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• Uh, it also includes and builds upon the work we completed in 2023 under Chair Cleborne's House File
• grants management work.
• grants management work.
• grants management work.
• We are not able to do this very important work alone.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House considered Senate amendments to House File 3629, a grants-management and anti-fraud bill. Representative Bonner explained that the bill clarifies definitions so grants can be terminated for individuals and related parties convicted of fraud, narrows agency exception authority, strengthens whistleblower privacy protections, and allows agencies to permanently withhold payments when there is a credible allegation of fraud. It also incorporates provisions from another Senate bill and adds annual program integrity reporting from DHS and DCYF with a five-year look-back. Representative Cleghorn and Representative Nash spoke in support, emphasizing anti-fraud protections and the bill’s bipartisan support in the Senate. The House concurred in the Senate amendments and then passed the bill on third reading. A roll call vote followed, and House File 3629 was repassed as amended by the Senate by a vote of 134 yeas and 0 nays, with the title agreed to. The chamber then received first readings for House Files 5161 and 5162. Later, members offered remarks thanking House staff, including the Sergeant at Arms Office, nonpartisan research and fiscal staff, the Revisor’s Office, the Chief Clerk’s Office, and front desk staff. The session then shifted to parliamentary inquiries about Senate File 3699, a comprehensive response package related to Operation Metro Surge and gun violence prevention, with the Speaker stating the bills were still under review. After further questioning and a point of order, Representative Niska moved a recess to the call of the Speaker, and the House recessed.

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• The people of Minnesota care about you and care about the work that you're doing, and we want you to
• Our Father in heaven, we come to you thanking you that you have called these men and women to the work
• Don, will the chief clerk call the member voting remotely, Senator Mura? Here you go. Here you go.
• There's a lot of good work coming out of the northern part of the state.
• to talk about the projects and the work to talk about the projects and the work that<00:19:22.480

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum call, then approved the previous day’s journal without objection. The clerk reported a large batch of newly introduced House files, numbered 26 through 308, for first reading. The chamber also received messages from the Senate announcing its organization and the election of Bobby Joe Champion as President of the Senate. The main substantive action was a motion by Representative Gilman to recall House File 22 from the Education Policy Committee and re-refer it to Children and Families Finance and Policy, with the bill described as relating to families and creating a Parents’ Bill of Rights before returning to Education Policy. The motion was adopted. No further debate on the bill occurred in this meeting. During announcements, Representatives Skraba and Johnson invited members to a St. Louis County delegation reception on February 12 in St. Paul, highlighting regional projects, businesses, nonprofits, government, and labor unions. The House then adopted a motion to adjourn until 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 13, 2025, and subsequently adjourned.

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• And we'll work on that next year, but right now, in doing so, they protect, restore, and enhance our
• And we'll work on the private industry.
• And we'll work on that<00:03:58.200> next<00:03:58.480> year,<00:03:58.600> but<
• work together next year to<00:04:30.200> make<00:04:30.400> sure<00:04:30.640> that
• The clerk will call the names of the members participating remotely. Burkel, I.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House received a message from the Senate announcing concurrence in the conference committee report on Senate File 2077, an environment and natural resources appropriations bill. Representative Heintzeman explained that the report incorporated language from the Legacy and Lands bill, an extension of unemployment insurance benefits for miners, and an $80,000 appropriation for the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute. Representative Vang urged adoption, noting the bill had already passed earlier in the day with strong support. Several members spoke in favor of the conference report and the bill, emphasizing its outdoor heritage and conservation provisions, support for the Iron Range miners’ UI extension, and the related land and water protection measures. Representative McDonald and Representative Gilman highlighted the bill’s legacy and conservation benefits, while Representative Fischer and Representative Igo praised the work of the authors and the inclusion of the miner unemployment insurance extension. The House adopted the conference committee report and then took up third reading of the bill as amended by conference. After further supportive remarks, the clerk called the roll and the bill was repassed as amended by conference by a vote of 111 ayes and 22 nays, with the title agreed to. The chamber then adopted a motion to recess to the call of the Speaker.

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• Grant us the wisdom and humility to come together and work together for the common good.
• Let this truth guide our work today.
• By your grace, Lord, help us to finish the work you have called us to do.
• Let this truth guide our work today. us. Let this truth guide our work today.
• The clerk will call the names of the members participating remotely. Her. All right. Go ahead.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• work for the people of Minnesota.
• working together to find what will work working together to find what will work for<00:01:57.960
• working in the winter.
• You're often working alone.
• You're often working alone.

Bills: HF47, HF434, HF1503, HF1702

Keywords: telecommunications, installation, certification, safety, underground utilities, HF434, cervidae, deer, elk, moose, chronic wasting disease, CWD, wildlife importation, animal health, biosecurity, zoo, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, AZA, USDA exhibitor, species survival plan

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• Is it working?
• not it's working. not it's working.
• She is on remote.
• for them to not work. for them to not work.
• That's only 16 hours of work.

Bills: HF1048, HF1049, HF745, HF2210

Keywords: charter schools, education funding, revenue calculation, general education revenue, special education, school library aid, education finance, school districts, funding eligibility, compensatory revenue, task force, free meals, school funding, education equity, HF2210, school unemployment aid, Minnesota Department of Education, general fund appropriation, unemployment insurance, unemployment claims

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• I'm familiar with that one, of course. >> Well, the Shoals was focused solely on remote work, and that's
• <04:08:24.960> I<04:08:25.120> was<04:08:25.199> just remote work and that's
• what I was just remote work and that's what I was just trying<04:08:25.520> to<04:08:25.600><
• If if it focused just on remote work.
• So what it does differently is it's not narrowly focused just on remote work.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Then we'd work down.
• Then we'd work down.
• Then we'd work down.
• Now, that works for classrooms.
• helpful to your work. helpful to your work. >> Very<01:35:08.680> good.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Budget Process 00:02:28 Allotment Process 00:10:30 School Facilities Construction Commission 00:29:10 Role of KDE in School Facilities Funding 00:47:00 Kentucky School Boards Association 01:13:25 Elementary and Secondary School Construction 01:20:40 Perkins V Funding 01:35:32, 958, all

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• However, we are working hard to expand, and I am working hard to expand the depth of my knowledge and
• hard to expand and I am working working hard to expand and I am working hard<00:17:24.959> to
• recipients the program Integrity work recipients the program Integrity work for<00:21:35.200>
• <00:25:39.840> really youth and families working really youth and families working really
• I'm just wondering about the total FTE, and I'd really like to get a handle on how many people work remotely

Keywords: 1183, house

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• with this language that they've worked with this language that they've worked out<00:10:35.360><
• you do my wife has worked for 20 work you do my wife has worked for 20 years<00:59:21.760> in
• That might well work.
• I've worked, and this is my third year now working in this area, and I've worked with two different directors
• working in this area and I've worked working in this area and I've worked with<01:38:29.520>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It's very hard work, and there's a lot of respect for individuals working in the farms.
• Great work.
• Great work.
• We'll continue working on it.
• Ready to work.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly convened in session, established a quorum, offered a prayer and pledge, and then moved through a very large third-reading file while urging members to be at their desks for their bills. The day featured many support measures on housing, health care, public safety, local government, labor, education, and consumer protection, with repeated reminders that absent authors would have their bills skipped. Several bills were passed temporarily or retained on file, but the chamber spent most of the time taking up individual measures and voting on them. Among the bills discussed were measures on land surveying, nurse midwifery access, historic-district transit zoning, EV charging infrastructure, foreclosure equity protections, tribal inclusion in interstate cannabis commerce, outdoor advertising permitting delays, commercial building permit timelines, DUI penalties, farmworker disadvantaged-community designation, restaurant reservation bots, open-space tax exemptions, pop-up business permits, anti-hate training for officials, sideshows and street takeovers, utility rate transparency, CalWORKs eligibility, dynamic electricity rates, interior designer licensure, compost contamination, modular housing standards, small claims limits for businesses, Native American Day as a paid state holiday, rural maternity care funding, protective orders tied to defendant release, immigrant service provider privacy under Safe at Home, mentally disordered offender evaluations, compounded weight-loss drug regulation, plasma donation center rules, missing persons DNA database updates, AI chatbot safeguards for children, an official state apology to California Native peoples, foster youth housing navigation, CTE teacher credentialing, Medi-Cal protections against federal cuts, CalFresh protections, public hospital physician employment authority, child care, and film tax credit changes for post-production work. Testimony was generally supportive from authors, who framed the bills as cleanup, modernization, consumer protection, or targeted equity measures. A few measures drew notable opposition or debate, especially AB 2624 on Safe at Home privacy protections for immigrant service providers, where opponents argued it could chill journalism and transparency while supporters said it was needed to protect people facing doxing and threats. AB 2208 and AB 2299 were presented as responses to federal HR 1 impacts on Medi-Cal and CalFresh, and AB 2023 on AI chatbots drew emotional support centered on child safety and a reported suicide case. The chamber also heard strong advocacy for Native American recognition bills, rural health access, and housing affordability. Most bills passed with little or no opposition, often unanimously. Recorded votes included AB 1933 (48-0), AB 1696 (49-0), AB 2415 (54-0), AB 1820 (50-0), AB 1957 (53-0), AB 2506 (60-0), AB 2024 (58-0), AB 2418 (61-0), AB 1578 (44-17), AB 1600 (46-9), AB 1661 (44-10), AB 1715 (46-7), AB 1755 (66-0), AB 1787 (43-5), AB 1796 (45-6), AB 1812 (47-1), AB 1815 (57-0), AB 1827 (59-0), AB 1841 (64-0), AB 1868 (61-0), AB 1882 (64-0), AB 1889 (69-0), AB 2624 (49-19), AB 1897 (57-1), AB 1990 (52-0), AB 2009 (65-0), AB 2018 (60-0), AB 2023 (58-8), AB 2115 (65-0), AB 2162 (60-0), AB 2206 (62-0), AB 2208 (42-17), AB 2237 (54-0), AB 2241 (62-0), AB 2246 (56-1), AB 2249 (51-0), AB 2299 (51-1), AB 2311 (65-0), and AB 2314 (68-0). The session ended with the Assembly still working through the file, including the opening of AB 2319 on film tax credits.

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• <00:02:57.200> has began in 2014 and as our work has began in 2014 and as our work has evolved
• We're very proud of this work.
• We're very proud of this work.
• <00:17:47.840> this excited about doing that work this excited about doing that work this
• this bill and then also supporting work this bill and then also supporting work working<00:42:56.599

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:19:17.919> When remotely. Welcome to the committee. When remotely.
• needs bipartisan solutions that work. needs bipartisan solutions that work.
• <00:26:18.480> Minnesota that are proven to work. Minnesota that are proven to work.
• please, most importantly, fund the work. please, most importantly, fund the work.
• We have a lot of work to do.

Bills: HF3409, HF3487, HF3401

Keywords: immigration status, undocumented students, immigrant rights, K-12 education, public school enrollment, Plyler v. Doe, school district, charter school, cooperative unit, law enforcement access, ICE, immigration enforcement, civil lawsuit, private right of action, injunctive relief, mandamus, student records, directory information, parental engagement, equal access to education

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• The clerk will call the name of the members voting remotely. Hussain. Hussain is here.

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• [Coughing and throat clearing] The clerk will call the names of the members participating remotely.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The clerk will call the names of the members participating remotely. Hussain. Here you go.

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• Of the members participating remotely: Gander, present. Gander, present. Gordon, present.

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• Let me see if I can work out something with my settings. Thank you for letting me know.
• With regard to the building inventory, our work continues to focus on two key areas in terms of work
• Uh, and we are working continuously with uh HED to work on a review process where HED has their agencies
• So we'll be working with DOT to do that.
• We'll be um working in parallel as we are also working with the city of Albuquerque and the historic

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• They work in the building.
• They work in the building.
• working conditions.
• I have also worked with SOS, Survivors of Sex Work.
• work with us.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a lengthy public hearing on a wide range of civil rights, immigration, hate crimes, and reparations bills. Chair Edwards and Chair Day opened with strict testimony rules, including two-minute limits, written testimony options, and decorum requirements. Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell testified in strong support of S. 1126/H. 1920, the Combating Hate in the Commonwealth bill, saying Massachusetts needs stronger tools to address rising hate and bias incidents. Her Civil Rights Division chief explained that the bill would give the division civil investigative demand/subpoena power, expand civil rights enforcement, close loopholes in the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act, add protected classes to the hate crimes law, and require better hate-crime data reporting. The committee also heard support for H. 1954 on access to counsel in immigration proceedings, H. 4684 on law enforcement identification and public trust, and H. 1927 to exonerate individuals accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. Several bills focused on discrimination and civil rights enforcement. Supporters of S. 1248 on organizational standing said fair housing nonprofits need explicit authority to bring discrimination complaints in their own names, especially as federal protections are under attack. On H. 1246, advocates urged adding sex and gender as protected classes in the hate crimes statute, arguing women are not protected under current state law. H. 1820 drew testimony for protections against height and weight discrimination. H. 1995 would regularize sentencing for hate crimes by requiring diversity awareness training for both convictions and continuances without a finding, and H. 1056/H. 1589 would broaden hate-crime victim standing and require restitution to be used to repair harm. H. 1886 would clarify that defense-based social service staff are exempt from mandated reporter obligations when working under attorney-client privilege. The committee also heard testimony on H. 1889/S. 1064, a bill to eliminate disparate impact. Environmental justice advocates, fair housing attorneys, and community members argued that neutral policies can still produce discriminatory outcomes and that Massachusetts should allow state-court claims and a private right of action to address them. Committee members raised concerns about litigation floodgates, punitive damages, and the scope of protected classes, while supporters said the bill would mainly target systemic harms and injunctive relief. Additional testimony supported H. 1922/S. 119, the Fair Investment Act, which would create civil rights protections in venture capital and other investment settings for founders and investors, especially women and minority entrepreneurs. The hearing also included testimony on H. 1683, the Sex Trade Survivor Act, which would expand vacatur and expungement relief for trafficking survivors, remove archaic offenses from the code, and create an interagency commission; supporters emphasized reducing barriers to housing, employment, and reentry. Finally, the committee heard extensive support for H. 1753/S. 1181, establishing a commission to study reparations in Massachusetts. Testifiers described the state’s history of slavery, redlining, and ongoing racial disparities, and urged the committee to report the bill favorably. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.

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• I don't work for a tobacco company.
• I don't work for a tobacco company.<00:26:45.039> I<00:26:45.279> work<00:26:45.440>
• My husband said his wise words, if you work as hard as you work for Amway, which was the company I worked
• as hard as you wise words, if you work as hard as you work<01:33:34.320> for<01:33:34.480>
• is now working on Canal Street.

Keywords: 1189, house, all