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• But part of the master facilities plan is to also add a new dorm.
• But part of the master facilities plan is to also add a new dorm.
• So that's just part of the master facilities plan. Tied to that is the cost of running this place.
• So we talked about the facilities or the master facilities plan. I also mentioned...
• Facilities or the master facilities plan.

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• But part of the master facilities plan is to also add a new dorm.
• But part of the master facilities plan is to also add a new dorm.
• So, okay, so that’s just part of the master facilities plan.
• So we talked about the facilities or the master facilities plan.
• I also mentioned— The facilities or the master facilities plan.

Summary: The committee reconvened at North Dakota State College of Science for a presentation from President Dr. Flanagan and college leaders about NDSCS’s mission, enrollment growth, workforce training, and facilities needs. Flanagan highlighted student success in national competitions, strong placement and retention, growing enrollment, and new or expanding programs in aviation maintenance, fire science, dental hygiene, community health worker training, surgical technology, HVAC/plumbing, and precision agriculture. He also emphasized the college’s partnerships with industry, including John Deere, Fargo Jet Center, Sanford, and Comdel Innovation, and said NDSCS plans to seek approval next session for a revenue bond to build a new dorm and to remodel the library into academic and allied health space. Allied health dean Deb Smith testified that her division is at capacity and needs a simulation center, more lab and classroom space, and expanded dental and OTA facilities to meet demand and accreditation needs. Committee members questioned Flanagan and staff about workforce shortages, especially faculty pay, and whether the college can staff additional growth. Flanagan said the biggest challenge is recruiting instructors because industry pays more, but noted some health care and adjunct hiring is possible because of schedule flexibility and benefits. He also discussed shifting resources away from lower-demand programs like power sports toward higher-demand areas such as automotive and aviation maintenance. Members also asked about the college’s identity as a technical institution, with Flanagan arguing North Dakota would benefit from a more defined tech-school system. The committee then received a University System presentation from Jamie Wilkie on the cost of delivering dual credit. Wilkie explained the methodology used to allocate direct and overhead costs across subsidized and unsubsidized dual credit, noting that dual credit and early entry account for about 5.9% of total credit hours and 2.7% of formula funding. The analysis showed subsidized dual credit tuition revenue of about $5.5 million and unsubsidized revenue of about $2.9 million, with some institutions showing margins and others losses depending on the model. Members discussed whether K-12 funding should also be reflected, how payments to high schools and teachers are structured, and whether tuition-free dual credit would require replacing both tuition revenue and the current dual credit scholarship. No votes were taken; the committee simply received the presentations and discussed the findings.

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• And then finally, the facilities master plan assistance, where we provide funding and assistance to each
• district to make sure they have a current facilities master plan in place.
• broken down into our primary standards-based, systems-based, pre-K, teacher housing, and facility master
• Our facility master plans are also managed, considered a project.
• our staff is assisting New Mexico school districts with as they progress with their 5-year facility master

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• Number of examples there such as our master gardener program, pesticide training program, our New Mexico
• This is really working pretty well for us now that we have more and more master degrees that can be done
• I, I, I don't, maybe I, maybe our current agent doesn't have their masters and they're on that 5-year
• Uh, two things that I would say, uh, masters are a little bit easier to achieve these days because of
• Like you said, they've got to cover everything from master gardeners to 4H education.

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• representative sergeant representative sergeant yes<00:23:30.000> 151<00:23:31.000> and
• Representative Sergeant, thank you, Mr.
• Thank you both for your presentation. speakers Sergeant thank you Mr chair um speakers Sergeant thank
• Ryan Yes representative Sergeant Ryan Yes representative Sergeant yes<06:04:12.080> and<06
• Representative Sergeant: Yes.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee took up several bills in executive session, beginning with HB 568 on subdivision regulations concerning water supply. Representative Donnelly moved ITL, arguing the bill would create costly studies, that towns already have jurisdiction over needed studies, and that the issue was not widespread. The committee voted ITL 9-7. HB 582, dealing with safety requirements for personal watercraft, was also moved ITL on the grounds that existing law already covers the issue and the bill was unnecessary after recent action on personal flotation devices. Representative Derby opposed the ITL, saying the bill was a common-sense safety measure and would restore a misdemeanor penalty, but the committee voted ITL 9-7. The committee then retained HB 595, relative to coastal resilience zones, after members said the bill was important but needed more work and time because of its complexity. Members noted it should be revisited later, and the motion to retain passed 16-0. HB 607, funding the Hampton Beach Area Commission and making appropriations, received an ought-to-pass recommendation 15-1, with support from members who described Hampton Beach as an important economic driver and one dissenting member saying the state should not bear the full cost. The committee also adopted Amendment 2025-3 on HB 624, establishing a local river management advisory committee grant program, by a 16-0 vote; the amendment shifted funding decisions to the Department of Environmental Services based on demonstrated need and a first-come, first-served process. The bill as amended then received an ought-to-pass recommendation 16-0 and was placed on consent. Later, the committee retained HB 629, funding the operation, maintenance, and repair of state dams, after members said the dams need attention but the bill required more work because suggested amendments had just been received. That motion passed 16-0. HB 644, concerning drones in state parks, was ITL’d because the Department of Parks and Recreation is already working through rulemaking on UAS use in remote areas, and the committee voted 16-0 for ITL. HB 657, the short notice booking act access for New Hampshire residents to state parks, was also ITL’d at the request of the prime sponsor, passing 16-0. The committee then adjourned and announced a later hearing on HB 663, which would allow the Division of Historical Resources to use a portion of Moose plate funds for administering its grant program; testimony from the sponsor and the division supported the bill as clarifying existing authority, and no final vote on HB 663 was included in the transcript excerpt.

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• because they pretty much have mastered because they pretty much have mastered the<00:43:50.400><
• teachers and the Educators both master teachers and the Educators both the<01:19:50.520> teacher<
• Mentor teacher they're pretty master Mentor teacher they're pretty much<01:31:06.520> by<01:31
• <01:42:07.840> Mentor partnering them with a a master Mentor partnering them with a a master
• Again, we still need to partner them with a journeyman or a master teacher who is qualified and who's

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• I want to introduce y'all to First Sergeant Jeff Osterdock, my brother, my friend, and before I forget
• I remember one of his stories when he told me one of his drill sergeants killed a deer when he was in
• Whereas Sergeant First Class Jeff Osterdock has been married to Karen Osterdock for...
• Sergeant First Class Jeff Osterdock has been married to Karen Osterdock for 35 years, and they have three
• Sergeant Osterdock, would you do us the favor of leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance? Thank you.

Keywords: 914, all

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• If you need further accommodation, please communicate with the sergeant staff.
• Thank you to our sergeant staff who are present for helping maintain decorum in the committee hearing
• For our next standing agenda item, I will give the Senate and House Sergeant-at-Arms the opportunity
• <00:04:25.120> the<00:04:25.360> opportunity<00:04:25.680> to Sergeant-at-Arms the
• opportunity to Sergeant-at-Arms the opportunity to provide<00:04:26.320> any<00:04:26.720>

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Advisory Committee on Capitol Area Security met on January 13, 2026, adopted the January 7 minutes, and reviewed the committee’s work on the annual AAST/ACAS security report. The chair emphasized that the committee’s purpose is advisory only, but that its recommendations could guide the governor and legislature on improving security at the Minnesota Capitol complex. She also highlighted prior testimony about security practices in other states and said the committee’s report would likely recommend stronger screening and weapon-ban policies as part of a broader effort to prevent violence in public government spaces. Department of Public Safety advisers reported that they are still reviewing the report in detail and determining internal next steps. They also said quarterly security meetings with building tenants have been held and that internal and external tabletop exercises with law enforcement and other security partners are scheduled for the end of January. The Senate Sergeant-at-Arms gave a brief update on operational security changes, including hiring additional staff with security experience, weekly security meetings with DFL and GOP chiefs of staff, installation of two security kiosks, rollout of encrypted keycard ID badges, updated emergency procedure QR-code stickers, and implementation of the State Patrol’s threat matrix and reporting protocol. The Senate also said it is continuing joint training with the House and LCC. The committee then moved into a closed session under Minnesota Statute 13D.05, subdivision 3D, to discuss sensitive security details and non-public findings from the capital security assessment. The chair stated that the closed session would cover confidential vulnerabilities and operational information, and that the committee would later reconvene in public to vote on whether certain provisions from the public executive summary should be included as recommendations in the final report.

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• The sergeant in arms may carry a firearm when necessary for the proper discharge of his or her duties
• , The sergeant in arms may carry a firearm when necessary for the proper discharge of his or her duties
• The sergeant in arms may employ additional staff to assist in the performance of the duty.
• The sergeant in arms and any such additional employees shall maintain a valid police officer's license
• Our sergeant in arms and his staff must retain and renew those to stay employed with the House security

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Oh, God, master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children.
• Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children.
• You are still the master of land and sea.

Bills: HB410, HR310, HR314, HR316, HR317, HR321, HR275, HR276, HR279, HR282, HR286, HR289, HR292, HR295, HR302, HR319, HR307, HR273, SCR59, SCR61, SCR62, SCR68, SCR69, SCR70, SCR54, SCR55, SCR64, SCR75, HCR32, HB776, HB42, HB119, HB159, HB302, HB1017, HB1028, SB217, SB283, HB953, SB208, HR74, HB998, HB901, HR20, HCR65, HCR71, HCR98, HB284, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB625, HB646, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1191, HB1240, HB1255, SB82, SB89, SB97, SB123, SB237, HB36, HB74, HB75, HB258, HB259, HB414, HB459, HB784, HB848, HB956, HB1095, HB1220, HB1252, SB469, SB479

Keywords: recording, privacy, notification, direct conversation, law enforcement, first responder, penalties, oil and gas, orphan wells, inactive wells, shut-in wells, marginal wells, plugging and abandonment, well decommissioning, site remediation, site restoration, Oilfield Site Restoration, OSR program, financial security, bonding

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, the pledge, and a national anthem performance, then moved through several personal privileges and recognitions. Members welcomed a student cancer survivor and entrepreneur, Bella of Brave Bella Bead Company, and also recognized a new legislative assistant, a page leaving for college, and a resolution honoring National Mississippi River Day. The chamber also received conference committee reports and enrollment reports, and returned some previously failed measures to the calendar, including H.R. 119 and H.B. 410. The main floor action centered on a series of Senate concurrent resolutions, most of which were adopted overwhelmingly. These included SCR 59 on re-evaluating flood maps and insurance rates tied to the Comite River Diversion Canal, SCR 61 urging higher reimbursement for behavioral health crisis centers, SCR 62 calling for review of school-zone safety and speed limits, SCR 68 creating a blockchain and digital innovation task force, SCR 69 encouraging continued research to reduce sugarcane burning, SCR 70 supporting the Major Richard Star Act for medically retired combat-wounded veterans, SCR 54 supporting the Mississippi River Basin Fishery Commission Act, SCR 55 designating the Peggy Martin Rose as the official state rose, SCR 64 creating a construction manager-at-risk task force, SCR 75 studying a Louisiana maneuvers museum and trail, and SCR 80 creating a task force on the minimum foundation program and long-term teacher pay funding. Most passed with little or no opposition, with SCR 84 on earthquake seismic activity in several parishes amended to adjust task force membership before final adoption. The House also heard a personal privilege statement honoring the late Ponder P.C. Clinton Jr., a noted Black farmer, cattleman, and community leader in Shreveport’s Cedar Grove neighborhood, and expressed condolences to his family. Later, members received a hurricane-season reminder from Rep. Jay Galle about disaster response procedures and the need to work through parish emergency offices. The transcript ends as the House moves into additional concurrent resolutions returned from the Senate with amendments.

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• just says that you can take those easements and move them to what you need to do to fulfill your master
• We're not trying to take people's land away; we're just trying to implement a master plan at a facility
• This way, you can implement a master plan and not be delayed in the progress.

Bills: SB185, SB194, SB72

Keywords: veterinary medicine, veterinarian-client-patient relationship, prescription refills, animal care, regulatory compliance, agriculture authority, eminent domain, property rights, tax exemption, agriculture center, medical cannabis, cannabis license, integrated facility license, Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, AMCC, medical marijuana, dispensary, cultivation, processing, license appeal

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• It's using master tobacco settlement agreement funding.
• It's using master tobacco settlement agreement funding.
• It's using master tobacco settlement agreement funding.
• It's using master tobacco settlement agreement funding.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• He completed a Master of Arts in East Asian studies at Yale University in 1993.
• He completed a masterers<00:12:30.320> of<00:12:30.480> arts<00:12:30.800> in<00
• :12:31.040> East<00:12:31.279> Asian<00:12:31.680> studies masterers of arts in
• East Asian studies masterers of arts in East Asian studies at<00:12:32.320> Yale<00:12:32.720>

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• I've opposed the nominees to this department's leadership for years now because the department's master
• for years now because<00:03:09.360> the<00:03:09.599> department's<00:03:10.080> master
• <00:03:10.480> plan<00:03:10.879> for because the department's master plan for because
• the department's master plan for the<00:03:11.280> development<00:03:11.599> of<00:03:

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• There is one master lease for the property. It was executed in 1975.
• Those are all in amendments to the original master lease, and the years those were amended were 1992,
• question is whether we are following the rule, I believe we're following the rule in the sense that the master
• And every amendment that has been made since also is an amendment to that master lease, which provides

Summary: The Joint Administrative Procedures Committee reviewed several agency rules and objections under Chapter 120. First, the committee revisited prior objections to Agency for Health Care Administration rules containing sunset provisions. AHCA’s general counsel said the agency amended 26 of the objected rules but declined to amend five others, arguing sunset provisions are lawful, are not themselves rules, and were consistent with a 2019 gubernatorial directive. Committee members questioned that position, especially for licensing and certificate-of-need rules, and urged the agency to consider legislative changes; no formal action was taken on that item during the discussion. The committee then considered an objection to Department of Management Services Rule 60G-1.001 defining the Governor’s Mansion grounds. Committee staff argued the rule is vague and improperly refers to future land acquisitions without updating the rule since 1998. DMS defended the rule as a general definition tied to publicly recorded property and a master lease, but said it would not object if the Legislature chose to codify the definition in statute. After discussion, the committee voted to file the objection. Members also received informational updates from the Department of Environmental Protection on the Solaris state lands inventory system, and from the Florida Gaming Control Commission on its response to the Tampa Bay Downs unadopted-rule litigation, in which the commission said it has stopped relying on the prior tax interpretation and will not promulgate a rule on that issue. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation said it would remove an unsupported cigar wholesale dealer permit reference, repeal an obsolete excise-tax deduction rule, and amend penalty guidelines and an affirmation in its alcohol, beverage, and tobacco rules. Finally, the Division of Administrative Hearings’ interim director discussed case-processing times, possible changes to ALJ status, and whether the Florida Rules of Evidence should apply in administrative proceedings, emphasizing the need to weigh costs, independence, and impacts on pro se litigants. The chair noted this was likely the committee’s final meeting of the year.

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• place to bring future customers, and a training ground for the next generation of workforce that masters
• generation of ground for the next generation of Workforce<00:10:36.440> that<00:10:36.639> Masters
• ><00:10:37.519> Cutting<00:10:37.880> Edge<00:10:38.399> HVAC Workforce that Masters
• Cutting Edge HVAC Workforce that Masters Cutting Edge HVAC technology<00:10:40.240> we're<00:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• What is the master list of positions? Who owns it?
• I think the master is the law.
• master? master?
• question is which is the master list? question is which is the master list?
• I think the master is the is statement. I think the master is the is the<01:59:40.320> law.

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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• I'd like to now turn to my expert, Albuquerque Police Department Sergeant James Burton.
• Again, my name is Sergeant James Burton.
• I am the sergeant of the fatal crash unit in the Albuquerque Police Department.
• Could you explain again, Sergeant Burton, the difference between careless and reckless?
• Chairman and, and Sergeant.

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• And whereas This roll of honor includes US Army Staff Sergeant Felix A.
• that the 89th legislature of the state of Texas hereby pay tribute to the lives of US Army Staff Sergeant
• Including United States Army Staff Sergeant Felix Berrios of Houston. He joined the army in 2009.
• His family said Staff Sergeant Berrios spent every spare moment that he had with his 10 year old son
• Staff Sergeant Felix A. Berrios, United States Army. Special Warfare operator, 2nd Class, Nathan G.

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• bill does is it increases the pay rate for state-activated National Guard members to the E-5, or sergeant
• state active duty orders to respond to an emergency like a flood, you would be paid as if you were a sergeant
• flood, you would be paid as if you<00:02:33.400> were<00:02:33.560> a<00:02:33.640> sergeant
• /c><00:02:34.760> Now,<00:02:34.920> members,<00:02:35.720> this you were a sergeant
• Now, members, this you were a sergeant.

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Summary: The House took up Senate File 4807, a bill relating to state government and veterans of the secret war in Laos, but the discussion focused on a House amendment that replaced the Senate language. Representative Olson explained that the amendment would tie Minnesota National Guard state active duty pay to the E-5, or sergeant, rate, rather than the current minimum pay structure, which he said can leave lower-ranked members earning about $15 an hour during emergency activations. He argued the change would better compensate Guard members who leave civilian jobs to serve and said it would mirror federal pay adjustments without affecting the Department of Military Affairs budget except when the Guard is activated. The amendment was adopted after brief discussion. On third reading of the bill as amended, Olson urged support, describing the Minnesota National Guard as highly trained and deserving of recognition for its service and sacrifice. No opposition was recorded. The House then took the roll call vote and passed Senate File 4807 as amended by a vote of 133-0. The title was agreed to.