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• The museum is sustained by a multigenerational network of staff, board, and volunteers.
• The foundation provides education about Locke's history and legacy through preservation and cultural
• AB 2050 reduces disputes and improves compliance by providing the appropriate funding formula, and this
• For example, our future firefighters, veterinarians, EMTs, mechanics, IT workers, early care providers
• Restrictions in the bill provide that these sales be done through a fixed-pane window, security window

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I'm glad you've given me the opportunity to provide you a little insight on it.
• We'll be glad to provide whatever resource we can. We do have technical experts.
• We'll be glad to provide whatever resource we can. We do have technical experts.
• We provide water to seven different counties in our surrounding area.
• We provide water to seven different counties in our surrounding area.

Bills: HB24 , HB27

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management

Summary: The committee met to hear House Bills 27 and 24 on groundwater issues in East Texas, with members and witnesses focusing on a proposed large-volume groundwater export project and the need for more science before major permitting decisions are made. HB 27, which was within the special session call, would direct the Texas Water Development Board to conduct a hydrogeologic study of the aquifers in the affected area and temporarily pause new export permits while the study is underway. HB 24, a separate bill that would limit certain production and export permits to 5% of modeled available groundwater, was laid out but the chair said it would not be moved out of committee. Testimony on HB 27 was largely supportive, though some witnesses were neutral. Supporters, including representatives from a water supply corporation, the Trinity River Authority, Environmental Defense Fund, and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, said the region lacks enough hydrologic data, that the proposed pumping could affect private wells, surface water, and local economies, and that the state needs better information on sustainable yield and groundwater-surface water interaction. Several witnesses emphasized that groundwater conservation districts need clearer tools and better data, while also noting concerns about property rights and the rule of capture. Committee members discussed the scale of the proposed project, the absence of a groundwater conservation district in Houston County, and the possibility that the study should examine desired future conditions and maximum sustainable pumping rather than only modeled available groundwater. The committee adopted the committee substitute for HB 27 and voted it out favorably to the full House with a recommendation that it do pass, be printed, and be sent to the Committee on Calendars. The roll call was unanimous, 11 ayes and 0 nays. After the vote, members briefly reflected on the complexity of the issue and the need to continue working on broader groundwater policy in the interim and next session. HB 24 was discussed later in the meeting, but no final action on that bill was taken in the portion provided.

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• It provides those protections. So it doesn't do any harm.
• </c><00:05:25.520><c> It</c><00:05:25.840><c> provides</c> sort of legal framework.
• It provides sort of legal framework. It provides those<00:05:26.639><c> protections.
• who would be providing care to a minor child even on a temporary basis.
• The bill before you provides of cases.

Bills: HF2233 , HF1999 , HF1995 , HF1614 , HF2781 , HF1775 , HF1316 , HF2127 , HF2521 , HF689 , HF2380 , HF1273

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• The state providing child care and after-school programs for working families, swim lessons, water safety
• I know they've mobilized their YMCA many times to provide during times of crisis.
• In order to provide justice, transparency, and accountability to survivors, Congress passed H.R. 4405
• The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, or RAINN, estimates that only a fraction of cases are ever
• But he is survived by his daughter, Kyra Randall, his granddaughter, Erica Randall, who provided care

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• We're also providing this REET exemption.
• We're also providing this REET exemption to bring down the cost in terms of acquiring and selling the
• The bill also requires local governments to provide advance notice to DOR and the county treasurer of
• House Bill 2626 relates to increasing the insurance premium tax on certain health insurance providers
• House Bill 2626 relates to increasing the insurance premium tax on certain health insurance providers

Summary: House Finance heard several bills and took no recorded votes. HB 2367 would end special tax and emissions exemptions for the Centralia coal plant by limiting its Climate Commitment Act exemption to pre-2026 emissions, removing limits on additional greenhouse gas requirements, and repealing coal sales and use tax exemptions. The sponsor, Rep. Fitzgibbon, said the bill would help keep the plant’s transition to cleaner natural gas generation on track; Climate Solutions supported it, while business and clean-energy groups raised concerns about allowance-market impacts and asked for amendments to adjust the cap-and-invest allowance budget. HB 1974 would authorize public housing authorities, public corporations, and nonprofits to operate as land banks for affordable housing, give them priority for tax-foreclosed properties, and provide property tax, leasehold excise tax, and REET exemptions for land bank transactions. Rep. Hill said the bill was narrowed to reduce fiscal impact and support existing land banking work in Spokane; supporters said it would lower land costs and speed affordable housing development, while questions focused on how public land would be used and whether affordability should be permanent rather than limited to 30 years. HB 2650, a Department of Revenue request, would standardize notice and effective dates for local REET and lodging tax changes and clarify documentation for an affordable housing sales tax deferral. DOR supported the bill as an administrative efficiency measure, and there was no opposition testimony. HB 2626 would raise the premium tax on health maintenance organizations, health care service contractors, and self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements from 2% to 3%, remove a dentistry-related exemption, and add a new 1% tax on certain disability and group stop-loss insurers. The sponsor said the bill is intended to help fund Apple Health and subsidies amid federal funding concerns; insurers and business groups opposed it as a cost increase likely to be passed on to consumers and employers, while patient and advocacy groups supported the revenue idea but urged that funds be dedicated to subsidies or other health care supports and that pass-through to consumers be prevented.

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• And that is because it deals with re-stimulating wells and providing tax relief for that.
• This bill requires governmental entities to provide a supplemental benefit to retirees diagnosed with
• Departments that have already provided equivalent benefits...
• It provides critical support so working families can go to work.
• It would have provided a very modest 13th check to state retirees.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• It will provide local governments the ability to expedite remediation of water quality, improved impairments
• would like to see those kinds of things be corrected and a lot more things put on the information provided
• So products that would provide an economic benefit to growers using kind agricultural infrastructure
• sure that we there would be more than one insurance company that would offer the product to do to provide
• Would it be reasonable to say that they may provide a couple $1000 worth for those that wish to Florida

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Clear guidance is essential to provide certainty on how to safely build and operate stormwater capture
• Currently, the State Water Resources Control Board provides no guidance on how to capture, treat, and
• Currently, the State Water Resources Control Board provides no guidance on how to capture, treat, and
• And some of the information we provided back to them is about... I'm sorry.
• May I provide a comment? Yes. Yeah, go ahead.

Summary: The Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee met to adopt its rules, establish quorum, and approve a consent calendar of five bills, all sent to the Committee on Appropriations. The committee then heard three measures: AB 638 by Assembly Member Rodriguez on stormwater capture for irrigation of urban public lands; AB 60 by Assembly Member Papin on banning synthetic nitro musks in cosmetics and personal care products; and AB 916 by Assembly Member Lee on restricting certain antibacterial soap ingredients in consumer hand soaps and body washes. AB 638 was presented as a climate and water-supply measure directing the State Water Resources Control Board to develop guidelines for capturing and safely reusing stormwater for irrigation. Supporters, including NRDC and several environmental groups, argued it would reduce potable water use and help move stalled projects forward. The bill drew no opposition and received strong support from committee members, including requests to coauthor. It passed the committee on a due pass motion to Appropriations. AB 60 would ban synthetic nitro musks in cosmetics and personal care products due to health and environmental concerns. Supporters cited endocrine disruption, reproductive harms, persistence in waterways, and international restrictions. The bill passed on a due pass motion to the floor, with one member not voting. AB 916 generated the most debate: supporters said the three targeted antimicrobials offer no added benefit over plain soap, may contribute to health harms and antibiotic resistance, and should be banned in consumer products while exempting health care settings. Opponents argued the ingredients are already under FDA and DTSC review, raised preemption concerns, and warned of costs and impacts on food handling and other uses. After extensive discussion, the committee approved AB 916 on a due pass motion to the Committee on Health, with several no votes.

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• </c> personally and professionally providing personally and professionally providing leadership<00:03
• I'd like to offer an example of how providing information is impactful.
• </c> offer an example of how providing offer an example of how providing information<00:40:35.040><c>
• HF 1171 is a bill to provide funding for MathCore.

Bills: HF1966 , HF54 , HF2043 , HF1171 , HF2741

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: HF1966, Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs, STARS program, alternative education, alternative programs, education finance, general fund appropriation, student support services, career readiness, employment skills, academic skills, social skills, student conferences, training grants, Minnesota Department of Education, specialized education, at-risk students, nontraditional education, HF54, Silver Lake

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• </c><00:39:50.480><c> of</c> funding supports a Statewide network of funding supports a Statewide network
• That will permit us to get started. million funding was provided by the million funding was provided
• We simply provided the statistics.
• </c><03:49:21.680><c> the</c> any positions we simply provided the any positions we simply provided the
• Providers this is the survey that was Providers this is the survey that was done<04:08:42.880><c> uh<

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• I'd like to call on Representative Duncan to provide us with the invocation.
• We pray for our mountains to be covered in snow, that our farmers and our ranchers, that provide our
• Farmers and our ranchers that provide our food can have what they need this summer.
• A list is provided to the governor from these nominating commissions.
• But this bill provides... Thank you, Mr. Speaker, gentlelady.

Bills: HB111 , HJR1 , HB61 , HB8 , HB30 , HB43 , HB156 , HJM2 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB70 , SB3 , HJM3

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• provide dozens of projects to provide provide clean<00:18:40.520><c> and</c><00:18:40.679><c> safe</
• I'll provide a question. Thank you, Chair.
• </c><01:13:00.320><c> much</c> fire suppression lines will provide much fire suppression lines will provide
• </c> investing in these projects will provide investing in these projects will provide long-term<01:13
• Good morning, everyone. by providing access through another by providing access through another route

Bills: HF343 , HF446 , HF448 , HF674 , HF811 , HF832 , HF1661 , HF1528 , HF1536 , HF1541 , HF1670 , HF1438 , HF1714 , HF1748 , HF1835 , HF1904 , HF1929 , HF1942

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: HF343, Chisago County, Shorewood Park Sanitary Sewer District, Rush Lake, sewer extension, wastewater infrastructure, sanitary sewer, treatment pond, sewage treatment, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, Public Facilities Authority, local infrastructure, municipal utilities, water quality, sanitation, bond proceeds fund, Minnesota bonding, HF446

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• Also, because not all these providers are licensed health care providers, we also have providers working
• providing Medi-Cal services, convene a stakeholder workgroup, ...provide behavioral health services,
• I'm going to give you the opportunity to provide closing.
• Senate Bill 1157 also requires program providers to provide information to the probation department for
• SB 1157 provides no framework.

Committee: House Public Safety

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• </c><00:14:10.320><c> contracts</c> and services in provider contracts and services in provider contracts
• 00:14:16.000><c> publicly</c> hospitals to provide their publicly hospitals to provide their publicly
• ><c> the</c> plans and plans provided through the plans and plans provided through the VHI.
• </c><01:29:23.840><c> bargaining</c> around caps through provider bargaining around caps through provider
• </c> provided with enough financial provided with enough financial information, information, information

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• c><00:03:23.360><c> and</c> provided ongoing flexible funding and provided ongoing flexible funding and
• </c> me to time to provide these comments. me to time to provide these comments.
• This link provides an to inflation.
• </c> individual attention a par can provide. individual attention a par can provide.
• These roles provide isn't there.

Bills: HF1388

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: BARR Center, Building Assets, Reducing Risks, education finance, school funding, grant appropriation, evidence-based program, student achievement, social and emotional learning, school climate, teacher effectiveness, high school graduation, students in poverty, students of color, BIPOC, equity in education, Minnesota Department of Education, urban schools, suburban schools, rural schools, school coaching

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• Also, because not all these providers are licensed health care providers, we also have providers working
• With that, would you like to provide closing?
• I'm going to give you the opportunity to provide closing.
• with the same civil remedies that were provided under SB 73.
• SB 1157 provides no framework.

Summary: The committee heard several bills, though no final votes were taken because a quorum had not yet been established. SB 493 by Senator Becker would add war or armed conflict to California’s price-gouging emergency triggers, with the author and supporters arguing it would protect consumers from gas-price spikes tied to international conflict. Opponents, including business and housing groups, warned the bill could over-trigger emergency powers and create broad, ongoing price controls. The chair indicated support for an aye-as-amended recommendation once quorum was reached. SB 1056 by Senator Grayson would require protective orders for disclosure of sexually explicit material involving adult victims in specified criminal cases. Denise Huskins-Quinn and Aaron Quinn testified in support, describing how sensitive evidence in their case was copied and handled without adequate safeguards; supporters said the bill would extend privacy protections similar to those already used for child sexual abuse material. Criminal defense attorneys supported the goal but raised concerns about notice procedures and how the bill would apply when material is in the public domain. The chair said the bill filled a gap in existing law and would receive an aye recommendation. SB 1208 by Senator Grayson would let law enforcement seize and return crypto assets used in scams and fraud to victims. The Attorney General’s office and law enforcement groups supported the bill as a tool to recover losses from transnational crypto fraud, while the ACLU and public defenders argued it lowered the burden of proof, raised constitutional concerns, and could be misused against unbanked or low-level defendants. The chair nevertheless said the bill aligned with existing law for stolen property and would be recommended aye. SB 874 by Senator Weber-Pearson would strengthen oversight of Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment services, including requiring background checks for employees of providers and convening a stakeholder workgroup; it drew support from the California Association for Behavior Analysis and no opposition was heard. Later, SB 1266 by Senator Stern would change how the value of stolen copper and related infrastructure damage is calculated, aiming to address copper theft and its costs to cities and utilities. Supporters said the bill would better capture the real harm from thefts that disrupt streetlights, telecom, and emergency services, while opponents argued it would inflate charges, turn many misdemeanors into felonies, and increase court and incarceration costs. The author said he would continue discussions and accept the amendments. Senator Cervantes presented SB 1379, which would separate the Riverside County sheriff and coroner offices and create an independent medical examiner; supporters cited in-custody death concerns and conflicts of interest, while opponents said the problem was not unique to Riverside and that the bill would override local control. Cervantes also presented SB 1418 to extend ballot-custody protections to other election records and equipment after a Riverside County ballot seizure, with support from the Attorney General’s office. Finally, Senator Blakespear began presenting SB 936 on nitrous oxide misuse, describing public health, impaired-driving, and disposal concerns, but the transcript cuts off before the bill’s testimony concluded.

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• And this will provide read um 14.
• </c><00:12:54.959><c> uh</c> that I'm aware of um does provide uh that I'm aware of um does provide uh
• Um let me just provide advisory council.
• </c><02:24:07.840><c> to</c> information, support, and networking to information, support, and networking
• Now the still provides a real service.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened hearings on SB 69, including a germane amendment on school board votes to accept or reject gifts and donations, and a non-germane amendment creating a virtual early childhood readiness family engagement program for preschool children not yet in kindergarten. Prime sponsor Rep. Glenn Cordelli said the literacy program was modeled on earlier HB 671, would be funded through gifts and donations rather than state appropriations, and would include reporting requirements to the governor and legislature. Members questioned changes from the earlier bill, including the move away from center-based language, the lack of a dollar threshold for school board action on donations, anonymous gifts, and whether the amendment preserved enough evaluation data. Testimony on the donation provisions raised concerns about broad language, timing, and public-meeting requirements. Rep. Timothy Han and Becky Wilson of the New Hampshire School Boards Association both noted that school districts already have policies and asked how the bill would work for routine donations, anonymous gifts, and situations that might require non-public discussion under right-to-know law. Wilson cited examples such as field-trip scholarships, backpack drives, and sports uniforms, and said the association was not taking a position but wanted clearer guardrails. Rep. Han said school boards may need to discuss some gifts in non-public session and that the bill should better address those circumstances. On the early literacy amendment, Wilson and others questioned whether the program was sufficiently developed, whether it was appropriate to rely on a primarily online model for very young children, and how it would interact with special education services and IEPs. A representative from Waterford.org, Rob Riley, testified in support, saying the program would be supplementary, adaptive, and family-engagement based, and that Waterford could provide devices and internet access for families who need them. He said the program would work alongside school districts and IEP teams rather than replace existing services. No vote was taken during the hearing; the chair said the committee would later exec the bills and try to get reports in for the calendar.

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• </c> The DE1 subdivision one provides The DE1 subdivision one provides definitions<00:26:28.360><c> of
• ><00:55:21.040><c> the</c><00:55:21.120><c> providers</c> their providers they serve the providers their
• Thank you. both families and providers need and both families and providers need and safeguards<01:01
• </c> family child care provider? family child care provider?

Bills: HF3415

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: child care, day care, licensed child care center, license-exempt child care, immigration enforcement, ICE, Customs and Border Protection, CBP, USCIS, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, judicial warrant, facility access, sensitive locations, immigrant families, Minnesota Statutes chapter 142B, 1183, house

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• </c> just to make sure that we can provide just to make sure that we can provide like<01:07:43.200><c
• </c> we've had lately that we can provide we've had lately that we can provide enough<01:07:48.640><c
• </c> two Wells that will provide two Wells that will provide resiliency<01:21:02.840><c> and</c><01:21
• </c> Industrial businesses that provide Industrial businesses that provide valuable<01:25:24.960><c>
• </c> along the sewer line we can provide along the sewer line we can provide those<01:27:03.360><c> estimates

Bills: HF220 , HF230 , HF240 , HF241 , HF295 , HF429 , HF490 , HF505 , HF574 , HF576 , HF581 , HF865 , HF918 , HF1085 , HF1449 , HF1452 , HF1454 , HF602

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: HF220, Minnesota transportation, highway user tax distribution fund, trunk highway fund, Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT, transportation finance, dedicated funds, funding restrictions, arts in transportation, cultural strategies, transportation project planning, project design, project construction, placemaking, public art, infrastructure spending, state statutes 161.045, HF230, Wyoming

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• We ask for the clarity and stability that only you can provide.
• This is a great opportunity to connect with colleagues and meet nurse anesthetists who provide care in
• Yeah, please stand if you're from Donor Network of Arizona, and I can see you because I know what color
• Donor Network of Arizona and the many generous donors' heroes have saved more than 16,000 lives in the
• that they did not have a substantial increase in the last four years. ...given or provided that they

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and a series of guest introductions and recognitions, including Doctor of the Day Dr. Eric Osowski, State Farm visitors, Donate Life Day participants, and representatives from Ganado and Chinle Unified School Districts. The chamber also read proclamations honoring Ganado Unified for the ASBA Golden Bell Promise Program Award and Chinle Unified for multiple academic and cultural achievements, including national recognition for Chinle Elementary School and district leadership. The body then moved through committee and floor business, including consent for the Senate to adjourn, first and second readings of several bills, and a motion to reconsider HB 2429. In Committee of the Whole, HB 2093 was amended to restore mental health instruction while removing social emotional learning, HB 2229 advanced after debate over reproductive health and abortion-related provisions, HB 2429 and HB 2950 were amended and recommended do pass, and HB 4136 also advanced as amended. The House adopted the Committee of the Whole report and referred the measures to engrossing. The chamber then considered HB 4001, a bill regulating alternative nicotine products, with amendments and debate focused on licensing, enforcement, youth access, and whether to add a tax or education provisions; the bill was recommended do pass as amended. It also debated HB 4030 and the related HCR 2052, both aimed at limiting municipal tax and fee increases and allowing increases tied to inflation or new water-source costs. Amendments offered by Democrats to redirect the measures toward affordability, housing, and health insurance claims were ruled out of order or defeated on roll-call votes, while the Olson substitute amendments prevailed. The House ultimately adopted the Committee of the Whole report, sending HB 4001, HB 4030, and HCR 2052 forward as amended.