Video & Transcript Research : 'distributed ledger'

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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 19th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So there was that increase of 1.89%, representing $22.9 million distributed to the 28 colleges through
  • One is called an index distribution.
  • The first time that the model was used, when the $100 million was distributed a couple of years ago,
  • The first time that the model was used when the $100 million was distributed a couple of years ago, I
  • And there is the index distribution.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee for Higher Education met to review Florida’s workforce and Florida College System funding models as part of budget planning. Chair Harrell opened by emphasizing the state’s growing focus on technical education and workforce pathways, and the committee first heard from Tara Goodman of the Department of Education on district workforce education. Goodman explained the programs funded through district workforce dollars, including career certificates, applied technology diplomas, registered apprenticeship, and adult general education, and described the model’s reliance on lagged enrollment, program cost weights, local tuition offsets, and supplemental factors such as disability services, GED testing, and minimum funding for small rural districts. She also noted federal support through Perkins and WIOA and said the model is used to determine unmet need and guide appropriations. In response to questions, she said health care programs are generally among the higher-cost offerings and may be supplemented by pipeline funds. The committee then heard from Kathy Hebda, Chancellor of the Florida College System, on the college system’s funding model. Hebda described the main funding sources, including the program fund, student success incentive funds, pipeline funds, tuition and fees, and performance-based incentives, and explained that the current model was developed by the 28 college presidents under legislative direction. She said the model uses a three-year average FTE, weights workforce enrollment more heavily than non-workforce enrollment, gives significant weight to completions, includes a small-college factor and regional cost differentials, and also provides targeted funding to bring colleges up to a floor based on per-FTE funding. Senators asked about colleges below the target, cost differences among programs, faculty salaries, and health insurance costs; Hebda said the model is meant to provide flexible operating dollars that colleges can use for those expenses, but specific salary and benefit decisions are left to the institutions. Seminole State College President Georgia Lorenz also testified in support of the college funding model, saying it holds institutions accountable for enrollment and completions, can be adjusted to reflect state priorities like workforce, and addresses differences in size and regional costs. No bills were voted on, and the committee adjourned after brief closing remarks thanking Seminole State College and the presenters.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 5, 2025 - 03:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just over the last six years, our division has distributed nearly $11.5 billion in disaster funding,
  • Human Services deployed and distributed one...
  • and 54,000 tarps through our point of distribution sites, we call PODs.
  • There was an additional feeding partner distribution of 1.1 million hot meals.
  • There was an additional feeding partner distribution of 1.1 million hot meals.
Summary: The Natural Resources and Disaster Subcommittee met to continue its review of hurricane impacts and state response. The committee first heard from the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which described its four core functions—preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation—and highlighted its 24/7 State Watch Office, regional training efforts, and disaster assistance work. Deputy Executive Director Keith Pruitt detailed the state’s 2024 storm response, including Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton, citing large-scale mission support, flood-control deployments, meal and water distribution, power restoration, debris removal, and billions in disaster funding and mitigation dollars. He also discussed debris management challenges and recommended that local governments update and exercise debris plans and maintain contingency contracts.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Select Committee on Gaming, May 14, 2026 - AM

Select Committee on Gaming

Transcript Highlights:
  • statutory distributions. statutory distributions.
  • <01:13:09.120> there distributions are set by statute. there distributions are set by statute
  • , going to be collected and distributed, going to be collected and distributed, the<01:25:34.639>
  • Um and if you'd that tax is distributed.
  • Virginia uh that can be the distribution Virginia uh that can be the distribution can<02:59:54.080
Keywords: 916, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (02/10/2026)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:29:20.159> side distribution side distribution side because<00:29:22.640> that's<00
  • as currently the electric distribution as currently the electric distribution utilities<00:39:38.240
  • <00:48:44.160> energy<00:48:44.640> resources, distributed energy resources, distributed
  • So located on the distribution system.
  • um there's references to distributed um there's references to distributed generation<02:41:22.399
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Jun 24th, 2026

Utilities and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then how do we get all these distributed resources that now we're recognizing that distributed resources
  • asks one common-sense question: Can a distributed battery or other distributed infrastructure solution
  • DIDF helped identify where distributed resources could provide value.
  • A 2025 Kavala grid lab study showed that distributed resources could avoid up to $13.7 billion in distribution
  • I'm the Director of Distribution Planning and Project Management at SoCalGas.
Keywords: 988, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-06-16 (7:00PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The amendment revises distributions from documentary stamp tax revenues to reduce the funds distributed
  • Other housing trust fund distributions are unaffected.
  • distributions of beverage tax revenues.
  • The amendment revises distributions from documentary stamp tax revenues to reduce the funds distributed
  • The amendment revises distributions from documentary stamp tax revenues to reduce the funds distributed
Summary: The House convened on the final day of session, observed a moment of silence for the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and for Representative Rosenwald’s father, then swore in and seated new members Boyles and Hodgers. The Speaker also outlined the chamber’s end-of-session priorities, including action on the budget and related conforming bills. The House then took up H.J.R. 5019, a constitutional amendment to expand Florida’s budget stabilization fund by raising the cap, requiring annual transfers, and allowing withdrawals for critical state needs. After sponsor explanations and questions about what would qualify as a critical need and how the fund might respond to possible federal funding cuts, the House adopted an amendment that added more flexibility for suspending transfers and withdrawals. The joint resolution then passed on final passage. Members next considered HB 7031, the tax package conference report. The bill repeals the business rent tax and aviation fuel tax, delays the natural gas fuel tax, creates or extends several sales tax exemptions and holidays, and makes changes affecting property taxes, local taxes, pari-mutuel taxes, and revenue distributions. Debate focused heavily on the new permanent exemption for ammunition and hunting-related items, the elimination of recurring housing trust fund and transit-related distributions, and the shift of some funding from recurring to nonrecurring status. Supporters argued the package provides tax relief and preserves annual budget flexibility, while opponents criticized the ammunition exemption and the reductions in recurring housing and transit support. The conference report was adopted and the bill passed. The House then passed HB 5017, which creates a debt reduction program funded by a recurring transfer from general revenue to retire state bonds early, and HB 5015, the state group insurance conforming bill, which directs DMS to develop a formulary management plan and codifies the administrative health insurance assessment. Finally, the chamber began explanation and questions on the General Appropriations Act conference report for fiscal year 2025-26, described as a $115.1 billion budget that is down from the current year and includes more than $12 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs summarized major budget areas, including K-12 education, health care, transportation and economic development, agriculture and natural resources, higher education, state administration, justice, and information technology, highlighting funding for school choice, Medicaid, housing, transportation infrastructure, Everglades restoration, workforce programs, cybersecurity, and technology modernization.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • You'd also have to prove they have the intent to sell or distribute.
  • You'd also have to prove they have the intent to sell or distribute.
  • You'd also have to prove they have the intent to sell or distribute.
  • You'd also have to prove they have the intent to sell or distribute.
  • You'd also have to prove they have the intent to sell or distribute.
Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met with a quorum and first approved Senate Bill 64, as amended, on a 14-0 vote. The bill was described as a copper theft prevention measure aimed at protecting key infrastructure assets, including telecommunications and electrical highway infrastructure. Testimony in support came from Senator Brandon Storm and representatives from Charter Communications and law enforcement, who said copper theft and related vandalism are damaging fiber and other infrastructure across the state. A committee substitute was adopted before the vote. The committee then considered Senate Bill 73, relating to sexual extortion. Senator Julie Rocky Adams and Kentucky Youth Advocates testified that sextortion is a fast-growing crime against children and that the bill would make sexual extortion a felony, create civil remedies for victims, and require school-based education and resources. The bill passed 15-0 and was reported favorably for floor consideration. House Bill 662, relating to personally identifiable information, was also approved after discussion and a committee substitute. Representative John Blanton said the bill would help protect judges and certain medical review personnel from public disclosure of personal information while preserving provider access needed for appeals and communications. The Kentucky Medical Association supported the concept but stressed the need to preserve provider-facing information so doctors can conduct peer-to-peer reviews and appeals. The bill passed 15-0 with one pass vote. House Bill 320, relating to controlled substances on hospital property, was taken up for discussion only and no vote was taken. Representative Mike Klein and a St. Elizabeth nurse testified that hospitals are seeing illicit drug use and trafficking on campus and argued for a drug-free zone to protect staff, patients, and visitors. Committee members raised concerns about how the bill would apply to unconscious overdose patients, lawfully prescribed medications, emergency situations, and whether possession should be treated differently from trafficking. The chair ruled a motion out of order because the item was for discussion only, and the bill remained under consideration.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Aug 19th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • You appropriated this endowment funding to the Higher Education Department, or HED, who distributed.
  • Distributed the money to colleges based on applications and enrollment.
  • Funding was distributed based on enrollment.
  • All of our guidance, methodologies, distribution, so we have no delays whatsoever now.
  • This money was a memo that went out with distribution methodologies, so it was an automatic distribution
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session - Part 3 - 05/16/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • changes uh uh align distribution changes uh uh align distribution calculations<00:30:54.559>
  • It requires annual distribution.
  • It requires annual distribution.
  • then it will allow those distributions then it will allow those distributions to<00:50:14.559>
  • Okay, so we have a distribution.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The challenges with this bill that I wanted to bring to your attention is that to distribute or make
  • The challenges with this bill that I wanted to bring to your attention is that to distribute or make
  • To distribute or make available resources about recognizing inappropriate sexual contact in a state that
  • Reducing, except as specified, the annual distribution rate from the permanent state school fund below
  • The permanent state school fund's annual distribution rate may be reduced below any of the prescribed
Summary: The Senate Education Committee heard and advanced a series of education-related bills and resolutions. SB 1572 would require public schools to observe Celebrate Freedom Week and provide civics instruction, including a Declaration of Independence recitation unless exempt; supporters said it would strengthen civics education, while opponents argued schools already provide similar instruction. It passed 3-2. SB 1798, as amended, would require each high school to designate a FAFSA point of contact and implement FAFSA awareness efforts; the Arizona Board of Regents supported it, while some members raised concerns about imposing mandates on charter schools. It passed 5-1 as amended. The committee also passed SB 1711, which directs the State Board of Education to develop and post age-appropriate resources on recognizing and preventing inappropriate contact, with supporters emphasizing prevention and opponents warning about conflicts with Arizona’s sex-education rules. SB 1004, as amended, would exempt certain student groups from chronic-absence consequences under a new attendance policy, and SB 1507, as amended, would require consolidation of certain small school districts in receivership, with added provisions on assets, elections, and CTED participation; both passed unanimously or near-unanimously. SB 1497, as amended, would require school districts with self-insurance programs and at least 300 employees to seek competitive quotes every three years and provide detailed claims and enrollment data; it passed 5-0. Later, SB 1424 would require annual age-appropriate firearm safety awareness instruction in public schools, limited to accident prevention and without live firearms or handling demonstrations; supporters framed it as basic safety, while some members objected to charter-school mandates. It passed 4-2. SB 1684 would create a cause of action against public schools for failing to address bullying after prior reports if a student suffers serious physical injury; opponents said existing law already covers such conduct and warned of litigation costs, but it still passed 4-2. SB 1741 would require schools to allow parent-consented release-time religious instruction and award academic credit under secular criteria; critics raised constitutional and instructional-time concerns, and it passed 4-2. SB 1754 would improve complaint handling for students with disabilities by requiring a designated helper and annual reporting on special education complaints, and it passed 6-0. SB 1763 would streamline handling of small instructional grants and set an August 15 deadline for annual financial report formats; it passed 6-0. Finally, the committee advanced SCR 1012, SCR 1041, and SCR 1051, which would expand Arizona Teachers Academy eligibility for community college students and place teacher pay and permanent school fund distribution measures before voters; each resolution passed on party-line or near-party-line votes. The committee then adjourned.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Science, Technology and Telecommunications Aug 25th, 2025

Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • electric infrastructure for North America, the U.S., from the bulk system all the way down to distribution
  • Rights-of-way for their distribution lines and transmission lines.
  • We took ground truth measurements on Under their transmission and distribution lines so that we could
  • The cost to underground a distribution line is somewhere from $2 million to $6 million per mile.
  • So on the distribution system, that's somewhat of a general 100 milliseconds.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 15th, 2025 at 10:04 am

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • This still faces the guest tap issue, but to a lesser extent, since once some distribution rights are
  • This still faces the guest tap issue, but to a lesser extent, since once some distribution rights are
  • He said the problem is that brewpubs have not availed themselves of the self-distribution provisions
  • He said the problem is that brewpubs have not availed themselves of the self-distribution provisions
  • In response to questions, he said a brewpub can self-distribute to itself and can cross a county line
Summary: The Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures met with a quorum present, corrected the minutes from April 8, and then took up a long list of pending bills, most of which were reported favorably or left pending after hearing testimony. Early action included HB 1764 (accounting practice for certain out-of-state CPAs), HB 1788 (continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists on recognizing and assisting victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking), HB 2204 (land surveyor regulation), HB 2885 (local option elections on alcohol sales), HB 2996 (gambling offense definitions and prosecution), HB 3250 (real estate appraisals and appraisal management companies), HB 3352 (driver education on work zones), HB 3385 (farm winery permit), HB 3756 (powers of certain nonresident sellers’ permit holders who also hold a winery permit), HB 3816 (cruelty to livestock animals), HB 3913 (real estate licensing), and HB 3928 (electronic notice of towed vehicles), all of which were advanced with unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Several of these bills were reported with committee substitutes, and some were also sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The committee then heard testimony on HB 2278, which would legalize limited home distilling of spirits for personal or family use and add honey as an approved ingredient; supporters framed it as a consistency and freedom issue, and the bill was left pending. HB 3920, a TDLR workforce/CTE bill, and HB 1301, which would allow beer or malt beverages to be sold at certain wineries with on-site restaurants, were also laid out and left pending after discussion. HB 2776, aimed at tightening massage therapy licensing restrictions for people convicted of sexual and trafficking-related offenses and strengthening TDLR enforcement, and HB 3848, which would allow electronic filing of elevator and escalator inspection reports, were both heard and left pending as well. A major portion of the meeting focused on alcohol-related bills. HB 4215 would place delivery network companies under a statewide TDLR regulatory framework; Favor Delivery supported it, and it was left pending after the committee substitute was withdrawn. HB 4172 and HB 2820 would raise bingo reserve limits and update charitable bingo rules; supporters from veterans and nonprofit groups argued the changes would help charities, but both bills were left pending after the substitutes were withdrawn. HB 4463, a broadly supported bill allowing contract brewing and alternating brewery proprietorships, was also left pending. HB 4284 would remove the “excessive discount” prohibition in alcohol sales, HB 4285 would allow airlines to store alcohol within five miles of an airport in the same county, HB 4517 would create a complaint process for Texas distillers not paid by wholesalers, and HB 4773 would let breweries and brewpubs transport their own beer between facilities; HB 4773 drew the most debate, with supporters citing efficiency and opponents warning about unintended consequences and possible effects on the three-tier system, but it too was left pending. The committee also heard and left pending a series of TDLR cleanup bills and other measures, including HB 4765 through HB 4769, HB 4830 on service contracts for lease vehicles, HB 5506 giving civil immunity to ringside physicians at combative sports events, and HB 4690 on gasoline vapor pressure compliance. The meeting ended after all business was completed and the committee adjourned.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 21st, 2026

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So there's distributed across several areas.
  • We're increasing the distribution of the state and then we're decreasing.
  • If you look on line 17, you know, line 23, we're distribution, we're reducing Distributions to local
  • So the changes here, what looks like actually lowering the distributions to those other funds, not the
  • If we were only changing the vehicle registration fees to increase but not changing the distributions
Bills: SB2
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Senate in Special Session E May 12th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 2506E revises the distributions of the fuel sales tax proceeds and caps the distribution
  • Senate Bill 2506E revises the distributions of the fuel sales tax proceeds and caps the distribution
  • House Bill 5501E, a bill to be entitled an act relating to documentary stamp tax distributions.
  • House Bill 5501E, a bill to be entitled an act relating to documentary stamp tax distributions.
  • House Bill 5501E, a bill to be entitled an act relating to documentary stamp tax distributions.
Summary: The Senate convened in special session for budget conference work, opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and moments of silence honoring Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Mateer and former Senator Bill Posey. The Secretary read the joint proclamation calling the special session, which was limited to the budget, implementing bill, collective bargaining/state employee issues, retirement, DMS, law enforcement radio system, health, higher education, K-12 education, government administration, correctional facilities financing, judges, documentary stamp tax distributions, petroleum cleanup programs, fuel taxes, and taxation. Chair Hooper outlined the process for moving Senate and House budget conforming bills into conference posture, noting that conference meetings would be on one-hour notice. The Senate then took up and passed a series of Senate conforming bills and House companion bills, generally by unanimous 32-0 votes, with delete-all amendments used to place Senate language onto House bills or to clear bills for conference. Measures addressed fuel taxes, the state agency law enforcement radio system, judges, pre-K through 12 education, retirement, higher education, health care, government administration, correctional facilities financing and capital improvements, documentary stamp tax distributions, petroleum cleanup programs, state employees/collective bargaining, and the implementing bill for the 2026-27 budget. Senators repeatedly moved that, when the House version was not passed as received, the Senate request conference or accede to the House’s request for conference. The General Appropriations Bill was handled by substituting House Bill 5001E for Senate Bill 2500E, amending it with Senate substance, and passing it 32-0 before requesting conference. House Bill 7031E on taxation was also amended and debated; Senator Berman used the debate to urge consideration of suspending the motor fuel tax for summer relief, but the bill ultimately passed and the Senate requested conference after failing to pass the House version as received. The session ended with a motion to waive rules for publishing the Special Order Calendar for the remainder of the special session, followed by adjournment upon the call of the President for committee meetings and other Senate business.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Special Session E May 12th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 2506E revises the distributions of the fuel sales tax proceeds and caps the distribution
  • Senate Bill 2506E revises the distributions of the fuel sales tax proceeds and caps the distribution
  • House Bill 5501E, a bill to be entitled an act relating to documentary stamp tax distributions.
  • House Bill 5501E, a bill to be entitled an act relating to documentary stamp tax distributions.
  • House Bill 5501E, a bill to be entitled an act relating to documentary stamp tax distributions.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-05-12 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 2506E revises the distributions of the fuel sales tax proceeds and caps the distribution
  • Senate Bill 2506E revises the distributions of the fuel sales tax proceeds and caps the distribution
  • House Bill 5501E, a bill to be entitled an act relating to documentary stamp tax distributions.
  • House Bill 5501E, a bill to be entitled an act relating to documentary stamp tax distributions.
  • House Bill 5501E, a bill to be entitled an act relating to documentary stamp tax distributions.
Summary: The Senate convened in special session, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and observed a moment of silence for Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Mateer. The Secretary then read the special session proclamation, which limited the session to budget-related matters including the General Appropriations Act, implementing bill, collective bargaining/state employee issues, retirement, law enforcement radio system funding, health, higher education, K-12 education, government administration, corrections, judges, documentary stamp tax distributions, petroleum cleanup, fuel taxes, and taxation. Chair Hooper outlined the process for handling Senate and House budget bills and conference posture. The Senate took up and passed several Senate bills, including SB 2506E on fuel taxes, SB 2508E on the state agency law enforcement radio system, SB 2512E on judges, and SB 2514E on K-12 education, each by 32-0. The chamber then received House bills and, for each, adopted delete-all amendments to place the Senate language onto the House vehicle or delete everything to prepare for conference. Bills addressed included HB 7031E (taxation), HB 5701E (petroleum cleanup programs), HB 5203E (government administration), HB 5207E (Department of Management Services), HB 5403E (correctional facilities financing and capital improvements), HB 5501E (documentary stamp tax distributions), HB 5001E (the General Appropriations Act), HB 5003E (implementing bill), HB 5201E (collective bargaining), HB 5205E (retirement), HB 5601E (higher education), and HB 5301E (health care). Most passed 32-0, with HB 5403E passing 31-0. During debate on HB 7031E, Leader Berman urged consideration of suspending the motor fuel tax to provide immediate relief at the pump, citing high gas prices. The Senate ultimately passed the House bill as amended and then acceded to the House request for conference on the taxation package and the other House bills. The Senate also substituted HB 5001E for SB 2500E and HB 5003E for SB 2502E, and similarly substituted House bills for the related Senate conforming bills before voting to send them to conference. At the close of business, the Senate observed a moment of silence for former Senator Bill Posey. The Rules Chair announced the Special Order Calendar Group would not meet that day or the next, and the Senate adopted a motion to establish the special order calendar for the remainder of the special session by website publication and Secretary announcement. The Senate then adjourned upon the call of the President for committee meetings and other business.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

November 4, 2025 - 04:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • One Israeli distribute evenly a problem and states all if all states apply trounced, who has split in
  • Recoup funds by CMS will be distributed to other states with the wars and the distributed to other states
  • Nicole Smith modification is the method of surveying population distributions, using census tracks and
  • While CMS will use this to award points for the rawness metrics, states are not required to distribute
  • Help tracking and monitoring of the of the grant in terms of your distribution will be complying with
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 03/03/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Any resolution that unfairly distributes Any resolution that unfairly distributes the<01:05:03.119
  • This request distributing the surplus.
  • :19:10.080> solely distributed proportionally based solely distributed proportionally based solely
  • Distribution data makes this impact 50.
  • any surplus and it was all distributed any surplus and it was all distributed through<01:24:13.199
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • a certain amount or the distribution a certain amount or the distribution marijuana<00:39:48.760
  • Distributing or sharing of the marijuana Distributing or sharing of the marijuana that<00:41:52.760><
  • A preemptive distribution of $5,000 a month for successive 12 months without any requirement of legal
  • A preemptive distribution of $5,000 a month for successive 12 months without any requirement of legal
  • legal evidence a preemptive distribution legal evidence a preemptive distribution of<01:05:00.200
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard SB 1231, which would repeal the Parentage Uniform Act of 1973 and update Hawaii’s parentage laws, including parts of the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017. Supporters said the current statutes are outdated and do not adequately address assisted reproduction, surrogacy, and modern family formation. The Attorney General’s office supported the bill with technical amendments, including conforming changes to the Probate Code and child support provisions, and several testifiers urged passage as a needed modernization of the law. A major point of disagreement was Part 10, which concerns donor anonymity. Some supporters, including members of the task force, the Uniform Law Commission, fertility and family law practitioners, and LGBTQ+ advocates, backed the bill as written or said it should move forward even if Part 10 is removed. Others, including donor-conceived adults, parents, and advocacy groups, opposed Part 10 and urged the committee to adopt the 2024 version of Article 9 or delete Part 10 entirely, arguing that anonymous donation harms donor-conceived people’s access to genetic, medical, and identity information and that anonymity is not realistic in the DNA-testing era. One task force member and attorney said she supported the bill but preferred removing Part 10 if necessary to pass the rest. The hearing included extensive public testimony both in support and opposition, with many individuals describing personal experiences with adoption, IVF, surrogacy, and donor conception. No committee vote or final action on the bill was taken during the portion of the hearing provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/18/26

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're able to have weekly distributions We're able to have weekly distributions of<00:26:37.600>
  • 29:17.440> our<00:29:17.960> tribal distribute our vegetables to our tribal distribute
  • 31:12.600> and help or we distribute them plants and help or we distribute them plants and uh<
  • <01:01:24.520> it would distribute it would distribute it uh<01:01:25.800> as<01:01
  • So in most food distribute food.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all