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• So I encourage everybody that remotely cares about wildlife and the environment and your own health and
• The third element deals with a number of judicial issues: workers' compensation, judgeships, treatment
• Did it have something to do with workers' comp? It does have to do with workers' comp, yes.
• So we've got a workers' compensation piece, I believe, that passed out, some court automation language
• So we've got a workers' comp piece, I believe, that passed out, some court automation language, writing

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the House Journal for the 64th day by a 125-0 roll call vote, and then spent much of the morning on personal privileges and introductions of guests, interns, students, and special recognitions. Members welcomed school groups, interns, a Savannah Bananas guest, and several family members, and also noted birthdays and Mother’s Day greetings. On legislation, the chamber first agreed to go to conference on Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 1421, appointing a House conference committee. The House then took up Senate Bill 1000, which reauthorizes the Missouri Tourism Supplemental Revenue Fund and updates outdated tourism funding language; members from both parties spoke in support of tourism as an economic driver, and the bill passed 136-6. The House also considered House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1020, an omnibus Department of Revenue bill addressing fee office contracting, vehicle registration and related penalties, Real ID document retention, five-year license plates, and emissions-related provisions. Members adopted amendments reducing late-registration penalties, making document retention opt-in, restoring a five-year plate option, and removing cosmetic damage as a basis for rejecting rebuilt vehicles; despite debate over emissions testing and air quality, the bill passed 130-10. The chamber then moved to House Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 835 and 1111, a combined judiciary/civil legislation package. Members described it as a vehicle for several vetted measures, including anti-assignment-of-benefits language for insurance claims, the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act, and court administration changes such as workers’ compensation procedures, judgeships, automation fees, law library surcharges, and expungement fund provisions. Amendments were offered and adopted to adjust attorney-fee language in the anti-SLAPP provisions and to add a St. Louis police legal-expense-fund provision, though the latter drew objections over procedure and whether it had received a hearing. The transcript cuts off while debate on that amendment is still underway, and no final vote on the bill is shown.

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• Seeing none, I would like to welcome our two in-person testifiers and our one remote testifier.
• We owe that to our communities, our workers, and the institutions that depend on us every day.
• We owe that to our communities, our workers, and the institutions that depend on us every day.
• They will also imitate utility workers.
• He was a former utility worker. He still had all the uniforms and stuff and had his buddies come.

Summary: The committee held a work session in Mill Creek focused first on the eviction process. Judge Michael Scott of King County Superior Court described historic highs in unlawful detainer filings across Washington, especially in urban counties, and said King County has reduced its backlog and average time to resolution to about 60 days by adding two dedicated eviction judges and using more judges when needed. He also described how King County and other counties are implementing the right to counsel for indigent tenants, and noted that additional housing commissioners may help. Office of Civil Legal Aid representatives Philippe Knapp and Jane Paxe said the statewide appointed counsel program has represented more than 30,000 tenants, referred clients to social services, and helped many remain housed, but they warned of a funding shortfall that could eliminate about 17 attorneys and leave roughly 2,000 tenants without representation. A landlord-side panel argued that eviction timelines remain too long and fragmented, creating unpaid rent, safety issues, and uncertainty for both landlords and tenants; they urged more uniform procedures, streamlined rental assistance, and procedural changes to reduce refiling and delays. The second work session addressed theft and vandalism of critical infrastructure, especially copper and telecom cable theft. Committee staff reviewed existing criminal and regulatory laws covering malicious mischief, theft, scrap metal businesses, and metal property deception. Comcast, Mason Public Utility District, and the Recycled Materials Association testified that theft of aerial cable and copper has become a crisis affecting power, internet, 911 service, schools, hospitals, and line-worker safety. Utility representatives described outages, hazards, and rising costs, and asked for stronger audits of scrapyards, tougher penalties for theft affecting critical infrastructure, and tighter rules on payment and identification. Recyclers said they oppose the thefts and already operate under heavy regulation, but acknowledged enforcement gaps and the need for better coordination; committee members discussed possible bill concepts and asked for written recommendations. The final work session covered standards for law enforcement personnel. Criminal Justice Training Commission Executive Director Monica Alexander and Assistant Director Kimberly Bliss explained current certification and decertification rules, including background checks, training requirements, mandatory and discretionary grounds for decertification, and the hearing process. They said elected sheriffs are not currently required to undergo the same pre-election background check as other applicants, though they can still be decertified if already certified, and they reported a backlog of more than 1,000 cases with about 70 to 80 new cases coming in each month. Retired Judge Ann Levinson then outlined ways the legislature could strengthen and align standards for chiefs, sheriffs, and marshals, including requiring certification within a set time, setting a minimum age, requiring recent state background checks, and making loss of certification a vacancy in office. Committee members asked questions about accountability for elected sheriffs, background-check administration, and decertification outcomes.

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• American farmers, factory workers, and transportation workers that produce this product have had their
• this transportation workers that produce this transportation workers that produce this product<00
• I American workers their livelihoods.
• find workers in the United States. find workers in the United States.
• I've introduced the Modern Worker I've introduced the Modern Worker Empowerment<03:48:41.520>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 8, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• [Music] The clerk will call the names of the members participating remotely.
• 00:02:59.840> e [Music] [Music] The clerk will call the names of the members participating remotely
• part<00:04:59.720> participating members part participating members part participating remotely
• [Music] [Music] The clerk will call the names of the members participating remotely.
• The clerk will call the names of the members participating remotely. Clardy votes aye.

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• their word to America's workers.
• their word to America's workers.
• their word to America's workers.
• their word to America's workers.
• their word to America's workers.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• This is where the CCA-funded geophysical remote sensing surveys, led by my colleague Mike, occurred.
• This is where the CCA-funded geophysical remote sensing surveys led by my colleague Mike where they've
• the following: the legislature or Commerce direct additional funding to DNR to oversee geophysical remote
• and our last panel on this topic includes Sam Bowers with the Clean Air Task Force, who's with us remote
• Portable batteries include common batteries such as those found in flashlights, cameras, and TV remotes

Keywords: 904, all

Summary: The committee’s interim work session focused first on carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS), with presenters from industry, nonprofits, and state agencies describing Washington’s geologic potential, the role of basalt formations, and the difference between point-source capture, direct air capture, utilization, and permanent storage. Industry and project developers emphasized that Washington has major opportunities to reduce industrial emissions, create jobs, and support hard-to-electrify sectors, while state agencies explained current policy touchpoints in the Cap and Invest Program, emissions exemptions for permanently stored CO2, and the Clean Energy Transformation Act. Several presenters urged clearer statutory and regulatory pathways, including rules for pore space, subsurface rights, pipeline siting, and long-term liability; others cautioned that CCUS should be limited to real emissions reductions and not treated as a substitute for broader clean energy measures. Committee members asked about public comment opportunities, whether mineralized carbon would qualify for exemption under the Climate Commitment Act, the energy intensity of capture systems, aquifer protection, and liability if storage later proves problematic. Ecology said it is developing guidance through a public engagement process running through late June and that mineralized or otherwise permanently stored CO2 would likely qualify if it meets the 1,000-year permanence standard. DNR and outside experts also discussed trust lands, water rights, and the need for additional geophysical surveys and test wells. The panel did not take any votes or formal actions. The second half of the meeting turned to hazardous waste and extended producer responsibility. Ecology reviewed existing product stewardship programs for electronics, paint, batteries, and mercury lights, and described how moderate risk waste and household hazardous waste are currently collected through county facilities and events. Ecology said the electronics program is its best model, while the mercury lamp program is currently in transition after the prior stewardship organization exited and a new organization is seeking approval. Ecology recommended that future EPR programs have clear producer and product definitions, full producer funding, convenience standards, annual reporting, and strong enforcement authority. Local government witnesses from King County and Douglas County described rising costs, access barriers in rural areas, and the need for stable funding and flexible local delivery models. King County said it collected over 3 million pounds of hazardous products in 2025 and argued that EPR could reduce costs for ratepayers and improve equity. Douglas County stressed that rural residents are willing to participate when services are available, but travel distance and operating costs make access difficult. An industry representative supported narrowly scoped stewardship programs like PaintCare but warned that broad household hazardous waste EPR systems can become difficult to administer and may require legislative revisions if responsibilities are not clearly defined. No votes were taken on the hazardous waste topic either.

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• Conduct that appeared innocuous to her co-workers, but of course was terrifying to her.
• , a survivor presented at the hospital for a forensic exam after being sexually assaulted by a co-worker
• ><00:24:27.039> the Her order was denied due to the nature of the relationship with the co-worker
• I sat down across the table from a co-worker that I had just really kind of barely knew.
• He called a social worker to calm me down, but he didn't call a SANE nurse.

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• Natasha: Continuing with this item on online visibility and reach, the library began providing remote
• Natasha: Continuing with this item on online visibility and reach, the library began providing remote
• Natasha: Continuing with this item on online visibility and reach, the library began providing remote
• Natasha: The library began providing remote access through its website to certain resources in 2014.
• The number of new remote user registrations has grown every year as illustrated by this figure at the

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• was committed, including juvenile justice services, services for the elderly, justice for migrant workers
• was committed, including juvenile justice services, services for the elderly, justice for migrant workers
• Throughout his service, he fought for seniors, farm workers, and working families, and brought attention
• Throughout his service, he fought for seniors, farm workers, and working families, and brought attention
• Now, last night, the presenters of that bill had a remote expert that implied that the subject matter

Keywords: 996, all

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• <00:05:59.199> pilot<00:05:59.919> or<00:06:00.600> or allows us to uh remote
• This movement can be done from a remote piloting standpoint anywhere in the world, or, if you'd like,
• The piloting technology shines because you can have a piloting center where your staff are in a remote
• Yeah, so this sounds really good to me because I'm all about worker safety.
• That allows individuals to remotely renew one time in their life.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate File 75, a pilot project to test autonomous or semi-autonomous mowing and vegetation management along state highways. Senator Jasinski said the bill is intended to reduce traffic delays caused by ditch mowing and improve worker safety by moving crews out of active traffic. An A1 amendment was adopted to shift the funding source from the general fund to trunk highway funds. Testifiers from Bot Crew described robotic mowing technology, including remote piloting, autonomous navigation using LiDAR, cameras, GIS data, and obstacle detection, and said the machines could work at night and potentially reduce labor needs while improving safety. Members asked about mowing around guardrails, bridge features, and sensitive plants; the company said the system could be programmed to identify and avoid certain vegetation and could also be used for seeding. The committee then approved the bill, as amended, and re-referred it to finance. The committee next received the Department of Public Safety’s presentation on the governor’s budget request. Commissioner Bob Jacobson outlined an operating adjustment for DPS divisions, a request for grant administration authority to allow a portion of grant funds to cover oversight costs, and then turned to division-specific items. State Patrol Colonel Christina Bovich presented a request for $48.5 million in each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for a new metro headquarters, plus a recruitment proposal that would provide $1 million in each of 2026 and 2027 and $10 million in later years to expand recruiting, advertising, and academy capacity. She also proposed a change to the excessive-speed penalty so that driving more than 35 miles per hour over the limit would trigger a six-month license revocation, regardless of the posted speed zone. Members questioned the headquarters funding source, the cost of recruitment efforts, and academy expenses; Bovich said the academy costs about $350,000 per person and that the recruitment request would support broader outreach, including nationwide recruiting. Office of Traffic Safety Director Mike Hansen then presented a request for an additional $485,000 per year in trunk highway funds for planning and administration. He said the money is needed to cover rising operating costs, maintain the federal match for traffic safety grants, and support new federal public participation and engagement requirements tied to traffic safety funding. No votes were taken on the DPS budget items during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• The clerk will call the name of the member participating remotely. Kisa Watun present.
• the The clerk will call the name of the member<00:07:26.880> participating<00:07:27.680> remotely
• <00:07:28.960> Kisa member participating remotely. Kisa member participating remotely.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Music] of [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] The clerk will call the names of the members participating remotely
• The clerk will close the roll. remotely remotely remotely Gander<00:07:27.319> you<00:07:27.599

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Three, Three, we see and we know the impact on our co-workers and our students who have been adversely
• We also care deeply about our co-workers who are showing up for students while dealing with the trauma
• Fewer than 10% of our students sought approval for remote or flexible options when those were available
• ><00:43:21.360> or<00:43:21.480> flexible<00:43:22.080> options approval for remote
• or flexible options approval for remote or flexible options when<00:43:23.320> those<00:43:23.560

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee adopted the minutes from its February 24, 2026 meeting after a motion by Vice Chair Coulter. The hearing then focused on the impact of federal immigration enforcement, referred to throughout as Operation Metro Surge, on Minnesota college campuses. The chair said the purpose was to document alleged abuses, campus fear, and racial discrimination, and to hear from testifiers about effects on students, faculty, and staff. Representative Novotny briefly objected to the framing, saying the committee should be finding facts rather than making a predetermined presentation, and the chair responded that members should remain respectful and that questions would be held until after all presenters testified. Augsburg University President Paul Pribbenow described what he called relentless and unprecedented disruption, including student stops and interrogations, family separations, and an ICE operation on campus in which armed masked agents allegedly detained a student without a warrant and pointed weapons at students and staff. He said the campus received bomb threats afterward, increased virtual learning options, and saw spikes in student support needs, housing assistance, and leaves of absence. Jenna Chernega of the Inter Faculty Organization said faculty across Minnesota State universities reported widespread student and colleague stress, increased workload, disappearing students, and a need for clearer sensitive-location protections and academic freedom guidance. Mark Grant of Minnesota State College Faculty said community conditions inevitably affect classrooms, that campuses have not yet had an ICE incident but are bracing for one, and that faculty want to support students and may need financial help if enrollment declines. Jennifer Irwin of AFSCME said fear from ICE activity extends beyond campus boundaries and is affecting attendance, work, and daily life for staff and students; she cited a member detained in St. Paul while trying to prove legal status. Student testifiers Brendan Frazier of Concordia University, St. Paul, Jonathan Fitzgerald of Minnesota State Mankato, Sudi Adow of Lead MN, and Will Luther of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities described panic, reduced attendance, food insecurity, disrupted classes, and fear of leaving home or commuting to campus. They urged stronger student privacy protections, support for international and immigrant students, emergency aid, and policies to keep campuses safe. No further committee action or votes were taken after the minutes approval.

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• With<00:22:50.320> 78%<00:22:51.039> of<00:22:51.200> Egan<00:22:51.520> workers
• With 78% of Eagan workers using private vehicles to commute to work, parking is a practical necessity
• If we're to be even remotely serious about meeting our climate goals, we have to move this forward.
• If we're to be even remotely<00:31:09.520> serious<00:31:09.919> about<00:31:10.240>
• meeting<00:31:10.480> our remotely serious about meeting our remotely serious about meeting

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• folks at LIS down at the end who are ensuring that this hearing is live streamed and available for remote
• I think it’s imperative that the worker does this with the parent, because anyone can tell someone in
• Our bond was held severed by a biased social worker waiting on my inevitable relapse that almost nine
• So involving us, if Six was able to have her worker listen to her like, 'AA is not working,' I mean,
• So involving us, if Six was able to have her worker listen to her like, 'AA is not working,' I mean,

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing on a broad set of mental health, substance use, recovery, and patients’ rights bills. Early testimony focused on H. 2227, which would replace stigmatizing substance use terminology in the General Laws, and H. 3950, which would support parents in recovery involved with DCF by requiring more individualized recovery plans, clearer benchmarks for parenting time, access to recovery coaches or counselors, family counseling after sustained recovery, and staff training on addiction and lived experience. Speakers described the bills as ways to reduce stigma, increase accountability, and improve reunification outcomes for families. A major portion of the hearing centered on S. 1386, which would transfer Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Correction to the Department of Mental Health. Advocates, family members, and disability groups testified that Bridgewater functions like a prison rather than a hospital, with excessive restraint, seclusion, involuntary medication, poor conditions, and racial disparities, and argued DMH should oversee a treatment setting. One DMH occupational therapist and MNA member opposed the transfer, saying the real issue is mixing forensic and continuing-care patients and that DMH should instead create designated forensic units under bills H. 228/S. 1408. Committee members asked about Bridgewater’s population, the history of DOC control, capacity, staffing, and how a transfer might be implemented. The committee also heard testimony on modernizing the six fundamental rights for psychiatric inpatients, including expanding communication options, clarifying visitation and advocacy definitions, and improving access to gender-appropriate and culturally relevant items. Another bill, H. 2216, would require stronger oversight before antipsychotic medication is prescribed in nursing homes, prompted by concerns about inappropriate use. Finally, testimony supported H. 2240 and H. 2239 on sober homes, with supporters saying discharge and relocation policies are needed when a resident returns to active use or becomes unsafe, while preserving the recovery environment and resident rights. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.

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• We do also try and work with middle-income workers.
• under housing development policy, that last bullet point, when you're looking at the middle income workers
• What is that worker making or bringing home that puts them at 300? Mr. Chair. Madam, Mr.
• what that does is allow us for a larger range of available homeowners Or potential middle income workers
• We talked about remote to New Mexico. and I do have some reservations.

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• I am a proud union member of the Communication Workers of America.
• Instead of addressing theft and writing laws that protect workers from heat death, we're here because
• My name is David Chincanchin, and I serve as the policy director for Workers' Defense Action Fund.
• I'm the Austin Policy Coordinator at Workers' Defense Action Fund, and I'm strongly in support of the
• Workers are having their wages stolen at unprecedented rates. Parents can't afford childcare.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• It will be significant for the workers. Senator Scott, uh, Mr.
• That's who we're talking about is construction workers.
• Are the other workers not as good workers? Do they not have the same quality as these workers?
• Was the quality of work there with those workers, was that less? Then a prevailing wage worker. Mr.
• Prevailing wages only for construction workers.

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• And in accordance with the rules of the Senate, the following members will be participating remotely
• Paul and Senator Nelson from Rochester have joined us remotely. >> Miss Weiss Player, would you like
• Paul and Senator Nelson from Rochester have joined us remotely. >> Miss Weiss Player, would you like
• I'm speaking to you remotely as my home and experience on this topic are not in Minnesota, but I work
• ,<01:41:45.760> but help a shortage of eligible workers, but help a shortage of eligible workers

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• voting and remote debating process to do the people's business and made sure democracy continued to
• <00:48:39.960> voting<00:48:40.400> and<00:48:40.559> remote develop the remote
• voting and remote develop the remote voting and remote debating<00:48:41.559> process<00:48:41.960
• He has watched these seats empty and fill, and empty and fill, majorities ebbing and flowing, remote
• voting tied houses deaths births remote voting tied houses deaths births he's<00:53:44.680> been<

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then proceeded to elect a Speaker. Republicans nominated Lisa Demuth and Democrats nominated Melissa Hortman, with multiple members seconding each nomination and praising the candidates’ leadership, bipartisanship, and ability to guide a closely divided chamber. After roll call, Representative Demuth received 67 votes to Representative Hortman’s 65 and was declared duly elected Speaker of the Minnesota House for the 2025-2026 session. After taking the oath of office from Senate President Bobby Joe Champion, Speaker Demuth delivered remarks emphasizing gratitude, integrity, respect, accountability, and a commitment to real results, safer communities, strong schools, economic opportunity, and open collaboration with all members. She said her door would remain open to both parties and urged the House to focus on shared purpose and Minnesota’s future. The House then took up a resolution adopting temporary rules for the 94th session, based on the prior session’s rules and modified by the House organization agreement dated February 6, 2025. Members speaking in support said the agreement reflected bipartisan negotiation, preserved power sharing, protected committee and conference committee balance, and would help the House address issues such as affordable housing, health care, and child care. The temporary rules were adopted by a roll call vote of 130 ayes and 2 nays. Finally, the House began the election of the chief clerk. Representative Robbins nominated Patrick Duffy Murphy, highlighting his long service to the House, his role as parliamentary adviser, and his work supporting continuity and remote proceedings during the pandemic. The transcript cuts off during the nomination and does not include the final vote on chief clerk.