Transcript Highlights:

• I now move we roll House Committee Amendment 1 into a new House Committee substitute and adopt the substitute
• I now move that the House Committee substitute for House Bill 1894...
• I now move that the House Committee substitute for House Bill 1894 be voted do pass.
• By your vote of nine, I and no nays, you've voted House Committee substitute for House Bill 1894 do pass
• You've voted House Committee substitute for House Bill 1894 do pass.

Committee: House Insurance

Transcript Highlights:

• Okay, I'm going to move down to number four, House Bill 3502.
• House Bill 3886. There's no amendment and no PCS.
• House Bill 4095 is a PCS, and it's Representative Norwood.
• You know, they're housing people here.
• We want to get them into permanent housing where possible.

Bills: HB3131 , HB3380 , HB3502 , HB3552 , HB3849 , HB3886 , HB3907 , HB4201 , HB4302 , HB3448 , HB3409 , HB4095 , HB3637

Committee: House Children, Youth and Family Services

Transcript Highlights:

• We do now, and so I will move House File 2233.
• Yes, House File 1524 is laid over. The next bill on our agenda is House File 1893.
• We have House File... ...1396.
• House File 3022 is next on our agenda.
• House File 2412 is laid over.

Bills: HF2233 , HF1524 , HF1893 , HF1396 , HF2456 , HF2959 , HF2300 , HF2412 , HF3022 , HF2825 , HF1862 , HF1373 , HF1039 , HF3070

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:

• The first bill on the agenda is House File 1471.
• Nearly 30% of all Minnesotans live in rental housing.
• Representative Tabkey, next on the agenda is House File 2474.
• House File 2474 is here in front of us today.
• House File 1703 was around last year as well.

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:

• Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the number of people it takes to transact business in the Minnesota House
• It's time now for the House GOP to recognize the will of the voters of Shakopee.
• When does the stalemate begin to affect the work product of the House?
• Just the practicality of it is that when the House is tied, 67-67, the Minnesota House can't do anything
• um the Minnesota house can't do 6767 um the Minnesota house can't do anything<00:16:11.519><c> unless

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• Notably, we also investigate discriminatory housing practices and bring housing discrimination complaints
• I and others founded South Coast Fair Housing 13 years ago to address systemic and persistent housing
• to those experiencing housing discrimination, it is the pursuit of fair housing claims in the name of
• Let's use a fair housing example.
• For example, by sharing housing.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Summary: The Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a lengthy public hearing on a wide range of civil rights, immigration, hate crimes, and reparations bills. Chair Edwards and Chair Day opened with strict testimony rules, including two-minute limits, written testimony options, and decorum requirements. Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell testified in strong support of S. 1126/H. 1920, the Combating Hate in the Commonwealth bill, saying Massachusetts needs stronger tools to address rising hate and bias incidents. Her Civil Rights Division chief explained that the bill would give the division civil investigative demand/subpoena power, expand civil rights enforcement, close loopholes in the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act, add protected classes to the hate crimes law, and require better hate-crime data reporting. The committee also heard support for H. 1954 on access to counsel in immigration proceedings, H. 4684 on law enforcement identification and public trust, and H. 1927 to exonerate individuals accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. Several bills focused on discrimination and civil rights enforcement. Supporters of S. 1248 on organizational standing said fair housing nonprofits need explicit authority to bring discrimination complaints in their own names, especially as federal protections are under attack. On H. 1246, advocates urged adding sex and gender as protected classes in the hate crimes statute, arguing women are not protected under current state law. H. 1820 drew testimony for protections against height and weight discrimination. H. 1995 would regularize sentencing for hate crimes by requiring diversity awareness training for both convictions and continuances without a finding, and H. 1056/H. 1589 would broaden hate-crime victim standing and require restitution to be used to repair harm. H. 1886 would clarify that defense-based social service staff are exempt from mandated reporter obligations when working under attorney-client privilege. The committee also heard testimony on H. 1889/S. 1064, a bill to eliminate disparate impact. Environmental justice advocates, fair housing attorneys, and community members argued that neutral policies can still produce discriminatory outcomes and that Massachusetts should allow state-court claims and a private right of action to address them. Committee members raised concerns about litigation floodgates, punitive damages, and the scope of protected classes, while supporters said the bill would mainly target systemic harms and injunctive relief. Additional testimony supported H. 1922/S. 119, the Fair Investment Act, which would create civil rights protections in venture capital and other investment settings for founders and investors, especially women and minority entrepreneurs. The hearing also included testimony on H. 1683, the Sex Trade Survivor Act, which would expand vacatur and expungement relief for trafficking survivors, remove archaic offenses from the code, and create an interagency commission; supporters emphasized reducing barriers to housing, employment, and reentry. Finally, the committee heard extensive support for H. 1753/S. 1181, establishing a commission to study reparations in Massachusetts. Testifiers described the state’s history of slavery, redlining, and ongoing racial disparities, and urged the committee to report the bill favorably. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• I now move that House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1962 be voted do pass. Any discussion?
• House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1962, be voted do pass. Any discussion?
• I now move that House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2371 be voted do pass. Any discussion?
• House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2371 be voted do pass. Any discussion.
• By your vote of 16 noes, you have voted House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2371 do pass.

Committee: House Health and Mental Health

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm testifying on House Bill 2234.
• And then that criminal record just makes it difficult to house them as well.
• So, that made housing difficult.
• And that's why kids should be housed with kids.
• I'm here this afternoon in support of House Bill 2234.

Bills: HB1511 , HB1831 , HB1988 , HB2147 , HB2234

Committee: House S/C on Juvenile Justice

Transcript Highlights:

• The first bill is House File 69. Chair Quam, welcome to the committee.
• So we begin with House File 62.
• House File 62 should be a quick conversation.
• House File 62 is placed on the general register. The next bill will be House File 2067.
• But we can't have— as somebody who has a two-year-old and a five-year-old in your house— a tidy house

Committee: House Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:

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• They are on the House Bill 2 document.
• They are on the House Bill 2 document.
• So that is not in House Bill 2.
• /c><00:19:02.080><c> bill</c><00:19:02.360><c> two</c> in-house Bill two this house bill two in-house

Summary: The committee reviewed selected House Bill 2 provisions, focusing first on the group two pension reform language and whether it matched prior legislation and the fiscal note. Members discussed two main issues: the treatment of extra and special duty pay in the pension calculation for employees hired before 2011, and the annuity multiplier after 15 years of creditable service. Several members said the HB 2 language was intended to restore prior law and protect against pension “spiking,” while others worried the draft and fiscal note may not have fully reflected current law, potentially affecting the cost estimate. The discussion repeatedly emphasized the need to avoid underfunding or double counting and to make sure Finance had the correct actuarial assumptions. No vote was taken; the committee agreed to flag the issues for Finance and to clarify the fiscal note. Members also discussed the vested-rights language, which was described as an explicit definition of vesting and a restriction on future legislative changes to compensation calculations after three years of service. Some viewed it as a policy protection with no immediate fiscal impact, while others noted it had been included in prior legislation and should be clearly understood before the bill moved forward. The committee also briefly referenced prior pension legislation, including House Bill 436 and House Bill 727, and noted that HB 2 was being used to carry forward related pension repair provisions. The committee then turned to an OPLC-related section transferring building, plumbing, electrical, and fuel gas inspector positions from OPLC to the Department of Safety’s Fire Marshal’s office. Testimony explained that the nine inspector positions are funded from the licensing fund, and that the move was justified as a public-safety function better aligned with the Fire Marshal’s mission because the inspections are statewide code-enforcement work rather than facility-specific licensing work. The discussion ended with a note that the remaining HB 2 changes run through 2034 and a brief announcement about memorial arrangements for C.J. Gerard.

Transcript Highlights:

• House will come to order. Members, our House will come to order.
• House resolution number 157 by the House House resolution number 157 by the House House resolution number
• House bill number 363 by representative House bill number 363 by representative House bill number 363
• When you sell your house, the the warranty is still your house, the the warranty is still your house,
• House Senate bill SB 198 that has passed House committee.

Transcript Highlights:

• So we'll start with House Bill 1003, which is me. He's not here. Mr.
• Representative Brian Evans, House Speaker. Committee, you have before you House Bill 1003.
• Your House Memorial. All in favor? Say aye. Opposed? No. Your motion, your House Memorial.
• We'll go down to House Resolution 1019. Representative Carr, please.
• We're going to go down to a House resolution. All right.

Committee: All HOUSE MANAGEMENT

Summary: The committee opened by explaining a new process for non-controversial resolutions: they will be heard on Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m. for presentation only, without a vote, and then placed on a Thursday consent calendar for approval. Regular resolutions will continue on the red calendar. Members were told the new procedure may take some adjustment, and the committee proceeded through the first set of items under that system. House Bill 1003, by Speaker Brian Evans, was presented as a staff appropriation measure to allow payment for House staff; it was approved without questions and sent to the red calendar. House Resolution 1017, by Representative Stetson Painter, recognized May as ALS awareness month and was approved for the blue calendar. House Resolution 108, by Representative Mark McElroy, honored the Barton Bears for winning the state basketball championship; after a brief question about the opponent, it was approved and scheduled for the red calendar, with a request to move it to the next Wednesday noted. House Resolution 1019, by Representative Joey Carr, recognized the economic impact of NewCorp Corporation, and House Resolution 1020, by Representative Richard Womack, honored Frederick Henry Middleton for 50 years of service in Arkadelphia; both were approved for the blue calendar. Several other items were skipped because sponsors were absent, including House Memorial Resolution 1001, House Memorial Resolution 1002, and House Resolution 1021. With no further business, the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Second reading of House File. Introduction of Bills.
• The following House Files have been offered for introduction today.
• House Files 309 through 786. The first reading, House Files 309 through 786.
• The following House Files have been offered for introduction today.
• The following House Files have been offered for introduction today.

Transcript Highlights:

• This today's agenda is House File 3465.
• </c> House File 3465. House File 3465.
• House File 4075 and House File 391 together.
• Um, Chair Mhler will present House File 4075 and Chair Scott will present House File 391.
• </c> support House File 2976. Thank you. support House File 2976. Thank you.

Bills: HF3465 , HF3782 , HF4075 , HF391 , HF3946 , HF2976 , HF3350

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• You have adopted the House Committee substitute.
• I now move that House Committee sub for House Bill 3428... ...The ayes have it.
• You have adopted the House Committee substitute.
• I now move that House Committee substitute for House Bill 3428 be due pass. Any discussion?
• House Bill 3428 due pass.

Committee: House Government Efficiency

Summary: The Committee on Government Efficiency met in executive session with 17 members present and considered two bills. On House Bill 3428 by Representative Canton, members adopted a House committee substitute ending in .03C after the sponsor explained that it removed several accounts previously identified, including civil liberty and tourism-related accounts. The committee then voted the substitute due pass by 17 ayes, 0 noes, and 1 present. The committee next took up House Bill 2877 by Representative Vosby and voted it due pass after brief discussion. The roll call showed 18 ayes and 1 no, and the bill was reported out of committee. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• House File 1662 is an agency bill.
• </c> prevention program and housing prevention program and housing counselors<00:14:21.639><c> have</
• </c><00:42:04.160><c> bow</c> um so um I'm G to move that house bow um so um I'm G to move that house
• </c> we are here to strongly support house we are here to strongly support house file<00:45:53.880><c
• Clean Elections Minnesota urges the House Judiciary and Civil Law Committee to vote to advance House

Bills: HF1662 , HF1224 , HF1836 , HF1367 , HF1168 , HF1999 , HF1792 , HF102 , HF2127 , HF104

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:

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• </c><00:22:27.120><c> yeah</c> this well we're on boat houses yeah this well we're on boat houses yeah
• I do not have a lake house.
• So I have a feeling that House Bill 193 is not needed in House Bill 2.
• So, oh well, that was a House...

Summary: The committee met to continue work on House Bill 2, with the chair saying the goal was to finish the bill as given by the governor, though additional amendments were expected. Members first discussed the bail section and agreed to hold it for later because a separate House bail bill was expected on Thursday and could have significant county cost impacts. They also generally accepted the proposed reorganization of positions between Fish and Game, DNCR, and the Department of Environmental Services, but noted the need to review effective dates and funding details, including a possible double appropriation of $275,000 for a scientist position already funded in HB 1. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on environmental review and native plant-related sections moving functions from DNCR to DES. Members discussed changing the rulemaking timeline from 180 days to 90 days, and clarifying that “begin” means the public hearing stage. They also reviewed how fee revenue would shift between agencies in HB 1 so the budget impact would be net zero. The committee indicated it would prepare amendments reflecting these changes and revisit them at a later vote. The longest discussion concerned the boathouse provisions. Members debated whether the new definitions and construction standards were appropriate in a budget bill, with one member arguing they should be in a separate bill, while others said the provisions were urgent because of a lawsuit and the lack of clear guardrails. Concerns included the February 20, 2025 effective date, which some thought might be retroactive, the detailed limits on what may be stored in a boathouse, and a fee increase that some felt could discourage homeowners from seeking permits. The committee also questioned whether the fee structure should be tiered for smaller projects and whether permit-by-notification projects should be exempted. No final votes were taken on these sections during the discussion; instead, members agreed to seek legal and policy answers and to return with amendments and public hearing input before voting.

Transcript Highlights:

• The hour having arrived, the House will be in order.
• The House will be in brief recess. The House will be in brief recess. Hello.
• Welcome to the House of Representatives. Oh, fantastic. Oh, that's nice. Thank you.
• The House will be in brief recess. The House being in order, Mr.
• McKenna now moves that the House stand adjourned to meet today at 1 p.m. Mr.

Summary: The House convened, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and briefly recessed. During the session, the Chair introduced a guest of Representative Davis, a writer from Boston. The Committee on Ways and Means reported favorably on House No. 4237, a fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations bill submitted by the Governor, totaling $7.436 billion, and the Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling placed it on the House calendar. The House suspended the rules, gave House No. 4237 a second reading, and ordered it to a third reading. The chamber then took up House No. 4230, an act establishing a sick leave bank for James Caruso, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation; the bill was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. The House also adopted an order to adjourn and reconvene later the same day at 1 p.m. in formal session. No recorded opposition or roll call votes were taken; actions were approved by voice vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• An act establishing a charter for the city of Somerville, House No. 4264.
• Papers from the House: Several petitions come from the House under the suspension of Joint Rules 12 and
• Paper from the House: The House bill establishing a charter for the City of Cambridge, House No. 4156
• Paper from the House: The House bill establishing a charter for the City of Medford, House No. 4263.
• No, the ayes have it, and the Senate concurs in the House amendment.

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted two congratulatory resolutions recognizing IBEW Local 103’s 125th anniversary and the Town of Tewksbury’s 375th anniversary. It then took up several local and private bills, including a revised charter bill for the City of Somerville and a sick leave bank bill for a Department of Corrections employee, both of which were advanced to engrossment. The chamber also suspended various joint rules to refer several House and Senate petitions to the appropriate committees. During the session, Senator Carr delivered a personal privilege statement reflecting on the 24th anniversary of the September 11 attacks and urging unity, compassion, and resolve in the face of division and violence. Later, the Committee on Ways and Means reported favorably on bills updating Nikki’s Law and the MassHealth day habilitation program, allowing fentanyl test strips, and regulating affordable car rentals; the Senate suspended the rules to consider these matters forthwith and ordered the first two to third reading, while adopting a Ways and Means amendment and advancing the car rental bill as amended. The Senate also concurred in House amendments to the Cambridge and Medford charter bills, adopted emergency preambles for two sick leave bank bills, and passed several measures to be enacted, including sick leave bank bills, the Cambridge and Medford charter bills, and a charter bill for the City of Saugus. The chamber adopted an order to reconvene the following Monday at 11 a.m., approved a motion to adjourn in memory of the victims of September 11, and observed a moment of silence before adjourning.

Transcript Highlights:

• The House will come to order.
• The Chair lays before the House a communication from the Speaker's rooms, Washington, D.C., May 26, 2026
• Signed, Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• The Chair will lead the House in the Pledge of Allegiance.
• The chair will lead the House approved.