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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Modify unintentional murder crime to include Canadian protective order violations 3/16/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The next bill on the calendar for today is House File 2169. The clerk will report the bill.
- House File 2169, an act relating to public safety, the first engrossment.
- Madam Speaker and members, I bring House File 2169 forward to fix a legislative oversight.
- House File 2169 adds a second-degree unintentional murder statute to recognize orders for protection
- a</c><00:01:24.479><c> secondderee</c> House File 2169 adds a secondderee House File 2169 adds a secondderee
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/26
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The first bill on the agenda is House File 4308. The first bill on the agenda is House File 4308.
- And that's what House File 4308 does.
- And that's what House File 4308 does.
- </c> members' materials regarding House File members' materials regarding House File 4308.<00:20:29.800
- </c> can move the A1 amendment on House File can move the A1 amendment on House File 4703.<00:47:09.000
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy
Keywords:
HF4308, Monticello nuclear plant, Prairie Island, renewable development account, RDA, nuclear waste, spent fuel, dry cask storage, utility tax, commercial-industrial property tax, state general levy, property tax exemption, residential heating fuels, natural gas tax exemption, electricity sales tax exemption, year-round sales tax exemption, distributed solar energy standard, solar mandate, community solar, grid modernization
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Next, we have House File 3672. Representative Quam.
- </c> Next, we have House File 3672. Next, we have House File 3672.
- Next, we have Chair Scott with House File 1234.
- </c><00:29:20.600><c> 1234</c> Over the past year, House File 1234 Over the past year, House File 1234
- Uh<00:46:10.320><c> House</c><00:46:10.720><c> File</c> Uh, House File 3554.
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
Keywords:
Inspector General, fraud prevention, state audit, public funds, misuse, transparency, government accountability, HF4482, Minnesota Historical Society, state historic sites, historic site management, historic preservation, county historical society, local historical society, municipality, county government, admission fees, grants-in-aid, site operations, site maintenance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So this is House File 1501. This is House File 1501.
- The chair moved House File 22—no, typo, House File 22—to be referred to the Committee on State Government
- </c> moves at house file moves at house file nine<00:14:52.720><c> no</c><00:14:53.720><c> no</c><00:
- Chair, I would love to move House File 89 before the committee.
- Chair, I would love to move House File 89 before the committee.
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/11/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm here to speak in favor of Senate File 203.
- All right, the next item on the agenda is Senate File 982.
- The next item on the agenda is Senate File 982.
- All right, the next item on the agenda is Senate File 982.
- </c> this bill in front of us sen file this bill in front of us sen file 4022<01:19:59.360><c> uh</c>
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:03:12.000><c> uh</c> cafeteria some ways so house file uh cafeteria some ways so house file uh
- </c> engagement in conclusion house file engagement in conclusion house file 9557<00:13:15.399><c> in
- House File 877 takes us backwards.
- </c><00:42:04.760><c> a77</c> proceed thank you um house file a77 proceed thank you um house file a77
- /c><00:43:27.280><c> 877</c> children house file s house file 58 877 children house file s house file
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
education, mandate relief, school funding, local control, state laws, fund transfers, 1183, house
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:18:50.480><c> 984</c> students in support of house file 984 students in support of house file
- Please oppose House File 984.
- Please oppose House File 984.
- </c><00:49:22.000><c> 984</c> uh the chair lays over house file 984 uh the chair lays over house file
- Members, thank you very much. way house file 922 is a another way house file 922 is a another technical
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
education funding, nonpublic schools, counseling services, guidance services, transportation for students, HF921, tax increment financing, TIF, excess tax increment, school district aid, levy adjustment, property tax levy, education finance, Minnesota education aid, decertification, local government finance, school funding formula, state aid reduction, referendum equalization aid, debt service equalization
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 04/14/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Senate File 4464. Senate File 4464.
- With that, Senate File<00:46:46.720><c> 4464</c> File 4464 File 4464 is<00:46:48.400><c> laid</c><00:
- </c> and House File 4723. and House File 4723.
- <01:34:00.960><c> 4767</c> File 4767 File 4767 and<01:34:03.120><c> House</c><01:34:03.440><c> File</
- </c> House File 4724 is laid over. House File 4724 is laid over.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/11/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- Over the last of House File 4077 today.
- </c> support of house file 4077. support of house file 4077.
- </c><00:46:53.119><c> 4077</c> motion that House File 4077 motion that House File 4077 as<00:46:55.040
- And in my opinion, House File<00:53:03.760><c> 3798</c> File 3798 File 3798 does<00:53:05.839><c> not
- </c> will come to House File 3886. will come to House File 3886.
Keywords:
municipal nondisclosure agreement, NDA, public records, transparency, local government, county, city, town, school district, housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, port authority, economic development, land development, public financing, tax increment financing, TIF, abatement, municipal bonds, debt obligations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 3965 have House File 3965 uh<00:02:08.319><c> by</c><00:02:08.560><c> Representative</c><
- </c> in favor of House File 3965. in favor of House File 3965. Thank<00:19:06.559><c> you.
- Uh, today I present House File 3704.
- </c> present House File 3704. present House File 3704.
- </c> >> Represent Frederick moves House File >> Represent Frederick moves House File 3260
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
pesticide, agriculture, environmental protection, health risks, chemical safety, local agriculture, insecticides, pollinators, seeds, environmental health, neonicotinoids, systemic insecticides, civil penalties, pest management, land trends, report, appropriation, farmers, veterinary medicine, veterinary technology
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Gov. Tim Walz's tax bill, HF2437, heard in House Taxes Committee 4/2/25
Transcript Highlights:
- implementation of Direct File.
- </c> essential for eligible renters to file essential for eligible renters to file for<00:59:28.760><
- </c> the proposed repeal of the tax filing the proposed repeal of the tax filing modernization<00:59:
- </c><00:59:39.000><c> while</c> implementation of direct file while implementation of direct file while
- the threshold for filing an income tax return.
Summary:
The committee took up House File 2437, the governor’s proposed tax bill, and first adopted the A25-Z42 amendment to put the bill in the desired shape. Commissioner Paul Marquardt of the Department of Revenue then presented the bill as part of Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan’s budget, describing it as a response to budget pressures that would make the tax system more fair and stable while supporting economic development and jobs.
Marquardt walked through the bill’s major provisions. These included sustainable aviation fuel policy, repeal of K-12 education credit assignment, elimination of the political contribution refund, expansion of the research and development credit, short-line railroad infrastructure modernization, changes to the state airport fund levy, replacement of attachments and appearances with distribution systems, a narrow personal property tax exception for low-income housing tenants, reduced aquatic invasive species aid, and a 34% reduction in PILT payments. He then focused on the sales tax article, saying it would lower the statewide rate by 0.75% while expanding the base to selected professional services such as accounting, banking, brokerage, and legal services, with business-to-business transactions exempt. He said the proposal would be effective for sales and purchases after September 30, 2025, and estimated a first-year rate-cut impact of about $99 million versus $215 million from the service expansion, while arguing that most households would see a net tax cut. He also noted other changes such as landlord penalty adjustments, a 30% reduction in sustainable aviation fuel incentive payments, repeal of local government cannabis aid, and repeal of the tax filing modernization account.
Public testimony began with Kyle Playford of the Financial Planning Association of Minnesota, who strongly opposed the proposed sales tax on professional services, especially financial planning. He argued that financial planning is an essential service for retirement, investment, and long-term financial security, and said the tax would raise costs for consumers, reduce access for middle-class families, small business owners, and retirees, and put Minnesota firms at a competitive disadvantage. The chair then indicated that additional public testimony would continue before member questions.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/24/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Next bill is Senate File 1840.
- Next bill is Senate File 1840.
- </c> File 1690. Senator Coop. File 1690. Senator Coop.
- Senate File 74, House File 747, Minnesota Business Corporations Act.
- > file.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> nay the motion prevails and house file nay the motion prevails and house file 129<00:06:46.919><
- House File 953 is from Representative West.
- </c> like it um house file like it um house file 953<00:42:56.520><c> is</c><00:42:56.720><c> about</
- Members, I would just like to introduce House File 981.
- </c> purcel for co-authoring house file purcel for co-authoring house file 981<01:09:04.960><c> and</
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> been</c><00:20:15.280><c> offered</c> following house files have been offered following house files
- </c><00:20:23.880><c> 3188</c> of first reading of house files 3188 of first reading of house files 3188
- : House File Number 1355 and House File Number 124.
- </c> Senate to the following House files. Senate to the following House files.
- > and</c><01:40:37.760><c> House</c><01:40:38.000><c> File</c> House file number 1355 and House File
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-11 (4:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So if a law magnet program or criminal justice program were analyzing the Epstein files and the files
- The Epstein files. The Epstein files. The Epstein files. The Epstein files. The Epstein files.
- The Epstein files. Files, the Epstein files, the Epstein files.
- The Epstein files, the Epstein files, the Epstein files, the Epstein files.
- We heard about the Epstein files many times.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former member Terry Fields and the Parkland victims, the Pledge of Allegiance, and routine organizational actions including approval of the journal and adoption of a special order report. The chamber then took up House Bill 1119, relating to materials harmful to minors, which the sponsor described as a measure to clarify and strengthen standards for removing obscene or pornographic content from public school classrooms and libraries while preserving educational uses and not targeting classical literature, LGBTQ content, or other protected viewpoints. Members questioned the bill’s use of terms such as “predominantly,” its relationship to existing local review processes, the impact on AP/IB and college-level materials, the applicability to voucher-funded schools, and the risk of additional First Amendment litigation and costs. The sponsor responded that the bill was needed because current standards were being bypassed and that the legislation was aimed at material harmful to minors, not general literary value.
The House considered numerous amendments, most of which were defeated. Amendments offered by Representatives Gant, Aristide, Bartleman, Eskamani, Nixon, Rainer, Woodson, and Harris sought, among other things, to preserve parental choice during review periods, restore a whole-work constitutional standard, limit repeated objections, protect educational and abuse-prevention materials, prevent LGBTQ-inclusive books from being labeled harmful solely on that basis, shield school districts from funding penalties, and delay enforcement in districts already under litigation. Supporters of the amendments argued that the bill would encourage censorship, remove books with clear literary or educational value, burden districts with costs and lawsuits, and harm students who rely on school libraries for access to reading material and representation. Opponents of the amendments argued the bill was necessary to protect minors from explicit content and that the proposed changes would weaken that protection. All of the amendments described in the transcript failed.
After the amendment process, the House waived rules, read HB 1119 a third time by title, and entered structured debate on final passage. In closing debate, opponents repeated concerns about constitutional vulnerability, overbroad book removals, and the educational harm of limiting access to literature, while supporters framed the bill as a child-protection measure and a clarification of existing law. The transcript ends during the structured debate on final passage, before the final vote on the bill is shown.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/04/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to talk about Senate File 908.
- I will be very brief, Senate File 908.
- ><c> to</c><00:05:13.600><c> the</c> Senate File 908 presented to the Senate File 908 presented to the
- Members, up next is Senate File 1959.
- </c> included in Senate File included in Senate File 2458,<00:21:15.600><c> including</c><00:21:16.320
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Law & Justice Jun 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- You heard projections around what we anticipate to be filed, claims filed in fiscal year 25.
- So claims filed in fiscal year 23 are not often paid in fiscal year 23.
- There aren't personnel files, et cetera.
- So since the act became law in 2013, there have been 36 claims filed.
- And under the statute, you're not eligible to file a claim.
Summary:
The committee held a work session on tort liability and parole, with the chair explaining that the topics were linked because criminal justice reform and state liability often intersect, especially in cases involving child welfare and corrections. Staff first outlined Washington’s tort liability framework, including the state’s broad waiver of sovereign immunity, statutes governing mandatory reporting and investigation of abuse, the childhood sexual abuse statute of limitations, and the lack of caps on non-economic damages. Staff and presenters also compared Washington to other states and noted that Washington remains among the broadest states for state liability and childhood sexual abuse claims.
Presenters from the Attorney General’s office, Washington State Association for Justice, DCYF, DSHS, and DOC discussed how tort exposure has grown, especially in claims involving DCYF, historical child abuse, juvenile rehabilitation, vulnerable adults, employment discrimination, medical negligence, and negligent supervision. DCYF and AG staff said claims and payouts are rising, with many claims tied to older abuse and new theories of liability, while defense counsel emphasized the human harm behind the claims and argued that tort cases have historically driven accountability and reform. Agency witnesses said they face large volumes of old claims with limited records, rising verdicts and settlements, and staffing and systems challenges, and they highlighted efforts such as early resolution programs, electronic health records, medication-assisted treatment, and improved incident review processes.
The committee then shifted to parole. Sentencing experts reviewed Washington’s move from indeterminate sentencing to the current determinate sentencing system under the Sentencing Reform Act, and explained how parole could be integrated with sentencing guidelines through different models used in other states. They also summarized Criminal Sentencing Task Force recommendations related to a determinate-plus approach for three-strikes and persistent offender laws and a second-chance review process, noting there was no consensus on those ideas. Judges from the Minority and Justice Commission and the Superior Court Judges Association said a parole system could support rehabilitation and reduce disparities if it includes data collection, fairness, transparency, due process, and meaningful judicial review; they also pointed to research suggesting parole and structured reentry can reduce recidivism and costs, while warning that access and outcomes can vary by geography and other factors.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Feb 17th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Second reading of House files. Second reading, House File number 20.
- Second reading, House File number 21. Second reading, House File number 24. Second reading.
- The following House files have been offered for introduction today.
- Introduction of first reading of House Files 787 through 1094.
- First reading, House Files 787 through 1094. 1,094 motions and resolutions.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/05/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate File 882 will be laid over for possible inclusion. Up next is Senate File 1840.
- ><c> as</c> amended uh7 1575 I Senate file 1575 as amended uh7 1575 I Senate file 1575 as amended<01:
- On Monday, we will have Senate File 621 with Senator Dahms, Senate File 881 with Senator Cek, Senate
- with Senate File 1359.
- Senate File 1515, Senator Westrom, and we'll have a special guest appearance with Senate File 1359.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/10/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- we're also going to hear Senate File 798 and Senate File 869 from Senator Putner.
- </c><00:15:49.600><c> a</c> start with um one um have you filed a start with um one um have you filed
- Okay, so up next is Senate File 591. Senator Champion and Senate File 648.
- Okay, so up next is Senate File 591. Senator Champion and Senate File 648.
- We're going to lay over Senate File 591 and Senate File 648 for possible inclusion. Thank you.
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development