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• Requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to collaborate with the Department of Education
• of Education and State Public<00:32:25.200><c> Charter</c><00:32:25.520><c> School</c><00:32:25.760>
• And next up, the Department of Education. We have in support Ka'apua Slaing.
• First up is the Department of Education. They said they were going to here, but they are not.
• education education um<02:04:52.120><c> can</c><02:04:52.360><c> do</c><02:04:52.600><c> it</c><02:04

Bills: HCR13 , HCR61 , HCR136 , HCR185 , HCR155 , HCR68 , HCR174 , HCR178 , HCR179 , HCR91 , HCR103 , HCR115 , HCR199 , HR15 , HR128 , HR175 , HR147 , HR62 , HR164 , HR168 , HR169 , HR83 , HR95 , HR107 , HR189

Committee: House Water & Land

Keywords: coral reefs, sunscreen, environmental education, student stewardship, marine conservation, reforestation, Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, native forests, climate resilience, sustainable practices, economic opportunity, biodiversity, wildland-urban interface, WUI, wildfire mitigation, wildfire safety, Maui County, County of Maui, Kauai

Summary: The Committee on Water and Land met on March 31, 2026, and heard testimony on several resolutions. HCR 13/HR 50, which asks DLNR to work with DOE and the Public Charter School Commission on a student coral stewardship program, drew comments from DLNR, which said it stood on written testimony and had proposed amendments, and from supporters in the room. HCR 61, urging investment in reforestation policies, workforce, nursery capacity, and related support for public and private lands, received strong support from DLNR and multiple testifiers, including members of a reforestation policy hui, a resident, and others who emphasized watershed protection, flood and fire resilience, and the need to upgrade nursery infrastructure and staffing. Committee members asked questions about nursery modernization, staffing, island-specific needs, and whether reforestation could reduce wildfire impacts; the DLNR witness said all islands need investment, with especially large opportunities on Hawaiʻi Island, and that healthier forests improve resilience though they cannot eliminate climate-related risks. The committee then heard HCR 136/HR 128 on wildland-urban interface safety standards for Maui plantation towns, but no one testified. It also heard HCR 185/HR 175, which urges denial of permits for ICE detention-related warehouses; Chris Coffey of Immua Alliance testified in support, saying migrant survivors of exploitation are harmed when ICE detains people and that Hawaii would not be the first place to take such action, citing examples from other states and cities. In questioning, members explored whether a local facility would keep people closer to families and services or instead increase local detention; Coffey said detention generally cuts off access to services and can intensify fear, and that a local facility could incentivize more detention and make survivors less likely to come forward. Finally, the committee heard HCR 155/HR 147 supporting the Hawaii Water Safety Coalition’s Hawaii Water Safety Act. Testifiers included Allison Shapera, who described the statewide water safety plan, Hawaii’s high drowning rate, the economic and human costs of drownings, and her personal loss of her daughter in a preventable drowning; Kirsten Hermstead and Kalani Vierra of the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association said the plan’s recommendations need legislative recognition to help with implementation and grant funding; and Jessamine Town Horner testified by Zoom as a co-founder and bereaved family advocate. The transcript provided does not show any votes or final committee actions on the measures discussed.

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• I rise to recognize a remarkable educator and leader from my district. Ms.
• HB 3627 by Tepper, relating to the employment of persons by the State Board of Education.
• HB 3627 by Tepper, relating to the employment of persons by the State Board of Education.
• House Bill 5435 exempts institutions of higher education from the 90-day notice requirement.
• And so when we talk about housing, and when we talk about education, and when we talk about education

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered an invocation and pledges, and received several announcements and recognitions before moving to legislation. Members honored the UTRGV chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, educator Jessica Lopez, the late Jennifer Maddenly, Jeanette Valdez Duran and Mobile Blessings from the Heart, TAMAC’s 50th anniversary, and journalist Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement. The chamber also adopted motions allowing committees to meet, setting a local and consent calendar, and suspending posting rules for a Public Health hearing on SB 2721. The House then considered a long series of Senate and House bills on third reading, with many passing by wide margins. Measures included SB 906 on Ysleta del Sur Pueblo peace officers; SB 1229 designating Veterans Memorial Highway; SB 855 on foster care medical costs; SB 703 on massage therapy licensing and trafficking protections; SB 1025 on tax-increase ballot language; SB 1119 on water park liability; SB 1080 on provisional occupational licenses for people with criminal convictions; SB 929 on lien deadlines; SB 1355 on liquor sales credit disputes; SB 2231 on fee waivers for college applications; SB 1877 on Public Utility Commission data access; SB 1998 on pediatric preceptorships; and several House bills on topics such as bond forfeiture notice, health workforce planning, civil commitment counsel, expunction of contempt records, consumer transactions, nuisance birds, theft venue, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, military-related tuition, utility recovery mechanisms, psychedelic therapy studies, teacher retirement funding transparency, election procedures, juvenile parole eligibility, and more. Some bills drew notable debate or amendments. HB 200, creating a “second look” parole process for certain juvenile offenders after 20 years, prompted extended discussion about serious offenses and juvenile rehabilitation before passing 102-4. HB 2298 on AI-assisted cancer detection passed 85-62 after the sponsor emphasized “augmented intelligence” and physician oversight. HB 5247 on utility capital recovery saw a failed amendment to require ratepayer credits, then passed. HB 3045, a franchise tax exemption for spaceport operators, initially failed 73-74 but later passed after verification showed a 70-69 result. SB 2420, regulating app stores and mobile software distribution, was postponed for later consideration after substantial debate over age verification responsibilities. Several other measures were postponed, including SB 888, SB 552, SB 17, and SB 2420, while HB 1128 on election judges carrying concealed handguns passed 85-57 after a withdrawn point of order.

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• Education Policy? Okay, thank you. So there'll be more discussion.
• Education Policy? Okay, thank you. So there'll be more discussion.
• It's the intent, and my hope is that in the Education Policy, we can look at what types of things we
• education education policy<01:24:19.000><c> so</c><01:24:19.560><c> as</c><01:24:19.679><c> I</c><01
• </c><01:25:09.360><c> finance</c> this bill goes to the education finance this bill goes to the education

Bills: HF72 , HF66 , HF69 , HF73

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Keywords: campaign finance, state funding, political activity, nonprofits, government transparency, HF66, Minnesota second-degree murder, unintentional murder, protective order, order for protection, harassment restraining order, domestic violence, victim protection, cross-jurisdictional orders, out-of-state restraining order, tribal court order, Canadian protective order, public safety, criminal law, homicide

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• Grooming training for educators.
• They target predatory behavior, not educators. Thank you. years.
• </c> support moving it along to education support moving it along to education finance,<00:08:39.719>
• ,</c><00:09:04.400><c> people</c> that the majority of educators, people that the majority of educators
• </c> hires and make more educated decisions. hires and make more educated decisions.

Bills: HF4277 , HF3819 , HF3489 , HF4408 , HF3901 , HF4316

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: child care, child care center, day care, licensed child care, video security cameras, surveillance, security cameras, maltreatment, child abuse, child safety, public and shared areas, camera mandate, child care assistance program, CCAP, Great Start Compensation Support, early learning scholarships, licensed provider, Minnesota Statutes 142B.68, Harvey's Law, privacy

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• I had multiple conversations with Carter about this, educating him about what sending nudes can do, the
• We as parents, um, do need to do our part in educating our kids, um, in order to keep them safe.
• </c><00:09:32.160><c> that</c> I had in place all of the education that I had in place all of the education
• our kids um in do our part in educating our kids um in order<00:10:38.800><c> to</c><00:10:38.959><c
• </c> save lives through Ed education save lives through Ed education awareness<00:52:27.520><c> and</

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Slide 16 is TEACH higher education scholarship updates.
• A policy of the National Teacher Education and Compensation Helps, or TEACH, Early Childhood Program,
• working in other early care and education settings.
• workforce in Minnesota. education and compensation helps or education and compensation helps or teach
• </c> that is equivalent to early Educators that is equivalent to early Educators working<00:15:51.920

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• James High School, Merrimack College, with a B.A. in early education, and a master's degree in education
• James High School, Merrimack College, with a B.A. in early education, and a master's degree in education

Keywords: 1212, all

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• prevention efforts education, and prevention efforts focused<02:12:59.599><c> on</c><02:12:59.840><c
• </c><03:39:03.840><c> programs</c> prevention and education programs prevention and education programs
• </c> reauthorize the breast cancer education reauthorize the breast cancer education and<03:55:31.040
• Services and education, and we can prevent needless suffering and needless loss of life.
• , educators, entrepreneurs, workers, educators, researchers,<07:35:19.600><c> veterans,</c><07:35:20.558

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, July 20, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• ,</c><01:20:30.880><c> uh,</c> put for career technical education, uh, put for career technical education
• So, lot of career technical education.
• </c> cuts be made by the college of education cuts be made by the college of education or<01:26:42.800
• </c><01:26:44.080><c> or</c> or to the college of education or or to the college of education or college
• On page 80, section 205 is educational school finance.

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: 916, all

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• Like housing, education. I would say this is the most known model.
• Like housing, education. I would say this is the most known model.
• Like housing, education. I would say this is the most known model.
• Like housing, education. I would say this is the most known model.
• Like housing, education. I would say this is the most known model.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• ><c> Well,</c><00:40:45.800><c> education</c><00:40:46.280><c> can</c><00:40:46.440><c> be,</c> education
• are I Well, education can be, education are I Well, education can be, but<00:40:47.040><c> but</c><00
• updates for the safety and betterment of our students. education adequacy charts. education adequacy
• , career and education classrooms, career and technical<00:52:14.200><c> education</c><00:52:14.680><
• c> classrooms,</c><00:52:15.600><c> science</c> technical education classrooms, science technical education

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c><00:04:59.240><c> of</c> that is entitled to the education of that is entitled to the education of
• </c> education funding in perpetuity. education funding in perpetuity.
• </c> country, as well as other educational country, as well as other educational endowments.<00:15:39.480
• And educational mission in perpetuity.
• And now we get to sit public education.

Bills: HF3900 , HF1849

Committee: House Rules and Legislative Administration

Keywords: permanent school fund, school endowment fund, Minnesota constitutional amendment, school aid, public school funding, State Board of Investment, investment income, distributable amount, school districts, property taxes, income taxes, voter approval, ballot question, constitutional amendment 2026, education finance, fund perpetuity, purchasing power, trust lands, swamp lands, internal improvement land fund

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• , Higher Education, the Interagency Council on Homelessness, and Minnesota Management and Budget.
• </c><00:24:55.559><c> higher</c><00:24:55.919><c> education</c><00:24:56.440><c> the</c> safety education
• higher education the safety education higher education the inter<00:24:56.760><c> agency</c><00:24:57.159
• In this committee, we had a bill on this: educating youth about the dangers of opioids.
• </c><00:48:35.960><c> and</c> mean that to me is clearly education and mean that to me is clearly education

Bills: HF696 , HF1429 , HF1379

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF696, rural EMS, ambulance, emergency medical services, uncompensated care, payment pool, rural health, Office of Emergency Medical Services, public safety answering point, PSAP, nontransport, unpaid ambulance calls, EMS reimbursement, rural ambulance provider, general fund appropriation, Minnesota health finance, specialized life support, metropolitan counties, emergency response funding, HF1429

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• Educate me on that a little bit. Thanks.
• Educate me on that a little bit. Thanks. Great questions. Mr.
• Educate me on that a little bit. Thanks. Great questions. Mr.
• </c> bill um this is something that Education bill um this is something that Education Minnesota<01:16
• </c> for our that can foster education for our that can foster education Community<01:27:11.320><c> family

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We next have up the higher education bill.
• And um higher education policy bill.
• </c> assigned to the higher education assigned to the higher education committee. committee. committee
• </c> um amendment that adds higher education um amendment that adds higher education articles<01:46:08.520
• That was the original omnibus bills that passed out of higher education.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• some of those items across higher education, as well as our political subdivisions.
• And we do actually have some co-location that we do with higher education as well.
• We signed the contract on Monday: Aurora Educational Technology. They’re a firm out of Illinois.
• We signed the contract on Monday, Aurora Educational Technology. They're a firm out of Illinois.
• It affects a lot of educators. It's been a particular issue in the Fargo Public School system.

Committee: Joint Information Technology Committee

Summary: The committee received a series of informational reports from NDIT and DPI on major IT projects, cybersecurity, and the K-12 student information system transition. Justin Data reviewed the quarterly major project portfolio, noting 111 projects totaling about $542.8 million, generally under budget and slightly behind schedule overall. He highlighted three schedule-red projects: Bed Management System and Vital Records, both now complete and being closed out, and the Roadway Capital Planning Project, which is delayed due to vendor bug fixes after user testing. He also summarized new project startups, including the Attorney General’s Victim Notification System, HHS Medicaid correctional facilities data exchange, Highway Patrol’s motor carrier e-permit system, and additional RIMS work, and answered questions about project timing, funding, and whether work had begun on legislatively funded IT projects. Chris Gurgan, NDIT’s chief information security officer, reported on mandatory cybersecurity incident reporting under HB 1314. He said 77 incidents have been reported since August 2021, with 47 meeting the statutory definition of a cybersecurity incident; phishing remains the most common type, followed by email quarantine alerts, XDR detections, and malware. He emphasized that most incidents are resolved, but that timely reporting is critical for any chance of recovering funds in business email compromise or ransomware cases. He also described several notable incidents since the last report, including the PowerSchool breach, a SimpleHelp intrusion at a school district, a court intrusion, a WSUS vulnerability, a business email compromise at a K-12 district, and a recent ransomware report involving a non-state critical infrastructure entity. Members asked about smishing, MFA, conditional access, security awareness training, and recovery of lost funds; Gurgan said state systems use phishing-resistant MFA and conditional access, training is provided to state employees and offered to political subdivisions on an opt-in basis, and broader cybersecurity maturity assessments are underway. Craig Falkley gave brief reports on coordination with political subdivisions and higher education, including shared networking, cybersecurity, radio/911, PeopleSoft, and co-location services. He also explained distributed ledger technology as a tool for decentralized, secure data sharing, but said the state has limited use for it and would likely frame future reporting more broadly around emerging technologies. The committee then heard from Tony Ambrose of DPI on the statewide Infinite Campus implementation. He said district implementations are underway, but the project had to terminate its original data migration vendor for poor performance and replace it with Aurora Educational Technology, which had experience with a similar North Carolina migration. He also said DPI is moving special education data from Tynet into Infinite Campus, is still working through how to preserve e-transcripts and Choice Ready-type functionality after the PowerSchool transition, and is developing identity, authentication, and data-sharing arrangements for the summer cutover. Members raised concerns about procurement timing, summer school disruption, and whether some functions would be ready by July 1.

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• Sponsored by Representative Kimberly Moser, an act implementing the federal education opportunity program
• It affirms our commitment to expanding educational opportunities and improving student outcomes. as a
• result of the federal education as a result of the federal education freedom<00:04:52.560><c> tax</c
• House Bill 1 and the Educational Freedom Tax Credit would not cost Kentucky taxpayers a dime, but it
• House Bill 1 and the Educational Freedom Tax Credit would not cost Kentucky taxpayers a dime, but it

Committee: House Appropriations & Revenue

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:15 HB 1 Discussion 00:02:00 HB 1 Vote 00:15:05 HB 2 Discussion 00:17:20 HB 2 Vote 01:13:20, 958, all

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• We are discussing enrollment figures for higher education.
• education that our children get.
• impact the quality of education for our children.
• We're going to impact public education. We're going to impact public safety.
• It was quite educational on where we are.

Bills: HB26 , HB73 , SB 14 , HB46

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: HB26, law enforcement contracts, sheriff, constable, county commissioners court, commissioners court, private security, special law enforcement district, property owners association, POA, municipal utility district, school district, junior college district, local government, contract policing, supplemental police services, large counties, population over 3.3 million, Texas Local Government Code, Harris County

Transcript Highlights:

• , health care, higher education, other essential governmental services, and the working families tax
• Families and students deserve high-quality access to education.
• , millionaires and how it's going to fix health care, education, and other social safety programs.
• So the schools that I do have that are dependent on LEA are now struggling to provide basic education
• , which is our paramount duty. basic education, which is our paramount duty.

Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5831 , SB6244 , SB6044 , SB5109 , SB5877 , SB6258

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification

Transcript Highlights:

• Those of you that have been public educators or teaching in private education, I want to thank you for
• I'm speaking in favor of this bill as a public educator.
• I have been an educator here in the state for over 20 years.
• I, as a former educator, was a member of my union and I'm...
• Public workers that we depend on for our kids to be educators, to educate them.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and took up a long agenda of bills, many of them amended. Early action included PCS for CS for HB 639, which would expand an existing Fraternal Order of Police specialty license plate to all Floridians, tighten specialty plate rules for future applicants, require financial projections and reporting, and create several new specialty plates. After questions about Florida nexus requirements and a successful amendment adding a Florida Film Legacy plate, the bill was reported favorably 26-0. PCS for CS for HB 1169, limiting local governments’ use of excess building-code enforcement funds for construction of the code-enforcement building, also passed unanimously after testimony from the Florida Home Builders Association. The committee then approved HB 139, expanding whistleblower protections for state, local, and contract employees who file ethics complaints, with support from the Florida Commission on Ethics. PCS for HB 273, which would make special districts eligible for certain state and federal grants and direct pay options, passed 24-1 after testimony from both supporters and opponents. Members also approved CS for HB 1087, a public-records exemption for certain stablecoin issuer information, and CS for HB 1085, updating the local government cybersecurity grant program by moving it to Cyber Florida at USF, adding a sunset, and limiting consecutive awards. Several environmental and local-government transparency measures drew extended debate. CS for CS for HB 1417, a broad environmental bill, was amended to remove several provisions, retain others on the Environmental Regulation Commission, springs, solar facilities, Indian River Lagoon septic deadlines, and coastal resiliency partnerships, and then passed 24-0 amid mixed testimony from DEP, water management districts, and environmental advocates. CS for HB 1457, creating a framework for regional stormwater management systems and water quality enhancement areas, passed 24-0 after discussion of port impacts. CS for HB 1329, requiring local budgets to be posted earlier, retained longer, and made searchable, and adding a 10% budget-cutting exercise, passed 17-6 after strong opposition from local-government groups who argued it would be costly and duplicative. The committee also approved CS for HB 4091 creating a special district for stormwater and flood control in Sarasota and Manatee counties, and then took up CS for HB 995, a major overhaul of Public Employees Relations Commission and union-related procedures, including registration, dues disclosure, election rules, leave-time limits, and expedited bargaining over legislatively appropriated salary increases; that bill was still under questioning when the transcript ended.