Transcript Highlights:

• What the law does not say is how long they have to actually file the appeal.
• On average, I have about 1,500 new cases filed every year, so this is...
• Cases filed every year, so this is what I deal with.
• That bill was passed, and inside that bill, there was a $35 filing fee.
• So inside that bill was a filing fee and bail bond fee.

Bills: HB43 , SB81 , SB178 , SB138 , SB89 , SB183 , HB27 , HB188 , HB199 , HB190 , SB117 , HB43 , HB27

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, speedy trial, visiting judge, court administration, violent crimes, Alabama Supreme Court, employment, criminal record, certificate of employability, occupational licensing, negligent hiring, rehabilitation, limited relief, tribal police, law enforcement

Transcript Highlights:

• We’ll be talking about House File 10.
• I’m going to move House File 10 to be recommended to be re-referred to the Committee on Health Finance
• Representative Schultz, why don’t you introduce yourself and continue with the bill presentation of House File
• I represent House District 10B in central Minnesota and am honored to present House File 10 before you
• And so House File 10 is that first step to get us on a path towards fiscal responsibility and to reprioritize

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So we will begin with Senator Wand's bill, Senate File 571.
• Senate File 571 provides some updates to the Uniform Trust Code, and I do have Lauren Baron here, who
• So what we have before you today is Senate File 571, which provides some updates to the Uniform Trust
• Senator Westrom moves Senate File 571, as amended, be recommended to pass and move to the floor.
• Senator Westrom moves Senate File 571, as amended, be recommended to pass and move to the floor.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So this relates to Senate File 3657.
• </c> Senate file 3657. Senate file 3657.
• Senator Rasmussen. amend that into Senate file 4222 in amend that into Senate file 4222 in finance.<01
• </c> Senate file 4222, the first engrossment. Senate file 4222, the first engrossment.
• All those opposed, same sign. file 4222. file 4222.

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• As you all know, we are hearing testimony today on the bill filed by Governor Healey and Lieutenant Governor
• That's why, since we originally filed this bill, we've been working with a group of stakeholders and
• I know this is something that we spent a lot of time between the last filing of this and this filing
• So this act, I'm grateful to the administration for filing it.
• So this act, I'm grateful to the administration for filing it.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing focused on Governor Healey and Lt. Gov. Driscoll’s Municipal Empowerment Act, with administration officials and municipal leaders broadly supporting the bill as a package of tools to help cities and towns manage rising costs, staffing shortages, and service demands. The administration highlighted procurement reforms, including raising Chapter 30B advertising thresholds, clarifying cooperative purchasing, and removing the Commbuys notice requirement; permanent authority to amortize emergency-related deficits over three years; expanded authority and enforcement for removing double poles; continued flexibility for hybrid and remote public meetings; regionalization options such as regional boards of assessors and intermunicipal agreements; cybersecurity reporting to EOTSS; and several local revenue options and other municipal finance changes. They said the bill was shaped by listening sessions with municipal officials and was intended to increase flexibility, efficiency, and stability without imposing broad mandates. Committee members asked about regionalization, cybersecurity costs, Commbuys, hybrid meetings, and double poles. Administration witnesses said cybersecurity reporting would help the state target resources and that existing Community Compact and capital grant programs, including IT and municipal fiber funding, could support local needs; they said EOTSS would absorb reporting within existing resources. On procurement, they said the Commbuys notice change would be optional and that other public notice methods would remain available. On hybrid meetings, they emphasized flexibility for different types of boards and the burdens a one-size-fits-all mandate could create for small towns and volunteer boards. On double poles, they said the bill’s main change from last session was to give utilities more time and improve the removal process while keeping enforcement mechanisms aimed at speeding removal rather than raising revenue. The Massachusetts Municipal Association, MAPC, the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, and multiple mayors and town managers testified in support. They described the bill as a practical modernization measure that would help local governments operate more efficiently and respond to fiscal pressure. Witnesses from Northampton, Lynn, Gardner, Cambridge, Franklin, North Andover, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Ashland praised the hybrid meeting provisions, procurement changes, regional service-sharing, and emergency deficit amortization. Several also urged adoption of local revenue tools, including meals and lodging tax options and other local fees, as ways to preserve services and staffing. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• Okay, well, we have our file item number. Weber Pearson is first.
• So we're going to move to file item number five, SB 1258.
• So we're going to move to file item. on call.
• So we're going to move to file item number five, SB 1258.
• We're going to move to file item number one, SB 958, Weber Pearson.

Committee: Senate Environmental Quality

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• File.
• Now file.
• </c><00:03:31.200><c> File.</c> various boards and commissions.
• File. various boards and commissions. File.
• Now, file. Pharmacy. Now, file.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• So, the next bill is House File 1335. Chair Tapkey, would you like to move your bill?
• Um, I move House File 1335. Um, I'm not sure the proper protocol on this as amended.
• So, Chair Tapkey, uh, we will move House File 1335 as amended to be re-referred to the Ways and Means
• House File 1335 uh enacts a Thank you.
• </c><00:37:04.960><c> 1335</c> House File 1335 House File 1335 as<00:37:06.760><c> amended.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• The chair asked who was present to present Senate File 14.
• </c><00:04:47.840><c> a</c> to speak in support of Senate File 14. a to speak in support of Senate File
• Senate File 14 fixes that problem.
• </c> &gt;&gt; Roll call vote for Senate File 14. &gt;&gt; Roll call vote for Senate File 14.
• Next item is Senate File Appreciate it.

Bills: HB0111 , HB0112 , HB0122

Committee: Senate Appropriations

Keywords: capital construction, state funding, Wyoming, major maintenance, community colleges, task force, legislative services, budget appropriation, unexpended funds, sunset clause, healthcare, rural health, transformation program, funding, incentives, training, access, perpetuity fund, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And on our agenda today is Senate File 2216, Senator Klein. Thank you, Chair and members.
• We heard and went through Senate File 226 with an A6 delete-everything amendment, which was adopted earlier
• to the uh Senate File 2216 as amended?
• Any questions or comments on the Senate File 2216 as amended?
• The motion carries and Senate File No.

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> will need to file it. will need to file it.
• of receipt to file to take exception<04:00:12.560><c> or</c><04:00:12.720><c> file</c><04:00:12.960>
• </c> claim that has been filed against them. claim that has been filed against them.
• </c><04:13:01.600><c> that</c> takes for an employer to file that takes for an employer to file that
• </c> The person files a workers's The person files a workers's compensation<05:02:50.718><c> claim,</

Committee: House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The first bill on our agenda is House File 4588.
• </c> our agenda is House File 4588. our agenda is House File 4588.
• </c> opportunity to testify on House File opportunity to testify on House File 3685.<00:29:50.320><c>
• With that, House File 3685 is laid over. The last bill on our agenda is House File 4577.
• </c> is House File 4577. is House File 4577.

Bills: HF4588 , HF3685 , HF4577 , HF4932

Committee: House Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Keywords: veterans, veterans affairs, mental health, behavioral health, rural health, rural areas, access to care, task force, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, general fund appropriation, veteran suicide prevention, PTSD, service members, military families, telehealth, rural psychiatry, high school diploma, armed forces, education policy, military service

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• Any further discussion on Senate File 2689 as amended?
• </c> Any further discussion on Senate File Any further discussion on Senate File 2689 2689 2689 as<00
• </c><00:36:32.680><c> 4144,</c> Senate File 4144, Senate File 4144, chemical<00:36:34.920><c> irritants
• So, we have Senate File 2533 So, we have Senate File 2533 as amended.
• Any further discussion Senate File 4144 as amended.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The filings dragged on witness lists.
• </c><00:14:29.280><c> and</c> Lost in the flurry of legal filings and Lost in the flurry of legal filings
• </c><00:18:53.480><c> April</c> original petition that was filed April original petition that was filed
• </c><00:59:06.120><c> a</c> or will it be your intention to file a or will it be your intention to file
• </c><01:29:34.120><c> a</c> If she had failed if she had filed a If she had failed if she had filed a

Committee: Senate Rules and Administration - Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• SB 182 was filed at the request of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services and addresses
• </c><00:15:49.800><c> process</c> information as to the filing process information as to the filing process
• When a standard death certificate is filed, once the filing is complete, a burial transit permit is automatically
• generated through our system by updating the fetal death filing process.
• </c> apply to fetal deaths that are filed apply to fetal deaths that are filed electronically<00:18:41.200

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• MRC supports House File 4407 as amended.
• </c><00:14:52.640><c> 4407,</c> support of House File 4407, support of House File 4407, authored<00:14
• </c> So, they are in support of House File So, they are in support of House File 4407, 4407, 4407, and
• </c> House File 4382 before the committee. House File 4382 before the committee.
• While I'm heartened House File 4382.

Bills: HF4407 , HF4382

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: child welfare, African American children, racial disproportionality, family preservation, reunification, foster care, kinship care, relative placement, noncustodial parent, guardian ad litem, ombudsperson, Department of Human Services, county social services, active efforts, reasonable efforts, child protection, placement, out-of-home placement, Northstar kinship assistance, data disaggregation

Transcript Highlights:

• You can't really file a judgment against them effectively.
• You can't really file a judgment against them effectively.
• </c> should be an employer who hasn't filed should be an employer who hasn't filed anything<01:09:37.600
• </c> filings from the Department of Revenue. filings from the Department of Revenue.
• </c><01:30:11.440><c> 3093</c> have a bill it's House File 3093 have a bill it's House File 3093 and<

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee met to discuss worker misclassification, beginning with approval of the March 4, 2026 minutes and a note that a late-posted bill would not be heard at this time. Chair Pinto opened the hearing by framing misclassification as timely and invited Lea Takapu of the Attorney General’s office to explain the issue. Takapu described misclassification as labeling workers as independent contractors when they are really employees, which can deprive workers of minimum wage, overtime, unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, and other protections while also reducing tax revenue. She said the Attorney General’s office and the MEAP partnership have been working on the issue and cited estimates that Minnesota workers lose billions annually and the state loses hundreds of millions to over a billion dollars in revenue, while noting that legitimate independent contracting is not the target. Members questioned how the committee could rely on estimates when the exact number of misclassified workers is unknown. Takapu responded that the figures were based on studies and complaint data, and that underground or undocumented work makes exact counts difficult. Chair Pinto noted the numbers were estimates and referenced a 2024 Legislative Auditor finding that Minnesota lacked an adequate, coordinated approach to proper worker classification, while saying progress had been made since then. Several industry witnesses then testified in support of stronger enforcement. Kevin Pranis of LiUNA said misclassification remains rampant in parts of construction, especially drywall, stucco, thin stone, and broadband installation, and argued it is tax, unemployment insurance, and workers’ compensation fraud that harms law-abiding contractors and taxpayers. Matt Wollers of Braxton and Sons said his company loses bids to competitors that misclassify workers, creating a labor-cost advantage of 30% or more, and asked for meaningful enforcement rather than new legislation, including regular unannounced jobsite visits. Jesse Madison of Purple Tally Productions said misclassification is anti-competition and described examples from live events and entertainment, urging front-end checks on workers’ compensation, unemployment coverage, and W-2 versus 1099 status before work begins. The next testifier, Ben Ballou of the Minnesota Nurses Association, began his remarks as the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• Committee on Rules reports recommending that the following resolutions ought to be adopted: resolutions filed
• Association for its recognition of March 2026 as Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month, and resolutions filed
• The Committee on Rules reports recommending that the order filed by Representatives Domb of Amherst and
• The Committee on Rules reports recommending that the order filed by Representatives Maduro of Boston
• The Committee on Rules, to whom is referred the order filed by Representatives Madero of Boston and Phillips

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House began with committee reports and adopted several resolutions and orders without objection after suspending the rules. These included commendations for the New England Hemophilia Association and congratulations to an Eagle Scout, as well as extensions of reporting deadlines for the Committees on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery and on Revenue. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling also reported a slate of bills for House consideration, including measures designating Fred Korematsu Day, authorizing several named individuals to take firefighter civil service exams or continue public safety employment despite age limits, creating Agent Orange Awareness Day, and addressing housing court jurisdiction. The House then suspended Rule 7A, took second readings on the scheduled bills, and ordered them to a third reading. The chamber also considered House Bill 4643, authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to convey a parcel of land in Stoneham; the emergency preamble was adopted by a recorded division vote, and the bill later passed to be enacted. House Bill 4763, validating the results of a Bourne town election, passed to be engrossed, and House Bill 4962, establishing a sick leave bank for a Department of Correction employee, was amended to add an emergency preamble and then passed to be engrossed as amended. In final actions, House Bill 3898, amending the charter of the town of Natick, passed to be enacted. The House also adopted an order to adjourn until Thursday at 11:00 a.m., and then adjourned to meet in informal session at that time.

Transcript Highlights:

• Committee on Rules reports recommending that the following resolutions ought to be adopted: resolutions filed
• congratulating Judy and Dick Jolin on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary; and resolutions filed
• relative to providing injured-on-duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinalee, was filed
• relative to providing injured-on-duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinalee, was filed
• relative to providing injured-on-duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinalee, was filed

Keywords: 1212, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It unfortunately died in the killing fields that is known as the appropriation suspense file in the Assembly
• These bills are file item 2, SB 999 by Senator Weber Pearson, file item 4, SB 1073 by Senator Smallwood-Quavis
• , and file item 5, SB 881.
• And now we return to file item three, which is SB 1053, property taxation transfer of the base-year value

Committee: Senate Revenue and Taxation

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and heard two main bills before taking several votes. SB 1053 by Senator Nilo would let county boards of supervisors in counties affected by a governor-declared disaster on or after January 1, 2026, extend by up to three years the five-year deadline for transferring a damaged property’s base-year property tax value to replacement property. Nilo argued the measure is needed because recent wildfires and other disasters make rebuilding within five years unrealistic, and members from both parties supported the bill as a common-sense local-control measure for disaster recovery. The committee voted 5-0 to pass SB 1053 to Appropriations. The committee then heard SB 888 by Senator Sayarto, which would exclude VA service-connected disability compensation from household income when determining eligibility for the low-income disabled veterans’ property tax exemption. Sayarto said the current rule can unfairly disqualify disabled veterans by counting their disability benefits as income, creating a catch-22 that can threaten housing stability. Members praised the bill as bipartisan, fair, and helpful to veterans on fixed incomes, and Sayarto accepted committee amendments. The committee voted 5-0 to pass SB 888 as amended to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs. The committee also adopted a consent calendar containing SB 999, SB 1073, and SB 881. After the roll was completed, SB 1053 was confirmed out on a 5-0 vote.