority. The final items addressed a request for additional Cal/OSHA investigative staff and a trailer bill to make permanent the revised Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board petition timeline. DIR said the BOI staffing would help investigate fatalities and serious injuries more quickly, while members emphasized the importance of family contact and timely investigations. For the WCAB item, the chair explained that the 2024 change to Labor Code section 5909, which starts the 60-day decision clock when a case is transmitted rather than when a petition is filed, has reduced pending cases and should be made permanent; the remaining backlog was reported at 460 cases, down from 637 before the change.

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• And we did our own contact tracing, we did our own testing, and we were able to secure a data use agreement
• If someone tests at either IHS or a health care facility in Rolette County, that positive case will go
• the—I asked, I sat with the field epidemiologist and I asked her what the protocol was if someone tests
• waiver has to be experimental and therefore there should be a valid experiment with a hypothesis to test
• and a method to test that hypothesis.

Keywords: 908, all

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• to meet all of the concerns of an independent contractor, all the indicia, including the six-factor test
• There's also a six-factor test used by the Department of Labor.
• They don't meet the tests of all of a sudden magically being reclassified as employees because now their
• with your experience, Senator Sorrentino, where I'm headed here, figuring out the right-to-control test
• Of course, in this event, it'll just be in Lincoln and Omaha, but hey, I guess we're the testing ground

Bills: LB815A, LB838A, LB912A, LB972A, LB1126A, LB962A, LB1114, LB921, LB937, LB803, LB803A, LB1032, LB1032A, LB1075, LB1075A, LB889, LB878, LB933, LB304, LB304A, LB1096, LB1096A, LB1165, LB1165A, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB743, LB745, LB749, LB778, LB787

Keywords: LB815A, LB815, appropriation, appropriations bill, Nebraska Department of Revenue, Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement and Collection Cash Fund, motor fuel tax, gas tax, fuel tax, tax enforcement, tax collection, cash fund, budget, state spending, per diem, salaries, fiscal year, enrollment and review, final reading, Nebraska

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• Those screenings are not tests; they are assessments of what the student is capable of doing now, so
• by the LESC, who gets the extensive data on where our students currently are on more standardized tests
• Typically, I believe it's in fourth grade when most of the first standardized tests occur that we rate
• providing that The Higher Education Department shall pay the cost of high school equivalency credential tests
• and associated test preparation costs for New Mexico residents, making an appropriation.

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• city that's hiring a police officer from requiring this if they want to require a physical ability test
• require a this if he if they want to require a physical<00:17:02.680> ability<00:17:03.120> test
• <00:17:03.560> could<00:17:03.800> do<00:17:04.079> that physical ability test
• they could do that physical ability test they could do that this<00:17:05.319> this<00:17:05.760
• they're advocating that their members that are currently serving have to continue to take these physical tests

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:12 SB 4 (Sen. Mays Bledsoe): 01:34 SB 58 (Sen. Webb): 04:53 SB 117 (Sen. Madon): 07:40 SB 121 (Sen. Wheeler): 10:52 SB 237 (Sen. Howell): 13:09 SB 71 (Sen. Boswell): 18:54 SB 174 (Sen. Nunn): 38:18 SB 176 (Sen. Nunn): 40:54 SB 183 (Sen. Nunn): 42:31 Adjournment: 49:51, 958, all

Summary: The Senate State and Local Government Committee met and first considered Senate Bill 4, sponsored by Sen. Bledsoe, which would create a risk-based AI governance framework for state government and address AI-generated misinformation in campaigns and elections. The sponsor said the bill came from the AI task force and is intended to promote transparency, accountability, and responsible use of AI while distinguishing between internal and external systems. The committee took a roll call vote and reported the bill out 7-0. The committee then heard Senate Bill 58, sponsored by Sen. Webb, which would allow Kentucky Retirement System benefits to be designated to a Special Needs Trust for a beneficiary. Webb said the bill would help families of special-needs children preserve benefits for supplemental needs such as adaptive equipment, technology, and medical or dental care not covered by government programs. He said retirement systems had provided no-impact letters, and the bill passed 7-0. Members also approved Senate Bill 117, which would let cities adjust incentive payments for training by appointed and elected city officials and remove the statutory minimum from ordinance requirements, and Senate Bill 121, which would authorize county judges to contract with rescue groups to deal with wild horse herds in rural areas. SB 117 passed 10-0 and SB 121 passed 10-0. The committee then took up Senate Bill 71, as amended by a committee substitute, dealing with local library board appointments. Sen. Boswell said the bill was a compromise but that he preferred removing KDLA from the process entirely; library representatives opposed the committee substitute and said they wanted KDLA out of the selection process. Several senators expressed conditional support but said they wanted further changes, and the committee adopted the substitute and reported the bill out after a roll call vote with 10 yeas and 1 pass, with members noting they expected further floor amendments.

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• right 11 is There's an itemization of money that can only be spent one particular way on student testing
• That has some modifications to testing timelines, has some adjustment. to curriculum delivery and another
• I can find out what the campus number is, I just, that doesn't pass my, sort of, quick smell. test on
• My son can bubble bubbles on a test like nobody's business. business.
• So as a result, no one has passed any tests at the end of the year. But.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• . >> Senator from Chittenden, I have been made aware that that was a test and it appears you're the only
• <00:07:40.000> and<00:07:40.160> it made aware that that was a test and it made aware
• that that was a test and it appears<00:07:40.639> you're<00:07:40.960> the<00:07:41.120
• It's xylazine and fentanyl strips for testing. It's wound care and education for folks.
• It's xylazine and fentanyl strips for testing. It's wound care and education for folks.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• We haven't had a real good test run of it to see the impact.
• This change was made intentionally to better align with the national testing opportunities.
• This change was made intentionally to better align with the national testing opportunities.
• Eighty-five, ninety percent of our time is operational testing.
• And less than a third of those reviewed even did test out credits like AP KLEP type credits.

Keywords: 908, all

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• So like I'm saying, you test Devil's Lake. I'm guessing every spring before...
• So like I'm saying, you test Devil's Lake. I'm guessing every spring before.
• Yeah, so we do test it every spring. Yep. Has it changed in fluctuation? No.
• And so, like you said, yes, we are testing it all, you know, throughout the whole season.
• The Supreme Court focused on the navigability for title test.

Summary: The committee opened its third interim meeting with roll call, approved the November 13, 2025 minutes, and the chair reviewed prior committee work, including a denied request for a fertilizer-capacity study and a planned later discussion of the Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern merger issue. Commissioner Doug Goring then presented Department of Agriculture updates on uncrewed aerial systems grants to detect noxious weeds, the state’s irrigation potential, the low-carbon fuels program for ethanol plants, the Environmental Impact Mitigation Fund, model zoning ordinances for animal feeding operations, and fertilizer production and supply in North Dakota. Members asked about funding sources, fertilizer storage and availability, natural gas and water needs for future fertilizer plants, and how the model zoning website would help counties and townships apply setback and odor tools. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on the Department of Water Resources’ economic analysis tool for water conveyance and flood-related projects. Dr. Dwayne Poole explained that the department is proposing changes to better account for end-of-useful-life conditions and updated hydrologic data, while still limiting the model to direct, demonstrable costs and benefits. He said the goal is to make the analysis more realistic and consistent without changing statute, and he provided examples of how project benefits could change as drains age or as rainfall and flood data evolve. Committee members and water-user representatives generally supported continued work on the proposal, while raising concerns about downstream impacts, closed-basin projects, and whether the changes would meaningfully affect project approvals. The committee then heard from John Paskowski, state engineer, on Devil’s Lake, the West End and East End outlets, and the Tolna Coulee control structure. He reviewed lake history, outlet capacities, sulfate and downstream flow limits, and explained that the control structure is intended to prevent a catastrophic uncontrolled release by slowing erosion and head cutting. Members asked about water quality trends, the length of the downstream flow constraint, and whether the Tolna Coulee area had been studied for possible natural overflow or silt buildup. The discussion emphasized ongoing flooding concerns, mitigation for affected landowners, and the need to balance outlet operations with downstream water quality and infrastructure protection.