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• the right direction, removing harmful additives from school meals without burdening families or restricting

Bills: SB 25 , SB 314

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Keywords: nutrition, health standards, food labeling, education, dietary guidelines, medical education, food safety, school meals, child nutrition, food additives, public health

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• It states that a developer who puts all these restrictions on must be made available to the App Store

Bills: HB285 , HB317

Committee: House Children and Senior Advocacy

Keywords: HB285, TJ's Law, traffic infraction, traffic ticket, uniform traffic ticket and complaint, minor driver, juvenile driver, parent notification, guardian notification, emergency contact, law enforcement, citing agency, traffic citation, driver safety, youth safety, Alabama traffic law, Section 12-12-56, Children and Senior Advocacy, House Judiciary, reasonable effort

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• INSTITUTIONS SUPPLEMENT THE HIGH COST OF HEALTHCARE WITH THE PIPELINE FUNDS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT RESTRICTED

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I'd also like to say that local governments have a lot of restrictions, covenants, and ordinances that

Bills: SB36 , SB39 , SB40 , SB12 , SB29 , SB121 , SB131 , SB12

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: competitive bidding, procurement, disclosure statements, state contracts, contract protest, board governance, occupational licensing, Sunset Law, public accountability, training requirements, SB40, Houston/Hunter Act, firearm hold agreement, gun storage, temporary firearm storage, firearms dealer, federal firearms licensee, FFL, civil immunity, gun owner

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• So I'm concerned about what restrictions we have on the use of it.

Committee: House House Judiciary

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• They require age restrictions and consumer protections, but the prediction markets are being classified
• They<01:00:17.240><c> require</c><01:00:18.080><c> age</c><01:00:18.480><c> restrictions</c><01:00:19.320
• ><c> and</c> They require age restrictions and They require age restrictions and consumer<01:00:19.920
• Um, and so, if anything,<01:23:31.400><c> this</c><01:23:31.680><c> this</c><01:23:31.960><c> restricts
• it for all anything, this this restricts it for all entities,<01:23:34.800><c> uh,</c><01:23:35.040>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• agencies to provide current and verifiable evidence of a species presence before imposing any land use restriction
• But some of the remaining concerns are still those issues of how do we collect, or how are restrictions
• ><c> put</c><00:14:08.320><c> on</c><00:14:08.480><c> on</c><00:14:08.800><c> this</c> how are restrictions
• put on on this how are restrictions put on on this information<00:14:09.440><c> when</c><00:14:09.680
• So I think one, removing the weight limit altogether and keeping a width restriction in place makes a

Committee: House Resources, Recreation and Development

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• So, one of the major problems with this bill is it restricts how we use electronic medical records in
• And one example is, you know, the restriction of requiring only certain data.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• establishes the regents as a public trust, essentially another branch of government, and specifically restricts
• Similar restrictions do not apply to the UC, the California Community Colleges, or other public sector
• need, market conditions, performance, and the state's fiscal environment, not through statutory restrictions
• Research shows that delayed reclassification can result in restricted opportunities to learn and segregation

Summary: The committee began without a quorum and first heard AB 302, which would prohibit schools from requiring students to use addictive social media feeds as a condition of participating in extracurricular activities and would require schools to offer a non-social-media way to communicate with students and families. The author and a student witness argued the bill protects minors from being forced onto addictive platforms, while senators asked how coaches and clubs would communicate; the author said email, built-in messaging, and other direct methods would still be allowed. The bill was held on call for absent members. The committee then took up AB 2504, creating a pilot program to train creative-industry workers for AI-related changes through partnerships among community colleges, employers, unions, and tech companies. Supporters from WME and the Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office said the program would help workers adapt to rapid industry change, while senators discussed the pilot’s size, geographic diversity, and sunset date. The bill passed on a due-pass motion to the Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection Committee. AB 1534 followed, adding state guardrails for federal Workforce Pell short-term training programs, including limits on tuition, restrictions on certain financing products, and transparency rules for partnerships with unaccredited entities. Support came from TICAS, EdTrust-West, and the Campaign for College Opportunity; senators questioned the scope of state authority and why private institutions were not clearly included, and the author said the broader approval framework was being handled in trailer bill language. The bill passed on a due-pass motion to the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee. The committee also heard AB 1381, a gut-and-amend proposal to strengthen screening for school teachers with histories of egregious misconduct while balancing due process and privacy concerns. Supporters and opponents both emphasized student safety and the need for reliable information-sharing, and members noted the bill was similar to a previously held measure; the author said amendments were still being worked out. The bill passed to the Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection Committee. AB 2202, which would create a Closing the Achievement Gap Commission to coordinate statewide efforts, drew broad support from school board and education groups but also concern that it could duplicate existing work and add bureaucracy; after extended debate about whether the commission would identify causes or solutions, it passed to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Finally, AB 1547, requiring a UC feasibility study for a branch medical school in Kern County, drew local support but opposition from a senator who argued the Legislature cannot direct UC’s internal operations under the state Constitution; the chair said the Legislature can make recommendations and the bill remained under discussion.

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• So, there's a lot of restrictions and requirements here, but there are also opportunities for funding
• So, there's a lot of restrictions<00:32:29.360><c> and</c><00:32:29.679><c> requirements</c><00:32:30.159
• ><c> here,</c><00:32:30.480><c> but</c> restrictions and requirements here, but restrictions and requirements

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:20 CRISP Shared Services 00:01:39 Rural Health Transformation Plan 00:30:55, 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services opened its first meeting of the 2026 interim session, took roll, and moved directly into presentations. The main presentation was from Ryan Bramble of Crisp Shared Services, who described the organization’s health information exchange and health data utility model in Kentucky and other states. He emphasized that Crisp is a nonprofit, that data ownership remains with providers, and that governance is local. He also outlined the technical infrastructure, including a master patient index, cloud-based data lake, support for modern standards like FHIR and USCDI as well as older formats, and data quality tools used to normalize and standardize information. Bramble said the model is intended to reduce duplication, lower costs, and support rural providers and future use cases such as reporting, analytics, and AI-enabled decision support. Members asked how the state can ensure the data is actually used and who should drive priorities for health care improvement. Bramble said Crisp can provide tools, expertise, and examples from other states, but local teams such as KHI and state stakeholders must tailor and lead utilization efforts. In response to questions about ownership and coordination, he stressed that successful HIE governance requires a multistakeholder body that includes hospitals, health plans, government, and other interests, with a unified approach rather than multiple competing directives. He also said the Commonwealth has an opportunity to convene those stakeholders and set clear priorities. A senator raised concerns that responsibility for Medicaid and broader health policy has become fragmented and suggested a stronger central role for the state, possibly through the Department of Public Health, to coordinate health priorities. Bramble agreed that a single convening authority and multistakeholder governance are important, and noted that local governance should determine what data is shared and how it is used. No votes or formal actions were taken during this portion of the meeting. After Bramble’s presentation and questions, the committee was told that Secretary Stack from the cabinet would testify next on the rural health transformation plan.

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• If that is the case, this ultimately will restrict with whom the school district may kind of... ...restrict
• We're focused on a permissive language, not a restrictive language.
• Some opponents argue that extending this authority will significantly restrict competition or push agencies

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• We're sort of hesitant to use it for protected, what we would call restricted data, and we were focused
• would</c><00:53:01.320><c> call</c> protected um what we would call protected um what we would call restricted
• 02.920><c> we</c><00:53:03.120><c> were</c><00:53:03.680><c> focused</c><00:53:04.200><c> on</c> restricted
• data, and we were focused on restricted data, and we were focused on public<00:53:05.200><c> information

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee met on May 29 and approved the draft minutes. DHHS Commissioner Weaver then opened the department update by asking Medicaid Director Henry Litman to brief members on federal and state Medicaid changes, and later turned to DHHS Chief Operating Officer David Weathers for an update on data governance. Members also asked that acronyms be spelled out in future materials and requested a follow-up on the federal Medicaid rule once it is published. Litman reviewed several federal Medicaid provisions tied to HR 1/"OBBA" and related state implementation issues. He said the first major change would be restrictions on certain non-citizens’ Medicaid coverage, affecting about 400 people in New Hampshire, with notices likely 30 to 60 days before the effective date. He also discussed new work requirements/community engagement rules, saying New Hampshire is on track to implement them and will likely need a state plan amendment rather than an 1115 waiver. Other changes included shorter retroactive coverage periods, a new state option for certain community-based services with an estimated $740,000 in implementation support, a freeze and phased-down reduction in the Medicaid enhancement tax beginning in state fiscal year 2029, and limits on directed payments to hospitals after a grandfathering period. He also noted that Medicaid enrollment has fallen from pandemic-era levels, with about 167,000 people covered as of May 1, and that the department is working with CMS on child premiums and other cost-sharing changes approved in HB 2. Committee members asked how the department could plan for the 2029 changes given the number of elections before then, and Litman said federal rules may be adjusted over time as states and stakeholders raise concerns. He emphasized planning for the worst while hoping for the best, and said rural health care transformation funding would help the state prepare. In the second presentation, Weathers explained that data governance is now embedded in DHHS operations to control access, manage reporting, and respond to risk. He defined it as managing what data is collected, how it is used, who can access it, and what laws apply, and said DHHS has moved from governance as a committee to governance as an operational process. He described privacy impact assessments for new systems going into production, monthly privacy and security training, and ongoing review of access controls and data-sharing rules.

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• would say, Chair Nash, is I mean, I agree with you wholeheartedly that the over-regulation and restrictive
• 16.320><c> the</c><00:25:16.800><c> over-regulation</c><00:25:18.080><c> and</c><00:25:18.520><c> restrictive
• </c> the the over-regulation and restrictive the the over-regulation and restrictive practices<00:25:

Bills: HF3279 , HF1879 , HF1417 , HF2462

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: housing, sales tax, homeownership, rent assistance, community stability, education, counseling, financial assistance, housing development, culturally appropriate services, HF1417, manufactured home parks, manufactured housing, mobile home parks, housing development fund, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, MHFA, infrastructure grants, infrastructure loans, affordable housing

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• But there's already restrictions on fall fertilizer application and some other things that you might
• But there's already restrictions on fall fertilizer application and some other things that you might
• But they used the winter weather to haul a lot of aggregate and avoid destroying roads and road restrictions
• end of the section of it. to haul a lot of aggregate and avoid destroying roads and avoid road restrictions

Committee: Joint Water Topics Overview Committee

Keywords: 908, all

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• But there's already restrictions on fall fertilizer application and some other things that you might
• weather in the wintertime to haul a lot of aggregate and avoid destroying roads and avoid road restrictions
• weather in the wintertime to haul a lot of aggregate and avoid destroying roads and avoid road restrictions
• weather in the wintertime to haul a lot of aggregate and avoid destroying roads and avoid road restrictions

Summary: The Water Topics Overview Committee met with a quorum and received updates from the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Commission, followed by presentations from Deloitte on two legislative studies required by House Bill 1020. Director Reese Haas reviewed major project and budget updates, including the Northwest Area Water Supply and Southwest Pipeline projects, Resources Trust Fund balances, carryover spending, project prioritization, bid conditions, regional water system coverage, and department process improvements. Members also discussed how the commission prioritizes projects, maintenance expectations, and the impact of limited municipal water supply funding. No formal committee action was taken during the DWR update; the commission’s municipal funding decisions were described as pending its April 8 meeting. Deloitte then presented the cost-share policy study, which found that under current policy and forecasted revenues, North Dakota faces an estimated $1.3 billion shortfall over 14 years, with a near-term gap of about $1.8 billion through 2031. The firm outlined seven recommended options, including tighter definitions and a 25% cost share for eligible replacement projects, caps and financing strategies for the Mouse River and Red River Valley projects, aligning cost share with commission priority guidance, delaying lower-priority projects, using available lines of credit, and adjusting reimbursement timing for revolving loan funds. Committee members questioned inflation assumptions, affordability, user fees, and the use of legacy fund earnings for bonding, but no decisions were made. In the governance and finance study, Deloitte said final recommendations are still being refined, with a final report due May 29. The study examined the Southwest Pipeline, NAWS, and Red River Valley systems using governance and finance criteria such as decision authority, transparency, affordability, risk, and access to funding. For Southwest, Deloitte outlined options ranging from improved state-authority coordination to transferring ownership to the Southwest Water Authority; for NAWS, options focused on strengthening the authority’s role and potentially transitioning operations and maintenance; and for Red River, options ranged from enhanced facilitation to formal state oversight or state ownership. Members asked follow-up questions about ownership transfer, capital repayment streams, and why NAWS was not considered for transfer, and Deloitte said NAWS’s limited organizational maturity made that option less viable in the near term.

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• Our intent is not to eliminate or restrict access to advocacy in this space.
• Is Home Safe currently turning seniors away due to funding restrictions?
• And so IHSS has medical need more expansions, not restrictions, not red tape.
• Not restrictions, not red tape, not cuts.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• the testifier, if he's finding a helpful use out of it, and we're raising the age to make it more restrictive
• think we need a lot more<00:20:33.320><c> severe</c><00:20:34.440><c> uh</c><00:20:34.520><c> restrictions
• </c><00:20:35.120><c> on</c><00:20:35.280><c> this</c><00:20:36.120><c> uh</c> more severe uh restrictions
• on this uh more severe uh restrictions on this uh to<00:20:36.440><c> protect</c><00:20:36.760><c> the

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Um, and I do not want us to be putting more restrictions on our teachers so that they are focused too
• putting</c><00:30:05.039><c> more</c> not want us to be putting more not want us to be putting more restrictions
• 07.039><c> our</c><00:30:07.200><c> teachers</c><00:30:07.840><c> so</c><00:30:08.080><c> that</c> restrictions
• on our teachers so that restrictions on our teachers so that they<00:30:09.279><c> are</c><00:30:09.600

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• power of attorney is notarized online, you would probably have to jump through more stringent restrictions
• 50.800><c> through</c><00:08:51.040><c> more</c><00:08:51.360><c> stringent</c><00:08:52.240><c> restrictions
• </c> jump through more stringent restrictions jump through more stringent restrictions than<00:08:53.120

Bills: HF3560 , HF3295 , HF2937 , HF3540

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: electronic signatures, estate planning, uniform law, legal documents, Minnesota statutes, open meeting law, transparency, public engagement, social media, government accountability, parenting consultant, parenting time, custody, family court, family law, neutral third party, alternative dispute resolution, child custody, visitation, parenting coordinator

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• Um, kind of how because we restrict their ways of raising money, how we just put the pressures onto the
• experience on that. um kind of how<00:03:57.040><c> because</c><00:03:57.360><c> we</c><00:03:57.680><c> restrict
• </c><00:03:58.080><c> their</c><00:03:58.319><c> ways</c><00:03:58.480><c> of</c> how because we restrict
• their ways of how because we restrict their ways of raising<00:03:58.959><c> money,</c><00:03:59.360

Bills: HF4119 , HF3959 , HF3792 , HF3913 , HF3752

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: property tax, renter credits, co-pay, housing affordability, tax relief, homestead, tax refund, Minnesota, tax increase, financial relief, homeowners, AmeriCorps, taxation, individual income tax, living allowances, stipends, national service, tax compliance, revenue, analytics