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• informational package, I don't seem to find any fund request for the future plan for water storage facilities
• advocated for, like the farmer program, very effective, FIP, manure management, and others, I have a large ag
• At our United Way in the Sacramento region, 211 directs hundreds of families every year to our facility

Summary: The subcommittee heard an overview of the May Revision from the Department of Finance and the Legislative Analyst’s Office, focused on resources, environmental protection, energy, and related budget issues. Finance said the May Revision keeps the budget balanced in 2026-27 and 2027-28, narrows the structural deficit, and proposes major investments in natural resources, including Proposition 4 bond funding for the Golden Gate Fields acquisition, wildlife refuge and wetland projects, Fort Ord Dunes campground operations, Healthy Rivers and Landscapes, wildfire-human coexistence, and beverage container recycling. The LAO praised stronger-than-expected revenues but argued the state still has a structural deficit and is relying too heavily on reserves, recommending more reserve deposits and fewer new discretionary expenditures. Members questioned several proposals, especially the Golden Gate Fields purchase and the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program. Agency officials said the Golden Gate Fields site is a time-limited opportunity, would be remediated by the current owner, transferred to East Bay Regional Park District after closing, and restricted to park/open-space uses rather than commercial development. On Healthy Rivers and Landscapes, Finance and the Natural Resources Agency said the $25 million request would help launch year one of the program, support scientific monitoring, and maintain commitments to environmental flows and habitat restoration; the LAO said the request was premature because the Bay-Delta plan has not yet been formally adopted and the state’s total funding commitment remains unclear. Officials also discussed water storage, subsidence, and the need for ongoing investments in aquifer recharge, aqueduct repairs, and recycling. The committee also reviewed a proposed $1 million shift for the Coexisting with Wildlife Initiative. Fish and Wildlife and the Cattlemen’s Association said the money would support limited-term staffing, deterrence tools, and livestock-loss compensation, while acknowledging the amount is modest compared with the need. Members emphasized the growing human-wildlife conflict problem and the importance of nonlethal deterrence and public education. The discussion then turned to greenhouse gas reduction fund revenues and transit; members warned that lower auction revenues and possible CARB rule changes could leave little or nothing for Tier 3 programs such as transit, clean water, and air-quality programs. Finance and the LAO said the Legislature should plan for multiple revenue scenarios and consider whether the existing cap-and-invest spending framework still matches current revenue expectations and priorities.

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• that the draft would include analysis of fiscal impacts, including the cost of personnel, court facilities
• So I know it says court facilities. Typically, those are a county cost.
• I'm just going to say real quick, one of the things that it would address, there's no age where a child

Committee: Joint Child Custody Review Task Force

Keywords: 908, all

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• residents whose taxpayer dollars go toward the upkeep and maintenance of those public and municipal facilities
• Major post-production editorial facilities, including scoring stages operated by Sony, Fox, Warner Brothers
• California and simply buys and sells tickets for events taking place in California online, would the AG

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on youth health, sports, and entertainment access. AB 1626 would require mental health training for youth sports coaches and create a model training for recreational and club coaches; supporters said coaches are often the first adults to notice mental health struggles, and the bill passed 6-0 to the Assembly Education Committee. AB 1884, as amended, would allow school districts that already use athletic drug-testing programs to add nicotine testing, with safeguards limiting disclosure and removing earlier punitive provisions; supporters framed it as a response to youth vaping, while opponents warned it could stigmatize students, discourage participation in extracurriculars, and burden schools. The bill passed 3-2 to the Assembly Education Committee, with some members still expressing reservations but supporting it after amendments. AB 2503 addressed heat guidelines for desert school athletics, seeking flexibility in wet-bulb temperature rules so practices and games would not be pushed so heavily into evening hours. The author and a desert athletic trainer argued current standards do not reflect local acclimatization and create scheduling burdens; the bill passed 5-0 to the Assembly Education Committee. AB 1954, the PAR Act, would require third-party golf reservation platforms to have written authorization from municipal golf course operators before listing or reselling tee times, aimed at stopping inflated resale of public golf reservations. Supporters from city and golf organizations said the bill would protect affordable access to public courses; it passed 5-0 to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. The committee also heard AB 2319, which would create a standalone California post-production tax credit to keep editorial, sound, visual effects, and finishing work in-state even when principal photography occurs elsewhere. Labor and industry witnesses said California is losing post-production jobs to other jurisdictions and urged the bill be amended to include stronger labor standards; the bill passed to the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee. Finally, AB 1720, the California Fans First Act, would cap resale prices for concert and live entertainment tickets at no more than 10% above face value, excluding sporting events and certain season-ticket arrangements. The author argued the bill would curb scalping and make live events more affordable for fans.

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• Most contract with a facility many miles away.
• for failing to appear in a municipal court must be taken away from patrol to deliver someone to a facility
• There's certain types of visas that the new administration is kind of limiting it to some ag workers

Committee: House Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 1087 from Senator Joe Nicola, which would update limited driving privileges and create a process to suspend licenses after repeated failures to appear or pay for minor moving traffic violations. Nicola said the bill was intended to improve public safety and municipal court compliance without restoring the pre-2015 system of fines and fees. Supporters, including officials from Independence, O’Fallon, and the Missouri Municipal League, argued that municipal court reform had sharply reduced citations and increased failure-to-appear rates, leaving courts with too little leverage to ensure compliance and creating safety problems for repeat offenders. They said the bill would preserve discretion, protect work and basic travel needs, and help law enforcement and courts address chronic noncompliance. Opponents, including the State Public Advocate, argued the bill would restore a cash-cow system, burden low-income residents, and create harsh consequences for missed notices or address problems. The hearing closed without a vote on SB 1087. The committee then moved into executive session and reconsidered House Bill 2288, ultimately voting to reconsider and then voting the bill due pass by a 10-5 margin. The committee also adopted a substitute and passed House Bill 3006 due pass by 13-1, passed House Bill 2289 due pass by 10-3 with one present, and passed House Bill 2906 due pass by 13-1 after adopting an amendment and rolling it into a substitute. Members discussed procedural issues about quorum and the reconsideration motion during the HB 2288 vote. Later, the committee heard House Bill 3491 from Representative Don Mayhew, which would codify English-language proficiency requirements for commercial driver’s license holders and impose penalties on drivers and motor carriers when those requirements are violated. Mayhew and a Lincoln County prosecutor described a recent Highway 61 incident involving a Minnesota CDL holder who could not communicate in English, could not identify his location, and was taken out of service after a Highway Patrol proficiency test. Supporters said the bill would mirror federal rules in state statute, improve safety, and hold both drivers and carriers accountable. Some members questioned whether the bill was redundant with federal law, whether it would be enforceable before an accident, and whether the language was too broad, especially the phrase about conversing with the general public. The prosecutor said the current tools are mostly reactive and that the bill would help remove dangerous drivers and penalize carriers, but no final action was taken on HB 3491 in the portion provided.

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• Most contract with a facility many miles away.
• for failing to appear in a municipal court must be taken away from patrol to deliver someone to a facility
• There are certain types of visas that the new administration is kind of limiting, to some ag workers

Committee: House Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• reinforcement that a sealed background for somebody that came out of child services and was released at the age
• and Ferrary, an act making an appropriation to the Health Care Authority to encourage health care facilities
• information with the state's designated health information exchange and to provide for those health care facilities

Bills: HM3 , HM11 , HM14 , HM15 , HM18 , HM21 , HB10 , HB11 , HB12 , HB13 , HB14 , HB31 , HB50

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• Additionally, our department has the following type three age divisions.
• licensees, which is actively used by health care providers at our hospitals, clinics, and medical facilities
• the services that support the entire agency in the areas of accounting, budget, communications, facilities

Committee: House Budget

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• We have a lot of physicians that are just getting to that age where they're retiring.
• , specifically the last one to 26 for the health and safety services surveys for long-term care facilities
• inquisitorial authority, and that includes the power to examine and inspect all properties, equipment, facilities

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The meeting focused first on a legislative working group report created under House Bill 368 from the prior session on medical education in Idaho. The presenter described Idaho’s physician shortage, noting the state ranks 50th per capita in physicians and would need roughly 1,400 additional physicians to reach the national average. The group’s unanimous recommendations included maintaining current state-supported medical school seats, adding 10 new non-WAMI seats this year, expanding graduate medical education by 15 seats, prioritizing in-state training, and creating a dedicated health education coordination role to manage undergraduate and graduate placements, clinical sites, and data. Members discussed whether WAMI should also expand, the quality of WAMI graduates, the need for more clinical preceptors and residency sites, rural recruitment incentives, and whether the plan should include other health professions such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants. The presenter said the plan includes benchmarks and timelines, and estimated costs of about $350,000 for coordination, $350,000 to $485,000 for 10 new UME seats depending on placement, and $900,000 for the GME request. The committee then heard from Legislative Audit Division Manager April Renfro on the state’s 2024 single audit and related accountability work. She reported $5.4 billion in federal assistance audited, 21 major federal programs across 15 agencies, 45 findings, seven repeat findings, $2.4 million in known questioned costs, and $2 million in projected questioned costs. Major issues were concentrated at the Department of Health and Welfare, including Medicaid findings involving delayed health and safety surveys, managed care provider eligibility and roster controls, and capitation payments tied to ineligible members; Child Care and Development Fund reporting and cost-allocation errors; and repeat issues in vocational rehabilitation and low-income home energy programs. She also noted Department of Environmental Quality problems with indirect cost proposals and a duplicate grant draw, while Transportation had no findings. Members asked about accountability for repeat findings, the role of Luma in reporting errors, fraud detection, and how to prioritize corrective action; Renfro said agencies, federal management decisions, and legislative oversight all play a role, and she planned to send a prioritized list of key findings to the co-chairs. A later presentation by budget analyst Brooke Dupree introduced front-end reports in the legislative budget book, explaining state government structure, the constitutional limit of 20 executive departments, and how the Legislature uses decision units to build appropriations. She walked through the original appropriation, reappropriations, supplemental appropriations, and how those pieces roll into the current-year total appropriation, with members asking brief questions about departmental divisions and the budget model.

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• First up is Senate Bill 24, allowing students under the age of 21 to taste wine in educational settings
• We know that Best Care has closed, which was doing a number of the inter-facility transfers.
• as I've listened to the testimony, it began to occur to me in some ways we moved to provide some facility

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up several liquor-related bills. Senate Bill 24, allowing students under 21 to taste wine in educational settings, drew no opposition or amendment and was reported out 6-0. Senate Bill 79, authorizing self-pour automated systems under the liquor commission, also faced no opposition and was voted ought to pass 6-0. Senate Bill 80, shifting licensing, auditing, and enforcement for wholesale and retail e-cigarette sales to the liquor commission, prompted discussion about whether the change would add cost; members heard that the liquor commission already handles similar enforcement and that the change was meant to address nonreporting. It was voted ought to pass 6-0. The committee then discussed Senate Bill 87, concerning alcohol service in salons, barbershops, and spas. Members and staff focused on how to limit the amount served, whether to require recordkeeping, and privacy concerns about tracking what patrons drank. The discussion settled on removing references to alcohol type and quantity and keeping only patron records, with the understanding that the agency would set the details by rule. The bill was not formally amended at the meeting, but members agreed an amendment would be drafted for the following week; the bill itself was reported ought to pass with that amendment to be determined. Finally, the committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 245, the EMS No Surprises Act and System Stabilization Act. The sponsor, Senator Suprena, said the bill would prohibit balance billing for emergency ambulance calls and unscheduled transfers, while setting reimbursement at either locally set public rates or 325% of Medicare. She explained that the proposal was based on national work on ground ambulance billing and was intended to stabilize struggling EMS providers. Committee members sought clarification that the bill did not eliminate balance billing for non-emergency transfers, and the sponsor confirmed it did not. A second witness, Jerry Stringham, testified in support, citing his reimbursement background.

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• around the Jackson Public Health System to become one of the largest and now world-class health facility
• because they're now going to be living on a fixed income, and they don't want to continue to work at the age
• Senate Bill 270, which was to provide a property tax exemption for seniors who are 65 years of age and
• Property tax relief can help seniors age in place, help families build generational wealth, and provide

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• around the Jackson Public Health System to become one of the largest and now world-class health facilities
• because they're now going to be living on a fixed income and they don't want to continue to work at the age
• filed Senate Bill 270, which was to provide a property tax exemption for seniors who are 65 years of age
• Property tax relief can help seniors age in place, help families build generational wealth, and provide

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• You would take the racial data, you would take the Black voting-age population, you would do the kinds
• have no record before us setting forth a functional analysis of statistical evidence such as voting age
• going to take a five-minute break so those of us who have been sitting here patiently could use facilities
• going to speak, but seeing everybody up here, how this has motivated people, it's transcended races, ages

Committee: Senate Rules

Summary: The Committee on Rules met with a quorum and heard a Governor’s Office presentation on a proposed congressional reapportionment map. The governor’s counsel argued that mid-cycle congressional redistricting is legally permissible, that race should not be considered at all in drawing districts, and that the Florida Fair Districts provisions are inconsistent with federal equal protection law and should be treated as non-severable. The presentation also discussed the pending U.S. Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais and the Florida Supreme Court’s Black Voters Matter decision as part of the legal rationale for the map. Jason Parada, who said he drew the map alone, described the map as based on 2020 census block data, with county-level population estimates used only as a guide to identify faster-growing areas. He said the plan keeps 48 counties and 382 municipalities whole, has compactness scores similar to the current benchmark map, and uses traditional geographic and political boundaries such as roads, railways, county lines, and municipal lines. He walked through regional changes, emphasizing a race-neutral redesign that significantly altered South Florida, including changes to districts in Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and the Everglades, while leaving several northern districts largely unchanged. Members questioned the witnesses extensively about the legal theory, the use of partisan data, the role of race, population growth, and the timing and review of the map. The witnesses said partisan data was considered along with other traditional redistricting criteria, but race was not used. They also said they could not speak to who else reviewed the map beyond EOG staff and counsel. Several senators raised concerns about the map’s compactness, county and city splits, the apparent partisan effects, and the fact that the map was released shortly before the special session. No vote or final action on the map was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• out how these maps were performed, you would take the racial data, you would take the Black voting-age
• have no record before us setting forth a functional analysis of statistical evidence such as voting age
• going to take a five-minute break so those of us who have been sitting here patiently could use facilities
• going to speak, but seeing everybody up here, how this has motivated people, it's transcended races, ages

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Mindach Farmers Cooperative is a grower-owned sugar beet processing facility located at the southern
• 00:05:12.400><c> processing</c> growerowned sugarbeat processing growerowned sugarbeat processing facility
• located at the southern end of facility located at the southern end of the<00:05:14.720><c> Red</c><
• These piles are not only at our processing facility.
• Uh we have seven different facility.

Bills: HF3553 , HF3513 , HF3576

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: vehicle platooning, transportation, public safety, pilot project, Wilkin County, Grant County, autonomous vehicles, transportation regulations, driverless cars, safety standards, first responder interaction, school bus, third-party testing, driver certification, transportation regulation, 1183, house

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• They have to open up access to whatever facilities they install using BEAD to any competitors.
• </c> access access to whatever facilities access access to whatever facilities they<00:36:29.560><c>
• Whether an individual facility complies with the relevant statutes and rules will be determined on a
• Whether an individual facility complies with the relevant statutes and rules will be determined on a
• Chair, from 2017 through 2021 I chaired the ag, housing, rural development policy committee.

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And these classes are meant for ages 12 through 18.
• And these classes are meant for ages 12 through 18.
• And these classes are meant for ages 12 through 18.
• These classes are meant for ages 12 through 18.
• </c> that we're getting in this day and age that we're getting in this day and age when<00:43:22.240>

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It's an age 55 and older condominium.
• age age 55<00:42:45.880><c> year</c><00:42:46.280><c> older</c><00:42:47.000><c> and</c><00:42:47.200
• I live in an age 55 and older community.
• </c><01:33:13.800><c> grieved</c> appeals process a um an AG grieved appeals process a um an AG grieved
• </c> housing if one person decided I'm an AG housing if one person decided I'm an AG grieved<01:34:52.040

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Senate Bill 423, Research Facilities and Testing Facilities that use animals, Prohibitions and Adoption
• Senate Bill 654, State Police Retirement System, mandatory retirement age alteration.
• Senate Bill 448, Carroll County public facilities bond. declared passed.
• Senate Bill 448, Carroll<01:09:58.960><c> County</c><01:09:59.320><c> public</c><01:09:59.680><c> facilities
• </c> Carroll County public facilities bond. Carroll County public facilities bond.

Keywords: House streaming session for Monday, April 13, 2026, 957, house, all

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• Creating Windhill Farm, the estate, the short-term rental, and the equine facility has been a lifeline
• has been a lifeline for her facility has been a lifeline for her family<01:41:14.880><c> created</c>
• We just called it by a different name because we have a very rapidly aging populace.
• Unfortunately, techniques to direct runoff to stormwater treatment facilities is not enough.
• and operators that are by law facilities and operators that are by law to<04:10:41.840><c> be</c><04

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• :24:53.520><c> uh</c><01:24:54.480><c> long-term</c><01:24:55.040><c> care</c><01:24:55.280><c> facilities
• ,</c> Minnesota uh long-term care facilities, Minnesota uh long-term care facilities, i.e.<01:24:56.320
• year-over-year because it always does, but our obligations also increase year-over-year as more people age
• year-over-year because it always does, but our obligations also increase year-over-year as more people age
• year-over-year because it always does, but our obligations also increase year-over-year as more people age

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Rules and Administration Select Subcommittee on Federal Impacts on Minnesotans and Economic Stability met on February 20, 2026, to hear from Minnesota Management and Budget State Budget Director Anna Mingi about federal funding changes affecting the state budget. Before testimony began, Senator Rasmusson objected to a draft committee report that had been prepared in advance of the hearing, arguing it was inappropriate to summarize testimony before it occurred. The chair responded that nonpartisan staff had prepared the draft from Mingi’s submitted presentation and could revise it after the hearing if needed. Director Mingi explained that federal dollars make up more than one-third of state spending and support about 650 federal awards totaling over $23 billion this year, with more than $15 billion supporting state entitlement programs. She said the federal funding environment had changed significantly since January 2025 through executive orders, pauses, terminations, new grant conditions, delayed awards, and the July 2025 passage of H.R. 1, the federal reconciliation bill. Her main focus was H.R. 1’s effects on health care and food assistance, including work requirements for some adults, changes to eligibility for legal non-citizens, limits on retroactive Medicaid coverage and directed payments, new limits on provider taxes, and SNAP changes that shift some benefit and administrative costs to the state and counties. She estimated H.R. 1 would reduce federal funds to state-administered programs by about $327 million in the current biennium and $1.6 billion in the next, with additional costs to hospitals, counties, and other partners beyond the budget horizon. Members asked follow-up questions about whether the estimates were relative to the forecast and whether federal Medicaid funding would still rise over time. Mingi said the estimates were based on the November forecast baseline and that Medicaid federal dollars would likely continue growing overall, though the law still creates significant losses relative to prior projections. Senator Rasmusson emphasized that point in remarks to the committee. The discussion then shifted to federal grant pauses and cancellations: MMB’s tracker showed about six awards on hold totaling roughly $491 million, 13 confirmed cancellations across areas including clean energy, education, food assistance, and public health, and additional threatened or litigated cuts not included in those totals. Mingi identified two canceled violence-prevention-related grants, including a FEMA public safety grant and a justice reinvestment grant, and noted that CDC had recently moved to cancel or seek cancellation of several Minnesota public health grants, including a $65 million public health infrastructure award.