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• Iowa is slightly different.
• Iowa is slightly different.
• It includes 400 to 900 hours of supervised field internship and a commitment to a code of ethics.
• </c> code of ethics. code of ethics.
• </c><01:02:11.680><c> and</c> legislation including Iowa and legislation including Iowa and Wisconsin

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• The color coding there: the projects that you see in red were funded with 2022-23 money.
• storage of the salt caverns, because we don't, you know, the closest place for propane is Sioux City, Iowa
• down to, down there, they make propane and fracture it and then it gets in a pipeline to Sioux City, Iowa
• Our tax code is a mess in terms of enhanced oil recovery and the extraction tax.
• , which, by the way, is using bucket natural gas in Iowa.

Summary: The committee received a compliance and status update on Industrial Commission programs and the Bank of North Dakota. Staff reviewed appropriations and spending for several Industrial Commission funds and grant programs, including lignite research, oil and gas research, clean sustainable energy, grid resiliency, salt cavern analysis, and the new NDSU research and technology park grant. Members discussed the timing of reimbursements, uncommitted balances, and the structure of the pipeline capacity and enhanced oil recovery funding. The Industrial Commission also reported on its administrative budget, grant management system project, and recent leadership transitions across several agencies. Karen Tyler of the Industrial Commission described active grant rounds and the status of major projects. She said the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority approved three projects in its sixth round, with remaining uncommitted cash and loan capacity still available, though no new funding was appropriated this session. She also said the Oil and Gas Research Council approved six enhanced oil recovery projects and expects additional funding after a federal Department of Energy award replaces one project’s state funding. For grid resiliency grants, she said some projects have been funded, some commitments were returned or reallocated, and some DOE funds remain pending. She also updated the committee on the salt cavern business case study, which replaced an earlier larger development proposal, and on the NDSU research park grant, where the nonmatching portion was paid and the matching portion has moved slowly because the match must be in cash. Ron Ness then gave an extended presentation on enhanced oil recovery and North Dakota oil and gas trends. He said production remains steady, but future growth depends on infrastructure, especially gas takeaway and projects like the Bakken East pipeline. He argued that enhanced oil recovery using CO2, natural gas, surfactants, and other methods could extend Bakken production for decades, but that the state needs more CO2 supply, better storage, and updated tax and regulatory incentives. Members asked about lateral lengths, CO2 availability, pipeline impacts, and the role of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and Ness emphasized that the projects are intended to share technical learning across operators and attract follow-on investment. The Bank of North Dakota then presented its compliance report and strategic update. President Don Morgan said the bank’s mission remains to support North Dakota agriculture, commerce, and industry while cooperating with the state’s financial sector. He reviewed the bank’s main business lines: participation lending with community institutions, student loans, disaster lending, mission-based programs, and a new fintech-focused effort. Morgan said deposits are flattening, so the bank is managing balance sheet growth carefully, while still reporting improved net income and strong efficiency. He also introduced Rough Rider Coin as a bank-to-bank payment rail, not a public cryptocurrency, intended to speed and modernize payments within North Dakota’s banking and credit union system. Committee members asked about student loan eligibility, disaster program use, and how credit lines and liquidity would be affected if deposits shrink.

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• We're uncompetitive with our neighbors: Iowa, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota.
• Iowa has a 3.9 single rate. Wisconsin has a 3.5 lowest bracket.
• > state we're uncompetitive with our state we're uncompetitive with our neighbors<00:01:59.280><c> Iowa
• brackets than we do Iowa has a 3.9<00:02:07.240><c> single</c><00:02:07.640><c> rate</c><00:02:08.479
• in the country, the most progressive state tax code out of the 50 states and D.C.

Committee: House Taxes

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• Make Minnesota, a coalition of labor unions and grassroots organizations advocating for a fair tax code
• </c><00:43:18.520><c> that</c><00:43:18.640><c> funds</c><00:43:18.920><c> the</c> for a fair tax code
• that funds the for a fair tax code that funds the public<00:43:19.280><c> services</c><00:43:19.760>
• Most fans already pay sales tax on tickets and concessions, but our current tax code exempts purchases
• IRS code.

Bills: HF4234 , HF3697 , HF1183 , HF4738

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: HF4234, Minnesota private activity bonds, tax-exempt bonds, bond cap, aggregate bond limitation, residential rental projects, multifamily housing, affordable housing finance, housing bonds, public finance, bond allocation, private activity bond cap, Minnesota Statutes 474A.02, tax committee, tax refund, Minnesota Statutes, time limit, claims, tax overpayment, taxation

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Bills: HF4234 , HF3697 , HF1183 , HF4738

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: HF4234, Minnesota private activity bonds, tax-exempt bonds, bond cap, aggregate bond limitation, residential rental projects, multifamily housing, affordable housing finance, housing bonds, public finance, bond allocation, private activity bond cap, Minnesota Statutes 474A.02, tax committee, tax refund, Minnesota Statutes, time limit, claims, tax overpayment, taxation

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• You know, as I look at this bill, we have again our second bill before us where we're using the tax code
• You know, as I look at this bill, we have again our second bill before us where we're using the tax code
• Code 42, section 4955.
• stipend paid to AmeriCorps volunteer<00:46:39.440><c> under</c><00:46:39.680><c> US</c><00:46:40.000><c> Code

Bills: HF3127 , HF3816 , HF3814 , HF3815 , HF3817

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: taxation, pass-through entity, qualifying owner, partnership, S corporation, tax return, corporate franchise tax, individual income tax, research expenditures, federal compliance, Minnesota Statutes, income tax, corporate tax, section 179, federal conformity, HF3815, Minnesota taxes, tax conformity, Internal Revenue Code, IRC conformity

Bills: HB55 , HB104 , HB55 , HB104

Committee: House Financial Services

Keywords: mortgage, payments, financial institutions, borrowers, principal, escrow, homeownership, abandoned property, digital assets, state treasurer, unclaimed property, liquidation, finders, contracts, electronic reporting, fishing, licensing, jubilee, Marine life, Alabama

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• If you don't, then under Section 21.047 of the Property Code, there was added a provision that says if
• Section 402.031 in Chapter 21 of the Texas Property Code.
• The contents of the Bill of Rights are prescribed by the Texas Legislature and Texas Government Code
• Section 402.031 in Chapter 21 of the Texas Property Code.
• “Section 111.019 of the Texas Natural Resources Code was enacted to deal with surveys.

Bills: HB5489 , HB5695 , HB5699 , SB291 , SB292

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: impact fee, moratorium, local government, Texas legislation, infrastructure funding, municipal utility district, eminent domain, bonds, assessments, infrastructure, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Harris County, Municipal Utility District, territory exclusion, debt service taxes, property taxation, condemnation, property acquisition, real property, appraisal reports

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• We only have eight new biomarker codes that have been added since the Medicaid fee schedule. ...to the
• I think one of the other challenges for the agency is that some of these tests are called PLA codes or
• So this bill catches the state law code up to date and clarifies information for families.
• Iowa, this year, actually passed a statute around regulating appraisers and umpires.
• He's from Iowa, not Louisiana. I know. He doesn't know his audience. I didn't know.

Bills: HB813 , HB1680 , HB3569 , HB4074 , HB4635 , HB5178 , SB527 , SB1307 , SB1822

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: autism, health insurance, coverage, medical treatment, health benefit plan, HIV prevention, prescription drug, prior authorization, health benefits, insurance coverage, insurance, contract termination, property and casualty, insurance agents, discrimination, appraiser, umpire, licensing requirements, continuing education, admin penalties

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• I am testifying on behalf of my union, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa.
• </c><00:06:21.199><c> Our</c> Healthcare Minnesota, and Iowa. Our Healthcare Minnesota, and Iowa.
• have</c><01:15:37.120><c> already</c> Wisconsin and Iowa have already Wisconsin and Iowa have already
• c><01:31:58.639><c> methodology</c><01:31:59.280><c> that</c> two code uh rate methodology that two code
• <01:32:20.159><c> methodology</c><01:32:20.800><c> is</c> code methodology is code methodology is $750

Bills: HF2779 , HF1645 , HF1885 , HF1289 , HF1534 , HF2707 , HF1675 , HF3046

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

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• </c> could be teaching in Wisconsin or Iowa could be teaching in Wisconsin or Iowa or<00:53:08.799><c
• I'm just wondering what happened with South Dakota and then why only one institution in Iowa, if you
• I'm just wondering what happened with South Dakota and then why only one institution in Iowa, if you
• I'm just wondering what happened with South Dakota and then why only one institution in Iowa, if you
• What happened with South Dakota, and then why only one institution in Iowa?

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

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• actually read this as a letter of support because they talk about the immediate cost, but the building code
• about the immediate cost, but the talk about the immediate cost, but the building<00:04:42.880><c> code
• /c><00:04:43.199><c> safety,</c><00:04:44.080><c> uh,</c><00:04:44.240><c> structural</c> building code
• safety, uh, structural building code safety, uh, structural integrity,<00:04:45.280><c> reducing</c>
• are at least 10 states that already do this, and then there are more states including Wisconsin and Iowa

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• This is a process that is in Century Code that we are following.
• Another area: administrative code. Our new administrative code updates will go live April 1.
• They’re going to bring in people from Iowa, the Iowa corn growers, Kansas Light and Power.
• And the yellow ones, it’s color-coded as potential with limitations.
• So hopefully we can get Iowa and get this moving. That's where we are, folks.

Committee: Joint Water Topics Overview Committee

Summary: The Water Topics Overview Committee met with a quorum and heard updates from Department of Water Resources Director Reese Haas and Lieutenant Governor/State Water Commission Chair Michelle Strinden on statewide water funding, major projects, and two legislative studies requested in House Bill 1020. Haas reviewed the status of the Northwest Area Water Supply and Southwest Pipeline projects, noting NAWS construction is expected to move water by fall and Southwest’s Hebron-Rugby expansion phase one is in final design with bids expected next month. He also summarized the department’s budget outlook, including Resources Trust Fund and Water Project Stabilization Fund balances, the effect of oil price volatility and stripper well exemptions on revenues, and the status of project buckets, carryover, lines of credit, regionalization, bid trends, and administrative/process updates. Committee members asked about project prioritization, municipal funding demand, maintenance expectations, replacement versus deferred maintenance, and whether the 2025 session may have underfunded municipal water supply needs. Haas said the commission uses the same high/medium/low prioritization process across all buckets, reviews maintenance plans as part of policy, and is seeing strong demand in the municipal bucket. He also explained that the department’s 14-year projection is based on the next seven legislative sessions and that the state faces a projected $1.3 billion shortfall over that period if all planned projects are funded under current assumptions. Deloitte then presented draft findings from the cost-share policy study and the governance/finance study. For cost share, Deloitte said the model shows a roughly $1.3 billion shortfall over 14 years and about $1.8 billion through 2031 under current policy, and offered seven options including tighter eligibility for replacement projects, state funding caps for the Mouse River and Red River Valley projects, a priority-based cost-share scale, timing shifts, use of existing lines of credit, and delayed reimbursement timing. For governance, Deloitte outlined draft options for Southwest, NAWS, and Red River ranging from maintaining current structures with stronger planning to transferring ownership or adding formal oversight, and recommended broader use of performance metrics, long-term financial planning, and clearer decision trees. No votes or formal actions were taken; the commission discussed the scenarios and the studies will return in revised form later in the spring.

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• . >> The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Iowa, Ms.
• And gosh, it is really hard to leave Iowa. Uh, thank you, Madam Speaker.
• And gosh, it is really hard to leave Iowa. But August was an incredible month.
• I had the honor the University of Iowa.
• </c> systems, and ends the zip code lottery. systems, and ends the zip code lottery.

Bills: HR539 , HR747 , HB4216 , HB2635 , HB4233 , HB4490 , HB2503 , HB2643 , HB4215

Keywords: LaMonica McIver, censure, House of Representatives discipline, Homeland Security Committee, removal from committee, Newark, Delaney Hall, immigration detention facility, federal officers, assault on federal officer, resisting arrest, interfering with federal officers, ICE, Homeland Security Investigations, HSI, congressional ethics, House resolution, disciplinary resolution, 18 U.S.C. 111, immigration enforcement

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• So Kansas, Iowa, yeah, I'm getting old, aren't I?
• They have access to the code.
• If they have the little code of that card on the back, I go to put money on it.
• the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, guidance and codes.
• It's going to allow us to bring in a more refined, or more tailored, fire code and safety code for Missouri

Committee: House Crime and Public Safety

Bills: HB586 , SB107 , HB619 , HB586 , SB107 , HB619

Committee: House Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Keywords: HB586, Cullman, Cullman County, City of Cullman, annexation, municipal boundaries, corporate limits, local legislation, boundary adjustment, city limits, municipal expansion, zoning, municipal services, property tax, land use, metes and bounds, Alabama Highway 157, Judge of Probate, SSUT, simplified sellers use tax

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• The city of Albuquerque recently redid our entire traffic code to make sure that we have laws in place
• just proposes to expand the definition of confidential personal information under the Motor Vehicle Code
• to release this sensitive personal data unless one of the limited exceptions in the Motor Vehicle Code

Bills: SB251 , SB150 , SB154 , SB73 , SB111 , SB172 , SB76 , SB181 , SB235

Committee: Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Keywords: horse racing, program training, program owning, state licensing, racehorses, regulation, local news, newspaper printing, journalism, media tax credit, print media, digital news, news publisher, newsprint, press operator, printing industry, local journalism, tax credit, income tax, corporate income tax

Bills: SB251 , SB150 , SB154 , SB73 , SB111 , SB172 , SB76 , SB181 , SB235

Committee: Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Keywords: horse racing, program training, program owning, state licensing, racehorses, regulation, local news, newspaper printing, journalism, media tax credit, print media, digital news, news publisher, newsprint, press operator, printing industry, local journalism, tax credit, income tax, corporate income tax

Bills: SB251 , SB150 , SB154 , SB73 , SB111 , SB172 , SB76 , SB181 , SB235

Committee: Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Keywords: horse racing, program training, program owning, state licensing, racehorses, regulation, local news, newspaper printing, journalism, media tax credit, print media, digital news, news publisher, newsprint, press operator, printing industry, local journalism, tax credit, income tax, corporate income tax

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• We would look probably to the penal code at performances that are harmful to minors.
• That's what the penal code does. I pushed for that very hard last time.
• It is your understanding that it's already illegal under the penal code for someone to engage in sexual
• Had it been color-coded? Oh, that's a good question. I'm not sure.
• gas company, they have to be in compliance with little section one that's adopted by the national code

Bills: SB34 , SB75 , SB330 , SB1535 , SB18 , SB 18 , SB 34

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department, Texas A&M Forest Service, West Texas A&M University, prescribed burning, fuel loading, fuel reduction, firefighting equipment database, emergency communications, disaster preparedness, rural fire protection, asset hardening, natural resource management, emergency management, large wildfire risk, fire grant funding, fire suppression, Texas Legislature