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• During bargaining, educators find ourselves trying to put a money-shaped band-aid on a gaping flesh wound
• /c><01:36:09.679> a<01:36:09.840> gaping<01:36:10.320> flesh<01:36:10.639> wound
• <01:36:11.600> It<01:36:11.840> has band-aid on a gaping flesh wound.
• It has band-aid on a gaping flesh wound.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We carry the wounds that we didn't cause, the responsibilities that we didn't choose, and the silence
• We carry<00:48:41.119> the<00:48:41.280> wounds<00:48:41.599> that<00:48:41.760>
• we<00:48:41.920> didn't<00:48:42.079> cause, carry the wounds that we didn't cause
• , carry the wounds that we didn't cause, the<00:48:42.800> responsibilities<00:48:43.440> that

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 2312 and first adopted the DE1 amendment, after which the amended bill was discussed. Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through the spreadsheet and explained the bill’s higher education budget changes, including increases for state grants and tribal college assistance, unchanged funding for several existing programs, and reductions or eliminations for items such as state work study, summer academic enrichment, student loan counseling, concurrent enrollment, and the student parent support initiative. Staff also noted transfers to special revenue funds, the cancellation and reappropriation of ALS research funding, and a new licensing/registration revenue item. The committee was told the bill met the committee’s zero target overall, with a net general fund change of zero relative to the February forecast, while also adding some non-general fund expenditures for program licensing and registration. Members asked several questions about the transfers and specific line items, including whether any new special revenue accounts were being created, the foster care wraparound services line, and the treatment of the University of Minnesota and Centric Care partnership. Staff explained that the transfers generally did not create new accounts, that some items were not in the base, and that the U of M/Centric Care partnership was a one-time appropriation in the prior bill but was now being built into the base at a different amount. The University of Minnesota section also included new or continued funding for medical school development, health training restoration, emergency assistance grants, ALS research, and a weather resiliency program, while the Mayo Foundation section eliminated funding for Mayo Medical School and the Mayo family medicine residency program. The policy portion of the DE1 was then introduced. It included a maximum tuition and fee amount for state grants, direct appropriation of emergency assistance grants to Minnesota State, a juvenile justice appropriation for Metropolitan State University, and the ALS research reappropriation to the University of Minnesota. It also contained repealers for unfunded programs, including a delayed repealer for the student parent support initiative. In the higher education policy article, the bill would allow Minnesota State to offer applied doctoral degrees in cybersecurity, make technical changes to hunger-free campus and sexual misconduct procedures, extend pregnant and parenting student protections to private institutions, allow OHE to retain up to 10% of certain competitive grants for administration, consolidate reports, change the state grant formula so negative FAFSA contributions count as zero, and reduce the state grant lifetime credit cap from 180 to 120 credits. The Northstar Promise provisions would limit tuition and fees to resident rates and require MnState, and request the University of Minnesota, to ensure eligible students receive the benefit.

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• In fact, it was Representative Van ... you may remember this, it wound up in your omnibus policy.
• In fact, it was Representative Van ... you may remember this, it wound up in your omnibus policy.
• In fact, it was Representative Van ... you may remember this, it wound up in your omnibus policy.
• In fact, it was Representative Van ... you may remember this, it wound up in your omnibus policy.

Bills: HF2446, HF2878, HF2667, HF1795, HF2683, HF2916

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• It will not heal all our wounds.
• It will not heal all our<01:15:34.239> wounds.
• 35.600> we<01:15:35.760> and<01:15:36.000> all<01:15:36.159> parents our wounds
• However, we and all parents our wounds.

Bills: HF2135, HF776, HF1581, HF1158, HF2226

Keywords: child welfare, fiscal analysis, third-party consultant, program evaluation, Minnesota, HF776, Minnesota Family Assets for Independence Initiative, family assets for independence, FAI, asset-building, matched savings, financial literacy, family savings, economic mobility, children youth and families, general fund appropriation, family support, low-income families, financial stability, budget bill

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• She wound up getting blood transfusions that were completely avoidable if she had been able to receive
• <00:18:07.320> She<00:18:07.640> wound the cervix, it bled profusely.
• She wound the cervix, it bled profusely.
• She wound up<00:18:08.120> getting<00:18:08.440> blood<00:18:08.720> transfusions

Keywords: 00:00:00 Call to Order/Roll Call 00:01:10 Discussion of 25RS HB 414 00:44:26 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 414 00:50:25 Discussion of 25RS SB 27 00:53:44 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 27 00:55:49 Discussion of 25RS SB 93 00:57:57 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 93 00:59:29 Discussion of 25RS SB 132 01:37:39 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 132 01:40:55 Discussion of 25RS SB 153 01:42:05 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 153 01:43:46 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The Health Services Committee met with a quorum and took up House Bill 414 with a committee substitute. The bill, described by sponsors and supporters as a continuation of prior maternal-health legislation, was framed as a clarification of medical standards and an effort to improve care for women and families facing complicated pregnancies. Representative Tate, Representative Nemes, Adair Wushar of Kentucky Right to Life, and Dr. Jeff Goldberg of ACOG Kentucky all testified in support, saying the substitute was developed collaboratively to reduce confusion in the law and help physicians provide evidence-based care without fear of criminal penalties. Supporters said the committee substitute was intended to define what is not an abortion under Kentucky law and to spell out medical treatments for conditions such as miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, sepsis, hemorrhage, preeclampsia, premature rupture of membranes, and fetal demise. Dr. Goldberg said current statutes contain significant ambiguity and have created unintended barriers to treating pregnancy complications, including emergency situations, and he gave examples of patients who were delayed or harmed because physicians were uncertain about what the law allowed. Representative Nemes said the measure was the result of unusual cooperation among groups that do not usually agree and described it as a first step toward fixing a discrete problem. Representative Wilner raised concerns that the language could effectively require a patient to be in severe distress before treatment is clearly permitted and that it was too prescriptive about how physicians should manage miscarriages. In response, Dr. Goldberg and the sponsors said the substitute was not perfect, was meant as a short-term solution, and was designed to give doctors more confidence in providing routine, medically necessary care for pregnancy complications. The transcript indicates the committee substitute was adopted, but no final vote on the bill itself is shown in the excerpt.

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• finance at the Humphrey Institute, wrote in 2023: 'While infrastructure alone cannot heal community wounds
• 31:35.480> cannot<01:31:35.880> heal<01:31:36.800> Community<01:31:37.199> wounds
• alone cannot heal Community wounds alone cannot heal Community wounds Innovative<01:31:38.760>

Bills: HF192, HF268, HF1214, HF494

Keywords: Minnesota income tax, dependent exemption, personal income tax, tax relief, family tax relief, children, dependents, tax deduction, tax exemption, state revenue, inflation indexing, tax year 2025, taxable income, household tax policy, family tax credit, HF268, Joshua Schmidt Memorial Highway, memorial highway, highway naming, road designation

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• Wounds can turn into a staph infection, sepsis, or a tooth infection that spreads and passes through
• turn into a heart attack or<00:28:16.120> stroke<00:28:16.919> or<00:28:17.159> wounds
• turn<00:28:17.840> into<00:28:18.080> a<00:28:18.240> staff or stroke or wounds
• turn into a staff or stroke or wounds turn into a staff infection<00:28:19.000> in<00:28:19.600

Bills: HF10, HF27

Keywords: undocumented immigrants, state funding, MinnesotaCare, scholarship ineligibility, state assistance, permit to carry, concealed carry, handgun permit, firearm permit, pistol training, sheriff, application process, electronic filing, mail application, fax submission, certified mail, certified delivery, gun rights, Second Amendment, firearms regulation

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• you um combat, you know, you combat you um combat, you know, you combat malicious<01:09:30.960><
• <01:21:15.840> mclassification<01:21:16.719> and our work to combat mclassification
• and our work to combat mclassification and ensure<01:21:17.360> that<01:21:18.159> uh<
• DEED has been working in concert with several other agencies to combat misclassification through the
• And so, as we think about fraud, as we think about the technology and the people involved in combating

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:41:06.720> misinformation, reduce confusion, combat misinformation, reduce confusion,
• combat misinformation, and<00:41:07.680> help<00:41:07.920> voters<00:41:08.319> make
• One of his testifiers said he wants to combat misinformation and promote accurate information, and I
• as your testifier said, combat as your testifier said, combat misinformation<00:50:30.559> and
• <00:50:49.280> misinformation said he wants to combat misinformation said he wants to combat

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• all fraud resources uh combating all fraud resources uh combating criminal<00:14:13.279> fraud
• That was referenced to combat autotheft across the state and then other state agencies.
• The reference to that is we do have some contracts to combat fraud within the criminal aspect of fraud
• That was referenced to combat autotheft across the state and then other state agencies.
• The reference to that is we do have some contracts to combat fraud within the criminal aspect of fraud

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And as we combat hate, as we combat the hate of Hmon, so too do we combat hate today.
• <00:01:28.799> And<00:01:29.040> as<00:01:29.200> we<00:01:29.439> combat
• And as we combat the hate is not over.
• And as we combat the hate,<00:01:30.479> As<00:01:30.640> we<00:01:30.799> combed
• So God, I too do we combat hate today.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened, opened with an invocation and pledge, established a quorum, excused absent members, and approved the journal. The House clerk then announced that the House had passed several bills and requested concurrence. The chamber also received second-reading reports for a number of bills and resolutions, which were referred to the Rules Committee, and committee reports from the Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor Committee and the Judiciary Committee recommending passage of several measures. New resolutions were also introduced, including one honoring Michael Mingi, Amanda Maize, and Senator Maize Bledsoe, and another designating March 31, 2026, as Kentucky Transitional Science Day. The Senate then took up Senate Bill 145, relating to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The chamber concurred in House Committee Substitute 1 and House Floor Amendment 1, then passed the bill as amended by a roll call vote of 35 yeas and 2 nays. The Senate next considered Senate Bill 59, relating to prohibited uses of tax dollars and resources. After adopting Senate Committee Substitute 1, members debated whether the bill’s enforcement provisions were needed to prevent public funds from being used to influence ballot questions; supporters cited prior school-related advocacy, while one opponent raised concerns about possible uneven treatment of schools receiving federal funds. The bill passed 28-9. Finally, the Senate took up Senate Bill 137, relating to a provisional license to practice medicine. Supporters described Kentucky’s physician shortage, especially in rural areas, and argued the bill would help recruit foreign medical graduates by allowing a path to licensure based on prior residency and work experience. A floor amendment was offered to preserve standards by emphasizing U.S. residency pathways and cautioning against lowering the standard of care, but the amendment was withdrawn after discussion. The bill remained under consideration at the end of the transcript.

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• verification and manual identity verification processes<00:14:38.480> to<00:14:38.720> combat
• <00:14:41.040> And processes to combat this threat. And processes to combat this threat.
• He said that absent that direction, faculty are still employing a number of strategies to combat this
• to share information about the University of Minnesota's admissions processes, especially how we combat
• processes, especially and how we combat processes, especially and how we combat enrollment<01:12

Keywords: 1183, house

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• ><00:02:43.879> to that critical oversight function to that critical oversight function to combat
• 45.440> and<00:02:45.599> misuse<00:02:46.040> of<00:02:46.239> those combat
• fraud waste and misuse of those combat fraud waste and misuse of those public public public funds<00
• process through the administrative reorganization authority, to align our investigative resources combating
• process through the administrative reorganization authority, to align our investigative resources combating

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Serving over 17 years as a weapons system specialist officer, he was highly decorated as a combat veteran
• He was a Stanford engineer and a combat test instructor pilot and a scoutmaster.
• Serving over 17 years as a weapons system specialist officer, he was highly decorated as a combat veteran
• He was a Stanford engineer and a combat test instructor pilot and a scoutmaster.
• He was a Stanford engineer and a combat test instructor pilot and a scoutmaster.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• An additional allowable expense has been authorized: combating AI-generated misinformation and disinformation
• contracts, personnel, and public records issues, and housing the anti-fraud unit responsible for combating
• contracts, personnel, and public records issues, and housing the anti-fraud unit responsible for combating
• We were able to combat that. A month from CalWORKs benefits from Californians.
• We were able to combat that.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee held a May Revision budget hearing on state administration and related issues, hearing presentations from multiple departments and agencies. Early items included the Public Employment Relations Board on funding for implementation of AB 1 and a reduced request tied to AB 288, the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement on a technical College Corps adjustment, and the Secretary of State on building security upgrades, election security grant matching funds, and payroll system readiness costs. The Department of Consumer Affairs presented a Board of Pharmacy modernization request and a General Fund backfill for the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education; the LAO raised no concerns on the pharmacy item but recommended rejecting the private postsecondary backfill and questioned interest-free loan language. The Employment Development Department outlined several large workload and benefit adjustments, including EDD Next document management funding, UI loan interest, DI/PFL benefit increases, WIOA adjustments, school employee benefits, an EMT training reappropriation, and a technical reversion correction; the LAO flagged the size of the DI/PFL increase and the expansion of the document management scope, while members asked about program impacts and timelines. The California Workforce Development Board presented an April adjustment to reimbursement authority for an interagency agreement with Caltrans, which the LAO said raised no concerns. Public comment on that item and others included support for workforce and apprenticeship initiatives, including the Jails to Jobs proposal and renewal of the Apprenticeship Innovation Fund, though those were not part of the May Revision package. The Department of Industrial Relations then presented several proposals: reclassifying legal positions, continuing modernization of the workers’ compensation EAMS system, Cal/OSHA data modernization, creating a Cal/OSHA emerging technologies unit, reappropriating funds for the California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship program, and trailer bill changes requiring electronic payment of employer assessments and adjusting the statutory treatment of the workers’ compensation administrative director’s salary. The LAO generally found the IT and salary proposals reasonable but urged close monitoring of the new emerging technologies unit. Committee members, especially Assemblymember Ortega, pressed DIR on long vacancy rates, wage theft claim delays, low collection rates for Cal/OSHA fines, and whether new resources would improve outcomes; DIR said it was pursuing recruitment, classification reviews, and process modernization, while the LAO noted that staffing alone may not explain the delays. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board also sought to make permanent a 2024 change to the 60-day reconsideration clock, saying it had reduced backlog and interim orders; the LAO had no concerns. Finally, the Department of Human Resources presented a statewide Employee Assistance Program contract consolidation that would lower costs compared with renewing separate contracts and requested one program manager position to oversee the contract and first responder services; the hearing continued with Finance’s response after the transcript ended.

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• This is how we work together to combat this crisis. Thank you for your time, Chairman.
• And we leveraged it to bring us together to combat this crisis in real time. It is happening.
• Firstly, I want to thank you all for providing pathways to fight and combat the SQ Award.
• Firstly, just I want to thank you all for providing pathways to fight and combat the SQ Award.
• So I want to thank the members of the Legislature for combating that, providing pathways for us to change

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) crisis in California, with opening remarks emphasizing the need for sustained funding, better coordination, and recognition that foster care, jurisdictional gaps, and public safety systems are all connected to the crisis. Members and tribal leaders described the issue as longstanding and systemic, and several speakers noted progress in recent years, including the Feather Alert, state grant funding, DOJ coordination, and MMIP summits, while stressing that much more remains to be done. The first panel featured tribal leaders from Southern, Central, and Northern California who described how overlapping tribal, county, state, and federal jurisdictions delay investigations and leave families without answers. They called for real-time regional response agreements, better data sharing and transparency, stronger tribal law enforcement capacity, and ongoing rather than one-time funding. Several leaders shared personal stories of missing or murdered relatives and said the state must treat tribal cases with the same urgency as others. Committee members asked about next steps, including training for law enforcement on Public Law 280, improving local relationships, and ensuring tribal courts and protection orders are not overlooked. The second panel focused on strengthening systems and services. The California Highway Patrol commissioner reported that Feather Alert implementation has improved after prior criticism, with more alerts activated and a higher recovery rate, and said CHP has expanded outreach, training, and tribal liaison work. The Department of Justice’s Office of Native American Affairs described work under AB 3099 and AB 1334, including a Public Law 280 advisory council, improved crime reporting, a tribal police pilot program, and outreach on Feather Alert and other resources. A Coyote Valley council member described a local MMIP program that supports prevention and family outreach. Members and panelists also discussed the need for better training, clearer jurisdictional authority, and stronger support for tribal justice systems. The final panel addressed foster youth and the MMIP crisis, arguing that Native children in foster care are at heightened risk of going missing or being exploited. Speakers said Native children are disproportionately represented in foster care, that many MMIP cases begin with child welfare system failures, and that social workers and attorneys often do not know or use Feather Alert procedures quickly enough. They urged stronger ICWA implementation, culturally grounded prevention and healing services, housing and mental health support, and immediate coordination among tribes, families, and agencies when a child is missing.

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• fire on the Annunciation Church in South Minneapolis, killing Harper Moski and Fletcher Merkel and wounding
• I cannot imagine anything worse than to have one of your children suffer death by a gunshot or be wounded
• gunshot or be wounded seriously from it. gunshot or be wounded seriously from it.
• people were injured, 24 school children and three elderly people, and many who sustained gunshot wounds
• <02:32:22.560> trying At six years old, she witnessed classmates murdered and brutally wounded

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You could use the same underlying moral argument that cost doesn't matter when it comes to combating
• disagreement—not about the nature of climate change, but the severity and the urgency required to combat
• And so the moral premise stands on a solid foundation of we should take action to combat that with our

Transcript Highlights:

• The Texas Department of Public Safety takes a proactive approach to combating human trafficking.
• That’s why we’re here today – to spread awareness and empower everyone to recognize and combat this issue

Bills: SJR36, SB2, SR9, SR10, SR16

Keywords: American Public Works Association, public works, infrastructure, Texas, recognition day, local government, municipalities, APWA, Texas Chapter, community development, engineering, professional recognition, community impact, Texas Society of Professional Engineers, Lubbock leadership, recognition, professional achievement, Alpha Kappa Alpha, sorority, social service

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• talk with prosecutors if they think this is something they don't want to have in their arsenal when combating
• talk with prosecutors if they think this is something they don't want to have in their arsenal when combating
• talk with prosecutors if they think this is something they don't want to have in their arsenal when combating
• talk with prosecutors if they think this is something they don't want to have in their arsenal when combating
• Arsenal when combating these individuals.

Keywords: Judiciary, Division B - Room 409, 3 February, 2026; 5:15 P.M., 925, all

Summary: The committee took up Bill 2802, which would address falsifying residency or enrollment documents to place a child in a different school district. Senator Rhodes explained that the current penalty is a felony with a large fine and possible prison time, but that prosecutors rarely use it; the bill would add a misdemeanor-level penalty to create a more realistic enforcement option. He also proposed an amendment changing language that would have required expulsion of the child, replacing it with language making the child ineligible for enrollment in that district so the child would not have an expulsion on record. The committee adopted that amendment by voice vote. Members then debated the bill’s broader policy effects. Supporters argued the measure is needed because districts have reported problems with parents using false addresses or other fraudulent documents, and they said the bill simply creates a lesser penalty while preserving enforcement. Opponents said the bill punishes parents who are trying to secure a better education for their children, may not increase prosecutions, and could harm families and children who did nothing wrong. One senator compared the issue to other criminalized conduct involving rule violations, while another questioned whether the state should be creating a misdemeanor for conduct that is already a felony. The committee also discussed a proposed amendment to remove the felony component entirely and make the offense only a misdemeanor. That amendment was debated at length, with concerns raised that the broader statute covers more than school enrollment fraud and could affect other forms of false statements to government entities. The transcript ends during that discussion, with no final recorded disposition on the bill itself in the excerpt provided.