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• We sell conventional and organic seed for Minnesota-based seed company.
• We sell conventional and organic seed for Minnesota-based seed company.
• I'm experienced enough to remember when dumping a bag of seed corn into the planter generated a cloud
• I'm experienced enough to remember when dumping a bag of seed corn into the planter generated a cloud
• our soybean seed and corn seed with a our soybean seed and corn seed with a coating<01:19:47.280

Bills: HF3965, HF3704, HF3260, HF3718

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

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• <00:22:13.919> to<00:22:14.159> by amendment should be uh uh seeded to by amendment
• should be uh uh seeded to by the<00:22:14.480> Senate.
• It's admin services when they were going through their system in preparation to go to Cloud Suite.
• And I don't want to go to Cloud Suite.
• that you say exists in the medical cloud that you say exists in the medical field?

Keywords: 9:00am HB 155 9:30am HB 1102 10:30am HB 1109 11:00am HB 1356 11:30am HB 1469 1:00pm HB 1323 2:00pm HB 1376, 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with unanimous committee approval of amendment 2026-2021S to HB 2. Senator Lang explained the amendment corrected a drafting error so that $2.5 million in state funds, matched with federal money for a total of $5 million, could be spent during the biennium rather than lapse at the end of the fiscal year. The money is intended to stabilize Medicaid per diem rates for county nursing homes, and members agreed without objection to adopt the amendment and continue working from the bill as amended by the Senate. The committee then discussed HB 155 and a proposed amendment, 2026-201H, dealing with the business enterprise tax. The House side described the proposal as a compromise that would raise the filing threshold from $250,000 to $375,000 and create a trigger that would reduce the BET rate by 0.05% for each $100 million in combined business tax surplus, down to a floor of 0.25%. Senate members opposed lowering the rate at this time, arguing that tax relief should focus on the filing threshold, which they said would remove filing burdens for about 3,500 small businesses, and that rate cuts should be considered in a budget cycle rather than an off-year. Concerns were raised that one-time revenues, such as tax amnesty receipts or federal repatriation-related surpluses, could unintentionally trigger reductions. Representative Sweeney later offered a revised approach by moving the effective date of the trigger mechanism to January 1, 2028, and said he was also willing to carve out tax amnesty revenues or adjust the effective date to avoid using one-time funds. The Senate remained unwilling to agree to a rate reduction, though it expressed openness to raising the filing threshold further. The committee ultimately did not resolve the business tax issue and recessed to continue discussions at a later time. The final item discussed was HB 1102, concerning an increase in the research and development tax credit paired with changes to state park fees. House members supported the R&D credit increase but opposed tying it to higher park fees, citing concerns about tourism, especially at border parks, and noting that the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources had said it did not need the increase. Senate members defended the park fee changes as a fairness issue, arguing that New Hampshire residents should pay less than out-of-state visitors and that the department had not raised rates in many years. No vote was taken on this item during the discussion captured here.

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• purpose of cloud seeding programs. purpose of cloud seeding programs.
• Cloud<04:06:03.840> seeding<04:06:04.160> programs<04:06:04.720> to<04:06:05.040
• > provide Cloud seeding programs to provide Cloud seeding programs to provide benefits<04:06:06.080
• I have a number of people in my district who are very concerned about cloud seeding programs and the
• In fact, there was a slogan, "Make mud, not war," when they cloud seeded in order to bring about greater

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, and approved the journal from April 20, 2026. Members then made announcements about committee schedules, open enrollment, and the Bolder Boulder event, and welcomed guests from the Leadership Program of the Rockies. The House also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 20, recognizing April 9, 2026 as Home Education Day in Colorado, on a 60-2 vote with three excused. Supporters described home education as a longstanding family choice and emphasized parental rights and educational flexibility. The chamber then received committee reports, including an Appropriations Committee report advancing House Bills 1052, 1132, 1143, 1226, 1343, and 1344 to the Committee of the Whole. The Majority Leader moved several bills to special orders for April 21, 2026 at 9:20 a.m., and the motion was adopted without objection. The Committee of the Whole took up House Bill 1028, concerning second language diploma endorsements for graduating high school students. After adopting the appropriations report, the House passed the bill. Supporters said it would recognize bilingualism and Colorado’s diversity. The committee then considered House Bill 1143, concerning background checks for non-employment-based educational opportunities. The bill sponsor said it would allow qualified people without Social Security numbers to participate in internships, clinical placements, and volunteer opportunities by using alternative identification. Several members opposed the bill and supported amendments, arguing for employer or institutional choice, narrower definitions, and concerns about constitutional rights, tax compliance, and the breadth of the bill. Amendment L6 failed, and the transcript ends amid extended discussion of Amendment L7 regarding enforcement against public entities, with no final action on the bill shown in the excerpt.

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• I'll start with the Common Cloud and then shift to Collaborative ERP.
• That's a concern of mine on the Common Cloud data platform.
• And what's the annual cost of operating the Common Cloud once it's implemented?
• So our information could be fed from the Common Cloud data platform into the Cradle to Career data.
• So, just putting the seed out there for future consideration. Thank you. Excellent point.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The native seed is still viable underneath.
• wild rice coming back so it's the seed wild rice coming back so it's the seed is<00:58:56.400>
• <01:05:39.440> putting hard work time um getting seed putting hard work time um getting seed
• They harvest seed. They plant seed. They do wetland restorations.
• They do habitat work, so they do burning, they harvest seed, they plant seed, and they do wetland restorations

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Legacy Finance Committee held its first meeting of the session, with members and staff introducing themselves and the chair emphasizing the committee’s role in overseeing Minnesota’s Legacy Amendment funds. The committee then received an overview of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund from Mary Davis. She explained that the fund receives 19.75% of the 1% sales tax, is constitutionally limited to arts education, arts access, and preserving Minnesota history and cultural heritage, and is not a guaranteed base for prior recipients. She reviewed major recipients and statutory requirements, including the Minnesota State Arts Board’s 47% share, funding for the Historical Society, libraries, humanities and cultural organizations, public media, and the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. She also noted the 5% reserve requirement, reporting obligations, and a 2023 legislative directive to improve access through free or reduced admission and outreach to households regardless of income. The committee next heard from Janelle Taylor on the natural resources funds, focusing on the Clean Water Fund and Parks and Trails Fund. She said the Clean Water Fund receives 33% of Legacy revenues and must be used to protect, enhance, and restore water quality and protect groundwater, with at least 5% dedicated to drinking water sources. She described the Clean Water Council’s recommendation process and said most of the money goes to Board of Water and Soil Resources projects, with additional funding for PCA and DNR monitoring. In response to a question about Hastings and PFAS contamination, she said the legislature could appropriate clean water money if the project fits the constitutional criteria and protects drinking water sources. For the Parks and Trails Fund, she explained it receives 14.25% of Legacy revenues and is allocated under the long-standing 40-40-20 split: 40% to state parks and trails, 40% to metropolitan regional parks and trails, and 20% to Greater Minnesota regional parks and trails. House Fiscal Analysis staff then reviewed the reserve requirement and available balances, noting that each Legacy fund must keep a 5% reserve to protect against forecast changes. For the upcoming biennium, they cited approximately $327.229 million available for the Outdoor Heritage Fund, $184.73 million for the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, and $133.13 million for the Parks and Trails Fund, with the Clean Water Fund total discussed earlier at about $311 million. Members briefly discussed the importance of the reserve and the zero-base nature of the funds. The committee then moved on to an overview of the Outdoor Heritage Fund and Outdoor Heritage Council from Mark Johnson and Joe Pelco, who explained that the fund was approved by voters in 2008, lasts 25 years, receives about one-third of the 3/8 of 1% sales tax, and is used to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife. They described the council’s statutory role, the small grants program for projects from $5,000 to $500,000, and the annual recommendation process, but no votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• from Senate File 2137 from Seed Council from Senate File 2137 from Senator<00:15:25.600> Johnson,
• On line 84 for the seed potato uh 93.
• Cloud and get them to see that operation to expand it possibly, but we weren't letting the door.
• Cloud and get County uh standown in St.
• <01:36:38.000> Cloud here's the deal. You've got St. Cloud here's the deal.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Cloud.
• House File 1090 asks that the Cloud.
• Cloud.
• Cloud.
• Cloud and two townships. There in St. Cloud and two townships.

Bills: HF1972, HF229, HF1090, HF1084, HF1307, HF1274, HF1609, HF2110, HF211, HF216, HF222, HF224, HF225, HF203, HF206, HF207, HF208, HF227, HF246, HF427, HF466, HF502, HF680, HF971

Keywords: community center, Breckenridge, capital investment, state bonds, economic development, HF229, North Branch Area Hockey Association, Stacy Ice Arena, Chisago County, general fund appropriation, grant, ice arena, hockey rink, youth sports, recreational facility, community arena, nonprofit, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, local infrastructure

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• Chair and committee, they invested in our seed round through Next Frontier Capital, a venture capital
• New Mexico wins by ensuring both cloud access to world-leading quantum computers and a clear path to
• This combination of cloud access today and a physical system in New Mexico coming in the years creates
• It can provide access to world-leading quantum computers via the cloud, train students and researchers
• Importantly, it is a seed that we can grow here in the ground in New Mexico in a way that rewards the

Keywords: 996, all

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• Does that have to be after the department makes its decision about the cloud seeding?
• And then the entity that's proposing to do the cloud seeding, whether it be the federal government or
• the chemical that is used for cloud the chemical that is used for cloud seeding.<03:32:57.680>
• We're going back in time a month prior to any cloud seeding.
• Cloud seeding has been around for many, many years throughout the country.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• winter hardy oil seeds. winter hardy oil seeds.
• I mean, it's changed, you know, we're talking about the cloud.
• <01:26:05.960> So,<01:26:06.640> it the cloud. So, it the cloud.
• How often we're talking about the cloud.
• <01:27:28.960> even were you talking about the cloud even were you talking about the cloud

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Now there may be a little bit of cloud seeding.
• And that's why now people talk about generative AI, your chat GPT, your cloud, your Gemini.
• grant program that was put out by the AI Council that we have at the university, where they provided seed
• I don't have any water out there, so if you guys can direct water over that way, do some cloud seeding
• Although, I just found out, never mind, don't even start me about what people think about cloud seeding

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• <00:09:51.279> and<00:09:51.440> so all of the data up to the cloud and so all of the
• data up to the cloud and so it<00:09:52.320> has<00:09:52.800> um<00:09:52.880> given
• And then, outside of our appropriation, we are asking for seed money for the public health trust.
• By seeding the trust the way we're asking this year for a short period of time, that will allow me the
• And then, outside of our appropriation, we are asking for seed money for the public health trust.

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 409, 28 January, 2026; 10:30 A.M., 925, all

Summary: The meeting began with testimony from the Nursing Home Administrator Board, whose executive director explained the board’s role in licensing nursing home administrators, the AIT internship pathway, reciprocity, board composition, meeting schedule, and staffing. Members then shifted to an ice-storm-related discussion about nursing home emergency preparedness. Legislators asked whether any facilities lacked power, generators, or water, and urged clearer communication protocols so facilities would report problems directly through the Department of Health and emergency channels rather than through scattered calls to legislators. The board said facilities generally communicate with the Department of Health, that emergency contact information had been distributed before the storm, and that every facility has some form of generator, though not all can power the whole facility. The board also presented a small budget request, including modest salary increases for its two employees and a cloud-migration cost tied to House Bill 1491, with the understanding that statewide funding for that requirement might be handled separately. The discussion then moved to the Department of Health’s budget and operations. Agency leadership said the department has spent the last three years improving county health department efficiency, reducing overhead, and adjusting fees to eliminate program deficits, which has reduced spending by about $10 million and would shift roughly $8 million in general funds away from deficits. The department requested level funding overall, citing inflationary pressures and the possibility of another federal shutdown, but said it could absorb the impact for another year. Members discussed the public health trust created in a prior session, the need to rebuild county health departments, maternal and fetal care initiatives, and the importance of maintaining the $2.9 million in public health program support that has helped expand services such as obesity management, OB care, and home visitation for high-risk mothers and babies. Oversight and compliance issues were also reviewed. Legislators asked about prior problems with grants and sex education funding, and department officials said they had tightened oversight, adopted OpenGov for compliance, and corrected earlier violations so the programs are now in full compliance. They said the agency had improved accountability for both state and federal funds and that transparency remained a priority. The department also highlighted the cannabis program, saying it is now profitable, generating about $9 million in net revenue last year and about $12.5 million this year, with projections of $40 million to $50 million annually as it matures. Officials said they are asking for seed money for the public health trust from cannabis revenue so private-sector donations can be leveraged for long-term public health support. They described enforcement actions including fines, suspensions, license revocations, plant destruction, and referrals to law enforcement, the attorney general, and licensure boards for serious violations. The meeting ended with general support from legislators for the department’s work and acknowledgment of improved health outcomes, including Mississippi moving from 49th to 48th in overall health outcomes.

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• Nobody is doing cloud seeding in New Hampshire. It was tried in the '50s.
• So, um there's also the issue that clouds don't know borders.
• Consent. there's also the issue that clouds don't there's also the issue that clouds don't know<00:13

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• So, this gives us another seed um pot of money to use as seed money like Senator Hicks said to get more
• um pot of this gives us another seed um pot of money<00:21:16.880> to<00:21:17.120> use
• /c><00:21:18.240> Senator money to use as seed money like Senator money to use as seed money like
• I still think I have a cloud. [laughter] >> Further questions.
• I still think I have a cloud.<01:14:40.251> [laughter] cloud. [laughter] cloud.

Bills: SF0069, SF0070, SF0016, HB0078, HJ0002, HB0085, HB0086

Keywords: wastewater, stormwater, infrastructure, environmental quality, public data, data collection, funding, study, water development, irrigation, public works, agricultural supply, municipal water, grazing lands, subleasing, non-owned livestock, state lands, rental fees, agricultural policy, land management

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• Cloud, absolutely. I live in Monticello these days. Okay, just checking. Mr.
• <00:22:17.640> Cloud,<00:22:17.880> absolutely. I used to live in St.
• Cloud, absolutely. I used to live in St. Cloud, absolutely.
• Next, we have our seed potato statute changes.
• <01:12:24.680> potato for on line 56, seed potato for on line 56, seed potato certification

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It is a cloud-based system that Bluetooths to an iPad to a scale.
• It is a cloud-based system our cattle.
• them plants and uh seeds to our tribal members.
• <00:31:16.120> We<00:31:16.240> plow uh seeds to our tribal members.
• We plow uh seeds to our tribal members.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The title now is discouraging the intentional release of polluting emissions, including cloud seeding
• <04:41:19.560> seeding<04:41:19.958> weather exempts cloud seeding weather exempts
• cloud seeding weather modification<04:41:21.160> in<04:41:21.360> the<04:41:21.840>
• I have a problem with the exemption for cloud seeding in case of drought.
• And what effect would cloud seeding have on that drought?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Was there any cloud seeding any days before this flood?
• I don't have any knowledge of the cloud seeding. I know that the cloud seeding does go on.
• There was cloud seeding on July 2nd in Kerr County, as I understand it.
• There was cloud seeding in Kerr County on July 2nd.
• Cloud seeding—this is different. It's known as climate engineering.

Summary: The joint Senate and House disaster preparedness and flooding hearing opened with quorum calls, prayer, testimony time limits, and remarks from legislative leaders emphasizing decorum, respect, and the goal of learning from the July 4 flood to prevent future loss of life. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows said the special session and hearings were intended to hear directly from local officials and residents, and that the state would pursue immediate and longer-term legislation and continue working beyond the current session. The committee then heard invited testimony from Kerr County, Kerrville, Kendall County, Real County, and the Upper Guadalupe River Authority, followed by member questions. Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, Sheriff Larry Leitha, and emergency management coordinator William B. Thomas described the flood as a sudden, unprecedented event that overwhelmed local systems before many officials or residents understood the danger. They said the county received multiple National Weather Service and IPAWS alerts, but the rain fell in remote upstream areas with limited gauges, and the flood rose too quickly for normal response. They detailed the emergency response, including dispatchers handling heavy call volumes, deputies and volunteer firefighters conducting rescues, and state and federal partners assisting. County officials said 108 people died, including 37 children, and two remained missing. They called for better real-time flood detection, stronger rural emergency management resources, improved broadband and cell coverage, and more funding for swift-water rescue and warning systems. Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring and City Manager Dalton Rice said the city had floodplain rules, emergency plans, and prior preparedness efforts, but the event exposed gaps in communications and regional warning capacity. They urged the Legislature to fund a flood warning system, whether sirens, automated alerts, or a hybrid, and asked for support for predictive weather modeling, broadband expansion, a hazard mitigation fund, and disaster recovery resources. The Upper Guadalupe River Authority said it had long funded gauges and pursued flood-warning and mitigation projects, including a new software-based flood prediction system and possible retention dams, and planned to dedicate reserve funds to feasibility studies and infrastructure improvements. Kendall County Judge Shane Stolarczyk said his county’s emergency action plan and early alerts helped prevent deaths there, and he recommended easier access to alerting tools, a river-wide warning system, simpler grant applications, and regional coordination. Real County Judge Bella Rubio said rural counties face major challenges because of limited cell service, broadband, staffing, and funding, especially for camps and visitors along the Frio and Nueces rivers, and argued that reliable alert systems should be treated as a necessity, not a luxury. Members asked about the timeline of the flood, low-water crossings, communications failures, sirens, bridges, and funding, and several witnesses said the key lessons were better communications, better warning systems, and more investment in rural flood mitigation and emergency response.

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• Let's watch their seeds grow. They're Let's watch their seeds grow.
• Cloud, Rochester, Brittany's Place St. Cloud, Rochester, Brittany's Place in<00:20:33.000> St.
• Cloud. whether that's in Rochester, St. Cloud.
• Cloud, Minnesota. We are part of the Skippy family of companies.
• > worked<00:47:43.840> in Cloud, Central Minnesota area, worked in Cloud, Central Minnesota

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And so it starts with the collection of seed in order to build a seed bank so that we have the right
• seeds to grow trees from.
• And it starts with seed.
• To actually get that seed.
• I know that as my children were growing up, we have done projects where we've re-seeded naturally re-seeded