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• 33, Section 1; Laws 2025, Section 1; Laws 2028, Chapter 303, Section 1; and Laws 2020, Chapter 305,
• Section 3.
• 41-141, amending section 41-641 of that statute, repealing section 21-321, it was an advice section
• Section 41, section 41, section 41, section 41,000, amending section 40-190.408 of the statute.
• Section 2, 1-192. Section 411-202. Section 413-19. Many section, 403, 3.

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• I'm going to walk through every section. I'm going to walk through every section quickly.
• And Section 9 just talks about that more. Section 10 is really a major change.
• Section 20 is a study.
• Next changes in Section 7.
• Section 11 is just renumbered since we added that new Section 10.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Senate met with a quorum present and handled a mix of conference committee appointments, appropriations bills, policy bills, and House amendments. Early in the session, the chamber appointed conference committees for SB 2399 and for House-amended SBs 2213 and 2354, and also named conference committees for HB 103, HB 1308, and HB 1169. The Senate then took up several appropriations measures, including HB 1612, which creates the North Dakota Center for Aerospace Medicine at UND; the Senate adopted an amendment shifting the funding to a one-time $250,000 Community Health Trust Fund appropriation with a required $250,000 match from other sources, and the bill passed 39-7. HB 1193, the “Back the Blue” grant, was amended to make the funding one-time and focus on officer retention, then passed 41-5. HB 1329, a government spending database proposal for school districts, was amended into a legislative study and passed 42-4. HB 1020, the water budget, received extensive amendments reducing and reallocating funding across major water projects, adding studies and oversight changes, and passed 45-0 with the emergency clause. HB 1581, a tribal tourism grant, also passed 40-6. The Senate rejected HB 1330, which would have authorized divestment from direct investments in Chinese companies; after debate over the prudent investor rule, trade impacts, and whether the bill singled out one nation in law, it failed 20-26. HB 1534, limiting property valuation increases, and HB 1266, adjusting the disabled veterans property tax credit, both failed unanimously or nearly so after committee recommendations against them. HB 1566, which would have created a regulatory framework for a product discussed as kratom, was amended on the floor to convert it into a study and then passed 31-15. The chamber also passed HB 2241 on charter schools after a House amendment changed the funding formula to the statewide average from the prior year, and HB 2022, the indigent legal counsel budget, after House changes added funding flexibility, offset lost fee revenue, and included a study on a public defender office. The Senate concurred in several House amendments and then passed a number of Senate bills. SB 2375, allowing joint negotiations between dental providers and insurers under Attorney General oversight, passed 44-2. SB 2251, clarifying that open records requests during state audits should be referred to the audited agency, passed 46-0. SB 2159, related to nuclear energy research, passed 43-3 after House amendments required Industrial Commission approval and consultation with the radioactive waste advisory council. SB 2155, changing gratis antelope license rules, passed 30-16 after debate over landowner rights and tag distribution. SB 251, setting fees and an audit for the Private Investigative and Security Board, passed 44-2. SB 2280, the prior authorization health insurance bill, passed 43-3 with a House-added study and consumer protections. SB 2023, the Racing Commission budget, passed 41-5 after a House change made internship funding one-time. SB 2232, changing prenatal substance exposure reporting requirements and related toxicology rules, passed 44-2. SB 2241, authorizing public charter schools, passed 39-7. The session ended while the Senate was still processing SB 2022’s final passage vote, but the bill had already cleared concurrence on House amendments.

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• and section four. I had nobody uh >> right? and section four.
• Um when we get to section<00:10:41.680> five,<00:10:42.720> um section five, um section
• five uh on we're looking at section five uh on under<00:24:06.640> section under section under
• uh section A uh section A >> uh<00:47:36.079> or<00:47:36.480> section<00:47:36.880
• section. Right. section. Right.

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• Next, we have several sections, including Sections 8 through 25.
• Section 3 is from the agency's budget bill, and this section specifies data classifications for pieces
• So Section 6 begins a series of sections that all make changes to the Child Care Assistance Program,
• This is for Section 6 through Section 12.
• in Head Start from a section that belongs to DCYF to a section that belongs to MDE.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• That's what that section is there. That takes us to section 52.
• So section 60, I correction section 59.
• So that takes us to page 31, section 77. Section 77.
• Uh<00:50:20.960> section Uh section Uh section 88<00:50:23.359> is<00:50:23.599> the
• You mentioned next section, section 84.

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• And that concludes article two. sections. We have sections 8 through 25, sections.
• Uh, section three comes from section.
• Uh so section six um section providers.
• is for section six through section 12. is for section six through section 12.
• Moving on to section three. Um variance. Moving on to section three.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house

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• <00:10:16.560> and<00:10:17.320> somehow sections and somehow sections and somehow other
• And so, I'm trying to figure out, you know, the section that's missing was the section that's missing
• And so it is. language, there's a section that she had language, there's a section that she had in<00
• <00:18:51.159> federal<00:18:52.280> section rule making section, the federal section
• :19:10.080> the<00:19:10.200> entire section, does it bring the entire section, does it

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 4566, authored by Representative Franssen, which responds to a recent Office of the Legislative Auditor report on alleged kickbacks in the early intensive developmental and behavioral intervention (EIBDI) program. Franssen said the bill would require DHS to use expedited rulemaking to clearly include kickbacks in the definition of fraud and would allow the department to withhold or reduce payments when there is a verified credible allegation of fraud, arguing this would protect taxpayer dollars and address a fraud scheme that she said cost about $20 million. Former Representative Matt Dean testified in support, saying the OLA report confirmed kickbacks existed and that the bill would give DHS clearer authority to stop them and pursue those involved. Members raised several technical questions about how the bill interacts with existing state and federal law, including whether it overlaps with the illegal remuneration definition enacted last session, whether it could sweep in federal safe-harbor exceptions, and whether it would expand the scope of the anti-kickback rules. Nonpartisan staff said the bill cites existing definitions in Minnesota law, but also noted that the federal-law impact would need further review. Representative Noor emphasized keeping the credible-allegation language separate from the illegal-remuneration provisions to avoid unintended consequences, and Representative Fisher asked about differences from similar language in another bill; staff said the drafting differences could be reconciled. Representative Jacob cited the OLA report’s conclusion that DHS already had authority to act on kickback allegations without legislative changes, while Representative Gander and Dean argued that even small kickbacks can drive much larger improper provider costs. After questions were closed, Representative Franssen renewed her motion to lay House File 4566 over for possible inclusion, and the motion prevailed.

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• Section 34 on page 70 is the next section.
• Section 42 and section 43 policy bill.
• policy section 52 on page 83 and section policy section 52 on page 83 and section 53<01:41:54.639
• > 91 sections 59 on page 91 sections 59 on page 91 uh<01:45:08.560> section<01:45:08.960
• section 66 on page 96. section 66 on page 96.

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• Section 15, which is a Senate-only section on R118 through R120, goes along with the previous section
• Section 16 is a Senate-only section on R120, and this is related to the previous two sections.
• Section 17, excuse me, Senate section 17, House Article 1, Section 10 on R120 through R125.
• section in section is the only identical section in the<00:36:23.760> policy<00:36:24.320>
• It is Senate<00:36:26.320> section Senate section Senate section 18,<00:36:28.400> House

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The conference committee on the Environment budget for Senate File 2077 met to introduce members and staff, then walked through the Senate and House budget spreadsheets side by side. Nonpartisan staff explained that the Senate budget was built around a smaller general fund increase and more use of environmental and dedicated funds, while the House met its target through several reductions, including cuts to DNR, PCA, and Board of Water and Soil Resources appropriations. The committee reviewed major agency items for the Pollution Control Agency, DNR, the Metropolitan Council, the Minnesota Zoo, and other accounts, including operating adjustments, permit-related funding, and transfers between funds. Several major differences were highlighted. For the PCA, the Senate included operating adjustments, permitting efficiency funding, composting grants, outreach funding, and a closed landfill investment fund approach that repeals an expiring statutory appropriation, while the House instead extends that appropriation for four more years. For the DNR, the Senate included operating adjustments, groundwater and AIS fee increases, aquatic invasive species funding, trail grants, outdoor schools for all, abandoned watercraft enforcement, and a sustainable foraging task force; the House had fewer of these fee and policy items and used reductions to meet its target. The committee also noted Senate-only policy provisions on outreach to diverse communities, field citations and mercury certification for skin-lightening products, disabled veteran license fee changes, and a moratorium on foraging rulemaking until July 1, 2027. Agency testimony followed. The MPCA commissioner praised both chambers for recognizing core agency work and urged adoption of operating adjustments, the closed landfill fund access, and the air appropriation increase. The DNR assistant commissioner supported operating adjustments, groundwater and AIS fee increases, and the veteran license proposal, but raised concerns about the Senate’s foraging task force language, saying it overweights consumptive users and could limit the agency’s ability to manage foraging without clear data. He also noted support for the land transfer funding and said the agency would continue working with the committee on unresolved issues. No votes were taken in this portion of the meeting.

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• in your packets titled list of sections in your packets titled list of sections included.<00:28:
• > define Sections 27 through 29 define Sections 27 through 29 define controlling<00:30:26.480>
• :30:43.919> that Section 30 establishes requirements that Section 30 establishes requirements
• Sections 31 and 32 modify patients.
• Uh, sections 7 and 9 through 12.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• That'd be probably Section 7. That'd be probably Section 17.
• Let's start with the sections, the higher education funding formula, Sections...
• Let's go now to Section 18, which is on page 3. Section 18, which is on page 3.
• Section 3. Chamber therapy we've given them that travel authority section 31.
• , you'll see section 3, other funds received; section 23 is carryover authority; section 30 is a transfer

Bills: SB2003

Keywords: higher education, student loans, scholarships, capital projects, workforce development, funding, North Dakota university system, 908, all

Summary: The committee met to work through the higher education budget, beginning with a conflict-of-interest request from Representative Martinson, who was excused from voting because of a partnership that leases office space to Bismarck State College. Members then reviewed the higher education institution budget sheets, covering ongoing and one-time funding items for campuses and system projects such as BSC housing, Lake Region roof repairs, UND’s STEM and National Security Crossroads projects, the UND allied health facility, NDSU projects including New Horizons, DSU deferred maintenance and campus security, Mayville’s Old Main, Minot projects, and the regional health institutes. Members also discussed student financial assistance, the professional student exchange program, IT security funding, and workforce/education innovation grants. Several amendments and policy questions were debated. The committee adopted an amendment to make workforce education innovation grants competitive rather than automatically distributed, and then voted to remove language prohibiting those funds from being used to duplicate academic programs. Members also removed similar anti-duplication language from the New Horizons section. They agreed to extend the UND hyperbaric chamber transfer authority to 2027 and clarified language around UND land-sale proceeds. A proposed amendment to add $5.6 million for the Wahpeton State School of Science building purchase failed for lack of a second, and a proposal to restore fetal alcohol spectrum disorder funding to UND was left for conference. The committee also discussed, but did not add, a tuition cap change, a study on the Praxis exam, and several governance-related provisions. The committee spent significant time on broader higher education policy items, including a $3 million enterprise resource planning request for the university system, a $2 million grant program for students who are pregnant, recently gave birth, or are caring for young children, and a $1.1 million request for library age-verification software tied to the Odin system. Members also discussed dual-credit authority for UND and NDSU, a goal for the UND medical school to increase North Dakota resident enrollment, and intent language regarding the commissioner/chancellor model and presidential search authority. At the end of the meeting, the committee approved the amendments and then gave the higher education budget a do-pass recommendation as amended, with Representative Sanford designated as the carrier. The Forest Service budget was also approved, including two additional FTEs, and the committee adjourned after noting it would continue with other budgets the next day.

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• Section 3, end of bill. Senator Doñate: Thank you, Mr. President.
• Section 13, end of bill. Senator Titus. Thank you, Mr. President.
• Section 5, end of bill. Senator Stone. Thank you, Mr. President.
• 1 and to section 1.
• The people of state Nevada represented in Senate and Assembly to enact as follows section 1 into section

Keywords: 909, all

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• So uh I will go through the bill section by section.
• So uh I will go through the bill section by section.
• . section. section.
• and insurance section in section four and insurance section in section four and under<00:27:13.679
• section five. section five.

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• Um that's in section 3. overcharges. Um that's in section 3.
• section 6 that was deleted. section 6 that was deleted.
• to delete Section 20. to delete Section 20.
• Section 20. Is that correct? Section 20. Is that correct?
• seven<00:56:09.640> strikes Um section eight section seven strikes Um section eight section

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• Section two of the bill eliminates an outdated bond requirement.
• Section two of the bill eliminates an outdated bond requirement.
• Section two of the bill eliminates an outdated bond requirement.
• Section two of the bill eliminates an outdated bond requirement.
• Section two of the bill eliminates an outdated bond requirement.

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• That's the bulk of the main section.
• Yes, actually, Section 1.3, we worked with the judges of limited jurisdiction on that section.
• we've crossed out references to Sections 1.2 and replaced them with Section 1.4.
• So first, I wanted to go to section, well, I'll go in order, section 1.6.
• I wanted to go into a different section that we were just discussing here internally to Section 1.8.

Keywords: 909, all

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• That's SB 1445, an act amending section...
• ; amending Section 11-1133, Arizona Revised Statutes; repealing Section 12-524, Arizona Revised Statutes
• ; and amending Sections 33-420 and 41-254, relating to real property.
• 15-31, relating to section 21-3301 and rules.
• By adding Section 36-22.02, relating to emergency medical services.

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Summary: The Senate convened, recorded attendance, dispensed with reading the journal, and recognized several guest groups, including landscape architects and FFA representatives who delivered plants to senators. The chamber then moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, considering a large number of bills and resolutions, with most measures receiving do-pass recommendations, often after committee or floor amendments. Topics included public monies and cryptocurrency/stablecoin use by the state (SB 1042, SB 1043, SB 1044, SB 1045, SCR 1003, SCR 1033), attorney discipline and family court matters (SB 1039, SB 1139, SB 1147, SB 1148, SB 1328), public records, scholarship organizations, HOA flag rules, deed conveyances, environmental restrictions on solar radiation management, federal land acquisition consent, small modular reactors, water quality testing, and state revenue-related constitutional changes (SCR 1028). One notable procedural dispute occurred when an Epstein amendment to SB 1043 was ruled not germane; the chair’s ruling was upheld on a 14-10 division vote, and the bill later advanced without that amendment. The Senate also retained SB 1419 on the calendar. On later calendars, the Senate advanced health and human services measures focused on Arizona’s Access program and DCS, including SB 1052, SB 1115, SB 1149, SB 1193, SB 1233, SB 1345, SB 1346, and SB 1631. Testimony on SB 1115 centered on whether Access employees should be barred from remote work, with supporters arguing in-person work was needed and critics warning of staffing and service disruptions without a new facility or appropriation. SB 1233 drew discussion about a short cure period for administrative deficiencies; supporters said the bill addressed retaliatory enforcement practices, while opponents said the timeframe was too short. SB 1345 and SB 1346 also drew Access-related debate, including a floor amendment removing Access from SB 1345 and an objection that the bill could conflict with federal Medicaid law. The committee reports for these bills were adopted, and the measures were sent forward with do-pass recommendations. The Senate also advanced regulatory and utility-related bills on another calendar, including SB 1137, SB 1144, and SB 1205. SB 1137 dealt with underground facilities excavation notification and passed with a Kavanaugh floor amendment described as stakeholder-driven technical detail. SB 1144 addressed veterinary technician certification and education alternatives and passed with committee amendment. SB 1205, concerning motor vehicle booting fees regulation, was amended to require an appeals process for private parking lots using booting services after a senator described a personal experience of paying a boot fee and receiving no response to an appeal. The calendar was still in progress at the end of the transcript, with SB 1286 just beginning to be read.

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• This is section 18.
• Section 19 establishes the financial crimes and fraud section within the BCA.
• Section 19 establishes the financial crimes and fraud section within the BCA.
• Section 19 establishes the financial crimes and fraud section within the BCA.
• Section 19 establishes the financial crimes and fraud section within the BCA.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Engrossed House Bill 1470 is a bill for an act to amend and reenact section 20.1-03-12, sections 20.1
• -03-36.1 and 20.1-03-37, subsection 4 of section 20.1-03-38, and section 20.1-04-12.1 of the North Dakota
• Section 4, technical advisor role.
• And then the last section, section four, it was brought to our attention.
• Section 7, a notice of intent to evict a tenant from a mobile home park under Section 47-32-02 must include

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Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then approved journal corrections and recognized visiting students from Underwood School. The chamber also handled several conference committee appointments after failing to concur with Senate amendments on House bills 1022, 1049, 1229, and 1029, and after the Senate failed to concur on House amendments to Senate bills 2010 and 2113. The House then concurred in or passed a series of amended measures, including House Bills 1481 (dental insurance loss ratio and reporting), 1511 (physician guidance on abortion law, with an emergency clause), 1562 (mandated reporter training), 1197 (correctional facilities study), 1095 (child protective services liaison work group), 1317 (barber licensing board changes), 1549 (corrections facility grants and reentry-related provisions), 1354 (appraiser evaluations), 1374 (open meeting exemption for township supervisors during on-site inspections), 1355 (abbreviated notice for administrative rulemaking), 1025 (advanced nuclear energy study), 1470 (Game and Fish fee changes), 1592 (Lignite Research Council updates), and 1375 (alcohol service/photo ID provisions). Final passage votes were recorded on each bill, with most passing comfortably and some drawing notable opposition, especially HB 1470 and HB 1549. The House spent substantial time on Senate Bill 2011, the Highway Patrol appropriation. Members discussed shifting one-time funding from the general fund to the Electronic Motor Carrier Permit Fund, including body armor, preliminary breath tests, an emergency vehicle course, resurfacing, fleet costs, and handgun/taser replacement, while also noting a federal grant and no new FTEs. Questions focused on salary-line increases and the new-and-vacant FTE pool, with Appropriations explaining that those dollars had been moved back into agency budgets from OMB. The bill passed 84-6. The House also passed Senate Bill 2013, the Commissioner of University and School Lands appropriation, after discussion of Trust Lands operations, unclaimed property staffing, and distributions from the Common Schools Trust Fund; one member was excused for a conflict, and the bill passed 67-22. Senate Bill 2023, the Racing Commission appropriation, passed 65-25 after a brief explanation of the agency’s responsibilities and funding. A major policy debate centered on Senate Bill 2385, which revises mobile home park regulation. Supporters said it creates receivership procedures if a license is revoked, requires clearer tenant notices, limits certain fees, and strengthens protections against eviction and utility overcharges. Two members were excused from voting due to conflicts tied to mobile home park ownership, and the bill passed 84-4. Another extended debate occurred on Senate Bill 2159, which allows the State Energy Research Center to study nuclear-related projects with approval from the Industrial Commission and consultation with the radioactive waste advisory council. Supporters said it is meant to help study advanced nuclear energy while preserving existing prohibitions on high-level radioactive waste storage; opponents raised concerns that the language could weaken prior protections and open the door to waste-related research or storage. The transcript ends during that debate, before a final vote on SB 2159 is shown.

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• I will start off with Section 1, talking about the bill as amended, and noting that the new Section 1
• Section 17 at the bottom of page 15 and running ahead to Section 18 on pages 16 and 17 relate to the
• Section 26 on page 24, along with Section 27, relates to canvassing of elections.
• <00:44:50.480> the<00:44:50.920> the<00:44:51.160> section section 23 section 23
• is the the section section 23 section 23 is the the section that<00:44:51.640> creates<00:44:

Keywords: 1183, house