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• does not have levy authority, as mentioned, and this has also caused additional strain on our fund balance
• Also, not having levy authority for capital or Safe Schools has caused additional strain on our fund balance
• We've balanced progress with also preserving the unique character of our city.
• We've balanced progress with also preserving the unique character of our city.

Bills: HF2178 , HF942 , HF2470 , HF1043 , HF1287 , HF1229 , HF1230 , HF424 , HF571 , HF404 , HF910 , HF1055 , HF318 , HF319 , HF401 , HF609 , HF306 , HF1599 , HF1881

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: HF2178, Cohasset, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, public infrastructure, water tower, water infrastructure, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, street reconstruction, municipal infrastructure, Public Facilities Authority, bond proceeds fund, Minnesota bonding, local government aid, utility infrastructure, public works, infrastructure, stormwater

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• Commissioner, I got to be fair and balanced, you know.
• </c><01:24:24.080><c> be</c><01:24:24.239><c> fair</c><01:24:24.400><c> and</c><01:24:24.639><c> balanced
• </c> got to be fair and balanced, you know. got to be fair and balanced, you know.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• resources Minnesota Housing deployed over the last investment, there was quite a bit of regional balance
• investment there was quite a bit of investment there was quite a bit of regional<00:35:40.400><c> balance
• I</c><00:35:42.040><c> mean</c><00:35:42.160><c> we're</c><00:35:42.320><c> hearing</c> regional balance
• um I mean we're hearing regional balance um I mean we're hearing about<00:35:42.920><c> this</c><00:

Bills: HF2148 , HF2693 , HF2542 , HF1141 , HF1770 , HF1489 , HF1709 , HF244 , HF1266 , HF807 , HF2619 , HF1340

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: affordable housing, local control, revolving loan fund, community partnerships, Minnesota housing policy, housing, locally controlled housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, housing infrastructure bonds, state bonds, bonding bill, supportive housing, permanent supportive housing, homelessness, veterans housing, senior housing, manufactured home parks, community land trust, single-family housing, multifamily housing

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• It's to set the base in the out years when we count the budget, you know, in for the fund balance and
• the in the in budget, you know, in for the in the in the<00:58:42.799><c> fund</c><00:58:43.040><c> balance
• </c><00:58:44.079><c> It's</c> the fund balance and everything.
• It's the fund balance and everything.

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But, of course, recognizing the many priorities you all have to balance, I can't say an exact number.
• you</c><00:55:51.359><c> all</c><00:55:51.520><c> have</c><00:55:51.640><c> to</c><00:55:51.760><c> balance
• </c> many priorities you all have to balance many priorities you all have to balance um<00:55:52.839>

Bills: HF44 , HF2102 , HF2279 , HF2280 , HF2281

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF44, Casey Jones State Trail, Pipestone Trailhead, Currie Loop, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, trail rehabilitation, trail reconstruction, recreational trail, bike trail, hiking trail, infrastructure, state trail, Pipestone, Currie, bonding authorization

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• over those federal matches, and so as you kind of think about solutions in your committee on how to balance
• committee<00:06:22.199><c> on</c><00:06:22.400><c> how</c><00:06:22.479><c> to</c><00:06:22.639><c> balance
• </c><00:06:22.919><c> the</c><00:06:23.080><c> budget</c> committee on how to balance the budget committee
• on how to balance the budget along<00:06:24.160><c> with</c><00:06:24.400><c> some</c><00:06:24.919>

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It is used because of its balance between strength and use and its ability to be machine cut.
• c><00:47:44.119><c> because</c><00:47:44.319><c> of</c><00:47:44.480><c> its</c><00:47:44.680><c> balance
• </c> 1.5% it is used because of its balance 1.5% it is used because of its balance between<00:47:45.480

Bills: HF737 , HF247 , HF325 , HF1330

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: lead, cadmium, consumer products, safety regulation, retail restrictions, motor sports, nonoxygenated gasoline, fuel regulations, storage requirements, racing events, HF325, flavored nitrous oxide, nitrous oxide, whippets, laughing gas, retail sales, consumer protection, misdemeanor, commerce, Minnesota Statutes chapter 325F

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• chose to break the law, and to ensure that we take the first step towards ensuring that we have a balanced
• chose to break the law, and to ensure that we take the first step towards ensuring that we have a balanced
• chose to break the law, and to ensure that we take the first step towards ensuring that we have a balanced
• chose to break the law, and to ensure that we take the first step towards ensuring that we have a balanced

Bills: HF10

Committee: House State Government Finance and Policy

Keywords: undocumented immigrants, state funding, MinnesotaCare, scholarship ineligibility, state assistance, 1183, house

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• And, you know, much of the balance of what Mr.
• So can you discuss a little bit the balance between getting it so complex?
• So can you discuss a little bit the balance between getting it so complex?
• So can you discuss a little bit the balance between getting it so complex?

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Currently, as of the latest accounting I have, the account balance stands at $1.2 million.
• Currently, as of the latest accounting I have, the account balance stands at $1.2 million.
• balance stands at $1.2 balance stands at $1.2 million<01:03:24.520><c> and</c><01:03:24.960><c> what<

Bills: HF601 , HF271 , HF1101 , HF979

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: agriculture, depredation compensation, livestock, crop damage, elk, wolves, wildlife management, skills path program, career and technical education, CTE, dual credit, postsecondary options enrollment, apprenticeship, apprenticeship readiness, dual training, work-based learning, career pathways, skilled trades, workforce development, high school to career

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• I think the court has to balance all the concerns you have. We have the same similar concerns.
• </c><01:04:41.480><c> court</c><01:04:41.920><c> has</c><01:04:42.079><c> to</c><01:04:42.240><c> balance
• </c><01:04:43.039><c> we</c><01:04:43.279><c> for</c> think the court has to balance we for think the
• court has to balance we for all<01:04:43.640><c> the</c><01:04:43.760><c> concerns</c><01:04:44.160>

Bills: HF747 , HF360

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: corporate governance, shareholder rights, beneficial ownership, defective corporate acts, Minnesota Business Corporation Act, trusts, Uniform Trust Code, probate, estate planning, trust protector, directed trust, investment trust advisor, distribution trust advisor, excluded fiduciary, decanting, power of appointment, revocable trust, irrevocable trust, uneconomic trust, rule against perpetuities

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• role of the library media specialist, to work with the staff to, um, you know, find a really good balance
• /c><00:58:45.839><c> a</c><00:58:46.160><c> really</c><00:58:46.440><c> good</c><00:58:46.760><c> balance
• </c><00:58:47.599><c> of</c> you know find a really good balance of you know find a really good balance

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So there’s a checks and balances there.
• :22:19.279><c> and</c> fire code um so there's a checks and fire code um so there's a checks and balances
• 22:20.279><c> want</c><00:22:20.400><c> to</c><00:22:20.520><c> see</c><00:22:20.799><c> that</c> balances
• there we want to see that balances there we want to see that paperwork<00:22:21.520><c> submitted</c

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Municipal and County Government subcommittee met on February 19, 2025 to gather additional information on House Bill 432, which concerns recovery houses. The first witness, State Fire Marshal Sean Tumi, said his office had worked with stakeholders for more than a year on the bill’s definition changes and supported the revised definition. He explained that the bill removes vague language such as “safe, healthy, family” and instead relies on fire-code requirements and certification standards, including a primarily non-transient dwelling unit and living as a single household. He distinguished recovery houses from boarding or rooming houses and from other congregate settings such as group homes or transitional housing, saying those other uses do not currently have the same exemptions. Members questioned Tumi about fire safety, inspections, smoke alarms, egress, and whether sprinklers should be required. He said recovery houses are inspected by the fire marshal’s office and local fire departments, with annual inspections under state fire code provisions, and that operators must work with a certifying body. He described the inspection process as checking alarms, extinguishers, heating systems, cooking equipment, street numbers, and no-smoking rules, and said new houses are generally given time to obtain certification. He also said he would prefer sprinklers everywhere but believed mandating them for these existing structures would likely shut down many recovery houses and significantly harm the recovery community. Bill McKenny of the New Hampshire Building Officials Association then testified in support of HB 432. He said recovery housing is an important step after treatment and that the 2024 code changes and the bill help align state law with federal disability law. He emphasized that certification through a recognized organization gives code officials confidence that standards are being monitored, and warned that if a recovery home loses certification it would lose the waiver from sprinkler requirements and could be treated more like a boarding or rooming house. No vote or final action was taken at this meeting.

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• Those three projects, as I recently mentioned in as the others did, is balancing asset preservation and
• </c><01:21:29.239><c> is</c> mentioned in as the others did is mentioned in as the others did is balancing
• <01:21:30.480><c> asset</c><01:21:31.000><c> preservation</c><01:21:32.000><c> and</c> balancing asset
• preservation and balancing asset preservation and replacement<01:21:33.120><c> and</c> replacement and

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• how much that will benefit communities and schools in his district, and he wanted to encourage a balanced
• 31:42.080><c> a</c> district and so um just to encourage a district and so um just to encourage a balanced
• <01:31:42.679><c> approach</c><01:31:43.119><c> that</c><01:31:43.280><c> doesn't</c> balanced approach
• that doesn't balanced approach that doesn't disincentivize<01:31:45.199><c> agriculture</c> disincentivize

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This budget proposal uses nursing homes to balance a budget and puts nursing homes at further risk of
• budget proposal uses nursing<01:03:03.359><c> homes</c><01:03:03.559><c> to</c><01:03:03.680><c> balance
• </c><01:03:03.960><c> a</c><01:03:04.119><c> budget</c><01:03:04.599><c> and</c> nursing homes to balance
• a budget and nursing homes to balance a budget and puts<01:03:04.960><c> nursing</c><01:03:05.319><c

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• But we also have to balance the budget, and you know that that'll be interesting.
• :29:27.920><c> to</c> real out there um but we also have to real out there um but we also have to balance
• <01:29:29.040><c> the</c> balance the balance the budget<01:29:30.880><c> and</c><01:29:31.880><c> um

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• concern about reliability and affordability, but the provisions in this bill are antithetical to that balance
• So I think, again, an unnecessary addition when there are already checks and balances in place to ensure
• So I think, again, an unnecessary addition when there are already checks and balances in place to ensure
• So I think, again, an unnecessary addition when there are already checks and balances in place to ensure

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And there was certainly understanding of the need, but what we really heard is we need to have a balanced
• we need to have what we really heard is we need to have uh<00:52:55.799><c> a</c><00:52:55.960><c> balance
• 57.079><c> to</c><00:52:57.280><c> this</c><00:52:57.440><c> so</c><00:52:57.640><c> that's</c> uh a balance
• approach to this so that's uh a balance approach to this so that's why<00:52:58.079><c> we're</c><00

Bills: HF5

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: tax modification, transportation funding, electric vehicle tax, Social Security subtraction, retail delivery fee, motor vehicle registration, state budget, transportation policy, 1183, house

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• I understand that kind of balance that you mentioned about, you know, which way do you game the system
• this legislation I understand that kind this legislation I understand that kind of<01:00:44.400><c> balance
• <c> you</c><01:00:45.079><c> mentioned</c><01:00:45.440><c> about</c><01:00:45.680><c> you</c> of balance
• that you mentioned about you of balance that you mentioned about you know<01:00:46.039><c> which</c>

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1191, senate, all