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• For the state, our agency adds value by serving this body and the state government with accurate, reliable
• For those who may not know, the state government finance budget bill funds the offices of And the state
• There is a separate state government policy bill, which is also...
• You will also see that there is a bill from Representative Breyer for the Secretary of State, which will
• That was Representative Joyce's bill.

Bills: HF2783

Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant

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• The Secretary of State is on line 3.24. The State Board of Investment is on line 3.28.
• This is part of Representative Nash's House File 3.
• Section 19 has to do with Representative Nash's report on open positions.
• We represent over 18,000 state employees across all agencies, boards, and commissions.
• plans, as well as a large amount of state assets.

Bills: HF2783

Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant

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• representative representative kururin<00:37:02.520> on<00:37:02.800> that Representative
• of Minnesota thank farmers in the state of Minnesota thank you<00:57:37.319> represent<00:57:
• Representative Nelson thanked the Chair and Representative Vang.
• Representative Lee said that the reason the discussion is focused on broadband is that in 2023 the state
• <01:13:34.040> it<01:13:34.120> seems represent with represent a that it seems represent

Bills: HF44, HF2102, HF2279, HF2280, HF2281

Keywords: HF44, Casey Jones State Trail, Pipestone Trailhead, Currie Loop, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, trail rehabilitation, trail reconstruction, recreational trail, bike trail, hiking trail, infrastructure, state trail, Pipestone, Currie, bonding authorization

Bills: SB 2188, SB 2230, SB 1763, SB 879, SB 1147

Keywords: education, funding, state budget, public schools, school choice, geothermal energy, environmental regulation, Railroad Commission of Texas, closed-loop systems, energy production, regulatory exemption, mining, interstate compact, Texas, natural resources, state withdrawal

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• If you would state your name for the record, who you're with and your position on the bill.
• House Bill 2655 was introduced in the House of Representatives by Senator Hinojosa: Representative Oliverson
• I'm testifying in favor of House Bill 2399 and I represent the Family Freedom Project.
• Is there anyone else wishing to testify on House Bill 632 by Representative Bucy?
• And just want to add, we are trending in the wrong direction in this state.

Bills: HB50

Keywords: constitutional amendment, ballot language, fiscal note, fiscal impact, cost estimate, savings estimate, Legislative Budget Board, LBB, secretary of state, Election Code, Government Code, voter information, ballot proposition, state budget, election administration, Texas

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• A voluntary state option in lieu of bankruptcy.
• <00:09:37.839> Anybody<00:09:38.160> object? Any objections? >> All right.
• Any objections. Any objections. All<00:09:58.000> right.<00:09:59.360> SB96.
• any objections call the long row. any objections call the long row.
• And this actually put puts state.

Bills: HB59, SB15, SB96, SB104, SB137

Keywords: public accountancy, CPA licensing, board regulations, educational prerequisites, electronic notifications, firm registration, assignment, creditors, insolvency, liquidation, assignee, secured transaction, bankruptcy, state law, voluntary process, distribution of assets, emergency rules, governor certification, state regulations, public safety

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• Most of the time, they are elected from around the state.
• of Education with the authority to appoint a state school superintendent and to operate the State Department
• Across the country, states use many different education governance structures, yet 49 states still outperform
• the state, there is broad support for going back to a state superintendent of schools, regardless of
• , we beat the surrounding states.

Bills: SB104, SJR3, SM3

Keywords: wildlife commission, removal procedures, malfeasance, appointed officials, governance, education reform, public education, state board of education, superintendent, chartering authority, constitutional amendment, policy setting, insects, insect workshop, insect identification, ecology, monitoring, management, pollinators, pollination

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• Um, for those who may not know, the state government finance budget bill funds the offices of the state
• You will also see that there is Representative Ryer's bill for the Secretary of State, which will help
• Joyy's bill, Representative Craft, uh Joyy's bill, Representative Craft, uh integrating<00:09:41.440>
• effectively in the state of Minnesota. effectively in the state of Minnesota.
• Representative Representative Representative Ston.<00:14:02.240> I<00:14:02.399> just<00

Bills: HF2783

Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant

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• Secretary of State is on line 3.24. The State Board of Investment is on line 3.28.
• The state governor appropriation.
• We represent over 18,500 state employees across all agencies, boards, and commissions.
• agencies is counterintuitive to state agencies is counterintuitive to the<00:20:22.480> objective
• the Minnesota State Board of Investment. the Minnesota State Board of Investment.

Bills: HF2783

Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant

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• by the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
• So it's up to the states to enforce that balance, and all states do this. Texas does it very well.
• Kind of hard to pull the plug on an object that doesn't have a plug.
• We'll cut off all public funds from cities and from the state.
• This is narrower and I, at the risk of stating the obvious.

Bills: SB 18, SB 19, SB 666, SB 688, SB 707, SB 888

Keywords: municipal libraries, state funding, gender identity, public events, children's literature, SB 19, Texas, political subdivision, local government, county, city, municipality, taxpayer-funded lobbying, lobbying ban, public funds, registered lobbyist, Chapter 305, Government Code, Local Government Code, county association dues

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• c> Representative Representative Craft and Representative Representative Craft and Representative
• If not a red state blue state divide.
• Representative Joy then said that 82% of Minnesotans support transparency in state government and want
• Representative Joy said that 82% of Minnesotans support transparency in state government and want cost-benefits
• Representative Jones. No. Representative Joy. Yes. Representative Cosnick. I. Representative Craft.

Bills: SF856, HF4482, HF3672, HF1234, HF4591, HF3554, HF936

Keywords: Inspector General, fraud prevention, state audit, public funds, misuse, transparency, government accountability, HF4482, Minnesota Historical Society, state historic sites, historic site management, historic preservation, county historical society, local historical society, municipality, county government, admission fees, grants-in-aid, site operations, site maintenance

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• It's just an automatic savings initiative of the state. automatic savings of the state, facilitating
• It doesn't create a burden for the state.
• It only applies to state employees. The State Controller has discretion...
• It's an opportunity for state employees, say, the Alabama State Employees Association, in connection
• But yes, I want to go back to stating again that code...

Bills: SB163, SB173, SB155, HB93, SB163, SB173, SB155, HB93

Keywords: State Auditor, property investigations, negligence, loss report, civil actions, Alabama Retirement Savings Program, state-facilitated retirement savings, auto-IRA, automatic enrollment, payroll deduction IRA, retirement savings access gap, private sector workers, small business retirement plan, portable retirement account, Roth IRA, traditional IRA, life-cycle fund, capital preservation fund, financial literacy, Department of Workforce

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• States actually have the retention bonus that we're seeking. So, Representative Larson, please.
• Representative Banks: I. Representative Geringer: I. Representative Larson: I.
• Representative Banks: I. Representative Geringer: I. Representative Larson: Hi.
• and but we don't define a state guard. uh Representative Larson from the uh Representative Larson from
• They just strike national and add state. >> Representative or Senator, I believe that was the discussion

Bills: SF0012, SF0013, SF0067

Keywords: military, national guard, reenlistment, extension bonus, funding, Wyoming, Wyoming National Guard, recruitment, referral bonus, military service, eligibility expansion, incentive program, Wyoming state guard, emergency response, governor authority, state council of defense, 916, all

Bills: SF0012, SF0013, SF0067

Keywords: military, national guard, reenlistment, extension bonus, funding, Wyoming, Wyoming National Guard, recruitment, referral bonus, military service, eligibility expansion, incentive program, Wyoming state guard, emergency response, governor authority, state council of defense, 916, all

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• If there's no objection, House Bill 5200 will be left pending. Is your objection?
• The state, the state, the state does not have that authority.
• Thank you, Representative Swanson. If there's no objection, House Bill 1617 will be left pending.
• Uh, clearly you represent part of the state where I'm from, and, uh, I've got several of these storage
• If there's no objection, House Bill 1378 will be left pending. Is there objection, Chair.

Bills: HB 551, HB 1281, HB 1378, HB 1617, HB 2868, HB 2881, HB 3374, HB 4439, HB 4726, HB 4732, HB 4878, HB 4914, HB 4921, HB 4958, HB 5200, HB 5318, HB 5360, HB 5402, HB 5568, HB 5573, HB 5623, HJR 218

Keywords: political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, international organizations, World Health Organization, jurisdiction, state law, enforcement, United Nations, World Economic Forum, attorney general, Texas attorney general, state sovereignty, legal enforcement, Texas Attorney General, electric energy storage, municipal regulation, county regulation

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• like, so it varies from state to state. state to state, and it can be as simple as acknowledging that
• Right now we're saying state employees. I don't think it covers—state, just state.
• Government code, okay, just state. So, state, was it a state or local governmental entity?
• Members, this is Representative Davis's bill prohibiting state funds from going to companies that outsource
• The Texas State Guard, on the other hand, represents Texas' sole constitutionally grounded, wholly independent

Bills: HB551, HB 1281, HB1378, HB1617, HB2868, HB2881, HB3374, HB4439, HB4726, HB4732, HB4878, HB4914, HB4921, HB4958, HB5200, HB5318, HB5360, HB5402, HB5568, HB5573, HB5623, HJR218

Keywords: political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, international organizations, World Health Organization, jurisdiction, state law, enforcement, United Nations, World Economic Forum, attorney general, Texas attorney general, state sovereignty, legal enforcement, Texas Attorney General, electric energy storage, municipal regulation, county regulation

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• Representative Metcalf offers up a committee substitute. Is there an objection to that?
• This bill represents one step in the progression towards a more self-reliant state.
• And it is, with all due respect, Representative Turner, I do see it as a states' rights issue and I do
• So there's a 391 Commission, which I'm a part of, because the state representative is supposed to be
• Clearly, you represent a part of the state where I'm from, and I've got several of these storage facilities

Bills: HB551, HB 1281, HB1378, HB1617, HB2868, HB2881, HB3374, HB4439, HB4726, HB4732, HB4878, HB4914, HB4921, HB4958, HB5200, HB5318, HB5360, HB5402, HB5568, HB5573, HB5623, HJR218

Keywords: political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, international organizations, World Health Organization, jurisdiction, state law, enforcement, United Nations, World Economic Forum, attorney general, Texas attorney general, state sovereignty, legal enforcement, Texas Attorney General, electric energy storage, municipal regulation, county regulation

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• United States. United States.
• MIC is a group of 17 counties throughout the state representing suburban and regional centers.
• Representative Sexton, any comment? Any further Representative Craft. Representative Frazier.
• Representative Quam. Representative Quam.
• Representative<01:03:29.560> Bonner. Representative Bonner. Representative Bonner.

Bills: HF4364, HF4821, HF4543, HF3945

Keywords: Central and Eastern European Affairs, ethnic council, advisory council, Minnesota state government, immigrant communities, refugees, humanitarian parolees, Ukraine, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Czech Republic, Baltic states, Slovakia, Slovenia, Kosovo, Russia

Summary: The committee first approved the April 7, 2026 minutes and then held an informal hearing on House File 4364, which would establish a Central and Eastern European Ethnic Council in Minnesota. Representative Jordan and testifiers Mykola Mager and Julia Miller described the large Central and Eastern European community in Minnesota, its contributions to the state, and the need for a formal advisory body to help address barriers to government services, support refugees, workforce development, entrepreneurship, and cultural understanding. Members expressed general support and noted the bill’s importance, but no formal action was taken on the bill during the hearing. The committee then took up House File 4543, a bill to create a centralized payroll reporting portal for prevailing wage projects. Representative Frazier said the bill would reduce administrative burden on project owners, improve transparency and accountability, and help prevent wage theft, misclassification, tax fraud, and insurance fraud. Testifiers from county, city, and contractor groups largely supported the idea of streamlining reporting, but contractor representatives raised concerns about employee data privacy, public access to sensitive payroll information, duplication of existing systems, interoperability with contractor software, and the need for stakeholder engagement. Members echoed both support and caution, and the bill was laid over as amended rather than advanced. Finally, the committee considered House File 4821, described by Chair Klevorn as addressing the “penny problem” and a related change to high-deductible insurance plans. The bill would authorize state agencies to round cash transactions because of the penny shortage and would change MMB’s obligation to offer certain high-deductible health plans from “must” to “may,” producing modest administrative savings. Members questioned the drafting of the rounding language and asked about cash transactions at state agencies and the handling of cannabis tax payments. The chair noted the bill had missed the deadline and would be caught by the chief clerk’s office; the discussion ended with the bill being laid over as amended.

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• And I'm not objecting to that again unless somebody else objects to that. >> I move that we move all
• Anybody any objections? All right. All Anybody any objections? All right.
• :10:29.279> unless<00:10:29.600> somebody objecting to that again unless somebody objecting
• else objects to that. else objects to that.
• roll unless anyone has an objection. roll unless anyone has an objection.

Bills: SB89, SB54, SB127, SB128, SB77, SB78, SB100, SB101, SB102, SB103, SB113, SB126, SB122, SB136

Keywords: pilotage, commission, statewide laws, maritime regulation, repeal, sunset law, Alabama Surface Mining Commission, environmental regulation, mining, state commission, Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling, state agency, continuous operation, government efficiency, sickle cell disease, healthcare, regulatory commission, public health, 911 services, 911 Board

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• I'm going to call this hearing Tuesday, March 18th, of the Minnesota House of Representatives State Government
• I would just add that Representative Van Binsbergen's son plays in the state basketball tournament today
• I'm a state representative from House District 16A, which is about 2 hours straight west of here.
• I'm a state representative from House District 16A, which is about 2 hours straight west of here.
• As Representative Van Binsbergen mentioned, three states — Ohio, Utah, and Virginia — have already passed

Bills: HF1458, HF2063, HF2164, HF1377, HF927, HF1059, HF1910, HF2232

Keywords: CPA, certified public accountant, public accounting, accountancy, licensure, license mobility, substantial equivalency, interstate practice, out-of-state accountant, NASBA, Uniform CPA Examination, board of accountancy, attest services, audit, tax preparation, financial advisory, consulting, accounting education, master's degree, bachelor's degree