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Transcript Highlights:
- The people of Minnesota care about you and care about the work that you're doing, and we want you to
- we come to you thanking you that you have called these men and women to the work of the people of Minnesota
- Michael, Minnesota. Pledge of Allegiance.
- Paul, Minnesota, Thursday, February 6, 2025.
- Paul Riverfront Hotel for a reception to come and see how we do things in Northeast Minnesota.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum call, then approved the previous day’s journal without objection. The clerk reported a large batch of newly introduced House files, numbered 26 through 308, for first reading. The chamber also received messages from the Senate announcing its organization and the election of Bobby Joe Champion as President of the Senate.
The main substantive action was a motion by Representative Gilman to recall House File 22 from the Education Policy Committee and re-refer it to Children and Families Finance and Policy, with the bill described as relating to families and creating a Parents’ Bill of Rights before returning to Education Policy. The motion was adopted. No further debate on the bill occurred in this meeting.
During announcements, Representatives Skraba and Johnson invited members to a St. Louis County delegation reception on February 12 in St. Paul, highlighting regional projects, businesses, nonprofits, government, and labor unions. The House then adopted a motion to adjourn until 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 13, 2025, and subsequently adjourned.
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School State Patrol and the Minnesota School State Patrol and the Minnesota - Hockey of Minnesota for the year.
- He has 52 Minnesota for the year.
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- students of Minnesota. So, thank you. students of Minnesota. So, thank you.
- across Minnesota. across Minnesota.
- education profession in Minnesota. education profession in Minnesota.
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
- grow up in greater Minnesota. grow up in greater Minnesota.
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Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 56 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Members and guests, remain standing and join with me in pledging allegiance to the flag of the United
- I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands
- Speaker Hortman served as a state representative in Minnesota from 2005 to 2025, and as Speaker from
- A graduate of Boston University in 1991, the University of Minnesota, the University of Minnesota Law
- School, University in 1991, the University of Minnesota Law School in '95, and the Kennedy School in
Summary:
The House first adopted several noncontroversial resolutions, including congratulations to the Rotary Club of Watertown for its 100 years of service and to Mystic Valley Elder Services on its 50th anniversary. It also suspended Joint Rule 12 to advance a petition establishing a sick leave bank for a Massachusetts Department of Transportation employee, James Caruso, sending that matter to the Committee on Public Service. The chamber then recessed and later confirmed a quorum after a roll call was called and withdrawn.
The main substantive item was House Bill 4227, the final conference committee report on supplemental FY2025 appropriations using FY2024 fair share surtax surplus funds. Members heard that the bill would spend about $1.38 billion, with roughly $716 million for transportation and $593 million for education. Transportation funding included support for the MBTA, regional transit authorities, Chapter 98, and municipal bridges and culverts; education funding included special education circuit breaker reimbursements, higher education deferred maintenance, vocational school capital, early education supports, endowment matches, and Green School Works. The House accepted the conference report by a roll call vote of 146-3, then passed the bill to be engrossed and later enacted it by a roll call vote of 148-4.
The House also advanced House No. 422, establishing a sick leave bank for Esther Adafwa of the Department of Mental Health. The bill was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed. Throughout the session, the House observed moments of recognition and silence for guests and for the deaths of Richard Serino Sr. and Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, and it adopted an order to adjourn in Hortman’s memory, with the House set to meet again Monday at 11 a.m.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, June 11, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Please face the flag and begin. I pledge Please face the flag and begin.
- The oversight committee's investigation into Minnesota The oversight committee's investigation into Minnesota
- Fraud in Minnesota Fraud in Minnesota became just the tip of the iceberg in this instance, as we saw
- of service in the Minnesota legislature.
- On behalf of the people in Minnesota, I thank Chief Peterson for... ...in Minnesota, I thank Chief Peterson
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/27/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- The DNR supports the Minnesota DNR.
- save some lives in Minnesota. Thank you. save some lives in Minnesota. Thank you.
- in a state other than Minnesota. in a state other than Minnesota.
- Thank you. in the red flag law. It is an OFP. in the red flag law. It is an OFP.
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 01/23/25
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota.
- We’ve been working with Minnesota Management and Budget, Commerce Department, and Minnesota Department
- to those day in day out our Minnesota to those day in day out our Minnesota state<00:26:26.279><
- I think Minnesota is Minnesota, and so we'll want to make sure that we have solutions here that match
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is <00:35:04.560>Minnesota to learn I think Minnesota is Minnesota to
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House committee approves omnibus elections policy bill, HF1378 4/2/25
Transcript Highlights:
- That is also a provision that the Minnesota Association of County Officers brought forward along with
- the Association of Minnesota Counties, and imposing a seven-day deadline for that application process
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law important that we put this Minnesota law important that we put this Minnesota - In 2022, over $36 million came into Minnesota from D.C., PACs, and lobbyist groups.
- million 36 million came into Minnesota million 36 million came into Minnesota from<00:25:19.559>
Summary:
The committee took up House File 1378, an elections administration bill, and first adopted the DE5 amendment. The author described DE5 as a negotiated package combining provisions from several bills on election administration, including notice of temporary polling locations, residence standards for people under civil commitment orders, polling place closure/change notices, absentee voting provisions, special election filing periods, and timelines for filing statements of economic interest. The committee then adopted two additional amendments, A6 and A8, both presented as technical or corrective changes; A8 restored language on off-reservation temporary polling that had been inadvertently left out.
Testimony from county election officials and the Secretary of State’s office was generally supportive of the bill’s election-administration changes. Blue Earth County’s Michael Stalberger said the bill would streamline election-day work, improve absentee ballot deadlines, clarify ballot correction procedures, formalize chain-of-custody plans, and speed out-of-court remedies for ballot errors. He also raised concerns about implementation details, including the timing for first chain-of-custody plans, applying candidate filing changes to townships and school districts as well as cities, the short turnaround for college student housing lists, and whether the statewide system could handle new absentee-ballot data fields. Nicole Freeman of the Secretary of State’s office echoed support for the technical cleanup and several policy changes, including removing the permanent absentee application box from voter registration forms, clarifying ballot-board procedures, chain-of-custody planning, and the out-of-court remedy, while also flagging concerns about the absentee application cutoff, city opt-outs from absentee voting, and staffing requirements for absentee locations.
Later in the hearing, members discussed a separate proposed amendment, A4/A3, dealing with prohibitions on inducements to vote or register, including lotteries or other chances to win money or goods. The author explained it was intended to clarify existing law and respond to recent examples of large-money election-related giveaways, but after discussion the chair declined to offer the amendment in committee, saying it would likely not have enough support and could be taken up later on the floor. The hearing ended with the technical amendments adopted and the bill advanced with the committee continuing broader discussions on the remaining issues.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House/Senate Republican Media Availability 12/4/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We have problem that Minnesota is in.
- We're seeing reduced uh Minnesota.
- , doing fraud in the state of Minnesota, doing fraud in the state of Minnesota, holding<00:13:29.760
- work done for the people of Minnesota. work done for the people of Minnesota.
- description of Minnesota as a hell hole? description of Minnesota as a hell hole?
Summary:
Republican legislative leaders in Minnesota held a budget-focused press availability after the November forecast, thanking Minnesota Management and Budget staff while arguing the updated numbers show a much worse deficit outlook than expected. They said the state faces a structural spending problem, cited projected gaps in the 2028-29 biennium and over the four-year outlook, and blamed recent deficits on higher spending, tax increases, mandates, and what they described as fraud in state programs. They also criticized Governor Walz for focusing on federal issues and for not doing enough to control spending or address fraud.
Speaker Lisa Demuth, House Republican Leader Harry Niska, and Senate Finance lead Eric Pratt all said the forecast underscores the need for spending restraint, pro-growth policies, and stronger fraud prevention. They pointed to health care, long-term care, Medicaid-related programs, and local government mandates as major cost drivers, and said the legislature should examine those areas in the upcoming session. Demuth said the state should not ignore fraud and noted that the legislature had added staff to the Office of the Legislative Auditor and whistleblower protections, but had not passed an independent inspector general office.
A substantial portion of the exchange centered on fraud investigations and comments by President Trump about Somali Minnesotans. The Republican leaders said they disagreed with condemning any community as a whole, but also said they shared frustration over fraud and corruption and wanted accountability for those responsible. They said the state’s fraud problem is not about any one community, but about failures in administration and oversight. The lawmakers said they would return to session on February 17 and continue working on budget and fraud-related issues.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Vets Committee Meeting - 2025-04-09
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- We begin our meetings with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.
- I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
- I'm Brad Lindsey, the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs.
- I'm the American Legion Department of Minnesota legislative chair and the Minnesota Association of County
- One Minnesota veteran every three days to suicide—that's way too much.
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- We have that for different Minnesota.
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Summary:
The Seclusion Working Group approved the minutes from its November 5, 2025 meeting and then heard presentations from Jessica Heiser and Aaron Sansmark of Solutions Not Suspensions and the Minnesota Disability Law Center on the misuse and illegal use of seclusion in schools. They described illegal seclusion as including use outside emergencies, for discipline or noncompliance, beyond the emergency period, in unregistered rooms, without parent notice, without required observation or documentation, for students outside the grade-limit rules, when meals/restroom/water are withheld, or when staff are not properly trained. They emphasized that Minnesota lacks a single reliable data source for identifying illegal seclusion and that families often learn about incidents late, if at all, making complaints and legal action difficult because of barriers such as time, cost, language, and access to advocates.
The presenters summarized Minnesota Disability Law Center records, saying they receive about one seclusion-related case per month during the school year, statewide, and that in the cases reviewed over the last year the children were all boys with disabilities, including autism, ADHD, developmental delay, or emotional disabilities; three were white and two were children of color, and four of the five were age 10 or younger. They said all of those families pulled their children from school afterward, and that five of five cases potentially had valid illegal-seclusion claims, though only three pursued legal action. They also noted PACER reports many discipline and behavior calls involving seclusion but does not keep hard records. The presenters proposed better statewide data collection, including identifying school buildings, staff, or students involved, reporting incident duration, and adding a checkbox on MDE complaints to flag restraint/seclusion allegations.
A substantial portion of the discussion focused on disproportionality. The presenters cited national research showing students with disabilities and students of color, especially Black boys, are disproportionately restrained or secluded, while acknowledging Minnesota does not have a single statewide racial aggregate for seclusion. Members discussed whether banning seclusion would reduce misuse and disproportionality, whether it could increase physical holds or injuries, and whether the issue should be viewed in the broader context of emergency interventions. Heiser argued Minnesota is moving in the same direction as federal actions and other states that have restricted or banned seclusion, and noted that the current birth-through-third-grade ban has reportedly reduced seclusion by 40%. Other members agreed disproportionality is a serious systemwide problem, but emphasized the need to keep the conversation focused on seclusion and emergency use. No additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 4/25/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Vets Committee Meeting - 2025-03-12
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- A quorum is present, and we begin our meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United
- Representative, to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands,
- So a member of the House of Representatives just about beats any Minnesota National Guard member.
- The bill is supported by the Minnesota chapter of Disabled Veterans of America.
- The Department of Minnesota Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Vets Committee Meeting - 2025-03-26
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- representatives from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. the Minnesota Department of Military
- Affairs, and the Minnesota National Guard.
- Specifically in Minnesota, according to LSS, more than one in five adults living in rural Minnesota with
- , the Minnesota Catholic Conference, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas
- , and the Minnesota Council of Churches.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Press Conference 4/14/26
Transcript Highlights:
- And I'm going to repeat that part of it: all students in the state of Minnesota.
- So, anyone that tells across Minnesota.
- So, we are focusing on solutions that we can get done for Minnesota.
- So, we are focusing on solutions that we can get done for Minnesota.
- So, we are focusing on solutions that we can get done for Minnesota.
Summary:
House Education Finance and Policy leaders discussed House File 3493, a school safety package presented as a bipartisan, common-sense effort to protect students in public, non-public, tribal, and charter schools. Rep. Brian Lawrence said the bill would provide more school safety funding, more student mental health support, local anonymous threat reporting options, safe school plans, and student discipline reforms. Chair Peggy Bennett and Rep. Ben Bakeberg emphasized that the proposal was intended to be flexible, practical, and responsive to local needs rather than a one-size-fits-all mandate.
Several questions focused on whether the package would include gun restrictions, but the authors said the committee was focused on education-related tools it could control and on areas of agreement. They repeatedly said they were not willing to advance a package that left any students out, including those in non-public or tribal schools. Bennett said schools should be able to opt into anonymous threat reporting systems rather than being mandated, arguing schools are already overmandated and that good ideas will be adopted voluntarily.
Members also discussed funding, including a proposed $50 million shift from Northern Lights money and the overall size of the appropriation, which was described as still unsettled but roughly $52 million a year in the latest figures. The speakers said the package was being moved during committee deadlines and that they wanted to act quickly on the areas where there was agreement. They expressed frustration that no Democratic counterproposal had been brought forward and said they hoped to pass a school safety package that could keep all kids safe.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 Apr 25th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- That is a part of our way of life in Minnesota.
- So let's be clear, Minnesota: Minnesota will not bow down to censorship; we will not surrender to cultural
- flag or their Ecuadorian flag.
- The Association of Minnesota Counties and the Minnesota Sheriff's Association raised concerns about your
- Minnesota Counties.
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- state of Minnesota. state of Minnesota.
- businesses and Minnesota job creators and Minnesota jobs.
- Minnesota for passing this bill. Minnesota for passing this bill.
- of Minnesota small businesses Democrats of Minnesota small businesses and<01:53:51.760>
Minnesota - So, there is no good reason to harm Minnesota businesses, to harm Minnesota taxpayers like Minnesota
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- I'm the Commissioner of Minnesota Management and Budget.
- The potential implications to the Minnesota budget should not be underestimated.
- I'm Anthony Becker, Minnesota state economist.
- I'm Ona Minge, State Budget Director with Minnesota Management and Budget.
- with Minnesota Management and Budget. with Minnesota Management and Budget.