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• I am the infrastructure unit supervisor at the Minnesota Department of Health, and I'm a licensed engineer
• 20.159> the<01:20:20.560> infrastructure<01:20:21.120> unit<01:20:21.440> supervisor
• I am the infrastructure unit supervisor I am the infrastructure unit supervisor at<01:20:22.080>

Bills: HF3793, HF3699, HF793, HF3322, HF3426

Keywords: groundwater, water use permit, data centers, public health, environmental regulations, municipalities, state park license plate, specialty license plate, Minnesota DNR, Department of Natural Resources, license plate design contest, North Shore, Lake Superior Agate, AI-generated art, artificial intelligence, Minnesota resident, state parks, specialty plates, vehicle registration, contest requirements

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• required by state policies, train employees on how to perform grant management work, and ensure that supervisors
• <00:18:56.000> to<00:18:56.080> ensure<00:18:56.560> that<00:18:56.760> supervisors
• <00:18:57.560> oversee and to ensure that supervisors oversee and to ensure that supervisors

Keywords: 1183, house

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• manager at Lake Park Wildlife Refuge from 1968 to 1970 and a Minnesota DNR non-game wildlife program supervisor
• Minnesota DNR non-game wildlife and a Minnesota DNR non-game wildlife program<01:41:33.119> supervisor
• <01:41:36.159> I program supervisor from 1970 to 2018.
• I program supervisor from 1970 to 2018.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• take a tour today and they're learning about local government um with Josh and um Miss How their supervisors
• 13.280> their Josh and um spaced out Miss How their Josh and um spaced out Miss How their supervisors
• So,<01:46:15.040> please<01:46:15.360> welcome<01:46:15.679> Camel supervisors
• So, please welcome Camel supervisors.

Keywords: 916, all

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• >> Supervisors? >> So, anybody that supervises. >> Okay.
• does this bill only apply to executives, does this bill only apply to executives, >> supervisors
• >> supervisors? >> supervisors?

Keywords: House streaming session for Friday, February 6, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 117 members present, then 123 after a quorum call, and proceeded through routine introductions and referrals, including introductory House bills 959 through 1018, House Joint Resolution 8, House Simple Resolution 1, several Senate bills, and bond initiatives referred to Appropriations. The main floor item was House Bill 1, concerning investor-owned electric and gas utility cost recovery limitations, which was on third reading and final passage. Debate on HB 1 focused on whether the bill would meaningfully lower utility bills and whether it was necessary given existing Public Service Commission authority. Supporters argued the bill would prevent ratepayers from bearing the cost of executive bonuses and other compensation above $250,000, saying utilities can still pay those costs from shareholder profits and that the measure would save money for customers, even if only modestly. Opponents argued the PSC already has authority to review executive compensation, warned the bill could be largely symbolic or misleading, and said it might encourage utilities to shift bonuses into base salaries or harm recruitment and service quality. Several members also argued the bill did not address other drivers of high bills, such as riders and program costs, and one member said the General Assembly itself was responsible for rising energy costs. No final vote on HB 1 was shown in the transcript excerpt, but members on both sides stated their intended positions, with supporters urging a yes vote and opponents indicating they would vote no. The discussion ended with another member beginning remarks about taking on concentrated corporate power and standing with working people.

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• there was a question that came in that they weren't sure about, could go to their principal or supervisor
• :11:27.040> uh could go to their uh principal or uh could go to their uh principal or uh supervisor
• 29.280> and<01:11:30.320> um<01:11:30.719> seek<01:11:31.120> guidance supervisor
• and uh and um seek guidance supervisor and uh and um seek guidance through<01:11:31.760> there.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• they are, uh, you know, if they have any questions, and moving forward, you know, sometimes your supervisor
• 20:23.360> your forward you know sometimes your your forward you know sometimes your your supervisor
• 00:20:25.360> you<00:20:25.440> in<00:20:25.600> a<00:20:25.760> way supervisor
• may respond to you in a way supervisor may respond to you in a way that<00:20:26.400> you<00:

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:00:28 Kentucky Recovery Vocational: Workforce Reimagined 00:01:31 Update on College Athletics and 25RS SB 3 00:24:39 Goodwill Kentucky Excel Center 01:09:53, 958, all

Summary: The committee first heard a presentation from Kentucky Recovery Vocational Workforce and Re-entry Incorporated, led by Executive Director Jerick D'vor, on its vocational training model for people in recovery and formerly incarcerated individuals. He said the nonprofit operates in Russell Springs and serves students from across Kentucky, offering manufacturing and welding training tied to recovery services through Spark Recovery. D'vor emphasized that the program combines treatment, soft-skills coaching, job placement, and continued support after employment, arguing that training should begin around 90 days into recovery rather than earlier. He reported strong outcomes, including 292 students served, 259 certificates earned, and 250 job placements, with many participants placed in manufacturing jobs and 17 welders trained and placed through the new welding academy. Members praised the program but asked about funding, retention, and employability barriers. D'vor said the pilot was supported by opioid abatement grant funding, and the program now relies mainly on donor contributions and Spark Recovery’s investment in clients, with possible future support from additional opioid abatement funds or 1915(i) mechanisms. He said participants are not charged tuition and that the organization provides soft-skills training and job coaches. In response to questions about long-term outcomes, he said the program does not yet have a full alumni tracking system but is exploring technology options and continues to provide post-employment support for 90 days. After approving the committee minutes, members received an update on college athletics and Senate Bill 3 from University of Louisville Athletic Director Josh Heird and University of Kentucky Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart. They said Kentucky’s NIL framework and reporting requirements are working reasonably well and praised the state for not trying to create a competitive advantage in the evolving college sports environment. Heird reported that 521 student-athletes have signed up for NILGO and about 240 deals have been approved through the system, while noting the need to ensure NIL agreements are legitimate marketplace deals rather than artificial payments. The discussion also touched on the House settlement, the $600 approval threshold, and broader federal changes affecting college athletics.

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• Mark Thel, former county commissioner, former soil and water supervisor, and a longtime organic farmer
• county commissioner, former salt and county commissioner, former salt and water<00:02:30.000> supervisor
• and<00:02:30.879> a<00:02:31.440> longtime<00:02:31.920> organic water supervisor
• , and a longtime organic water supervisor, and a longtime organic farmer. farmer. farmer.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And with me today, Mark, manager and supervisor of our energy efficiency programs in New Hampshire and
• :54:22.880> manager, with me today, Mark will manager, with me today, Mark will manager, supervisor
• of<00:54:24.160> our<00:54:24.319> energy<00:54:24.640> efficiency supervisor
• of our energy efficiency supervisor of our energy efficiency programs<00:54:25.680> in<00:54:

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We are looking at the conservation component because I served 20 years as a soil and water supervisor
• c><00:09:40.839> so<00:09:41.079> and<00:09:41.279> Water<00:09:41.720> supervisor
• 20 years as a so and Water supervisor 20 years as a so and Water supervisor plus<00:09:42.920>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I'm currently the operations maintenance supervisor for the St. Peter School District.
• maintenance I'm currently the operations maintenance I'm currently the operations maintenance supervisor
• 02.279> the<00:31:02.399> St<00:31:02.639> Peter<00:31:02.960> School supervisor
• for the St Peter School supervisor for the St Peter School District<00:31:04.240> I<00:31:04.519

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I have with me today John Waters, our government relations supervisor.
• 31.200> relations John Waters our government relations John Waters our government relations supervisor
• :33.479> in<00:01:33.720> this<00:01:33.880> role<00:01:34.119> for supervisor
• uh he's been in this role for supervisor uh he's been in this role for several<00:01:34.680> years

Keywords: 1183, house

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• to see—don't you have... doesn't the school food services branch have school production kitchen supervisors
• c><00:30:15.760> kitchen um uh School production kitchen um uh School production kitchen supervisors
• > are<00:30:17.880> situated<00:30:18.760> you<00:30:18.880> should supervisors
• that are situated you should supervisors that are situated you should have<00:30:19.240> 12<00

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Our supervisor vehicles, our rangers and CID agents’ vehicles, we target about 140,000, and they’re running
• actually taking vehicles from the game wardens that are turning them in and refurbishing those for supervisors
• Every pursuit from every trooper is reviewed up the chain of supervisors, and in fact we get complaints
• In addition, we would add one division supervisor for compliance as well as one for investigations, both

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee heard the Legislative Budget Board’s overview of the Texas Department of Public Safety’s 2026-27 budget, followed by extensive testimony from DPS leadership. The LBB presentation covered funding and staffing changes across driver license services, facilities, troopers and recruit schools, crime labs, vehicle and aircraft operations, and border security. The recommendations included added support for customer service staffing and trooper hiring, but did not include several DPS exceptional items such as major driver license staffing and technology requests, new regional headquarters in El Paso and San Antonio, and other capital projects. Members also discussed proposed rider changes, including a new rider to lapse unused trooper funding and require reporting after recruit schools. Much of the committee’s questioning focused on driver license operations, where senators criticized long call wait times, low call-answer rates, appointment delays, and what they viewed as an overreliance on adding staff rather than improving processes. DPS and LBB witnesses said the agency is pursuing some technology upgrades, including automation, online pre-population of applications, and appointment-system improvements, but acknowledged that the driver license division remains a major problem area. Senators also raised concerns about whether the 2019 efficiency study led to meaningful changes and whether the agency should consider broader process redesign or even a different administrative structure. Colonel Freeman and other DPS officials then defended the agency’s broader law enforcement and border-security work, emphasizing the need for the Williamson County training academy, the 500 additional troopers funded in prior sessions, and continued support for Operation Lone Star. They described DPS’s role in border interdiction, threat-to-life investigations, oilfield theft cases, Capitol and Alamo security, and highway safety, and said the agency is stretched thin by deployments and overtime. Members asked about border reimbursement possibilities, regional staffing differences, pursuit safety, fleet and aircraft replacement needs, and the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame museum. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• We have a division director, we have a supervisor, and we have an administrative person who handles all
• director<01:27:07.560> we<01:27:07.719> have<01:27:07.840> a<01:27:08.159> supervisor
• c><01:27:09.159> and<01:27:09.320> we<01:27:09.520> had director we have a supervisor
• and we had director we have a supervisor and we had have<01:27:10.159> an<01:27:10.320> administrative

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Now, that means in practice that township supervisors, the elected officials themselves, are often the
• Now, that means in practice that township supervisors, the elected officials themselves, are often the
• Now, that means in practice that township supervisors, the elected officials themselves, are often the
• Sometimes I didn't realize the supervisors actually get in the trucks, grab the chainsaws, and keep their

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee’s first official meeting was framed as an informational session, with the chair saying no legislation would be acted on and that testimony would focus on what is working and not working for businesses and workers in Minnesota. The stated topics included earned sick and safe time, paid family and medical leave, labor shortages, and broader business climate concerns. The chair also noted the absence of DFL members and invited questions to be held until the end so testifiers could present fully. Lauren Shodor of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce argued that Minnesota’s business climate has worsened because of high taxes, rising costs, regulation, and new workplace mandates. She cited chamber survey and research findings saying more businesses are considering leaving the state, that Minnesota companies are investing more in other states than vice versa, and that the state lags national growth rates. She said employers are especially concerned about earned sick and safe time and the upcoming paid family and medical leave program, which the chamber believes add compliance burdens and costs, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses. Matt Hilgart of the Association of Minnesota Counties said the new leave laws affect county budgets and operations because labor is the main county cost and services are often state-mandated. He said the programs were imposed outside the collective bargaining process and can duplicate existing county benefits, increase costs, and create staffing and service challenges. He asked for changes including clearer premium-sharing language, exclusion of elected officials and short-term election workers from paid leave requirements, better exemption and private-plan rules, coordination requirements for intermittent leave, and more clarity for essential employees during weather emergencies. Owen Worth of the League of Minnesota Cities said cities are facing similar implementation problems, with overlapping leave policies and concerns about stacking state and federal leave rules, and he indicated the league would support changes to reduce administrative and budget pressures on cities.

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• My name is Danel Roor, and I'm the individual income tax policy supervisor at the Minnesota Department
• ><01:16:37.040> policy the individual income tax policy the individual income tax policy supervisor
• at<01:16:38.280> the<01:16:38.440> Minnesota<01:16:38.960> Department supervisor
• at the Minnesota Department supervisor at the Minnesota Department of<01:16:39.719> Revenue<01

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Anything above that is going to need the Board of Supervisors' approval.
• legislature has to tell you what your budget needs, what your tuition could be, or your board of supervisors

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• This proposal reclassifies eight positions to establish two supervisor I positions, three attorney supervisor

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 proposal reclassifies eight positions to establish two supervisor I positions, three attorney supervisors

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee 5 on State Administration held a May Revise hearing focused on state administration proposals, with the chair noting no actions would be taken and all items would remain open. The committee heard presentations on a range of budget proposals, including technical adjustments for the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement and the California Workforce Development Board, security and election-related funding for the Secretary of State, modernization and loan-backfill requests for the Department of Consumer Affairs, and multiple Employment Development Department updates covering EDD Next, UI and DI/PFL benefit estimates, workforce funding, and an EMT training reappropriation. Several items drew discussion from the LAO and committee members. The LAO generally supported technical or modernization items such as PERB’s implementation requests, GoServe’s College Corps adjustment, the Secretary of State’s security and HAVA grant items, and the Board of Pharmacy modernization proposal, but raised concerns about the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education’s proposed $10 million General Fund backfill and interest-free loan language. For EDD, the LAO flagged the size of the DI/PFL benefit adjustment and the unusual structure of the document management system proposal within EDD Next, while EDD said the changes reflected higher participation and benefit levels after SB 951 and ongoing modernization needs. The Department of Industrial Relations drew the most extensive questioning. It proposed funding for legal unit reclassifications, EAMS and Cal/OSHA data modernization, a new Cal/OSHA emerging technologies unit, a COYA reappropriation, and trailer bill changes requiring electronic payment of employer assessments and adjusting the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board timeline. Members pressed DIR on high vacancy rates, long wage theft and workers’ compensation backlogs, low collection rates for fines, and the need for clearer workload and outcome measures. DIR said the requests were intended to improve efficiency, support audits and corrective action plans, and better address emerging workplace risks, while the LAO said the workload drivers behind delays remain unclear. The hearing also included support for CalHR’s employee assistance program consolidation and CDT’s proposal to expand “Poppy,” a statewide generative AI assistant for state employees.