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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Review of the Minnesota Senate’s 2026 Session | Senator Mark Johnson May 22nd, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There were several big bipartisan wins this session, particularly the creation of the independent office
- Not only was that bipartisan, but it was one of your caucus's high-priority items this session, which
- So, tell me more about that. >> Yeah, so the OIG bill that passed was a bipartisan win both in the House
- these bipartisan wins mean for your caucus. caucus. caucus.
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bills There were successful bipartisan bills There were successful bipartisan bills as
Summary:
The interview reviewed the Minnesota Senate session with a focus on bipartisan accomplishments and the challenges of a divided chamber. The senator highlighted the creation of an independent Office of the Inspector General as a major fraud-fighting win, along with the “Take It Back Act,” which would require fraudsters to forfeit 100% of stolen proceeds. He said lawmakers also refined fraud-response measures so legitimate service providers, including those serving Minnesotans with disabilities, would not be unnecessarily cut off while investigations proceed.
Another bipartisan measure discussed was a consumer protection bill for homeowners associations and common interest communities, intended to give property owners more protection against overzealous enforcement while preserving community rules. The senator said these bills reflected growing working relationships across the aisle and noted the importance of trust-building, especially with many retirements ahead in the Senate.
The conversation also covered affordability and tax relief. The senator said the caucus helped secure a one-year reduction in vehicle tab fees, worth about $254 million to taxpayers, alongside a $1.2 billion bonding bill, and also backed other tax relief items such as pass-through entity tax changes, Section 179-related business tax relief, and property tax relief. He said these were negotiated at the end of session and did not reduce funding for roads and bridges.
On contentious issues like gun violence prevention and immigration enforcement, he said some broad packages contained useful bipartisan elements but were derailed by controversial provisions and party-line politics. He described the session overall as “50/50,” saying Republicans wanted more emphasis on taxpayers, education, public safety, and economic growth, and argued that Minnesota’s education performance needs urgent improvement. He closed by stressing that the main lesson of the session was the value of relationships and service, and he encouraged incoming senators to focus on constituents rather than themselves.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Press Conference 5/6/25
Transcript Highlights:
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process still maintained the bipartisan process still maintained the bipartisan - really tried hard to keep it bipartisan really tried hard to keep it bipartisan because<00:14:25.120
- Um, it sounds like bipartisan support to rid of them.
- As you saw, both letters were bipartisan.
Summary:
House Fraud and State Agency Oversight Chair Kristen Robbins and Vice Chair Patti Anderson reviewed the committee’s first session, saying its work focused on exposing fraud, identifying gaps in statute and agency tools, and creating a public whistleblower portal (mnfraud.com). Robbins said the committee helped drive bipartisan opposition to legislatively named grants/earmarks, and that committee testimony from agencies, the Office of Legislative Auditor, and the Office of Grants Management led to late-session committee bills on issues such as a state kickback statute and required grants-management training. She also said the portal received 530 submissions in its first week, which the committee will review over the interim.
Members emphasized the need for stronger statewide oversight of grants and fraud prevention. Anderson said existing agency inspector general structures have not worked well and described a bipartisan effort to create a statewide Office of Inspector General with full investigatory authority. Robbins said the Senate version was moving through finance and expected on the floor soon, with the governor indicating he would sign it. Walter Hudson argued that hearings showed agencies often focus on paperwork and compliance checkboxes rather than actually preventing fraud, citing conflict-of-interest attestations and the Feeding Our Future-related testimony as examples. Jim Nash said the state government finance bill includes funding for anti-fraud efforts through the Office of the Auditor and related provisions.
In response to questions, Robbins said the committee tried to remain bipartisan despite a 5-3 Republican majority, and that members had handed significant allegations to law enforcement when appropriate. She said the committee did not need subpoena power this session because it is an oversight body, not a law-enforcement body. On legislatively named grants, Robbins said the goal is to change legislative culture rather than impose a formal ban, and she expects future policy to require front-end risk review, 990 review, and capacity checks before such grants are approved. Anderson added that the House and Senate versions of the inspector general bill differ on branch placement and law-enforcement authority, and that the House will decide whether to accept the Senate version once it comes back from finance and the floor.
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California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 2nd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill has no opposition and has received unanimous bipartisan support.
- This bill enjoys bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- The bill has bipartisan support, and respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- This bill has bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- It has bipartisan support. It still has work to do.
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Transcript Highlights:
- I think that the reason you haven't seen other bills coming is that we've been working on it in bipartisan
- You said you’re talking bipartisan and various bills, so clearly by your own conduct you’re indicating
- Again, we’re still working on that in a bipartisan fashion, so stay tuned.
- Again, we’re still working on that in a bipartisan fashion, so stay tuned.
- uh fashion so um stay tuned bipartisan uh fashion so um stay tuned and<00:26:59.200>
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Bills:
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Keywords:
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: DFL and Republican Media Availability - 02/03/25
Transcript Highlights:
- There was a number of things that we were working on in a bipartisan way.
- Eight members got together and said we’re going to work in a bipartisan fashion.
- We’d be working in a very bipartisan way to make sure that we’re putting Minnesotans first.
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way working on in a way in a bipartisan way working on in a way in a bipartisan - we're going to work in a bipartisan we're going to work in a bipartisan fashion<00:09:46.320>
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Lowering the High Cost of Healthcare | Senator Matt Klein May 1st, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- One of them being Senate File 3769, which is bipartisan. It's the 340B drug pricing program.
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the <00:01:20.880>340B <00:01:21.680>drug which is bipartisan - It's the 340B drug which is bipartisan. It's the 340B drug pricing<00:01:22.640>
program. - >> Well, it was not only passed in a bipartisan way, but it had bipartisan authorship, so I was proud
- bipartisan way, but it had bipartisan bipartisan way, but it had bipartisan authorship,<00:05:14.800
Summary:
The discussion focused on healthcare affordability in Minnesota and several related bills the senator said he is advancing this session. He described rising costs for Medicare beneficiaries, individual market purchasers, and hospitals, warning that federal changes to premium tax credits and Medicaid funding would worsen access and financial strain across the state. He said his goal is a comprehensive response to protect access to care, especially for safety-net and rural providers.
A major topic was Senate File 3769 on the 340B drug pricing program. The senator said the bill would empower the attorney general to enforce federal 340B requirements after pharmaceutical companies allegedly failed to provide discounted drugs to safety-net hospitals such as Hennepin County Medical Center and North Memorial. He said the measure passed both chambers with bipartisan support, after a nearly two-hour floor debate and significant lobbying by drug კომპანიies, and argued it could have an immediate effect by restoring hospital revenue and lowering medication costs for patients. He also said 340B is part of a broader effort to stabilize HCMC and other struggling hospitals.
The senator also discussed Senate File 3859, which would create a Minnesota vaccine advisory council to provide science-based recommendations after he said the federal advisory process had been undermined. He emphasized that the proposal would not require vaccinations, but would help counter misinformation and require insurance coverage for recommended vaccines. In addition, he supported Senate File 3650, a bipartisan bill to ban direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising, arguing that such ads raise costs and can steer patients away from appropriate medical advice. No additional votes or committee actions were taken in the interview itself beyond the senator’s description of the 340B bill’s passage.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Republican Caucus Members Present Bill Package Addressing Waste, Fraud and Abuse - 02/12/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We've had some bipartisan action in this, and I think that's going to continue between the House and
- I think there's bipartisan recognition that the Office of the Legislative Auditor does...
- You see, the bipartisan work has already started.
- So the bipartisan work is happening.
- So the bipartisan work is happening.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Republican Media Availability 9/30/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- unfortunately, um, he has not been interested or has not acted as if he's interested in finding bipartisan
- Normal special sessions are either things that, uh, have broad bipartisan support or things where there's
- Um, Republicans have been, uh, have made clear that we're open to serious bipartisan solutions when it
- if he's interested in finding bipartisan if he's interested in finding bipartisan solutions<00:02
- work done in a bipartisan way. work done in a bipartisan way.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/20/25 - Part 4
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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It Latz was a very very bipartisan bill. - It Latz was a very very bipartisan bill.
- it's due to the incredible bipartisan it's due to the incredible bipartisan leaders<00:53:55.760
- But this is bipartisan. It's bicameral. It's been vetted well.
- But this is bipartisan. It's about. But this is bipartisan.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nominations of Elise Stefanik, of New York, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Jan 21st, 2025
Foreign Relations Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- There is bipartisan support.
- So there's bipartisan interest, and I also support your approach of strengthening and building.
- And I was just part of a bipartisan deal in the last year that was significant regarding bipartisan border
- I'm grateful for this committee's bipartisan work on the Sudan Accountability Act.
- I think we have an opportunity to deliver real bipartisan results in this space.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 23, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- I yield back the balance of my time. bipartisan effort. This bill passed bipartisan effort.
- and making this a bipartisan effort. and making this a bipartisan effort.
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California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 2nd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill has no opposition and has received unanimous bipartisan support.
- It has received bipartisan support.
- AB 797 has received bipartisan support and has no opposition.
- The bill has bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- It has bipartisan support. It still has work to do.
Summary:
The Assembly met on May 23, 2025, established a quorum after a roll call, and proceeded through a long House of Origin floor session with prayers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and routine parliamentary actions. Early in the day, a motion by Assembly Member Gallagher to suspend the rules and take up AB 12 immediately failed on a 18-39 vote. The chamber then moved through the daily file, with many measures passing by wide margins, often with bipartisan support and little or no opposition.
Among the notable bills discussed were measures on law enforcement oversight and records access (AB 847), CalFresh data-sharing exemptions (AB 593), campus-area housing for students and staff (AB 893), insurance and wildfire hardening updates (AB 1), missing middle housing code changes (AB 6), tribal peace officer status in a pilot program (AB 31), utility bill analysis before new mandates (AB 61), fairgrounds funding (AB 258), Diwali as a state holiday (AB 268), labor and worker organizing rights (AB 288), algorithmic price-fixing and antitrust enforcement (AB 325), elections and jail voter information (AB 331), protections for judges and court personnel (AB 343 and AB 352), school construction procurement (AB 361), school-zone speed limits (AB 382), transit worker protections (AB 394), blue carbon coastal mitigation (AB 399), K-9 standards for law enforcement (AB 400), livestock carcass composting (AB 411), translation of housing materials (AB 413), immigrant educational rights notices (AB 419), gun violence restraining order implementation (AB 451), special education and child care measures (AB 560 and AB 563), cannabis tax relief (AB 564), and disability access protections for businesses (AB 649). Several bills addressed housing, energy, public health, and public safety, and many authors emphasized affordability, transparency, and administrative efficiency.
The session also included several ceremonial or recognition items, including ACR 73 declaring Italian American Heritage Month, which was adopted by voice vote after 65 coauthors were added. Most measures were approved overwhelmingly, though a few drew some dissent, including AB 421? no—AB 399 passed 42-30, AB 450 passed 49-6, AB 461 passed 49-8, and AB 621 passed 58-0. The transcript ends partway through AB 772, which was introduced as an educational equity bill addressing cyberbullying after school hours, but the remainder of that item is not included in the provided text.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Gun Violence Prevention Working Group Media Availability - 09/17/25
Transcript Highlights:
- So whether that bill will get from bipartisan opposition to bipartisan support, you know, I speak for
- So whether that bill will get from bipartisan opposition to bipartisan support, you know, I speak for
- bipartisan session in both chambers. bipartisan session in both chambers.
- And we got this a bipartisan process.
- We've also some bipartisan agreement.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informational interview with Rep. Keith Allen (R-Kenyon) Nov 20th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, being in a tied House, the first thing I realized is that having bipartisan support on legislation
- uh support on legislation is bipartisan uh support on legislation is really<00:01:02.559>
key. - aggressively on building uh bipartisan aggressively on building uh bipartisan bills<00:01:29.840
- That should be bipartisan. Yeah, that's easily, you know, that's bipartisan bill number two for me.
- >> That should be bipartisan. >> That should be bipartisan.
Summary:
The interview focused on the representative’s first session in a tied House, which he described as record-setting and a lesson in working across the aisle. He said bipartisan support became essential, and he highlighted working with Representative Liz Rehm on a couple of bills and spending the off-season building more bipartisan legislation aimed at issues affecting rural and greater Minnesota.
He also discussed a meeting with MSU Mankato’s president about civil discourse and freedom of expression on campus. His concern was protecting students who might push back against divisive comments from professors and ensuring they would not face repercussions or grade-related consequences for speaking up.
A major portion of the conversation covered agriculture and trade, especially tariffs and their effects on farmers. He said farmers are again facing difficult conditions, though not as severe as the 1980s farm crisis, and noted that recent U.S.-China soybean purchasing agreements helped raise soybean and corn prices. He also said greater Minnesota is facing serious nursing home closures and shortages, which are forcing seniors farther from their communities.
Looking ahead to 2026, he said he is working on several bills: a stop-arm bill to clarify penalties related to school bus violations, a robocall bill requiring callers to identify themselves with a number, and a mass casualty firewall act aimed at allowing charges when someone has assembled materials and plans for a mass casualty event. He said the mass casualty proposal is the one he is most proud of and that discussions with both DFL and Republican leaders have been positive.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, March 31, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In a few days, we must look for common-sense, bipartisan ways to make filing and paying taxes less of
- This bill, the Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act, H.R. 517, is a bipartisan bill.
- Speaker, H.R. 998 is a commonsense, bipartisan bill and I encourage my colleagues to support it.
- This bill is a bipartisan effort alongside Congresswoman Stephanie Bice of Oklahoma and -- Ms.
- The Bipartisan Policy Center goes on to...
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 8, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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The sweeping bipartisan criticism. The sweeping bipartisan criticism. - It's common sense and bipartisan.
- So it's totally bipartisan.
- So it's totally bipartisan. parties. So it's totally bipartisan.
- Committee with broad bipartisan support. Committee with broad bipartisan support.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Press Conference: Republican Leadership Roll Out the Minnesotans First Agenda - 01/30/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Could that be one of the obvious bipartisan things?
- Office of Inspector General and legislative auditor—those things seem like maybe they have bipartisan
- That bill and idea has bipartisan support. How are you navigating right now?
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support <00:14:01.160>this we'll have bipartisan support this we'll - But for now, I have co-authored that bill, and I look forward to working in a bipartisan manner.
Summary:
Senate Republican leaders held a press conference to roll out their “Minnesotans First” agenda, framing it as a response to Democratic control and arguing that recent budgets and policies have increased costs for families and businesses. They said the agenda centers on balancing the budget without tax increases, reducing mandates, lowering costs, and limiting government growth. Specific proposals mentioned included addressing inflation and energy costs, reinsurance and housing issues, child care tax changes, repealing or reducing certain taxes and fees, and creating a government efficiency board.
Several senators outlined issue-specific priorities. On spending and taxes, Karin Housley criticized the state’s budget growth, said Republicans would not support a budget that raises taxes, and objected to shifting costs to counties and school districts. On fraud and accountability, Jordan Rasmusson said Minnesota has a fraud problem and backed a statewide Office of Inspector General, stronger legislative auditor powers, and tighter anti-fraud oversight of grants and agencies. On public safety, Michael Kreun called for repealing what he described as soft-on-crime laws and for tougher penalties on violent and repeat offenders. On education, Julia Coleman said Republicans want to pause mandates, increase local control, adjust funding to address disparities, and improve school safety.
In the question-and-answer portion, leaders said some items could attract bipartisan support, especially anti-fraud measures such as an Inspector General office and strengthening the legislative auditor. They also discussed concerns about the governor’s budget, including proposed shifts in human services costs, nursing home and disability waiver funding, and benefits for undocumented immigrants. The group said it would continue working under the Senate’s power-sharing agreement for now, though they acknowledged uncertainty about whether it would remain in place for the rest of the session.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, May 21, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- It is not a bipartisan bill.
- We will back the bipartisan bill.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 2, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Extend the state’s pass-through entity tax 3/16/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It was bipartisan. Well, I think it was almost unanimous.
- It was bipartisan. Well, I think it was almost unanimous.
- It was bipartisan. Minnesota did that. It was bipartisan.
- That's bipartisan. This passed nine and oh.
- That's bipartisan. Senate. 35 to 32. That's bipartisan.