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• are those that preserve flexibility, enable local control, and allow performance-based solutions to compete
• are those that preserve flexibility, enable local control, and allow performance-based solutions to compete
• solutions to compete on their merits. solutions to compete on their merits.
• Boards vote differently, and they do take positions against the others because there are competing issues
• there are competing um issues in fact. there are competing um issues in fact.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• and pull over suppliers to dramatically undercut competitors, and locally owned stores struggle to compete
• struggle to compete. struggle to compete.
• If independent retailers lose the ability to compete in this space, it will further erode their ability
• <00:09:14.399> this<00:09:14.640> space,<00:09:15.279> it the ability to compete
• We continue to lose; my business keeps losing customers because they can't compete anymore.

Bills: HF4080, HF3693, HF1857, HF4350

Keywords: agriculture, livestock, retailers, ownership interest, exclusive contracts, meat packing companies, dominant retailers, state law, Department of Agriculture, appropriation, funding, agriculture policy, state budget, animal welfare, cat declawing, animal cruelty, therapeutic procedures, civil penalties, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, aquatic life

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• <01:17:40.680> with<01:17:41.240> out-of-state investors to compete with out-of-state
• investors to compete with out-of-state cash<01:17:42.520> buyers.
• is allowing maybe investors more locally who can't do a large cash offer get a loan to be able to compete
• <01:24:46.680> with<01:24:46.840> those a loan to be able to compete with those a loan
• to be able to compete with those cash<01:24:47.360> offers,<01:24:47.760> right?

Bills: HF3766, HF3972, HF3437, HF4118

Keywords: travel insurance, regulation, insurance licensing, consumer protection, travel assistance, short-term rental, vacation rental, home sharing, rental marketplace, online platform, property damage guarantee, damage waiver, reimbursement insurance, insurance regulation, commerce department, platform user, Airbnb, Vrbo, host protection, rental home marketplace

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• <00:20:45.840> It's demonstrate a minimum competency.
• It's demonstrate a minimum competency.
• <00:20:51.200> My applicator is competent to do that.
• My applicator is competent to do that.
• <00:21:09.760> occupational competency occupational competency occupational measurement.<00:21

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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• These are not competing interests. They're aligned ones.
• These are not competing interests. They're aligned ones.
• These are not competing interests. They're aligned ones.
• >> So, is this now gonna compete with that?
• >> So, is this now gonna compete with that?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We compete against communities and airports all over the country trying to attract businesses and the
• The witness said the airport competes against communities and airports all over the country to attract
• They’re also basic necessities that renters have to compete with their housing costs.
• They’re also basic necessities that renters have to compete with their housing costs.
• Young people are actively leaving agriculture because we simply cannot compete.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I don't really see this competing with that. Uh like I said, there's not enough capacity.
• I don't really see this competing with that. Uh like I said, there's not enough capacity.
• I don't really see this competing with that. Uh like I said, there's not enough capacity.
• I don't really see this competing with that. Uh like I said, there's not enough capacity.
• <00:37:12.240> with don't really see this competing with don't really see this competing with

Keywords: 1183, house

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• us to focus our general fund on the classroom so that funding for teachers and class sizes never compete
• us to focus our general fund on the classroom so that funding for teachers and class sizes never compete
• 00:59:28.119> class<00:59:28.480> sizes<00:59:29.359> never<00:59:29.680> compete
• teachers and class sizes never compete teachers and class sizes never compete with<00:59:30.200>
• <01:18:39.840> need security that's another competing need security that's another competing

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• $1,000 at a private school, you run the risk of putting everybody out of business because who can compete
• $1,000 at a private school, you run the risk of putting everybody out of business because who can compete
• $1,000 at a private school, you run the risk of putting everybody out of business because who can compete
• $1,000 at a private school, you run the risk of putting everybody out of business because who can compete
• $1,000 at a private school, you run the risk of putting everybody out of business because who can compete

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• on marijuana would potentially lead to a higher cost of it, so the government marijuana wouldn't compete
• on marijuana would potentially lead to a higher cost of it, so the government marijuana wouldn't compete
• c> wouldn't government government marijuana wouldn't government government marijuana wouldn't compete
• to the private sale of marijuana compete to the private sale of marijuana or<01:04:45.240> black<
• for investment in convening competing for investment in business<01:26:33.679> relative<01:26

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House Tax Committee met for an organizational and orientation session. Members and staff introduced themselves, with several lawmakers noting their districts, business backgrounds, and interest in tax policy. Chair Greg Davids then opened the committee’s first substantive item: a presentation from House Research and House Fiscal staff on how the committee works and on basic tax concepts. House Research staff Sean Williams and Chris Clayman explained their roles in drafting bills and amendments, writing bill summaries, answering legal and policy questions, and modeling tax proposals. They also described the committee’s key documents, including partisan and nonpartisan bill summaries, revenue estimates, fiscal notes, and supporting materials. Their presentation covered core tax concepts such as tax bases, rates, deductions, exemptions, credits, tax revenues, and tax expenditures, emphasizing that tax expenditures function like spending through the tax code and are reviewed by a legislative commission. The staff then reviewed Minnesota’s major taxes, focusing on the individual income tax and business taxation. They explained that Minnesota’s individual income tax starts with federal adjusted gross income, then applies state additions, deductions, subtractions, and credits, and that the state’s income tax brackets and rates are set separately from federal law. They also outlined the difference between corporate franchise taxes for C corporations and individual income tax treatment for pass-through entities, and discussed how the federal SALT cap led Minnesota and other states to adopt pass-through entity taxes so businesses could preserve federal deductibility of state taxes. Members asked questions about a duplicate “marriage penalty” entry on a slide, the purpose of Minnesota’s marriage penalty credit, comparisons with other states, and the timing and effect of the pass-through entity tax; staff answered that the duplicate was a mistake, the credit offsets bracket-related marriage penalties, and the pass-through entity tax was adopted in response to the federal SALT cap.

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• Obviously, there are many competing interests, as we've been talking about.
• Obviously, there are many competing interests, as we've been talking about.
• who is blind or visually impaired in a public K-12 school be taught by a professional trained and competent
• It will operate in spaces defined by ambiguity, competing values, and moral uncertainty.
• Our states and countries are competing fiercely, and federal support is uncertain.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee on Economic Development held a hearing on the DRIVE Act, a proposal to invest $400 million in Massachusetts research and innovation without new taxes. Governor Healey and administration officials said the bill would direct $200 million to public higher education research and regional partnerships and $200 million to a research funding pool for hospitals, universities, and other institutions, with the goal of retaining talent, leveraging private and philanthropic dollars, and offsetting major federal R&D cuts. They argued that research is a core economic engine for the state, supporting jobs across labs, construction, services, and surrounding businesses, and said the bill would help protect the Commonwealth’s tax base and competitiveness during a period of federal uncertainty and cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and other programs. Committee members raised concerns about whether Fair Share surtax dollars should instead be used for K-12 and other community needs, whether the proposal is enough given the scale of lost federal grants, and how the money would be allocated. The governor responded that the funds are one-time surplus dollars, that most surtax revenue already supports education, and that the bill is meant as a bridge to stabilize public higher education and research. She also said the legislation includes a review board and could support a revolving or matched-fund approach in some cases. Several members pressed for more detail on selection criteria, future funding, and whether private companies and large endowments should contribute more. University of Massachusetts leaders and researchers testified that federal grant cancellations and delays are already causing layoffs, furloughs, rescinded admissions, and lost research capacity. UMass officials said the bill would help preserve faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and research programs in medicine, climate science, marine science, Braille instruction, and AI decision-making. They emphasized that the funding should be merit-based and that the state needs to act quickly to prevent talent from leaving Massachusetts. Business, labor, and industry groups, including MassBio, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, AIM, the AFL-CIO, and Building Trades, supported the bill, saying it would protect jobs, sustain the innovation ecosystem, and reinforce Massachusetts’ national leadership in research and life sciences. No vote was taken in the hearing.

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• Texas is probably the only place in the free world that can compete with that today because of our natural
• I think we want the economic development, but there's no doubt that other states are competing for that
• We should continue to try to out-compete other states that are trying to attract these investments.
• And AI and the data centers and the work that you're doing and competing – I'm speaking with China.
• So ERCOT's really competing with the market that they're trying to serve, if that makes sense.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• So our primary care doctors now have more confidence and competence in addressing these issues in-house
• , and they can also connect with... ...and competence in addressing these issues in-house.
• have the skills, the mental health first aid, we’re able to do that, then we can build in that competency
• have the skills, the mental health first aid, we're able to do that, then we can build in that competency
• And who are we competing against? Everyone, right?

Summary: The hearing focused on youth mental health and treatment access in California, with opening remarks emphasizing that youth distress, self-harm-related emergency visits, and difficulty obtaining care remain elevated, while workforce shortages and reliance on one-time funding continue to limit access. Assemblymember Lori Davies echoed concerns about unstable funding and said lawmakers need to hear directly from providers and families as they prepare for the budget and legislation. The chair framed the hearing as a chance to hear from county, school, provider, and student perspectives, especially in San Diego County, where needs are high and investments have not always matched demand. County and school officials described the current system and recent state initiatives, including the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, school-linked fee schedules, payment reform, and the Behavioral Health Services Act transition. San Diego County Behavioral Health said it serves Medi-Cal youth with specialty mental health needs through a broad continuum of care, including outpatient clinics, school-based services, crisis response, residential treatment, and new crisis and residential facilities. San Diego County Office of Education and San Marcos Unified School District described efforts to expand school-based services and reimbursement through CYBHI, but said implementation is slowed by complex billing rules, insurance-data collection concerns from families, administrative burden, and uncertainty about sustaining staff positions funded by grants or soft money. School counselor testimony highlighted reduced stigma through campus outreach and clubs, but also noted that counselor-to-student ratios remain well above national standards and that budget cuts threaten supports. Provider testimony stressed that the system remains fragmented and that youth often move between emergency rooms, inpatient care, outpatient therapy, schools, and county programs without smooth handoffs. A child psychiatrist described crisis cases in which the main choices are brief hospitalization or discharge with limited follow-up, and argued for stronger warm handoffs, more outpatient and intensive outpatient options, better school-clinic coordination, and broader use of mobile crisis and 988. Rady Children’s Hospital and Aurora Behavioral Health described large increases in behavioral health demand, expansion of integrated care, and major barriers tied to low reimbursement rates, delayed payments, and administrative complexity. Across the panel, witnesses called for more stable funding, clearer reimbursement rules, better parent education on warning signs, and stronger collaboration among schools, counties, hospitals, and community providers to reduce stigma and improve timely care for youth.

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• We took a stand for female athletes in K-12 sports by ensuring that students could compete on teams that
• But one thing that I found incredibly helpful in nursing school was conversations around cultural competency
• passing to make sure that folks do get the training they need on cultural sensitivity and cultural competency
• I think if you don't demonstrate cultural competency and cultural sensitivity, it causes a real problem
• Are we not competent? Are we just supposed to be the help?

Bills: SJR12, SCR39, SB7, SB8, SB27, SB29, SB125, SB241, SB371, SB396, SB406, SB464, SB568, SB578, SB608, SB617, SB660, SB689, SB693, SB707, SB731, SB732, SB763, SB779, SB836, SB854, SB857, SB875, SB878, SB879, SB906, SB920, SB921, SB922, SB942, SB965, SB985, SB996, SB1029, SB1035, SB1036, SB1059, SB1084, SB1098, SB1101, SB1185, SB1188, SB1321, SB1332, SB1366, SB1388, SB1396, SB1453, SB1484, SB1494, SB1536, SB1563, SB1596, SB1610, SB1619, SB1737, SB1738, SB1741, SB1816, SB1822, SB1841, SB1939, SB2155, SB2188, SB2230, SJR36, SJR12, SJR81, SJR50, SCR22, SCR12, SCR39, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB504, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB241, SB304, SB1023, SB204, SB609, SB670, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB447, SB406, SB985, SB1119, SB1505, SB1215, SB1302, SB583, SB673, SB681, SB1172, SB608, SB955, SB957, SB1120, SB541, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB125, SB53, SB1352, SB785, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB507, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB763, SB667, SB1059, SB617, SB1567, SB310, SB311, SB505, SB1209, SB1210, SB1470, SB264, SB1029, SB1358, SB1364, SB1569, SB1376, SB1228, SB519, SB878, SB1350, SB462, SB827, SB1585, SB1396, SB920, SB1484, SB1273, SB1741, SB7, SB927, SB1227, SB1229, SB1353, SB1366, SB1464, SB1709, SB1729, SB1733, SB1744, SB1772, SB1816, SB1841, SB2188, SB1147, SB879, SB1008, SB1536, SB2016, SB1453, SB1173, SB1163, SB996, SB27, SB568, SB1370, SB1321, SB1101, SB906, SB860, SB1563, SB993, SB693, SB1610, SB1537, SB836, SB1332, SB1307, SB963, SB493, SB922, SB984, SB1084, SB619, SB1098, SB1122, SB455, SB522, SB1057, SB1239, SB1254, SB1255, SB1259, SB1341, SB1664, SB1877, SB464, SB1277, SB32, SB732, SB660, SB731, SB921, SB268, SB1822, SB1188, SB1939, SB1589, SB397, SB1388, SB2230, SB1058, SB1036, SB1267, SB2112, SB1930, SB532, SB1035, SB2155, SB508, SB29, SB292, SB291, SB901, SB1333, SB1436, SB1494, SB964, SB779, SB1378, SB2312, SB1719, SB1386, SB287, SB2143, SB1245, SB261, SB1247, SB1948, SB2406, SB2407, SB1882, SB1197, SB1814, SB618, SB38, SB393, SB2065, SB1371, SB1394, SB1365, SB2243, SB2226, SB2039, SB1919, SB1895, SB1598, SB1493, SB1810, SB1791, SB1706, SB1644, SB1238, SB783, SB458, SB22, SB651, SB897, SB7, SB125, SB578, SB608, SB617, SB763, SB836, SB878, SB906, SB920, SB942, SB985, SB1084, SB1366, SB1388, SB1563, SB1737, SB1738, SB1816, SB1939, SB406, SB689, SR327, SR346, SR351, SR352

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border, National Guard, state guard, border wall, border barriers

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• It's not competing with those operating pressures, particularly on the health and human service side,
• that fund to collect registry fees, gas tax revenue, and now we will be adding to that... ...not competing
• The pressure of Proposition 2 1/2 and competing budget pressures restrict towns' abilities to create

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 4987, the administration’s transportation bond bill centered on Chapter 90 roadway funding and related capital programs. Administration officials described the bill as a roughly $5.5 billion package that would continue $300 million per year for Chapter 90 over four years, with part of the funding distributed by the traditional formula and an additional $100 million based solely on road miles to better support rural and smaller communities. They also highlighted authorizations for municipal pavement work, Shared Streets and Spaces grants, accelerated bridge and pavement repairs, MBTA rail modernization and reliability, housing-related transportation improvements, and a new DCR-focused PRISM program for parkways and related infrastructure. Officials emphasized that the bill is financed through the Commonwealth Transportation Fund and Fair Share revenues, and said it would help municipalities plan more predictably, speed project delivery, and support housing, safety, and climate goals. Committee members and witnesses discussed the bill’s broader scope beyond traditional Chapter 90, especially the $200 million for transportation projects that support housing development and the $200 million for MBTA modernization and rail reliability. Members asked about the rationale for a four-year authorization amid fiscal uncertainty, federal funding volatility, and the status of commuter rail electrification. Administration officials responded that the capital authorization is backed by dedicated transportation revenues rather than the operating budget, and said multi-year certainty helps cities and towns make better long-term repair decisions. They also said the MBTA’s rail modernization funds would support locomotive procurements, including battery-electric and Tier 4 diesel locomotives, as part of a longer-term regional rail and electrification strategy. Municipal officials and regional advocates strongly supported the bill. The Massachusetts Municipal Association, along with town and city officials from Sherborn, Conway, and Yarmouth, said the increased Chapter 90 funding and road-mile-based distribution are especially important for small and rural communities with limited local revenue capacity, and that multi-year funding would let them bundle projects, bid at better prices, and address backlogs more proactively. A Better City and MAPC also supported the bill but urged the committee to treat it like a traditional bond bill by adding policy provisions and considering new transportation revenue tools, such as TNC fee changes, road pricing, parking taxes, and other mechanisms. The committee took no vote during the hearing and adjourned after testimony concluded.

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• companies that play by the rules and properly classify their workers lose business, because they cannot compete
• companies that play by the rules and properly classify their workers lose business because they cannot compete
• Independent agents represent multiple carriers and compare coverage across competing insurers to find

Keywords: 1146, all

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• I think this contemplates somebody who is not a competent to make their own decisions at that point,
• Yes, if the patient is competent and able to make their own decisions, if they're coherent and awake,
• Does your bill contemplate a situation where a patient might not be competent to make that choice.

Bills: HB4104, HB3722, HB3787, HB3700, HB3701, HB3310, HB3404, HB2964, HB2398, HB3024, HB3499, HB3278, HB3279, HB3645, HB3649, HB2293, HB3260, HB3176, HB3177, HB3114, HB3172, HB3322, HB3323, HB4248, HB3720, HB2210, HB1322, HB1937, HB3301, HB4107

Keywords: Oklahoma criminal law, felony classification, Class B5, Class D1, sentencing enhancement, repeat offender, domestic violence, stalking, voyeurism, peeping tom, clandestine recording, hidden camera, privacy offense, sex offender registry, Sex Offenders Registration Act, protective order violation, animal cruelty, cockfighting, dogfighting, public safety

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• The other purpose of this legislation, though, is to allow for choice and to allow those plans to compete
• don't know about you, but I was looking at the fiscal impact report, and it talks about criminal competency
• only other comment that I have is that I wish we could have worked to have one bill and not two competing

Bills: SB101, SB21, HM52, HB132, SB14, SB20

Keywords: SB 101, Health Care Delivery and Access Act, repeal of repeal, sunset repeal, delayed repeal, health care, healthcare, access to care, medical services, provider regulation, state health law, New Mexico, SB 21, Medicare supplement, Medigap, open enrollment, guaranteed issue, birthday month enrollment, health insurance, insurance regulation

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• second, it gradually expands the annual cap so more companies can participate over time instead of competing
• access to expertise, and access to opportunities that help them stay in New Mexico, hire locally, and compete
• pipeline from research to commercialization is essential to diversifying New Mexico's economy and competing

Keywords: 996, all

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• Medicaid providers by design Ps Sense must be nimble and integrated into our communities in order to compete
• We're able to compete compete in this market because of our customer service to our to our members and