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• extend indefinitely into the future indefinitely into the future despite significant changes in conditions
• So Thomas Hoffler, when he passed, his daughter released all of his records and his emails, and when

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• removes the requirement for offenders to pay for parole services, allows low-risk offenders to be released
• from probation if and when they meet certain conditions, and it clarifies procedures around meritorious

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• And then when you don't pay it, then they release all of the information, which is also goes against
• one-time lapsed funding was spent in accordance with the intentions of the legislature, but the conditions

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• <02:00:55.679> It<02:00:55.840> was it's been released or not.
• It was it's been released or not.
• > in<02:00:56.960> January<02:00:57.360> and supposed to be released in January
• <02:01:01.119> So<02:01:01.599> maybe<02:01:01.840> they're it was released.
• So maybe they're it was released.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This was a case from a couple of years ago, and in fact I included the press release from the attorney
• This was a case from a couple of years ago, and in fact I included the press release from the attorney
• It was a case from a couple of years ago, and in fact I included the press release from the attorney
• in the Attorney General's press release in the Attorney General's press release that<00:24:52.520
• , there’s a link in the press release to an actual indictment that was filed that has way more detail

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Um, the senator actually put out a press release that said that that was not accurate.
• Um, the senator actually put out a press release that said that that was not accurate.
• Um, the senator actually put out a press release that said that that was not accurate.
• In the same release that you put in our packet, Senator Gustiffson appreciates your work and respecting
• In the same release that that on this.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up Senate File 856, a bill to create a statewide Office of Inspector General to combat fraud. Representative Norris presented a delete-everything amendment that would keep most of the Senate bill but add more emphasis on fraud prevention, fully fund the office, avoid duplicating work already done by the BCA’s financial crimes division, and preserve subject-matter expertise by keeping some existing inspectors general in their agencies. He said the amendment would retain strong investigative powers, including subpoenas, while using the BCA for arrests, and he acknowledged his original version was likely too broad, so he planned to offer smaller amendments if needed. Chair Nash and other members challenged the DE on both process and substance. Nash said the amendment had not been shared with key stakeholders, noted that the Senate author had publicly distanced herself from it, and pointed to a governor’s office document saying the administration wanted a different approach than the Senate bill. He argued the Senate bill was a bipartisan, bicameral product and said the committee should be careful about accuracy and process. Representative Davis questioned Norris about the claim that the Senate bill was underfunded and about the governor’s role in selecting the inspector general, arguing that the governor should not have broad control over the office. Norris responded that the Senate bill’s fiscal note estimated roughly $12 million for the biennium, but the bill appropriated less than that amount, and he said the Constitution requires the governor to appoint the inspector general if the office is in the executive branch. He said the DE tried to preserve independence through a bipartisan advisory commission, Senate confirmation, a five-year term, restrictions on partisan activity, and removal only for cause with a public hearing. After debate from several members, the committee held a roll call and the DE failed on a 7-7 tie, so it was not adopted.

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• past times I guess coming back to M comm, instead of going back to the detention center you'd be released
• past times I guess coming back to M comm, instead of going back to the detention center you'd be released
• past times I guess coming back to M comm, instead of going back to the detention center you'd be released
• past times I guess coming back to M comm, instead of going back to the detention center you'd be released
• past times I guess coming back to M comm, instead of going back to the detention center you'd be released

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee held an informational briefing on the impact and legality of federal immigration enforcement efforts in Hawaii, with Chair Carl Rhodes framing it as the sixth and final interim briefing in a series on the rule of law and local effects of federal actions. He said the discussion would focus on due process concerns, questioning and detention of citizens and lawful immigrants, free speech issues, and pressure on state and local law enforcement, and noted the issues may be revisited in the 2026 regular session. There was no public testimony or committee vote; only invited speakers presented. Dr. Amy Agayani opened by arguing that immigrants are integral to Hawaii’s history, economy, and communities, and contrasted that with what she described as harmful narratives portraying immigrants as criminals. She cited figures that one in five Hawaii residents is foreign-born, that immigrants make up about 20% of the labor force and over 27% of entrepreneurs, and that roughly 40,000 people in Hawaii are undocumented, many of whom may have pathways to legal status but face language, information, and court barriers. She also said federal enforcement has expanded beyond undocumented immigrants to include citizens and lawful residents, and warned that attacks on birthright citizenship and visa categories could affect many families. Matina Mock of the legal clinic emphasized the complexity of immigration law and the severe lack of legal representation, noting a nationwide backlog of 11.3 million immigration-related applications and 3.4 million court cases, plus about 1,400 pending immigration cases in Honolulu with only two immigration judges. She said Hawaii has only six or seven nonprofit immigration legal service providers, and that represented clients are far more likely to obtain relief. Mock described a recent case involving a lawful student visa holder who was transferred among multiple federal facilities before being brought to Honolulu without clear notice, which she said illustrated due process violations. She also said ICE activity in Hawaii has sharply increased, with about 150 arrests from January to July 2025, a 380% increase over the same period in 2024, and that many detainees have no criminal record. Stephanie Haro Sevilla and another clinic fellow described 2025 enforcement as a major shift driven by a January executive order, the end of prior limits on arrests in sensitive locations, and arrest quotas they said require 3,000 arrests per day nationwide. They said this has led to arrests without warrants or probable cause, broader targeting of people with minor offenses or no criminal history, and the use of resources from other federal agencies and local law enforcement for civilian immigration enforcement. They also said the federal detention center in Honolulu is holding roughly 40 to 80 civilian detainees on any given day, often in conditions they characterized as prison-like, and warned that the current escalation could eventually affect lawful permanent residents and naturalized citizens. The speakers urged the public to support immigrant-rights advocates and local protective policies and funding measures.

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• best-selling literary works that they might otherwise have purchased from booksellers, including new releases
• cannot meet the restrictive demands in this legislation, libraries may very well lose access to new releases
• libraries may very well lose access to libraries may very well lose access to new<00:10:24.560> releases
• <00:10:26.000> experience<00:10:26.480> higher<00:10:26.880> costs, new releases
• , experience higher costs, new releases, experience higher costs, or<00:10:27.680> be<00:10:27.839

Keywords: 1183, house

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• . >> The department released a report that does have that data uh in it. Representative Lee. Great.
• Thank you. >> The department released a report that does have that data uh in it.
• Thank you. >> The department released a report that does have that data uh in it.
• The department released a report that does have that data in it. Representative Lee. Great.
• The department released a report that does have that data in it. Representative Lee. Great.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Um, I believe at least the one released today. himself. But here he's come forward to himself.
• The letter that was released and dated today is concluding by basically trying to give a directive to
• <00:30:32.799> letter<00:30:33.360> that<00:30:33.799> was<00:30:34.799> released
• <00:30:35.360> and<00:30:35.679> dated the letter that was released and dated the letter
• that was released and dated today<00:30:36.880> is<00:30:37.399> concluding<00:30:38.399

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• There's other mandates that the state can certainly do to release, uh, unfunded mandates to the school
• There's other mandates that the state can certainly do to release, uh, unfunded mandates to the school
• can<00:51:41.760> certainly<00:51:42.160> do<00:51:42.480> to<00:51:42.800> release
• <00:51:43.760> uh<00:51:44.079> unfunded can certainly do to release uh unfunded can
• certainly do to release uh unfunded mandates<00:51:44.960> to<00:51:45.040> the<00:51:

Bills: HF1532, HF1290, HF2231, HF2013

Keywords: eminent domain, reimbursement, property acquisition, appraisal, landowner rights, HF1290, AED, automatic external defibrillator, defibrillator signage, wayfinding signs, roadside signs, directional signage, public access AED, emergency medical response, cardiac arrest, sudden cardiac arrest, public safety, Minnesota Department of Transportation, road authority, transportation law

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• Education, a national association whose tagline is "State leaders connecting learning to work," released
• State leaders connecting learning<00:26:15.200> to<00:26:15.480> work<00:26:16.480> released
• <00:26:16.919> a<00:26:17.080> brief learning to work released a brief learning to
• work released a brief describing<00:26:18.120> a<00:26:18.279> new<00:26:18.600> career
• In a study released in 2020 in collaboration between Harvard and the Smithsonian, they recently showed

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And so, we did not want to release this bill from committee until we had a better idea of where the House
• did<00:11:57.400> not<00:11:57.640> want<00:11:57.760> to<00:11:57.840> release
• <00:11:58.160> this And so, we did not want to release this And so, we did not want to release

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• As you'll note, the topics that are in italics are the ones that have either are about to be released
• 03:54.680> be ones that have are either about to be ones that have are either about to be released
• :56.160> to<00:03:56.240> be<00:03:56.360> started,<00:03:56.840> so released
• or are about to be started, so released or are about to be started, so they've<00:03:57.200> already

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee met on May 8, 2026, to narrow 12 proposed Legislative Audit Commission evaluation topics down to 8-10 semi-finalists for a legislative survey. Deputy Legislative Auditor Jodi Munson Rodriguez reviewed the selection criteria and explained which topics were promising now, which might be better deferred to fall because of timing or data limitations, and which were less promising because OLA would have limited ability to add value. She identified the Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy, DHS Adult Day Services Licensing, DHS county service approvals and provision, MDH mortuary science program, MPCA feedlot permitting, Minnesota paid leave, the Office of Cannabis Management, and several other DHS-related items as candidates, while recommending that DHS system modernization be shifted to an IT audit and that corporate concentration be narrowed substantially if pursued. Members discussed several topics in detail. Representative Lee asked how a broad DHS county services topic could be narrowed and suggested providing legislators with an addendum listing possible subprograms so they would know what they were ranking; Munson Rodriguez said OLA could add a few suggested subtopics and tailor the survey materials. Representative Hansen urged that the MPCA feedlot permitting review focus on effectiveness and environmental and health impacts, not just speed, and Munson Rodriguez said those kinds of questions could be added. The Office of Cannabis Management was viewed as promising but probably too new to evaluate immediately, and the MDH mortuary science program was also seen as worthwhile but potentially delayed because of overlap with other MDH licensing work. The Minnesota research tax credit drew the most extended discussion. Munson Rodriguez said it remained a weak fit for OLA because of limited data and unclear program goals, and Senator Rest argued it would be better handled by the Department of Revenue’s research staff or possibly the Legislative Budget Office’s tax expenditure research section. Representative Lee asked whether OLA’s financial audit division could review whether the credit “pays for itself,” but Munson Rodriguez said that would require econometric analysis outside the financial audit division’s normal work. The committee did not take a formal vote in the portion provided, but the chair indicated the tax credit issue should be brought to the full commission agenda, and the meeting continued with additional topic review, including the Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which staff said was heavily federally controlled and already reviewed by federal OIG, limiting OLA’s likely impact.

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• Um, I think it's important to give them a release valve to hire a qualified individual who might not
• give them a to give them a give<01:02:28.960> them<01:02:29.160> a<01:02:29.280> release
• c> valve<01:02:30.080> to<01:02:30.240> hire<01:02:30.640> a give them a release
• valve to hire a give them a release valve to hire a qualified<01:02:31.200> individual<01:02:

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The Director of Program Integrity, Tim O'Malley, recently released a program integrity roadmap.
• :31.200> O'Malley,<00:48:31.920> uh<00:48:32.160> recently<00:48:32.680> released
• <00:48:33.560> a Tim O'Malley, uh recently released a Tim O'Malley, uh recently released a

Bills: HF4364, HF4821, HF4543, HF3945

Keywords: Central and Eastern European Affairs, ethnic council, advisory council, Minnesota state government, immigrant communities, refugees, humanitarian parolees, Ukraine, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Czech Republic, Baltic states, Slovakia, Slovenia, Kosovo, Russia

Summary: The committee first approved the April 7, 2026 minutes and then held an informal hearing on House File 4364, which would establish a Central and Eastern European Ethnic Council in Minnesota. Representative Jordan and testifiers Mykola Mager and Julia Miller described the large Central and Eastern European community in Minnesota, its contributions to the state, and the need for a formal advisory body to help address barriers to government services, support refugees, workforce development, entrepreneurship, and cultural understanding. Members expressed general support and noted the bill’s importance, but no formal action was taken on the bill during the hearing. The committee then took up House File 4543, a bill to create a centralized payroll reporting portal for prevailing wage projects. Representative Frazier said the bill would reduce administrative burden on project owners, improve transparency and accountability, and help prevent wage theft, misclassification, tax fraud, and insurance fraud. Testifiers from county, city, and contractor groups largely supported the idea of streamlining reporting, but contractor representatives raised concerns about employee data privacy, public access to sensitive payroll information, duplication of existing systems, interoperability with contractor software, and the need for stakeholder engagement. Members echoed both support and caution, and the bill was laid over as amended rather than advanced. Finally, the committee considered House File 4821, described by Chair Klevorn as addressing the “penny problem” and a related change to high-deductible insurance plans. The bill would authorize state agencies to round cash transactions because of the penny shortage and would change MMB’s obligation to offer certain high-deductible health plans from “must” to “may,” producing modest administrative savings. Members questioned the drafting of the rounding language and asked about cash transactions at state agencies and the handling of cannabis tax payments. The chair noted the bill had missed the deadline and would be caught by the chief clerk’s office; the discussion ended with the bill being laid over as amended.

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• So, if they don't go to the fourth mill, the $16 million does not get released.
• 49.040> get fourth mill, the 16 million does not get fourth mill, the 16 million does not get released
• <00:45:51.599> if<00:45:51.920> or<00:45:52.800> it<00:45:53.040> is released
• It's it it's not a if or it is released.

Keywords: 916, all

Summary: The committee met to consider amendments to House Bill 111. It first adopted amendment number one without objection. Members then discussed a Senate amendment related to a $750,000 state match for the Central Wyoming College Jackson project, with Senator Laursen explaining the request as a way to leverage local fundraising for the final phase of the project. He said the project had been underway since 2018, that the building was nearing completion, and that the amendment was intended to encourage a local fundraising campaign rather than wait for a later appropriation. Representative Lien questioned whether the funding had gone through the usual approval process, and other members raised concerns about bypassing standard procedures, while Laursen argued the request was consistent with prior late-stage project adjustments and reflected local skin in the game. The discussion also covered a Senate amendment concerning University of Wyoming land use, specifically whether language should remain requiring open space or allow trustees more flexibility to decide between open space and parking. One member moved to delete the Senate amendment and reinsert the stricken language, but after discussion the motion was withdrawn so the committee could consider all amendments together. Members noted that the university had already been discussing the plan and that the language change would not necessarily alter the trustees’ authority, though it might protect the university. The committee then turned to a Gillette College/Enzi building amendment. Senator Driscoll said the proposal was his own and not requested by the college, and Janelle Overberlander, founding president of Gillette Community College District, testified about the history of the project, including the 2021 separation from the Northern Wyoming Community College District, prior planning for a STEM building, and the later decision to revive the project as an academic building honoring Senator Enzi. She said the building is intended to address lab space needs and support industry partners, including companies expected to bring jobs to Campbell County. Driscoll explained that the amendment would provide a dollar-for-dollar match for non-state money and require Gillette College to move to a four-mill levy, which he said would eventually make the college a net contributor to the system. The committee continued discussing the amendment and its long-term fiscal effects, but no final vote on the later amendments is shown in the excerpt.

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• in a year, and they would get paid not by our tax dollars, which is what they're getting paid now. release
• them to use the only poison they release them to use the only poison they know<00:34:12.960> of
• this, we already have a mechanism, and I don't understand why we need to have another mechanism to release
• people that because one reason is there's always... ...have another mechanism to release people that

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Boyd was released out of incarceration just a few weeks before he would have been swabbed for off of
• controlled substance twice.<00:10:56.160> Boyd<00:10:56.560> was<00:10:56.720> released
• Boyd was released out of twice.
• Boyd was released out of incarceration<00:10:58.399> just<00:10:58.959> just<00:10:59.279

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:02 Roll Call 00:00:23 HB 414 Discussion 00:01:58 HB 414 Vote 00:22:34 HB 43 Discussion 00:24:56 HB 43 Vote 00:26:37 HB 518 Discussion 00:27:37 HB 518 Vote 00:45:20 Adjournment 00:46:35, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and took up three bills. House Bill 414, sponsored by the chair, would require collection of DNA at booking for felony arrests. Supporters, including Sen. Julie Rocky Adams, Michelle Kyper, and Ashley Spence, argued that felony-arrest DNA collection is already used in many states and in the federal system, helps solve cold cases, and can exonerate innocent people. Kyper and Spence gave detailed personal testimony about sexual assaults and how delayed DNA collection allowed serial offenders to remain unidentified for years. Members asked about the removal of a $5 fee in the committee substitute and about what happens to DNA if a case is dismissed; the sponsor said the fee was removed to treat DNA collection like other booking procedures, and that dismissed-case language was taken out because of concerns about duplicate samples. The committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill favorably on a roll call vote. House Bill 43, sponsored by Rep. Diana Gordon, would create a grace period for deputy coroners to complete required annual training when extenuating circumstances prevent timely completion. Gordon said the bill was a repeat of last session’s HB 403 and was intended to let deputies remain employed rather than lose their license and reapply. After a brief question about how often extensions would be used, she said the grace period would be discretionary and limited to unusual circumstances. The committee then passed the bill favorably by roll call. House Bill 518, also with a committee substitute, addressed local tax collection and payment procedures. The sponsor described it as a compromise between business groups and local governments, aimed at simplifying payment of local occupational license fees and net profits taxes by requiring cities and counties to offer electronic payment options. Testimony from the Kentucky League of Cities, the National Federation of Independent Business, and the County Judge/Executive Association focused on reducing paperwork for businesses while preserving local control and avoiding forced centralization. The committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill favorably on a roll call vote.

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• And then Representative Mansor, if you would ask about training, we recently had a press release go out
• So, understand maybe if a lot of people hadn't seen that—we do a lot of press releases.
• We do a lot of press releases.
• I went to the hospital in paper clothes at Truman Medical Center, and when I got released after four

Keywords: 959, house, all