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• , and during non-instructional times such as the length of the period.
• This is not, and it's for a limited period.
• And then a response by the judge within a five day period, a very short period.
• Well, yeah, it is, it is a period, right, but it would, it would.
• Certainly address of removal for that time period.

Bills: HB6, HB27, HB 123, HB210, HB213, HB222, HB610, HB 1085, HB1481, HB6, HB27, HB123, HB210, HB213, HB222

Keywords: mental health, telehealth, public schools, discipline management, behavioral interventions, financial literacy, high school education, curriculum requirements, economics, personal finance, HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention

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• When I first started getting my period at the age of 13, it has never been regular.
• four months of no period.
• > be<00:08:31.919> something typically my periods would be something typically my periods
• This culminated in a four-month period of time where I bled every single day for over a year.
• Four years ago, I called an ambulance for what I thought was period pain. It was not.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Section three authorizes data sharing between MDH and Commerce related to prescription drug pricing data
• Section three authorizes data sharing between MDH and Commerce related to prescription drug pricing data
• Section three authorizes data sharing between MDH and Commerce related to prescription drug pricing data
• Section three authorizes data sharing between MDH and Commerce related to prescription drug pricing data
• Section three authorizes data sharing between MDH and Commerce related to prescription drug pricing data

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It was Wednesday the 12th at 10:00 a.m., and that is the Prescription Drug Affordability Board.
• <00:05:25.000> drug<00:05:25.240> affordability<00:05:25.919> board prescription
• drug affordability board prescription drug affordability board scheduled<00:05:26.680> for<00
• What else can we create that’s available for cool-off periods?
• We could have a youth needing a period of crisis stabilization.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Division 3 House Finance Committee opened a work session and announced scheduling updates, including a second Medicaid work session on March 5 at 9:00 a.m. and a reminder that recommendations or budget amendments must be moved to the full finance committee by the end of March. Members were told no motions, roll calls, or votes would be taken, and the chair also reviewed upcoming meeting dates and weather-related cancellation procedures. The day’s presentation was a budget work session on the Division for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), with officials Marie Nunan and Nathan White introducing the agency’s budget materials and mission. DCYF’s presentation focused on its core mandates and recent operational changes. Officials described child protective services, juvenile justice services, and the Sununu Youth Services Center, then highlighted workforce improvements, including reduced vacancy rates for assessment caseworkers, juvenile justice officers, and youth counselors. They attributed the staffing gains to legislative pay raises, mass recruitment posting changes, a more stable and trauma-informed model at SYC, and broader flexibility after prior budget cuts and hiring freezes. Members asked about full-time versus part-time staffing, and DCYF said most positions discussed were full-time, with some harder-to-fill part-time youth counselor roles at SYC. The committee also discussed DCYF’s emphasis on serving families earlier through its Community Navigator hotline referrals and community-based voluntary services, which are intended to connect families to supports before abuse or neglect escalates. Officials said the Community Navigator program had received 807 referrals since August 2023. On juvenile justice, DCYF described its assessment and diversion process and said it had reduced juvenile probation involvement by 30% from 2019 to 2023; members were directed to slide 17 for 2024 data, and officials said the trend continued toward fewer in-home juvenile justice cases. The agency also reported progress in kinship care, saying initial out-of-home placements with kin now occur 74% of the time and that kinship placements are associated with more reunification. Officials said kinship caregivers are being licensed and paid similarly to foster parents, and that the legislature’s kinship law has helped. Finally, DCYF outlined transition-age youth supports, including the HOPE program, Youth Villages LifeSet, and housing vouchers. No votes or formal actions were taken.

Bills: HR153, HR154, HR155, HR156, HR157, HR158, HCR57, HCR58, HCR59, HR133, HR134, HR135, HR136, HR137, HR138, HR139, HR140, HR141, HR142, HR144, HR145, HR146, HR147, HR148, HR149, HR150, HR151, HR152, SCR28, SB141, SB169, SB206, SB233, SB417, SB421, SB429, SB437, SB477, SB510, SB521, HR1, HR17, HCR5, HB55, HB385, HB394, HB396, HB406, HB608, HB622, HB676, HB772, HB897, HB902, HB943, HB1030, HB1035, HB1038, HB1045, HB1049, HB1056, HB1058, HB1059, HB1092, HB1100, HB1117, HB1160, HB1161, HB1162, HB1177, HB1180, HB1189, HB1216, HB1239, HB1240, SB127, HB284, HB1, HB2, HB3, HB312, HB313, HB383, HB314, HCR3, HB983, HB1126, HB21, HB24, HB29, HB31, HB39, HB45, HB77, HB136, HB150, HB263, HB273, HB299, HB315, HB376, HB377, HB431, HB444, HB450, HB519, HB533, HB538, HB559, HB562, HB663, HB664, HB715, HB717, HB805, HB822, HB823, HB834, HB864, HB867, HB1017, HB1018, HB1068, HB1134, HB1137, HB1234, HB1235, HB1236, HB211, HB27, HB71, HB214, HB225, HB241, HB244, HB306, HB345, HB366, HB446, HB511, HB514, HB655, HB730, HB743, HB1027, HB1037, HB1043, HB1082, HB1091, HB1096, HB1103, HB1167, HB1174, HB1175, HB1230, HB1237, HB1238, SB162, SB349, SB350, SB382, SB383, HB401, HB51, HB58, HB140, HB982, HB1010, HB132, HB193, HB635, HB690, HB1003, HB750, HB911, HB151, HB180, HB192, HB310, HB961, HB1146, HB977, HB181, HB901, HR20, HR74, HB9, HB393, HB459, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB615, HB682, HB733, HB773, HB996, HB1113

Keywords: commendation, robotics, high school, competition, education, Tomato Festival, community celebration, Our Lady of Prompt Succor, fundraising, local heritage, Holocaust, remembrance, Yom HaShoah, Jewish history, condolences, community service, law enforcement, legacy, Shreveport, D.A.R.E. Program

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• This bill, again, is permissive, not prescriptive.
• So when we initially filed these bills in the past, we had a very prescriptive bill.
• And again, in order to get it over the line, we're trying not to be too prescriptive.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• <00:30:44.800> drugs<00:30:45.560> or<00:30:45.720> regulate their prescription
• drugs or regulate their prescription drugs or regulate private<00:30:46.520> equity<00:30:46.880
• And, Miss Highmark, that's over a two-year period or based on what they would have received for two years
• <01:37:35.040> or<01:37:35.200> based that's over a two year period or based that's
• over a two year period or based on<01:37:35.920> what<01:37:36.120> they<01:37:36.240>

Bills: HF4906, HF3971, HF4777, HF2109, HF2988

Keywords: property tax, tax refund, taxpayer relief, Minnesota taxation, one-time payment, taxation, property valuation, Tax Court, evidentiary standards, Minnesota Statutes, disparity reduction, aid payments, local government, funding, Fillmore County, education funding, managed forest land, classification, forest management plan, agricultural land

Summary: The committee first approved the April 9 minutes, then took up House File 2988, which would extend for eight more years a sales tax exemption tied to Minnesota State High School League tournament ticket revenue that is funneled into the league’s foundation and returned to schools as grants. Chair Youakim and Executive Director Eric Martins said the program sends more than $1.1 million annually back to schools for activity fee reductions, scholarships, coaching and training, AEDs, late buses, and other school needs, with over 98% of funds going directly to schools. Representative Huot and others spoke in support, while Representative Robinson questioned the structure and suggested the state could instead simply reduce ticket prices and not tax the tickets. The committee laid HF 2988 over for possible inclusion in the omnibus tax bill. The committee then heard House File 4906, as amended, which would create a one-time property tax refund in calendar year 2026 for owners of residential homesteads and the homestead portion of agricultural property, funded by a $4 billion appropriation in fiscal year 2027. The bill includes a clawback for delinquent taxpayers and offsets to ensure no one receives more in property tax refunds than they paid. A House Research staffer said the Department of Revenue viewed the refund as potentially taxable, while House Research said it likely should be treated as a recovery of prior taxes, and the two would follow up. The bill was introduced with testimony from Eric Bernstein of We Make Minnesota and Nan Madden of the Minnesota Budget Project, both of whom opposed it, arguing it would create a large budget hole, force future cuts, and disproportionately benefit homeowners while excluding renters and lower-income Minnesotans. Several members also raised concerns. Representative Hewitt said the state should prioritize public safety, rural EMS, and safety-net hospitals rather than a large rebate, and Representative Youakim argued the money would be better spent on longer-term property tax relief and education funding. Representative Hollins said the proposal would worsen racial and wealth inequities because homeownership is lower among communities of color and renters would get nothing. In response, the author and supporters said the bill is meant to put money back into people’s budgets and that individuals should be able to decide how to use their own money. The discussion continued with questions about the bill’s size and fiscal impact, but no final action on HF 4906 was taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• A high school student who passes a college-level course deserves the high school credit, period.
• :31:14.720> high<01:31:14.840> school<01:31:15.080> credit,<01:31:15.760> period
• <01:31:16.680> What's the high school credit, period.
• What's the high school credit, period.
• When this is so non-prescriptive, right? It doesn't give a timeline.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:37:16.960> Our up life-saving prescriptions. Our up life-saving prescriptions.
• My data is over a six-week period. can support our business after um the can support our business after
• <00:52:27.040> a<00:52:27.200> six-w<00:52:27.440> week<00:52:27.680> period
• <00:52:28.480> In My data is over a six-w week period.
• In My data is over a six-w week period.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And that was out of the prescription as to what needed to happen.
• And that was out of the prescription as to what needed to happen.
• And that was out of the prescription as to what needed to happen.
• And that was out of the prescription as to what needed to happen.
• and they're trying to put these period and they're trying to put these teams<01:34:01.120> together

Keywords: 916, all

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• Just two days ago, I had to hear my mom decide between buying her prescription and being able to afford
• You will see a line of seniors. prescription and being able to afford prescription and being able to
• But just if we could all get in the same frame of what period we're talking about, or if people can help
• But just if we could all get in the same frame of what period we're talking about, or if people can help
• Our programs include seasonal produce prescription boxes, shelf-stable food bags, food voucher programs

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• SB 1286, veterinarian visits, electronic means prescriptions.
• SB 1309, pharmacist care standard prescriptions. SB 1340, public records digital media copies.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then confirmed a quorum of 30 present and approved the Journal from January 27, 2026. Several senators used points of personal privilege to welcome guests, including Aliento students visiting for an education day, gun safety advocacy groups, constituents, a legal studies shadowing guest, a scientist from Tempe, and aging-services advocates. Senators also spoke in support of student walkouts protesting ICE activity and praised the students’ activism. The chamber then moved through the second reading calendar, listing a large number of bills and resolutions covering topics such as water policy, health care, public records, education, insurance, elections, housing, utilities, criminal justice, and appropriations. No floor debate or votes on those measures were recorded in the transcript, and committee reports were placed on the journal without being read. After a recess, the Senate took up first-reading introductions and referred additional bills to committees, including measures on public benefits eligibility, public safety counseling, missing kidnapped children reporting, solar energy, elections, firearms instruction in schools, HOA and condominium issues, housing restrictions, water quality testing, and cargo theft. The Health and Human Services Committee was announced to meet Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in Senate Hearing Room 2, and the Senate adjourned until Thursday, January 29, 2026, at 10 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• That grace period is very important to school districts and it is where we provide kind of well grace
• That would be great, if you don't mind. what a grace period is. So let's say there's a finding.
• And the local appraiser was not, then that's the grace period that they enter into.
• The grace period occurs if a school district receives an invalid finding.
• For the grace period the grace period is a two-year period so during that two-year period we certify

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Last week I rose with a concern over the time period that could be involved in this over 365 days, and
• It simply hopefully would shorten that period of time that survivors could receive monies from this fund
• requires that a health insurer give at least 60 days' notice to all covered individuals who filled a prescription
• requires that a health insurer give at least 60 days' notice to all covered individuals who filled a prescription
• requires that a health insurer give at least 60 days' notice to all covered individuals who filled a prescription

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Had not been spent during that period because of restrictions and reduced activity by households and
• That grace period is very important to school districts, and it is where we provide kind of, well, a
• I, I guess I don't understand what a, what a grace period is.
• Then that's the grace period that they enter into.
• The grace period is a two-year period.

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• to address excessive charges the measure to address excessive charges for<00:19:01.440> non-prescription
• <00:19:02.160> and for non-prescription and for non-prescription and over-the-counter<00:19
• That is to clarify the reimbursement for certain types of compounded prescription drugs.
• That is to clarify the reimbursement for certain types of compounded prescription drugs.
• That is to clarify the reimbursement for certain types of compounded prescription drugs.

Bills: SB3082, SB3110, SB3251

Keywords: military families, family leave, qualifying military exigency, Hawaii Revised Statutes, financial support, Hawaii National Guard, civil-military program, education, collective bargaining, exemption, SB3251, Hawaii public safety, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border Patrol, law enforcement hiring, state employment ban, police powers, Department of Law Enforcement, DLNR

Transcript Highlights:

• the<00:22:17.840> the Okay, and so how would this be administered, if from like the prescription
• If you could quickly explain the entire process from prescription to application. explain like the the
• entire process from explain like the the entire process from prescription<00:22:34.480> to<00
• it begins prescription to application it begins with<00:22:36.640> a<00:22:36.919> parent<
• /c><00:22:50.760> uh<00:22:50.880> to<00:22:51.080> the Would provide the prescription

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several education-related bills, with testimony largely in support. SB 1388 and SB 1393, both concerning the School Facilities Authority and Department of Education representation and land conveyances, received support from DOE and the School Facilities Authority, with no questions or action taken. SB 423, which would add Head Start representation to the Early Learning Board, was supported by the Early Learning Board and the Executive Office on Early Learning, which explained the bill would realign the board with federal Head Start Act requirements after the board was restructured in Act 170; EEL also requested an effective-date amendment. SB 422, allowing DOE to award diplomas to students whose education was disrupted by war, drew support from DOE, the Chamber of Commerce, the Military Council, and the Special Education Advisory Council, but also significant opposition from the Hawaii Patriot Republicans and many individuals; members asked questions about the bill, and DOE explained the measure’s purpose, but no vote was taken. The committee also took testimony on SB 532, which would expand who may administer certain medications in schools. DOE, the Department of Health, and the University of Hawaii supported the bill. Members asked detailed questions about oral, nasal, and topical medications and the process for prescription review and administration; DOE explained that parents request the medication, a school form is completed, a nurse reviews it, and either a trained school health assistant or a contracted nurse administers the medication. DOE said the measure could improve attendance and learning, especially for students with ADHD, asthma, and other chronic conditions. The committee then heard SB 659 on locally sourced food products and school meals, where DOE’s procurement office opposed the higher small-purchase threshold and DOE exemption from procurement rules, while Ulupono Initiative, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Public Health Institute, and others supported the bill as a way to advance farm-to-school goals and the 30% local food target by 2030. Testimony and questioning focused on the proposed threshold increase, transparency, and whether an online bidding system would be preferable. Finally, the committee heard SB 1300 on subsidies for ALICE families’ school meals. DOE supported the bill but requested amendments: defining eligibility at 250% of the federal poverty level, delaying implementation until the 2026-2027 school year, and covering reduced-price lunch students in full for 2025-2026. HSTA, Hawaii Appleseed, Catholic Charities Hawaii, Pride at Work Hawaii, Hawaii Youth Services Network, and others supported the measure, emphasizing food insecurity, the burden of meal paperwork, and the educational importance of free meals. Hawaii Appleseed suggested replacing ALICE with a federal poverty level standard and removing a rulemaking requirement that could delay implementation. No votes or final committee actions were reported in the transcript.

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• oftentimes in a bipartisan fashion, that address some of the critical issues we face, from making prescription
• :47.280> making critical issues we face from making critical issues we face from making prescription
• > drugs<00:09:48.520> more<00:09:48.720> affordable<00:09:49.200> for prescription
• drugs more affordable for prescription drugs more affordable for Minnesotans,<00:09:50.160> helping

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: Senate DFL leaders held a press conference focused on affordability, federal cuts, and end-of-session negotiations. Senators Heather Gustafson, Erin Maye Quade, Liz Boldon, Grant Hauschild, and Majority Leader Erin Murphy highlighted prior DFL accomplishments such as universal school meals, North Star Promise, paid family and medical leave, property tax relief, the child tax credit, and Social Security tax cuts, while arguing that House Republicans have not shown enough urgency on current affordability issues. A major theme was the impact of federal policy on Minnesota, especially cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, rising health care and energy costs, and cost shifts to counties and local governments. The senators said the state is spending heavily to backfill federal cuts and protect Minnesotans from higher costs, with particular concern for rural communities, hospitals, EMS, food shelves, and county property taxes. Hauschild emphasized that rural counties and seniors would bear added burdens from federal mandates, while Murphy said the Senate is trying to put money directly into people’s pockets through rental assistance, heating assistance, food support, and targeted property tax relief. The leaders also discussed a Senate Tax Committee proposal for about $100 million in direct property tax refunds, and Murphy said the Senate’s position on HCMC funding is the strongest, while also needing support for rural hospitals and providers statewide. In response to questions, she said the Senate hopes to reach a global deal before the weekend and by Sunday midnight, described the Senate’s proposals as public and already passed, and said some items, including rental relief for people affected by an ICE operation, still have support and may move in the House. No votes were taken at the event.

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• guys can operate, but when you come down to this kind of situation, now you force us to be very prescriptive
• 18.760> very situation, now you force us to be very situation, now you force us to be very prescriptive
• 20.360> give<00:16:20.560> you<00:16:20.720> any<00:16:20.920> room prescriptive
• and not give you any room prescriptive and not give you any room to<00:16:21.320> wiggle.

Bills: HCR122

Keywords: Olelo Hawaii, micro-credentials, Hawaiian language, Niihau dialect, language revitalization, 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Senate Committee on Education and Committee on Hawaiian Affairs first took up HCR 122, which requests the University of Hawaii to allow an ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi E Pathway under the Niʻihau dialect. Testimony was generally supportive, and the chair noted agreement with the House author to mirror amendments already made in the Senate version, including technical, non-substantive changes and a micro-credential reference. Both committees voted to pass HCR 122 with amendments. The committee then heard HCR 181, affirming the legislative intent of HRS 302A-1116 regarding the Department of Education’s authority to create temporary positions. DOE Superintendent Keith Hayashi testified that the department follows statutory requirements and consults with the Attorney General, while several members expressed concern that the department’s interpretation could allow repeated annual renewals and undermine the budget process. Members discussed the need to make the bill more explicit that temporary positions may not exceed one year. The committee ultimately adopted the proposed SD1 and passed HCR 181 with amendments. The committee also considered HCR 42 on recognizing cheerleading as a title sport, HCR 53 on a UH associate degree completion audit, HCR 110 on refining campus roles within the UH system, HCR 111 on clarifying UH system and campus responsibilities, and HCR 118 HD1 on strengthening menstrual health education and adopting a comprehensive menstrual cycle curriculum. HCR 42 and HCR 53 were passed with technical/non-substantive amendments, HCR 110 and HCR 111 were passed unamended, and HCR 118 HD1 was passed with amendments reflecting the Senate version. Testimony on HCR 118 strongly supported standardized menstrual health education, with speakers emphasizing student demand and existing school infrastructure.

Transcript Highlights:

• and thanks to legal aid and the AG's office that we got this language very, very defined, very prescriptive
• this language very very<00:19:49.840> defined<00:19:50.400> very<00:19:50.720> prescriptive
• <00:19:51.360> so<00:19:51.600> that very defined very prescriptive so that very defined
• very prescriptive so that there's<00:19:52.000> no<00:19:52.240> question<00:19:52.559

Bills: HF4141, HF3951

Keywords: housing authority, criminal penalty, assault, public safety, redevelopment, submetered utility service, tenant rights, digital payment, eviction protection, housing policy, 1183, house