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• include in the governor's budget include in the governor's budget additional<01:08:01.079> staff
• <01:09:03.080> request given uh in terms of the budget request given uh in terms of the budget
• office third the ombudsman's budget office third the ombudsman's budget request<04:44:00.440>
• And I know this budget is under tremendous budget stress, but if it's possible, then I think it would
• is under the state is under budget is under the state is under tremendous<05:04:14.840> budget

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met for its first meeting of the new session with opening remarks, member introductions, and a discussion of committee logistics. Members described their backgrounds and priorities, including criminal justice, right-to-know and privacy issues, domestic violence, death-with-dignity legislation, abortion, firearms, landlord-tenant policy, housing, and technology/privacy concerns. The chair noted there were already 34 bills assigned to the committee and expected more, and said the committee would likely continue to have a heavy workload this session. The chair also outlined how the committee would operate: meetings would generally be on Wednesdays, with possible Mondays as needed; hearings would not require a quorum, but executive sessions would; and members were asked to provide updated phone numbers and email addresses, especially cell numbers. He explained that the committee would continue its practice of seating members in a mixed partisan arrangement to encourage communication, and that the new clerk had joined the committee. A significant portion of the meeting focused on procedures for executive sessions and meeting times. The chair said the committee would follow the traditional rule allowing executive sessions on bills heard that day if proper notice was given, but he would avoid taking up controversial matters without full attendance. Members then discussed whether meetings should start at 9, 9:30, or 10 a.m., with concerns raised about long commutes, evening obligations, and winter driving after dark. No formal vote was taken in the portion provided, but the chair indicated he would try to accommodate the committee’s preference while balancing the workload.

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• Members, now we will return to the budget. We have three budget bills before the committee today.
• negotiated as part of this budget negotiated as part of this budget discussion.<00:18:43.679>
• <00:26:55.440> bill<00:26:56.320> and finance or budget bill and finance or budget
• <00:28:30.320> um with the hope of passing uh budget um with the hope of passing uh budget
• <00:35:37.599> and to make sure that's in our budget and to make sure that's in our budget

Bills: SF1959, HF2444, SF2298, HF2445, SF2216, HF2443, HF2130, HF1943, HF2436, HF2442

Keywords: veterans, military affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Military Affairs, omnibus veterans bill, appropriations, National Guard, state active service, armory, State Armory Building Commission, veterans homes, veterans cemeteries, county veterans service office, Minnesota GI Bill, Gold Star families, Blue Star families, Secret War in Laos, Hmong veterans, Laos veterans, special guerrilla units

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• budget resolution. budget resolution.
• We passed a responsible budget We passed a responsible budget resolution<00:52:57.839> and
• <03:18:51.840> the inefficient to implement the inefficient to implement the Congressional
• <05:33:46.958> their they evaluate and implement their they evaluate and implement their research
• For millions of managing their budgets.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• This measure encourages responsible budgeting.
• <00:09:44.600> was budget was budget was handled<00:09:47.040> uh<00:09:47.160> and<
• Now, because of that irresponsible budgeting, Minnesota is facing a $6 billion budget deficit in a few
• budget budget cycle<01:29:28.000> now<01:29:28.320> because<01:29:28.600> of<01
• :29:35.679> few billion doll budget deficit in a few billion doll budget deficit in a few short

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I'd like to welcome everyone to the Conference Committee on State Administration, Budget, Agriculture
• Senator Breuter, in just a few days, we have made significant progress in bringing our budget silo in
• The House has a second offer on budget proviso and back of the bill and projects.
• Additionally, the House has our first offer on the implementing bills and conforming bills.

Summary: The Conference Committee on State Administration, Budget, Agriculture, Environmental, and General Government Appropriations met briefly to continue budget negotiations. The chair noted that the House had submitted a second offer on budget provisos and back-of-the-bill projects, along with a first offer on implementing and conforming bills, and members were told that many shaded sections reflected progress toward agreement on numbers and language. Senator Breuter and Chairman Maggard both thanked each other and their staffs, saying substantial progress had been made and that more work remained before the next meeting. No public comment was offered. Members were reminded that the committee was on one-hour notice for the next meeting. Representative Cheney moved to adjourn, and the meeting ended without any recorded vote on the substantive budget items.

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• The health care budget conference will come to order.
• welcome Senator Trumbull, Senate members, and House members to the first meeting of the Health Care Budget
• provided with the initial side-by-side conference documents that show the chambers' positions for the budget
• , projects proviso, back-of-the-bill implementing conforming bills, as voted on by each chamber.

Summary: The Health Care Budget Conference held its first meeting and formally organized the committee. Senator Trimble moved to nominate Representative Ondrade as chair and Senator Trumbull as vice chair; both motions were adopted without objection. Senator Trumbull then noted that members had received the initial side-by-side conference documents showing the House and Senate positions on the health care budget, projects proviso, and back-of-the-bill implementing conforming bills, with areas of agreement highlighted. The House side characterized the documents as its initial offer and expressed optimism about working through the conference process collaboratively. No substantive policy debate occurred at this meeting. Senator Trumbull moved to adjourn, and the committee adjourned without objection.

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• This session our budget priority These are focused on the main pillars that keep us moving forward.
• As a university president I would thank you. know how challenging a budget can be. I do.
• And again, thank you for watching the base budget. We really appreciate that.
• So thank you so much for your time and attention to the budget.
• Thank you for the opportunity to to present our budget priorities.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• -some million dollars out of the OMB budget.
• So when I'm looking at this budget on line 11, and...
• This budget is fairly simple.
• Looking at this, Looking at this very, very small budget, line 14 shows a total base budget and proposed
• Looking at this very, very small budget, line 14 shows a total base budget and proposed increases.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then approved journal corrections and recognized visiting students from Underwood School. The chamber also handled several conference committee appointments after failing to concur with Senate amendments on House bills 1022, 1049, 1229, and 1029, and after the Senate failed to concur on House amendments to Senate bills 2010 and 2113. The House then concurred in or passed a series of amended measures, including House Bills 1481 (dental insurance loss ratio and reporting), 1511 (physician guidance on abortion law, with an emergency clause), 1562 (mandated reporter training), 1197 (correctional facilities study), 1095 (child protective services liaison work group), 1317 (barber licensing board changes), 1549 (corrections facility grants and reentry-related provisions), 1354 (appraiser evaluations), 1374 (open meeting exemption for township supervisors during on-site inspections), 1355 (abbreviated notice for administrative rulemaking), 1025 (advanced nuclear energy study), 1470 (Game and Fish fee changes), 1592 (Lignite Research Council updates), and 1375 (alcohol service/photo ID provisions). Final passage votes were recorded on each bill, with most passing comfortably and some drawing notable opposition, especially HB 1470 and HB 1549. The House spent substantial time on Senate Bill 2011, the Highway Patrol appropriation. Members discussed shifting one-time funding from the general fund to the Electronic Motor Carrier Permit Fund, including body armor, preliminary breath tests, an emergency vehicle course, resurfacing, fleet costs, and handgun/taser replacement, while also noting a federal grant and no new FTEs. Questions focused on salary-line increases and the new-and-vacant FTE pool, with Appropriations explaining that those dollars had been moved back into agency budgets from OMB. The bill passed 84-6. The House also passed Senate Bill 2013, the Commissioner of University and School Lands appropriation, after discussion of Trust Lands operations, unclaimed property staffing, and distributions from the Common Schools Trust Fund; one member was excused for a conflict, and the bill passed 67-22. Senate Bill 2023, the Racing Commission appropriation, passed 65-25 after a brief explanation of the agency’s responsibilities and funding. A major policy debate centered on Senate Bill 2385, which revises mobile home park regulation. Supporters said it creates receivership procedures if a license is revoked, requires clearer tenant notices, limits certain fees, and strengthens protections against eviction and utility overcharges. Two members were excused from voting due to conflicts tied to mobile home park ownership, and the bill passed 84-4. Another extended debate occurred on Senate Bill 2159, which allows the State Energy Research Center to study nuclear-related projects with approval from the Industrial Commission and consultation with the radioactive waste advisory council. Supporters said it is meant to help study advanced nuclear energy while preserving existing prohibitions on high-level radioactive waste storage; opponents raised concerns that the language could weaken prior protections and open the door to waste-related research or storage. The transcript ends during that debate, before a final vote on SB 2159 is shown.

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• So at least within California, if we navigate our budget conversations well, that's something that can
• We are only five months into the implementation.
• We are only five months into the implementation.
• This major study will assess how the age restrictions are being implemented, and of course that will
• The challenge is ensuring that the measures we implement achieve the goal without creating new risks

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Next budget cycle will determine.
• Uh, last year in the budget, the finance committee and the budget that passed the House and was signed
• Yet last year, it got caught up once again in the budget process.
• Over these three years, budget process.
• complicated under our current budget complicated under our current budget constraints. constraints

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Additionally, the House accepts all items where the Senate made offers to match the House and their budget
• The House accepts the following rows and the Senate budget offer Number 2, Line 9, 30a, 35, 36, 105,
• Just to let everybody know, all outstanding budget project, proviso, back of the bill, implementing and

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES WE HAVE INCLUDED THE CONFERENCE STARTING POINTS FOR THE BUDGET SPREADSHEET PROJECTS
• IN PROVISO BACK OF BILL IMPLEMENTING BILL AND CONFORMING BILLS IN THE APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE MEETING
• MEMBERS, THE BLUE ROWS ON THE BUDGET SPREADSHEET REPRESENT WHERE WE ALREADY AGREE ON FUNDING ISSUES.
• EFFORT TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE HOUSE POSITION AS WE MOVE TOWARD RESOLVING AND CLOSING OUT SEVERAL OF OUR BUDGET

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I am deputy commissioner at Minnesota Management and Budget.
• We recognize Minute's budget proposal.
• of the staff several times on the budget.
• you, at the Minnesota Historical Society, we also face budget pressures.
• our own budget for the next biennium.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It also stipulates that if a review confirms that the licensee has implemented systems and processes
• access a child's complete educational record and to be informed if a school employee facilitates or implements
• Senate amended the bill to prohibit a school district or school employee from facilitating or implementing
• House, you'll remember this bill created certain requirements, one being that ADOA have all their budget
• House, you'll remember this bill created certain requirements, one being that ADOA have all their budget

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of House bills with Senate amendments, with members generally indicating the sponsors intended to concur on most measures. Topics included public health and medical regulation (HB 2086 on face coverings/vaccinations, HB 2140 on gold and silver bullion investments, HB 2195 on nursing facility complaint timelines, HB 2189 on licensed health aides, HB 2932 on Access reimbursement and prior authorization, HB 2557 on medical records timing, and HB 2641 on PFAS firefighting foam), criminal justice and courts (HB 2673 creating an inmate mental health study committee, HB 2028 on community restitution for indigent homeless defendants, HB 2662 on expert testimony in parenting-time cases, HB 2440 on prisoner transition services, and HB 2594 on address confidentiality in family court), and education-related bills (HB 2830 on prenatal development instruction, HB 2249 on parents’ rights and social transitioning, HB 2481 on school district financial record compliance, HB 2482 on school construction job-order caps, HB 2895 on Native American language proficiency, HB 2423 on automatic advanced math enrollment, HB 2621 on special education and certificates of educational convenience, HB 2592 on AI rules, HB 2379 on school board training, and HB 2380 on out-of-state travel and public meeting materials). Other bills addressed transportation, development, housing, and local government issues, including HB 2909 on distracted driving, HB 2369 on photo enforcement citations, HB 2745 on legislative subpoenas, HB 2946 on development fees, HB 2999 on infrastructure finance districts, HB 2244 on eviction record sealing, HB 2342 on HOA shade structures, and HB 2752 on Commerce Authority trade offices. Several members raised concerns or asked questions on bills such as HB 2932, HB 2249, HB 2830, and HB 2028, but no formal votes were taken in the transcript; the meeting ended with adjournment after brief discussion of the final bills on Caucus Calendar 19, including HB 2248 on medical intervention requirements for businesses and schools.

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• the authorities as well as state auditors so that we could make sure that accountability would be implemented
• that we put and got approved for in the That's something that we put and got approved for in the budget
• We changed it so that the budget amendments, which didn't fall under resolutions, now are required to
• finance department, Involving money flows up to the finance department, those procedures are being implemented
• As for the receipting and the depositing timely, we have implemented a three-day rule.

Summary: The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee approved the February 13 minutes and then heard several committee reports. The executive committee report noted that audit and special reports were scheduled for presentation, one requested report remained outstanding, and staff was asked to review selected Benton County circuit court case transfers. The committee also received and adopted reports from the counties and municipalities committee, the education committee, and the state agencies committee. Those reports covered delinquent private water and sewer audits, education audit reports, and state agency findings such as duplicate vendor payments, collateral issues, record-keeping problems, and vehicle log deficiencies. In each case, the committee voted to file or adopt the reports, with some reports deferred for follow-up or for officials to appear at a later meeting. A major portion of the meeting focused on the City of Pine Bluff’s 2024 financial audit. Auditors said the city received a clean opinion overall, but management letter findings identified serious issues in the mayor’s office, Parks and Recreation, and the finance department. The Parks and Recreation finding involved $179,629 in manual receipts that could not be traced to city deposits, missing receipts from several facilities, $48,415 in unallowable purchases, $13,000 in questionable purchases, altered invoices, unapproved vendors, and missing equipment; those matters were referred to the prosecuting attorney, attorney general, Governmental Bonding Board, and Arkansas State Police. The finance finding cited weak cash-receipting and bank-reconciliation procedures and late or missing deposits. City officials, including the mayor, finance director, and parks director, testified that the problems predated the current administration and said they had taken corrective steps. They described hiring a forensic audit firm, creating or updating standard operating procedures, improving receipting and deposit processes, adding procurement oversight, and moving Parks and Recreation to electronic or system-based receipting. Committee members questioned the officials about oversight, nonprofit relationships, and whether theft or system failures were to blame. After discussion, the committee voted to file the Pine Bluff report. The next meeting was announced for June 4-5, 2026.

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• We have been implementing programs for individuals under 400% of the poverty level on the marketplace
• Process in the budget request, and then the legislature can make the determination, is this something
• Senator Gallegos** (member_10179), yes, and we've got great data on the programs that have been implemented
• process, will help us to be able to prioritize what the legislature wants to see and then what we can implement
• carrying this forward on behalf of my constituents and my district, who are heavily concerned about the budget

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• It was almost a million dollars over budget and had to come begging with his hat in his hands.
• It was almost a million dollars over budget and had to come begging with his hat and his hands.
• to provide some context regarding the processing of mail ballots in Clark County and how we would implement
• With the guidance and in collaboration with the Secretary of State's office, we have implemented a top-down
• These are significant undertakings, and I'm proud to say that we've implemented each of these successfully

Keywords: 909, all

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• part of our program for safeguarding these vital resources is wildlife disease surveillance and implementing
• As far as the prevention measures, we implement a whole vaccination campaign involving 10 states using
• The biggest battle that we fight to implement this program is the transportation of all materials.
• As far as I know, I've not been looking at the budget, but I don't think they have an increased line
• item on the budget to facilitate these types of intense regulations that are being proposed. these types

Bills: HB448, HB448

Keywords: wildlife rehabilitation, conservation, good samaritan, injured animals, orphaned animals, debilitated wildlife, wild birds, wild animals, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR, permit exemption, animal rescue, animal welfare, veterinary medicine, veterinary licensing, animal cruelty, wildlife care, rehabilitation act, non-federally protected species, endangered species

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• DOE will start working on a revised Florida teacher excellence examination and also submit an implementation
• In some places, such as Broward County, charter school departments have implemented monitoring systems
• In-depth research, evaluate data-driven policies, and implement community-driven solutions more effectively
• funding through the special needs differential allocation already in the school readiness program budget
• for Florida families, for young families right after housing in terms of their cost burden on their budget

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education met and considered a wide range of education-related bills, with most measures receiving favorable reports. Early in the meeting, the committee approved CS/SB 754 on International Baccalaureate bonus funding, CS/SB 1122 on Florida Virtual School updates, and CS/SB 430 requiring public schools to adopt cardiac emergency response plans, train students and staff in CPR/AED use, and maintain accessible AEDs. Testimony on the cardiac bill came from the American Heart Association and the Florida chapter of the American College of Cardiology in support, and the chair noted a survey suggesting many districts already have AEDs in schools. The committee also approved CS/SB 1528 on educational opportunities for military children, which expands coordination and training under the interstate compact, and CS/SB 364, which would move the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys from the Department of Legal Affairs to Florida Memorial University for research and administrative support. The committee then adopted amendments and favorably reported CS/SB 1590 on educator preparation, which modernizes teacher standards and certification pathways, including updates to FEAPs, a revised teacher exam, and an alternative certification program. The SPLC testified in opposition to part of the bill, arguing that language on historical instruction and systemic racism was contradictory and could limit accurate teaching of history. The committee also approved CS/SB 1702 on education, incorporating a wireless-device-in-schools pilot and other education provisions, with support from the Florida Charter School Alliance and others. CS/SB 444 on human trafficking awareness was amended to require no-cost training for school employees and charter schools; FSU law students testified in support, emphasizing the need for school personnel to recognize trafficking indicators. The committee also approved CS/SB 650 on hazardous walking conditions, expanding transportation eligibility for students walking near limited-access facilities, though members noted the bill carried an indeterminate fiscal impact and no dedicated funding. Later, the committee favorably reported CS/SB 1102 on school readiness, which expands how disabilities can be identified for early learning services and ties additional funding to training on early identification of delays. It also approved SB 1382 on access to school readiness programs for economically disadvantaged households, revising eligibility and priority tiers to use state median income rather than federal poverty level and refining the waitlist and forecasting process. Several members recorded votes on bills they had missed during the meeting, and the committee adjourned after reporting all of the above measures favorably.

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• We launched Operation Lone Star in March of '21 to get criminal trespass agreements and try to implement
• We've given him, in the budget, at least the proposed budget, the same amount of funding to continue
• So when Title 10 is fully implemented on the border, we must consider what authorities they have, and
• There were policies implemented by the legislature to allow them to run at 90,000 pounds if they had

Keywords: 1185, senate, all