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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 4/23/26
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 1794, Vernig. House File 3295, Gordon. House File 3489, Bennett.
- House File 3917, Mahmood. House File 4146, Igo. House File 4224, Fischer.
- House File 4239, Freiberg. House File 4455, Lee K. House File 4493, Baker.
- House File 3917, Mahmood. House File 4146, Igo. House File 4224, Fischer.
- House File 4239, Freiberg. House File 4455, Lee K. House File 4493, Baker.
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- We have two bills before us this evening, and we will move into first House File 1082.
- We will move into first House File 1082.
- I move House File 1082. I forgot to the floor. What's the motion? To the general register.
- Next up is House File 4252. Representative Wolgamott, welcome to the testifiers' table.
- file 4252 opportunity to present House file 4252 as<00:13:47.839>
amended.
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- If you'd pull out House File 4583. renew my motion House File 4479 as renew my motion House File 4479
- I will move House File 4681.
- ice fish ice houses there? ice fish ice houses there?
- House File 511. So, I will move House File 511. I see that there's a DE1 amendment.
- House File 4334. Mr.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Governor Walz Media Availability 4/21/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I really am grateful to the House passed unanimously some of these payment withholding language that
- Um, the House was able to unanimously... their to-do list. Where where are you on their to-do list.
- Um the house was able a little tension.
- So, big one from the House GOP, but also a hundred million from Senator Housley.
- So, big one from the House GOP, but also a hundred million from Senator Housley.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 4/21/26
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- We are proposing House File 1606, House File 3766, House File 4052, House File 4502, House File 4188,
- House File 3875, House File 3970, Senate File 3622, House File 3404, House File 4075, House File 3155
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House proposal would expand downtown Minneapolis taxing district, seek PGA golf events Apr 21st, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Thanks for the opportunity of presenting um House File 4361 as amended.
- And I am very pleased to testify in support of House File 4361 as amended, which would add the North
- in the house. I've met zero. in the house. I've met zero.
- Egbaji will move that House File Rep.
- Egbaji will move that House File 4340<00:13:18.520>
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House panel hears proposal to fund state-run psychiatric treatment facility 4/21/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 4896. Please proceed. Thank you so much, Chair. I will be incredibly brief.
- I'm here in support of House File 4896 to invest in safety net mental health care for children by supporting
- House File 4896 responds to the needs of our most complex children, children who our system currently
- Thank you for the opportunity to testify in House File 4896. As Ms.
- House File 4896. 4896. 4896.
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- Chair Davids and members of the House Chair Davids and members of the House Tax<00:05:19.800>
- House File 4490.
- House<00:36:59.520>
File <00:36:59.800>4490. House File 4490. House File 4490. - Housing Partnership, worked with Minnesota Housing Partnership.
- the housing funds. the housing funds.
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- Second reading of House file. >> Second reading House file number 3900.
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File <02:55:17.800>3621 House File 3621 House File 3621 is<02:55:20.800 - Speaker, under House Rule 4.05, when a budget resolution has not been adopted by the Ways and Means Committee
- that the House do now adjourn. that the House do now adjourn.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill to provide funding to AMPERS radio stations advances in Minnesota House 4/20/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, uh, uh, we're going to move on to Representative Nash, House File 4591.
- House File 4591 is the work for the ability to provide Ampers with a small amount of funding in order
- The motion is House File 3682 as amended be re-referred to the general register.
- Motion is that House File 4591 be referred to the general register.
- File<00:04:18.680>
4591 Motion is that House File 4591 Motion is that House File 4591 be<00
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Leadership Media Availability 4/16/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We've done things a little bit different in the House this year.
- House chairs are doing their work, and so we don't have specifics to share right now.
- House chairs are doing their work work.
- We're in a tied House, divided government.
- We're in a tied house, this year too. We're in a tied house, divided<00:05:03.400>
government.
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- house of peace. house of peace.
- House file, House file to the following House file, House file number<00:12:23.440>
1410. - Pursuant to House Rule 4.30, Bakeberg moves that the rules of the House be so far suspended so that House
- House be so far suspended so that House House be so far suspended so that House file<00:14:38.240
- by the Senate to the following House files: House File 3467 and House File 3718.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Repeal of sales tax exemption on preferred seating at sports event proposed to fund shelter, housing Apr 15th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Up next, House File 4738. Representative Keeler.
- Um Soul House my first apartment.
- shelter housing program. shelter housing program.
- beds and housing units emergency beds and housing units combined. combined. combined.
- get into our housing program. get into our housing program.
Summary:
House File 4738 was laid over for possible inclusion in the 2026 tax bill. Representative Keeler presented the bill as a funding source for Minnesota’s Safe Harbor program, arguing that trafficking and sexual exploitation are statewide problems and that current shelter and housing resources are insufficient. She and several supporters emphasized that the program serves youth across greater Minnesota, not just the metro, and that state and federal funding pressures make additional support necessary.
Testifiers from Place Called Home/Life House, The Link, the City of Minneapolis, and a survivor all described the impact of Safe Harbor and related shelter programs. They cited data on youth served, bed nights, mental health services, and high unmet need, including waitlists and youth turned away because programs are full. Testimony stressed that stable housing and trauma-informed services help survivors recover and move toward education, employment, and family stability. One committee member, Representative Davis, objected to the proposed funding source, saying he would not support taking money from women’s sports scholarships and urging a different source.
The bill’s tax mechanism was described as ending the sales tax exemption for preferred seating, suite licenses, and related amenities at athletic and entertainment events. Alec Williams of We Make Minnesota supported the proposal as a fair way to raise revenue from high-end discretionary purchases for a public purpose. Committee discussion also focused on the size of the revenue estimate and the breakdown of the impact, with nonpartisan staff saying roughly 85% would come from suite licenses, 10% from collegiate seating, and 5% from amenities. Representative Smith and others framed the issue as both a tax and moral question, and the chair moved the bill to be laid over.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House/Senate Press Conference 4/15/26
Transcript Highlights:
- I remember talking on the House floor in 2016 about the then legislative auditor's report about the 2014
- Uh, the tax bills have to start in the House, as you know. So, we do have a hearing on the 30th.
- house. Where are the Democrats? house. Where are the Democrats?
- So, we do have a the house, as you know.
- It's got to go through the House, originate there, then the Senate. Are you worried about time?
Summary:
Senator Steve Drazkowski and Representative Anderson held a press event promoting the bipartisan, bicameral “Take It Back Act,” a bill aimed at recovering taxpayer money lost to government fraud. They cited major Minnesota fraud cases, including medical assistance fraud, CCAP, and Feeding Our Future, and argued that the state has become a destination for fraud. They said the bill would impose a 100% tax or excise tax on money obtained through fraud, with proceeds deposited into a tax relief fund for income and property tax relief.
The sponsors said the measure is intended to create a stronger deterrent and to recover money even when criminal restitution or prosecutions do not fully recoup losses. They discussed examples of unrecovered funds, said the Department of Revenue could use criminal findings, data analytics, and IRS-sharing data to identify fraud, and noted that the bill includes an appeal process through tax court. They also said the current draft focuses on convicted fraudsters and people or organizations determined by the commissioner to have obtained money by fraud, while trying to avoid sweeping in innocent employees or others who were unaware of wrongdoing.
Anderson said the bill already has significant bipartisan support, including 11 House Democrats and Senator Rest, and that the House Tax Committee hearing is scheduled for April 30. He said the sponsors are working with the Department of Revenue on implementation and may revise the bill to make administration easier. The sponsors said they hope to move the bill through the House and Senate this session, and they closed by encouraging the press to review the fraud website they referenced, mnfraudfiles.com.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House commerce committee approves changes to Minnesota's Consumer Protection Restitution Account Apr 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I will move that House File 4867 be before us with the intent to lay the bill over.
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support <00:02:09.360>passage <00:02:09.920>of <00:02:10.239>House - We support passage of House File 4867.
- And I move that House File 4867 be laid over. The bill is laid over.
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The committee heard House File 4867, a bill from Representative Lee to make changes to the Consumer Protection Restitution Account created the prior year to help victims of fraud. The Attorney General’s Office testified that the fund has already received more than $4.5 million and is beginning its first distributions, including payments to victims of the closure of Woodbury Dental. The office said the bill would remove the current $5 million annual deposit cap and establish a more equitable distribution formula so large claims would not exhaust the fund and prevent other victims from receiving restitution.
Public testimony strongly supported the bill. A Woodbury Dental victim described paying $25,000 upfront, losing her dental work when the clinic abruptly closed, and having to start over with another dentist; she said reimbursement would help her recover from the loss. An AARP Minnesota representative also supported the measure as a cleanup bill that improves the new restitution program.
Members asked about how the bill would handle large claims, whether the Attorney General could still pursue defendants for additional recovery, and whether restitution payments would be taxable. The Attorney General’s Office said it would continue collection efforts and reimburse the fund if later recoveries are made, and Representative Lee said the bill includes a provision making payments non-taxable. The chair then moved that House File 4867 be laid over, and the bill was laid over without a vote on passage.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House public safety committee OK's supplemental funding bill 4/15/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Next bill on the agenda is House File 1082. I will move this bill before the committee.
- Therefore, I move to reconsider House File 1082 DE4 amendment. Is there any discussion?
- force in House File 3095 that we heard. force in House File 3095 that we heard.
- Now that we have House File 1082 as amended, I will now move that House File 1082 as amended be re-referred
- Motion carries and House File 1082 as Motion carries and House File 1082 as amended<00:10:44.560>
Summary:
The committee took up House File 1082, which was being handled as the committee budget bill. Members first reconsidered and then adopted the previously approved DE4 amendment so the bill could be updated with a new amendment package. The committee then adopted several amendments, including A4, a technical reviser’s amendment; A3, which added LELS representatives to a task force related to House File 3095; and A9, which extended a spending deadline for a Ramsey County appropriation tied to dual status youth/crossover youth programming. Vice Chair Feist said the deadline change was needed because the original grant timing had been shortened, and she also criticized delays in spending youth justice funds.
The committee also adopted A11, which Chair Mohler described as language previously seen in the domestic violence policy/task force bill, narrowed from an indefinite period to 28 days and then to 14 days for the gun-on-arrival arrest provision. A12 was then adopted to continue work on Department of Corrections changes related to the MinCorp program from House File 4031. A Department of Corrections representative explained that a disputed provision no longer used a percentage but instead used a ratio, and that the language reflected stakeholder agreement; a member confirmed the relevant line numbers and raised no objection.
After the amendments were adopted, the committee withdrew the DE4 version, adopted the DE6 amendment as amended, and then re-referred House File 1082 as amended to the Ways and Means Committee. All motions were approved by voice vote, with no recorded opposition.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House panel debates GOP resolution to begin impeachment proceedings against governor, AG Apr 15th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- The Rules Committee has in its possession two such resolutions, House Resolution 6 and House Resolution
- Resolution 6 and House Resolution 7.
- Resolution 6 and House Resolution 7.
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Resolution <00:12:08.120>6 House Resolution 6 House Resolution 6 calling
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House Republican school safety package stalls in committee 4/14/26
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 3493 is a bill that students.
- This amendment for House File 3493.
- I'm here to testify in support of House I'm here to testify in support of House file<00:14:51.959
the <00:15:31.160>needed House file 3493 provides the needed House file 3493 provides- I respectfully urge you to oppose House I respectfully urge you to oppose House File<00:29:31.919
Summary:
The committee heard House File 3493, the Safe Schools Revenue Increase bill, and first adopted the DE amendment before moving the bill on for re-referral to Ways and Means. Representative Lawrence described the bill as a multi-layered school safety package for all students and schools, including public, nonpublic, charter, and tribal schools, with increased safety funding, mental health support, anonymous threat reporting, school safety plans, and student discipline changes. Several supporters emphasized the need for flexible safety funding and cited real-world safety concerns, including anonymous tip systems that had generated many reports, classroom evacuations, staff injuries, and the need for more resources for mental health and safety infrastructure. Some supporters, including charter school leaders and Catholic Conference testimony, argued the bill’s flexibility and broader safety approach were important, while others supported the K-3 suspension language as a needed tool in severe cases.
Opponents focused heavily on the bill’s repeal of Minnesota’s K-3 suspension ban and non-exclusionary discipline requirements. Legal aid, disability advocates, and education groups argued that suspensions harm young children, worsen disparities, and disproportionately affect students of color and students with disabilities, and they urged the committee to keep restorative and non-exclusionary practices in place. Disability advocates also asked that any safety planning explicitly account for students with disabilities and that the bill remain aligned with IDEA protections and individualized education decisions. Several testifiers opposed using public funds for private schools, saying public money should stay in public programs.
Other testimony came from school administrators and staff who supported restoring limited suspension discretion, describing serious elementary incidents, classroom evacuations, and injuries that they said required a short-term removal option to stabilize classrooms and plan for students’ return. Mental health and school support personnel witnesses stressed that safety and mental health funding should remain distinct and that more counselors, social workers, and related staff are needed to address student crises. No final vote on the bill itself was taken in the portion provided beyond adoption of the DE amendment and the motion to re-refer the bill.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House Taxes Committee debates proposed one-time, $4 billion property tax refund 4/14/26
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The committee took up House File 4906, adopted the H4906A1 amendment, and heard a staff explanation that the bill would create a one-time property tax refund in calendar year 2026 for residential homesteads and the house/garage/1-acre portion of agricultural homesteads. As amended, the bill would appropriate $4 billion in fiscal year 2027, distribute payments based on 2026 property tax due, include a clawback for delinquent taxpayers, and coordinate with existing property tax refund programs so recipients would not receive more than they paid in taxes. House Research also discussed a disagreement with the Department of Revenue over whether the refund would be taxable federally, with House Research suggesting it would likely be treated as a non-taxable recovery of prior taxes.
Public testimony was largely opposed. Eric Bernstein of We Make Minnesota argued the proposal was too large, would create a deficit and force future service cuts, and would disproportionately benefit higher-income homeowners. Nan Madden of the Minnesota Budget Project said the bill would create a major budget hole, threaten funding for health care, food support, schools, and other services, and exclude renters and lower-income Minnesotans. Members echoed those concerns, citing impacts on public safety, rural EMS, hospitals, education funding, and equity, while noting that renters and many seniors would receive nothing. Representative Howard questioned whether the bill was a cautious use of state resources, and Representative Norris said it missed the mark for struggling renters.
Chair Davids defended the concept as a way to put money back in people’s pockets and said the proposal was scalable and intended to start a discussion. Representative Wiener strongly supported the bill, saying many homeowners and farmers in his district are not wealthy and need relief from property taxes; he said the bill should be even bigger. No vote on final passage was taken in the portion of the meeting provided, and the committee moved on after testimony and member discussion.