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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Press Conference 2/16/26
Transcript Highlights:
- It with federal immigration enforcement.
- That bill saw a immigration authorities.
- What happened immigration enforcement.
- </c><00:20:44.559><c> enforcement</c> uh federal uh immigration enforcement uh federal uh immigration
- </c> uh support uh federal immigration uh support uh federal immigration enforcement<00:25:49.200><c>
Summary:
House Republican leaders outlined their agenda for the tied legislative session, saying their priorities are to stop fraud, make Minnesota more affordable, safer, and more competitive, and reduce mandates while raising education standards. They highlighted several planned bills, including an independent inspector general (HF 1), a “Fraud Isn’t Free” measure to impose consequences on agencies and commissioners that allow fraud, and statutory guidelines for high-fraud-risk programs. They also said they want to lower health care costs through a permanent reinsurance program and cost defrayal for new mandates, study property tax increases, conform state tax law to federal changes on tips, overtime, and scholarship tax credits, and avoid any tax increases.
On public safety, Republicans said they will pursue tougher penalties for repeat offenders and repeat gun crimes, judicial accountability, and a school safety package that would support public and nonpublic schools, school safety personnel, and facility improvements. In education, they emphasized school choice tax credits, reading proficiency, and curriculum focused on basic academic fundamentals. They also said they want to protect and expand mining, reform permitting, end the nuclear moratorium, and make the state more attractive to businesses. On housing, one member said they are working on a more targeted affordable housing package rather than a broad sweeping bill.
A substantial portion of the discussion focused on immigration and cooperation with federal authorities. Republicans said they want a statewide framework for local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, referencing House File 16 and saying they are open to changes and bipartisan work. They argued that local and state cooperation would improve safety and prevent situations where criminal suspects are released into the community. They also said Democrats have blocked similar efforts in committee and on the House floor.
In response to questions, leaders said there is no current appetite for sports betting, bonding will be discussed but there are no promises, and they do not support the 2024 omnibus bill model. They said they are not interested in vaccine mandates, but will consider Medicaid funding impacts and other health-related proposals if bills are introduced. They also said election integrity measures such as voter ID, provisional ballots, and voter-roll cleanup will remain priorities. Throughout, leaders said they expect a bipartisan process in the tied House and expressed hope that both parties can work together on some issues.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- had traditionally been settling relative to lower immigration areas.
- However, you just said illegal immigration is a federal offense.
- Illegal immigration is a federal offense.
- Now, also, like I said earlier, immigration, yes, is a federal issue.
- immigrants, which is about 5% of our workforce.
Keywords:
labor, e-verification, immigration, employers, employment eligibility, Department of Labor, penalties, funeral licensing, continuing education, Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association, professional development, licensing requirements, HB3660, natural organic reduction, human composting, soil reduction, green burial, funeral services, cremation, burial permit
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 3725, as amended by a PCS, which would require employers statewide to use E-Verify or a federal equivalent when hiring new employees. The author argued the bill would help reduce illegal immigration, protect wages and jobs for lawful workers, and impose only minimal costs because E-Verify is free and quick to use. Members raised concerns about burdens on small businesses, farms, and ranches; state versus federal authority; enforcement by the Department of Labor; identity theft and false positives; possible litigation; and what would happen if the federal system went offline or changed. The author said the bill includes good-faith protections, a trigger repeal if the federal program expands, and that he would file additional language to address shutdown-related disruptions. No motion was made, and the bill remained in committee.
The committee then heard and passed several other measures without opposition. House Bill 3260 would add the Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association as an approved provider for continuing education credits for funeral director license renewals, and it passed 9-0. House Bill 3660 would authorize natural organic reduction, described as transforming human remains into soil, and it also passed 9-0. House Bill 3369 would revise food truck fire code requirements by allowing portable fire extinguishers instead of an automatic suppression system and by allowing licensed plumbers, not just Oklahoma LP Gas, to inspect or install certain gas plumbing; members discussed possible conflicts with another LP gas fix and agreed to work together, and the bill passed 9-0.
Finally, House Bill 3370 would extend the effective date of the food truck fire code to November 1, 2028, creating a sunset to allow more time for a broader solution. The author said he preferred another option but wanted this bill available if needed. After brief clarification, the committee passed HB 3370 9-0. The meeting ended with the chair noting there would be three meetings left in the session.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- day, federal immigration that day, federal immigration enforcement<00:41:19.359><c> violated</c><00:
- I am a neuroscientist, an immigrant, and the daughter of an immigrant.
- </c><01:25:24.480><c> This</c> actual immigration status. This actual immigration status.
- Um, I am an immigrant.
- Um, I am an immigrant. I personally. Um, I am an immigrant.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative POCI Caucus Press Conference 6/9/25
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> immigration organizer at Unidos immigration organizer at Unidos Minnesota.<00:07:24.479><c> We</
- </c> mom working two jobs or an immigrant mom working two jobs or an immigrant family<00:10:45.360><c
- Immigrants,<00:19:44.000><c> our</c><00:19:44.400><c> communities.</c> Immigrants, our communities.
- Immigrants, our communities.
- </c> to scapegoat our immigrant community. to scapegoat our immigrant community.
Summary:
Minnesota lawmakers and advocates held a press event focused on a special-session budget agreement that would repeal health coverage for undocumented immigrants. Speakers, including Rep. María Isa Pérez-Vega, Sen. Lieman, labor leaders, immigrant advocates, faith leaders, and other DFL/POCI caucus members, argued the repeal would harm about 17,000 people, increase uncompensated care costs, worsen ER and clinic wait times, reduce productivity, and ultimately raise costs for taxpayers and employers. They also said undocumented immigrants contribute significant tax revenue and that the measure was motivated by cruelty and scapegoating rather than fiscal responsibility.
Testimony emphasized moral, public health, labor, and faith-based objections. Unidos Minnesota, SEIU Local 26, the Minnesota AFL-CIO, and Pastor Ingred Ramson all framed health care as a human right and said the policy would punish working families, immigrants, and communities of color. Several speakers linked the repeal to broader attacks on immigrants, labor rights, and other social protections, and warned that the compromise budget framework included a “poison pill” tying the health bill to the repeal.
POCI caucus members said they had tried unsuccessfully to negotiate alternatives, including changes to paid leave, earned sick and safe time, non-compete bans, premiums, enrollment caps, and protections for children, elders, and people with chronic conditions. They said leadership was not part of the negotiations and expressed disappointment with DFL and governor-level decisions, while also saying they would continue to fight the policy and hold leaders accountable. No vote was taken in the event itself, but speakers repeatedly said the repeal was expected to pass and that they would oppose it and continue organizing in future sessions.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Sep 23rd, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Do we have anyone with the Immigration Law Center? Yep.
- We are a 30-year-old immigrant workers' rights organization.
- Supreme Court green-lighting racial profiling in immigration enforcement.
- For a potential civil rights offense associated with immigration action.
- Disclosures to federal immigration enforcement agents for the purposes of enforcing federal immigration
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- People appearing before Immigration Court may be children appearing alone before an immigration judge
- I'm all for legal immigration.
- legal representation to individuals in immigration-related proceedings and immigration courts.
- legal representation to individuals in immigration-related proceedings and immigration courts.
- Immigration-related proceedings and immigration courts.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on SB 114, which would create a presidential preference primary for the 2028 election. The Office of Elections said the bill would cost about $4.1 million. Supporters, including the Hawaii Democratic Party and the League of Women Voters, favored moving the process to a state-run primary, while several opponents, including the Hawaiian Islands Republican Women and multiple individual testifiers, argued it would be too expensive, would shift control away from the parties, and would replace volunteer-run caucuses with a mail-in system. Committee members questioned the chief election officer about election timing, certification, and how a primary might be scheduled with other elections. Testimony was recorded as 11 in support, 41 opposed, and 3 comments, and no vote was taken in the excerpt.
The committee then took up SB 725, which would require judges to make findings about a defendant’s ability to afford bail. Judiciary and Attorney General witnesses asked that the bill be deferred or amended, saying the Judicial Council is already reviewing pretrial bail reform and that the bill’s language could create practical problems for police, sheriffs, and courts. Supporters, including the Correctional System Oversight Commission, the public defender, the Community Alliance on Prisons, the ACLU of Hawaii, and disability rights advocates, said cash bail disproportionately harms low-income defendants, increases pretrial detention costs, and should require clearer findings and records. Opponents included the Hawaii County prosecuting attorney. Members questioned how bail is initially set, what records exist, and whether the bill would change current practice; Judiciary witnesses said initial bail decisions are often made by police or judges and later reviewed on the record, while supporters argued the bill would strengthen front-end due process. The ACLU said it supported the bill with amendments, including clearer standards for ability to pay and written findings.
The committee also began hearing SB 733, a proposed constitutional amendment to establish a continuous legislative session. Early testimony was strongly supportive, with advocates arguing that the current 60-day session limits public participation, makes it hard for working people to testify, and prevents lawmakers from collaborating effectively. Supporters said a year-round model could improve transparency, reduce duplicate bills, and better accommodate neighbor island legislators. The excerpt ends during the opening testimony on SB 733, before any committee action or vote is shown.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- My parents are immigrants, and I have grown up seeing how hard immigrant families work just to survive
- Senate Bill 5852 concerns immigrant workers.
- law and potentially state immigration law?
- Two that have led to immigration enforcement directly, been attested as a statement of fact in immigration
- Immigrants are vital to our workforce. Immigrants are vital to our workforce and the state economy.
Keywords:
agriculture, collective bargaining, labor relations, public employment, agricultural employees, SB 6188, asbestos, asbestos training, asbestos certification, asbestos worker, asbestos supervisor, Department of Labor and Industries, L&I, rulemaking authority, occupational safety, workplace safety, hazardous materials, abatement, encapsulation, removal
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Committee Jun 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- One in seven Asian immigrants in California is undocumented.
- Justice for capacity building for immigration legal services.
- for Humane Immigrant Rights.
- Louis Amosio with the California Immigrant Policy Center.
- Anayeli Martin with the California Immigrant Policy Center.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Committee heard opening remarks on the 2025 Budget Act, which will be amended into AB 101 and SB 101 for floor consideration. Committee leaders described the budget as a difficult compromise shaped by a $12 billion deficit, federal funding uncertainty, wildfire impacts, and rising out-year costs, while emphasizing a balance between compassion and fiscal responsibility. Each budget subcommittee chair then summarized major actions in their areas, including health care, human services, education, climate and transportation, housing and state administration, public safety, and oversight/transparency.
Key policy items included delaying or narrowing some of the Governor’s proposed cuts, especially in Medi-Cal and other safety-net programs; preserving funding for dental care, women’s health, family planning, hospice, long-term care, IHSS, and services for undocumented Californians; and maintaining or expanding child care, foster care, food banks, and CalWORKs-related supports. Education actions included additional Proposition 98 settle-up, reduced deferrals, support for TK-12, teacher recruitment, literacy, mental health, preschool slots, and restored funding for UC and CSU. Other major items included housing and homelessness investments, wildfire and disaster response funding, transit loans and greenhouse gas reduction fund support, Proposition 36 and VOCA-related public safety funding, and oversight measures on federal impacts and state efficiency.
Department of Finance and Legislative Analyst staff said the package makes some of the same savings moves as the May Revision but relies more on internal borrowing and fewer reductions, leaving a smaller reserve than the administration’s plan but still maintaining roughly $11 billion in the rainy day fund. Members from both parties largely supported the package while raising concerns about long-term sustainability, Medi-Cal costs, reserve use, and the need for future revenue and program review. The committee adopted the subcommittee actions by roll call, 18-6, with the roll held open for absent members and additional comments continuing after the vote.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/05/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> federal government immigration federal government immigration enforcement<00:04:09.280><c> operation
- </c> immigration on Minnesota. immigration on Minnesota.
- ><c> federal</c> Immigration detention is a federal Immigration detention is a federal responsibility
- detention. immigration detention.
- </c> immigration process. immigration process.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 12th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- For 40 years, Korean immigration was banned. discrimination.
- I feel a deep connection to those first immigrants, like them.
- After the Immigration Act of 1965, a new generation of Korean immigrants made the Central Valley their
- We honor them as we honor all immigrants in this great state.
- We honor them as we honor all immigrants in this great state.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and took up Senate Concurrent Resolution 106 by Senator Choi, which designates January 13, 2026 as Korean American Day in California. Senator Choi and many members spoke in support, highlighting the history of Korean immigration, the contributions of Korean Americans in business, public service, culture, education, health care, and civic life, and the significance of Korean American communities across the state. Several members also shared personal and district-specific examples, including Koreatown, the Korean Friendship Bell, Pachappa Camp in Riverside, and Korean American organizations and businesses affected by the recent wildfires. The resolution was adopted on a 38-0 roll call vote.
After the vote, Senator Choi introduced Korean American guests visiting the chamber, including the Consul General of Korea in San Francisco and other community leaders. The Senate then returned to motions and committee announcements, including notices that the Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee and the Human Services Committee would meet after adjournment. Senator Smallwood-Cuevas also requested that SB 626 be removed from the inactive file and returned to the Assembly for amendments.
The remainder of the session was devoted largely to adjournment memorials. Senator Umberg honored Monica Lynn Martinez-Hays, a longtime legislative staffer and artist. Senators Pérez and Allen jointly memorialized the 19 people who died in the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires, describing the devastation, the community’s recovery, and the names and lives of many victims. Senator Menjivar also asked for adjournment in memory of Marine Corps Sergeant Adrian Carrillo, who died in a December traffic collision. The Senate announced its next floor session for Friday, January 16 at 9 a.m. and then recessed.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> seek with respect to immigration status. seek with respect to immigration status.
- So he highest caliber of immigrants.
- </c> lawful immigration status? lawful immigration status?
- </c> without lawful immigration status. without lawful immigration status.
- </c> terms of the immigration process. terms of the immigration process.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill doesn't require officers to determine immigration law or make immigration judgments.
- And so what all is asked for at this point Immigration and citizenship status.
- We work very well with immigration and we make those arrests.
- Yes, there are, because the issue that we have is immigration.
- For us to determine immigration status, it can't just be the FBI database.
Summary:
The committee heard House Bill 660, which would require law enforcement agencies to record and publish biannual reports on the immigration status and nationality of arrested individuals. Sponsor Rep. Dale Hawkins said the bill was intended to give Idahoans and lawmakers clearer statewide data on how many arrested or incarcerated people lack legal immigration status and what that costs the state. Supporters from Secure Idaho argued the bill would use information already gathered during booking, improve transparency, and help policymakers manage immigration-related impacts.
Opposition came from the Idaho Chiefs of Police Association, whose representative said the bill would burden city police with extra administrative work, create confusion about which agency should collect the information, potentially require officers to ask citizens about nationality, and impose fiscal and operational costs. Questions from committee members focused on whether sheriffs already collect the data, whether the bill would duplicate existing booking procedures, and whether the fiscal note was accurate. The sponsor said he had not consulted local law enforcement before introducing the bill, but argued the reporting should occur at the jail booking stage and that software providers indicated the data entry would be simple.
After public testimony and closing remarks, Rep. Wheeler moved to hold the bill in committee, but that motion failed 8-7. The committee then voted on the original motion to send HB 660 to the floor with a do pass recommendation, and that motion passed 8-7. The chair noted there was interest in possible cleanup of the bill’s language, and the meeting adjourned with a reminder that the committee may need to meet again later in the week.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Health Committee Jun 24th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- and many of whom serve immigrant patients every day.
- the increase in immigration enforcement.
- At SEIU, we believe immigrant justice is union work.
- California is home to 10.6 million immigrants, and almost half of those immigrants are Latino, and one
- As an immigrant myself, thank you.
Summary:
The Assembly Health Committee heard several Senate bills focused on health care access, privacy, and public health data. SB 81 (Arreguín) would require health care facilities to create nonpublic areas and bar immigration enforcement from entering without a judicial warrant or court order, while also protecting disclosure of immigration-related information in medical records. The bill drew strong support from labor, immigrant-rights, health care, and patient advocacy groups, with committee members emphasizing patient safety and privacy; one member raised implementation concerns about how the restrictions would work in practice. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass motion to the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee, with one no vote recorded.
SB 250 (Ochoa Bogh) would add skilled nursing facilities to DHCS’s managed care provider directory so Medi-Cal beneficiaries can more easily identify covered facilities. Supporters said the change would help seniors and people with disabilities avoid confusion and rushed placement decisions, especially during hospital discharge, and would make existing information easier to use. The committee passed the bill to Appropriations on a unanimous vote. SB 717 (Richardson) would formally recognize California’s three regional cancer registries in state law to help preserve federal funding and support cancer surveillance data collection. The author and supporters said the measure would protect more than $15 million in annual federal support and strengthen cancer research and tracking; the committee approved it unanimously to Appropriations.
SB 504 (Laird) would allow health care providers to disclose personally identifying information about previously reported HIV infections to state or local health officials when needed for disease control or care coordination. The author described the bill as a modernization of reporting and coordination practices, and supporters from the California Medical Association and Planned Parenthood backed it. The committee sent the bill out as amended to the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee on a unanimous vote. The meeting also included routine consent-calendar action and multiple add-on votes, with the committee repeatedly holding the roll open to record additional members’ votes.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Apr 20th, 2026
Revenue and Taxation
Transcript Highlights:
- California has made a statement that we value the experience of our immigrant families.
- California has made a statement that we value the experience of our immigrant families.
- My name is Shu Ming, Chair, with the California Immigrant Policy Center.
- Schumming Chair with the California Immigrant Policy Center in support of this bill.
- My name is Shu Ming-Chir with the California Immigrant Policy Center.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Child Care Costs Oct 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- How has the threat or presence of immigration enforcement impacted trust between the providers and immigrant
- How has the threat or presence of immigration enforcement impacted trust between the providers and immigrant
- But what I want to bring up right now is immigration.
- Immigrant families become our support system; they trust us.
- live with at least one immigrant parent.
Summary:
The hearing focused first on how wildfires and other disasters affect child care providers, families, and early education infrastructure. State officials from the Department of Social Services and Department of Education described disaster response and preparedness efforts, including shelter coordination, licensing outreach, emergency waivers, distribution of supplies, and the statewide child care disaster plan. Testimony from providers and advocates emphasized major gaps in recovery funding, insurance coverage, rebuilding support, mental health services, and coordination with local rebuild plans. Several witnesses urged more dedicated disaster-recovery funding for child care facilities and suggested statutory changes, including allowing greater flexibility for rebuilding costs and requiring early childhood programs to be included in local disaster planning.
The second panel addressed immigration enforcement and its impact on child care. Advocates from the Children's Partnership, Every Child California, and CHIRLA said enforcement activity is causing families to keep children home, disrupting continuity of care, reducing enrollment, and creating fear and trauma for children and providers. They argued that immigrant and mixed-status families need clearer protections, privacy safeguards, legal support, trauma-informed guidance, and safe-haven policies for child care settings. Speakers also stressed that the child care workforce is heavily immigrant and that recent state laws such as AB 49 and AB 495 will require funding, training, and technical assistance to implement effectively.
Public commenters, including child care providers, described personal experiences with fire damage, displacement, permit delays, lost income, and the emotional toll of serving families during crises. Others described how immigration enforcement has made parents afraid to attend events, drop off children, or remain connected to providers. Committee members repeatedly noted that child care is often overlooked in emergencies and asked state officials how child care systems are being integrated into disaster planning and how local and state agencies can better coordinate. No formal votes were taken during the hearing.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity (9-23-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:03:31.920><c> community</c><00:03:32.640><c> into</c> our immigrant community into our immigrant
- </c> school board was our immigrant school board was our immigrant population.<00:03:47.519><c> and</
- </c> situation that many of our immigrant situation that many of our immigrant refugee<00:09:54.000><
- So before<01:19:13.199><c> immigration</c> before immigration before immigration um<01:19:16.080><c>
- </c> immigrant the immigrant population, immigrant the immigrant population, we've<01:25:32.320><c> seen
Summary:
The Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity met in September 2025, established a quorum, introduced new member Larry Forester, and approved the minutes from the August 26 meeting. The main presentation came from Warren County Public Schools Superintendent Rob Clayton and Assistant Superintendent Sarah Johnson, who discussed the district’s work serving English language learners and multilingual students, including immigrant and refugee families. They said Warren County now serves roughly 5,500 multilingual students out of about 19,000 total, representing about 92 languages and 90 countries, with 57 certified multilingual teachers, a GO Center, migrant and refugee advocates, and the state’s first international high school.
The presenters emphasized that the district welcomes immigrant families and that students and parents generally value public education, but they described major challenges tied to accountability and funding. They explained that multilingual students are tested after one year in the system, even though many need more time to become proficient in English and grade-level standards, and they argued that current graduation-rate rules can unfairly penalize schools when transient students enroll briefly and then leave. They also said the cost of serving this population has risen sharply, with special revenue and especially general-fund spending increasing substantially over the past decade, prompting the district to reallocate resources from EL teacher assistants toward translation technology and additional certified staff.
Committee members asked questions about how long-term multilingual students compare with the general student body and whether the district’s data show similar graduation outcomes. Clayton said he did not have the specific comparison data at hand but believed students who stay K-12 generally reach proficiency. He and Johnson asked legislators to consider giving students more time before accountability measures apply and to shift some graduation accountability from individual schools to the district level for highly transient populations, while still maintaining accountability. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight Aug 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And that program provides food assistance to immigrants who otherwise are not eligible, certain immigrants
- Thank you for speaking up for our immigrant neighbors.
- immigrant Californians will also now be ineligible for SNAP and benefits because of H.R. 1.
- My name is Anayeli Martin with the California Immigrant Policy Center.
- humanitarian immigrants will lose eligibility to SNAP and CalFresh.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 Apr 25th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and illegal immigration.
- Citizenship and Immigration Services.
- More than a dozen studies have found that immigration, including undocumented immigration, is associated
- Undocumented immigrants were half...
- They wrote about collaboration between federal immigration enforcement that may discourage immigrant
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm an immigration attorney.
- This bill does not regulate immigration.
- American Immigration Reform.
- American Immigration Reform.
- , illegal immigration conduct.
Summary:
The House Judiciary Rules Committee first took up H.C.R. 23, a resolution calling for an Article V convention to propose congressional term limits. The sponsor and U.S. Term Limits representative argued that Congress is broken, that term limits are broadly popular, and that an Article V call is a safe and historically effective way for states to pressure Congress. Opponents warned that a convention could become a “runaway” process with no enforceable limits on delegates or topics, and several said the ballot box, not a constitutional convention, is the proper way to address career politicians. Members questioned both sides about delegate selection, the role of Congress, the Articles of Confederation, and whether the process could be limited to term limits alone.
After testimony, the committee debated the resolution. Supporters said the states need to use the constitutional tool the founders provided because Congress will not term-limit itself, while opponents said the uncertainty and constitutional risk were too great. A substitute motion to hold H.C.R. 23 in committee failed on an 8-7 roll call vote, and the committee then took a break before moving to the next bill.
The committee then heard House Bill 764, which would make it a state offense for organizations or their officers/agents to knowingly or with reckless disregard transport, harbor, or otherwise facilitate unlawful immigration, while clarifying that it would not criminalize immigrants themselves or ordinary charitable, worship, or legal services. The sponsor said the bill mirrors existing federal law and is intended to help enforce immigration laws and prevent NGO-facilitated trafficking and fraud. Supporters framed it as a state sovereignty and public-safety measure, while nonprofit and food-bank representatives testified in opposition, saying the bill could chill charitable work, expose volunteers and organizations to criminal liability, and force nonprofits into immigration-enforcement roles they are not equipped to perform. The testimony on H.B. 764 was still ongoing at the end of the transcript.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/17/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:08:29.120><c> with</c><01:08:29.640><c> Immigration</c> unauthorized immigrants with Immigration
- </c> deportation of unauthorized immigrants deportation of unauthorized immigrants who<01:09:21.319><
- </c> information regarding the immigration information regarding the immigration status<01:09:48.440>
- </c> effect on the willingness of immigrants effect on the willingness of immigrants to<01:15:24.520>
- of immigration status.
Keywords:
sacred communities, micro units, religious institutions, housing regulations, homelessness, conditional use permits, immigration enforcement, sanctuary policies, sanctuary city, noncooperation ordinance, ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, federal immigration authorities, deportation, undocumented immigrant, undocumented person, immigration status data, data sharing, preemption, local government