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• Senator<00:07:23.040> Friends.<00:07:23.760> Yes. Senator Friends. Yes.
• Chair, uh representative uh Senator Chair, uh representative uh Senator Sieber.
• <00:09:25.000> Senator<00:09:25.280> French. Senator Duckworth. Yes.
• Senator French. Senator Duckworth. Yes. Senator French. Yes. Yes. Yes.
• Senator Franzen. Yes. Yes, please. Senator Franzen. Yes. Co-Chair<00:12:34.560> Kagel.

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Summary: The committee took up a series of conference amendments to House File 4188. The A24 amendment, described by nonpartisan staff as a technical change to data-sharing language, was modified on the floor to delete everything after the reference to section 295.52, then adopted. The A17 amendment, which adjusted effective dates in a previously enacted liquor bill so several provisions would take effect July 1 instead of August 1, was also adopted after staff noted it affected the happy hour provision and two other liquor-related sections involving coolers/nonalcoholic beverages and resorts. The A20 amendment, which changed notification language and directed penalties into a victim’s crime account, and the A22 amendment, a set of technical corrections requested by the Department of Commerce on reinsurance administration, were both adopted. The A23 amendment, adding residential mortgage originators and servicers into chapter 58, was likewise adopted. The committee then considered several Senate provisions. A motion to adopt Senate Article 4, sections 8 through 12, which would prohibit the sale of cats and dogs in pet stores with a grandfather for existing businesses, was debated and failed on a roll call because it did not receive enough House-side votes. A separate motion to adopt Senate Article 4, section 35, dealing with paddle wheel prizes and the maximum value of merchandise prizes for paddle tickets, also failed for lack of sufficient House-side support. Another Senate motion to adopt Article 4, sections 13 through 14, which would restrict minors’ access to chat bots and create Attorney General enforcement and a transition period, was discussed at length. Supporters framed it as a consumer protection measure, while Chair O'Driscoll raised concerns about enforceability and broader AI-related policy needs; the motion failed on a roll call. After the failed motions, the committee recessed to the call of the chair.

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• Senator Duckworth. Yes. Senator<00:01:46.960> Franzen.<00:01:47.480> Yes.
• Senator Franzen. Yes. Senator Franzen. Yes. Co-Chair<00:01:49.000> Keagle.
• Senator<00:03:42.840> O'Driscoll. Senator O'Driscoll. Senator O'Driscoll.
• <00:03:54.960> So, Senate I either. So, Senate I either.
• Senator Senator Senator Representative<00:09:46.600> Driscoll.

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Summary: The committee took up a series of amendments to the bill. Representative Keagle’s A21 amendment, which would have prohibited online sweepstakes games, raised the paddle wheel prize value, and added Hessian pepper as a social skill game, was discussed with support cited from a broad coalition of organizations, but it failed on a roll call vote. The A27 amendment, directing the Department of Commerce to perform a 62J evaluation of home care nursing services, was then adopted after members described it as a temporary step toward a longer-term solution for disability home care issues. Senator French’s A11 amendment, which raises the cap on deposits into the consumer protection restitution account and changes how those funds are distributed to eligible consumers, was also adopted. Representative O’Driscoll then offered the H.F. 4188 A22 amendment, described by counsel as incorporating language from House File 4333 on short-term and long-term home care insurance; members supported it as a way to expand private insurance options, and it was adopted. Finally, Representative Keagle moved Article 3, Section 11, a provision to reimburse clinical trainees providing mental health services at full rates, and that motion was adopted as well. Afterward, the committee authorized nonpartisan staff to make technical or necessary corrections to the bill, noted that the bill would not be wrapped up that day, and then adjourned.

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• The quorum consists of three Senate members. No, four Senate members. Four Senate members.
• The way it's structured is that the Senate language, because this is a Senate file, the Senate language
• Senate. Senate.
• Senator<00:41:33.520> Kunesh. Senator Kunesh. Senator Kunesh.
• Senator<01:04:57.320> Dibble. Senator Dibble. Senator Dibble.

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Summary: The Safety and Security Conference Committee met on May 13, 2026, with a quorum present and no immediate vote taken. Chairs explained the committee was working ahead of a possible target so it could act quickly later if needed, then proceeded with member introductions and a reminder about committee decorum. Staff noted a microphone delay and said the meeting would include a side-by-side walk-through of the House and Senate policy language and a review of the fiscal spreadsheet. Fiscal staff summarized major differences in court, public safety, and legislative security funding. The House and Senate proposals differed on safety and security funding for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and District Courts, as well as on courthouse grants, capital security enhancements, and a new legislative/protective services unit. Staff also reviewed Senate-only and House-only items, including a Senate proposal to require removal of insignia from public safety vehicles sold to the public, and House provisions for a security services task force and member security costs. Total general fund impacts were reviewed, with the House total corrected to include an open appropriation that had been omitted from the spreadsheet totals. Nonpartisan staff then walked through the policy differences. The Senate language focused on a Protective Services Unit and security for principal state officials, while the House language focused on a Legislative Services Unit and security for legislators. Both bills included provisions on Capitol Complex Security, reporting requirements, and reimbursement arrangements with local law enforcement, but differed on details such as whether elected officials must provide contact information to DPS and how requests for personal protective services are handled. The House-only amendment A8 was presented for discussion; it would revise emergency contact provisions, replace the House’s personal protective services request language with a more detailed threat assessment and mitigation framework, direct implementation of the new unit, and make related reimbursement and technical changes. Judge Richard Kyle, president of the Minnesota District Judges Association, testified in support of stronger judicial and court safety measures. He described rising threats against judges, citing survey results showing high rates of judges limiting personal information, receiving inappropriate communications, changing personal behavior, and experiencing threats to themselves and family members. He said the association supports legislative authorization and funding for home security and personal data protections for judicial officers, and emphasized that safety concerns for judges and court staff have become more serious in recent years.

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• This afternoon, we're joined by Senator Jackson, member_7056, and Senator Zellner, member_23623, as well
• as Senator Mattera, member_7107, and, as always, our Ranking Member, Senator Rhoads, member_7142.
• Next is Senate Bill 5623 by Senator Ryan, member_21252: an act to amend the labor law in relation to
• We have been joined by Senator Ryan, member_21252, Senator Scarcella-Spanton, member_7144, and Senator
• Senator Mayer, you're just in time for Senate Bill 7999 by Senator Mayer, member_6946: an act to amend

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Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Labor met for its ninth meeting of the 2026 session, chaired by Senator Jessica Ramos, with several members present including Senators Jackson, Zellner, Mattera, Rhoads, Ryan, Scarcella-Spanton, and Mayer. The committee considered five bills covering workers’ compensation, unemployment benefits for employees of certain educational institutions, creation of an Office of Special Investigation for work-related matters, establishment of a wage data clearinghouse, and a requirement that employers obtain written acknowledgements of sexual harassment prevention policies and programs in English and an employee’s primary language. Each bill was moved by committee members and approved without recorded opposition. Senate Bills 3948, 5623, 7999, and 9141 were reported to Finance, while Senate Bill 10057 was reported to the calendar. No testimony or substantive debate was included in the transcript beyond brief bill descriptions and motions.

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• Senator Gianaris. >> Please recognize Senator Fernandez for an introduction. >> Senator Fernandez for
• >> THANK YOU, SENATOR PERSAUD. Senator Webb on the resolution. Senator Webb: Thank you, Mr.
• Print 8294, Senator Sepúlveda, an act to amend the Civil Practice Law and Rules. >> Read the last section
• >> >> CALENDAR 674, SENATE PRINT >> Calendar 674, Senate Print 8294, Senator Sepúlveda, an
• Print 2305, Senator Krueger, an act to amend the Civil Practice Law and Rules. >> Read the last section

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Summary: The Senate opened with routine business, approved the prior journal, and received several motions to discharge identical Assembly bills from committee and substitute corresponding Senate bills. Members also offered brief recognitions for visitors, including Yemeni American community advocates and Cheri Davis, who was honored for her Alzheimer’s advocacy and support work. The chamber then took up several previously adopted resolutions, including Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, Period Poverty Awareness Week, and Nurses Week, with senators speaking in support of each measure’s purpose and importance. The body then moved through a long calendar of bills, passing a wide range of measures on education, public health, correction law, environmental conservation, municipal law, agriculture, and consumer protection. Notable floor discussion included Senator Ramos explaining her support for a bill requiring salons and similar businesses to display multilingual domestic violence resource information, and Senator Gianaris and Senator Borrello debating a bill to prohibit electronic shelf labeling in stores over concerns about surveillance, dynamic pricing, and impacts on brick-and-mortar retailers. Senator May and Senator Skoufis also spoke on an environmental conservation bill concerning American eel management, with May supporting the species protections and Skoufis objecting to the bill’s structure. Most bills were adopted by wide margins, though several drew recorded negative votes. The Senate passed the domestic violence information bill, the electronic shelf-labeling bill, and multiple other measures, including bills on eviction notice procedures, surrogate court procedure, and environmental conservation. After completing the calendar, the Senate reported no further business and adjourned until the next day at 11:00 a.m.

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• And then we have vote sheets from Senator Baskin, Senator Serrano, Senator Stavisky, Senator Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
• , and Senator Weik.
• Okay, for the record, we have Senator Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick is an AWR. Allow it, Senator Baskin.
• Senator Baskin is an AWR, along with Senator Serrano.
• Senator Stavisky and myself have an I, and we have a NAY from Senator Weik. Okay, thank you.

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Summary: The Women’s Issues Committee met on May 13 at 9:34 a.m. with a quorum present and several members voting by sheet. The committee first considered S-845, which would prohibit drug, cannabis, or alcohol testing and screening of pregnant or postpartum individuals and newborns without informed consent. Supporters emphasized that the bill is about requiring written or oral consent and addressing disproportionate impacts on Black and brown mothers. The bill was reported to the Committee on Alcoholism, with Senator Weik voting no and several members recorded as aye without recommendation or in favor. The committee then advanced several public health measures. S-2121, on education and outreach related to home visiting programs, and a bill directing the Department of Health to create an informational pamphlet about liposcopic power motion surgery technique both moved to first reading. S-3576A, establishing a statewide fibroid study program, was approved and referred to finance. S-8584, requiring two EBT cards for certain WIC households, and S-9084, creating a maternal health monitoring pilot program, were also approved and referred to finance, with Senator Weik recorded as without recommendation on both and one opposition noted on S-9084. The final bill, S-9733, would require maternal mortality review boards to share annual information with New York City and county health departments, including patterns, best practices, and data related to maternal mortality and morbidity. It was approved and referred to health, again with Senator Weik recorded as without recommendation. The meeting ended at 9:49 a.m., and the chair noted another Women’s Issues Committee meeting would be held the following week with bills and a guest speaker.

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• I'm State Senator Kevin Parker, the Chairman of the Standing Committee, the Senate Committee on Energy
• I am joined by my colleagues here: Senator Mario Mattera, who is the raker on the committee; Senator
• Thomas O'Mara; Senator Christopher Ryan; Senator Rachel May; Senator Michelle Hinchey; and Senator Kristen
• Senator, we'll take the other question.
• Senator May, this bill will move to third reading.

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Summary: The Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee, chaired by Senator Kevin Parker, met to consider a series of energy, utility, housing, and labor-related bills. The committee discussed Senator Parker’s clean hydrogen bill authorizing NYSERDA to administer programs to fund clean hydrogen projects, with members debating how it would be financed through NYSERDA’s system benefit charge and RGGI funds and whether there should be a fiscal estimate. Despite concerns from some members about cost transparency and the use of ratepayer-supported funds, the bill advanced to the Finance Committee with three without-recommendation votes. The committee also advanced Senator Parker’s bill directing NYSERDA to study hydrogen feasibility, Senator Gonzalez’s Green Affordable Pre-Electrification Program bill, Senator Hinchey’s natural carbon sequestration research program bill, Senator Gineris’s bill increasing penalties for utility annual report failures, Senator Comrie’s EV charging fee transparency bill, and Senator Parker’s battery energy storage workforce and labor standards bill. Senator Comrie’s outage hotline bill moved to third reading, while Senator Parker’s renewable hydrogen center program bill advanced despite a technical objection that a deadline in the bill had already passed, and the battery storage bill was referred to the Labor Committee. Several bills drew specific concerns. On the outage hotline bill, members questioned whether small municipal electric and water systems should be exempted rather than required to petition for an exemption, and one member said they would not support the bill without a carve-out. On the annual report penalty bill, members asked about the lack of documentation for the penalty increase and whether municipal utilities would be affected; the sponsor explained the penalty was updated from a 1900-era statute to reflect inflation and that municipal utilities file with the PSC. On the EV charging transparency bill, a member suggested the bill should also require credit card payment options, not just prohibit mobile-device-only payment. On the battery storage labor bill, members asked whether remote operations would count as on-site work and whether out-of-state remote monitoring would be covered; the sponsor said that was the intent and would follow up with labor counsel on residency questions. The committee concluded by adjourning after moving the listed bills forward.

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• I'm going to call together the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. It is May 13th, 2026.
• Today we've just got one agenda item, and that is a proposal, Senate File 4696, Senator Maye Quade.
• Senator Maye Quade, seeing no questions, Senator Limmer moves that the provisions of Senate Concurrent
• Madam Chair, Senator Pappas, I just wanted to say I thought Senator Erin Maye Quade did an excellent
• Thank you, Senator Pappas. And I'll second Senator Limmer's motion. Any further questions?

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• Senator Abraham, Senator Womack, Senator Myers, Senator McMath, Senator Hodges, Senator...
• Senator Duplessis moves for suspension of the rules for the purpose of taking up the resolution at this
• Senator Fesi moves for a suspension of the rules for the purpose of taking up the resolution at this
• Senator Kleinpeter moves a suspension of the rules for the purpose of taking up the Senate bills reported
• Without objection, Senator Connick moves to suspend the rules for the purpose of allowing Mr.

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• Senator Brodeur, I understand that you have an offer for the House. Yes, sir, Mr.
• , on the back of the bill, and the implementing bill. ...have an offer from the Senate on the budget
• Thank you, Senator.
• Thank you, Senator Brodeur, for your offer.
• So, Senator Brodeur, do you have any other further comments? Nope. Is there any further comment?

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• Senator Kunesh, for those voting pursuant to rule 40.7. "Mr.
• Senator Durbin, those voting pursuant to rule 40.7. "Thank you, Mr. President.
• Senator Kunesh, for those voting pursuant to Rule 40.7. Mr.
• Senator Dziedzic for those voting pursuant to Rule 40.7. Thank you, Mr. President.
• House File Number 5074 is referred to Committee on Rules and Administration for comparison with Senate

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• Senator Brew, no. Senator Beck, yes. Senator Benson, no. Senator Ber, no. Senator Brennan, yes.
• Senator Hefern, yes. Senator Engel, yes. Senator Lion, no. Senator Major, no. Senator Matoss, yes.
• ><01:28:36.000> Senator The senator from Washington, Senator The senator from Washington, Senator
• ;> Senator from Chittenton has moved that the<01:59:25.360> rules<01:59:25.679> be<01
• And if I might ask the Senate, if there's a possibility of a very brief Rules Committee meeting after

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• This joint hearing of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water and the Senate Committee on
• Good morning, Senator Becker, Senator Stern, Senator Serato, Senator Perez, thank you for having me today
• Yeah, you want to go to Senator Perez? Senator Perez, go ahead.
• Senator Rubio? Aye. Senator Rubio. Hi. You know, thank you.
• There needs to be something and Senator Stern, you use the word cover acreage. each one of the And Senator

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• The Senate Rules Committee will come to order. The Senate Rules Committee will come to order.
• Good afternoon, members of the Senate.
• Good afternoon, Madam Chair and distinguished members of the Senate Rules Committee.
• Senator Lerner, Senator Grove. Thank you. Welcome.
• Thank you, Senator Laird. Thank you. Senator Laird.

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• Thank you, Senator.
• Thank you, Senator.
• Senator Gonzales.
• Good afternoon, Senator Allen and Senators on the committee.
• Good afternoon, Senator Allen and Senators on committee.

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• I'm Senator Bob Archuleta and the Chair, and Senator Roger Niello here to my left.
• Senator Doraso.
• Good afternoon, Senator Archuleta, Senator Cortese, Senator Niello.
• Thank you, Senator.
• We have Senator Bob Hertzberg, retired Senator Bob Hertzberg.

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• and subsequently passed in the Senate and subsequently passed in the Senate Omnibus<00:25:40.000
• Please include the language in Senate Please include the language in Senate file<00:30:44.840>
• >> Thank you, Senator. Any other questions? >> Thank you, Senator.
• Senator Jeske? I heard.
• Senate. Uh we will meet at 10:00 a.m. or Senate.

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Summary: The committee heard public testimony on a health insurance/home care nursing provision and on other consumer protection items. Nick Keis and Emily Walters, both parents of medically complex children, testified that commercial health plans had recently begun capping home care nursing as if it were intermittent home health visits, which they said was contrary to Minnesota law and legislative intent dating to 2010. They described severe impacts on their families, including hospitalizations, loss of nursing coverage, strain on waiver budgets, and the risk of children being forced out of the home and into institutions. Representative Bierman echoed that the bill was a straightforward clarification of existing law, not a new mandate or added cost, and a staff member later cited the statutory definition of home care nursing as ongoing, continuous nursing services that cannot be met through intermittent or visit-based care. The committee also discussed the practical difference between home health visits and private duty/home care nursing, with testimony emphasizing that the latter is medically necessary, assessed, and not unlimited in practice. Laura Sales of the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office testified on changes to the Consumer Protection Restitution Fund (CIPRA). She said the fund has begun distributing restitution, starting with consumers harmed by the closure of Woodbury Dental Arts, but that current statutory language limits the office’s flexibility to prorate payments. She asked for an amendment allowing the AGO to distribute available funds more equitably so more eligible consumers can receive some payment, rather than requiring full payment to the oldest claims first. Annette Meeks, representing Citizens Against Gambling Expansion, testified in support of banning sweepstakes gambling in the Commerce Committee omnibus report. She argued that online sweepstakes casinos are an illegal gray-market form of gambling, cited rapid growth and billions in revenue, and said other states have acted through enforcement and legislation to stop them. She urged the committee to include language from Senate File 4474 to clarify state law and prohibit sweepstakes gambling. No votes were taken in the portion of the meeting shown; members mainly asked questions and received testimony.

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• the Senate bill.
• Senate only provision. Senate only provision.
• of the Senate bill. of the Senate bill.
• the Senate language. the Senate language.
• Senate side section 4. Senate side section 4.

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Summary: The committee met to walk through nonpartisan side-by-side comparisons of House File 4188, focusing on differences between House and Senate language across consumer protection, insurance, financial services, health, and technical provisions. Staff highlighted numerous Senate-only items, including rules for financial providers communicating through trusted contacts, virtual currency requirements for banks and credit unions, a prohibition on virtual currency kiosks beginning in 2026, mortgage servicing and student loan servicing changes, the Rental Home Marketplace Guarantees Act, insurance and travel-related provisions, scrap metal licensing changes, protections related to minors accessing chatbots and AI companions, and several technical or conforming repealers. Staff also noted that some provisions were identical or substantially similar between the chambers, including mortgage originator standards, student loan borrower protections, securities-related changes, unclaimed property provisions, and technical updates in the bill’s miscellaneous articles. The Senate-only health-related articles were also summarized, including repeal of the prescription drug affordability advisory council, technical changes to the reinsurance program, and a series of health insurance provisions on enrollment-growth notices, limits on officer and director salary increases under certain capital conditions, guaranteed issue rights for certain Medicare supplement enrollees, data-sharing between Commerce and Health, restrictions on using artificial intelligence alone to deny claims, reimbursement for clinical trainees, home care nursing coverage, and PBM transparency. The Senate’s telecommunications article was described as largely technical and conforming, with repeals of obsolete statutes. Staff also noted that some standalone bills had already passed and would be removed from the comparison report. Public testimony followed. Thomas Elness of AARP Minnesota supported inclusion of the cryptocurrency kiosk bill, expressed support for guaranteed issue protections for a narrow group of consumers affected by discontinued plans, and urged adoption of changes to the consumer protection restitution account, including raising the cap to $10 million per fiscal year. Representative Lee testified that the restitution account proposal should be treated as policy rather than finance because it has a zero fiscal note, and said the House would accept the Senate’s $10 million cap. Robin Rowan, representing the Minnesota Insurance and Financial Services Council and the U.S. Travel Insurance Association, urged adoption of Senate travel insurance language, requested a House-style change to lead-generation recordkeeping language, and supported a Senate provision allowing employers and insurers to coordinate notice to employees when group policies are cancelled. The Department of Commerce then responded to questions, explaining that the prescription drug affordability council would be sunset because the board already has other avenues for public input, that the reinsurance changes were technical and did not alter the prior agreement, and that the abandoned cryptocurrency provisions rely on statutory definitions of inactivity and known examples such as keys stored in safes or deposit boxes.

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• But in the Senate, a bill that has legislators on it has to go to rules, and rules did not hear it.
• But in the Senate, a bill that has legislators on it has to go to rules, and rules did not hear it.
• And I'll point out the revenue<00:47:39.240> rulings,<00:47:39.920> Senator revenue rulings
• , Senator revenue rulings, Senator um um um uh uh uh Nelson<00:47:43.800> has<00:47:44.040>
• One is on the revenue ruling, I thank Senator Nelson for her work on that.

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