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• There's a tremendous amount of interdepartmental and interagency communication and collaboration needed
• c> needed<00:47:08.040> to<00:47:08.160> oversee<00:47:08.599> grants collaboration
• needed to oversee grants collaboration needed to oversee grants from<00:47:09.760> licensing<
• I'm not 100% sure on that, but please, this is a collaborative opportunity, so let's make the most of
• opportunity so let's make collaborative opportunity so let's make the<00:49:31.200> most<00:49

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• committed to working collaboratively committed to working collaboratively with<01:38:21.199>
• > with collaboratively with our colleagues with collaboratively with our colleagues at<01:38:23.119><
• the legislature as a collaborative the legislature as a collaborative partner<01:41:30.960> and
• We've been working closely with them, and it's been collaborative.
• with them and it's been collaborative. with them and it's been collaborative.

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• Um, we are seeking the opportunity to collaborate with the legislature.
• Um, we are seeking the opportunity to collaborate with the legislature.
• Um, we are seeking the opportunity to collaborate with the legislature.
• Um, we are seeking the opportunity to collaborate with the legislature.
• Um, we are seeking the opportunity to collaborate with the legislature.

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• A second, this proposal reflects significant collaboration.
• A second, this proposal reflects significant collaboration.
• A second, this proposal reflects significant collaboration. Reflects significant collaboration.
• Uh coming collaborative and productive.
• <00:58:01.200> the a collaborative effort between the a collaborative effort between the appraisal

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• to thank the governor and his team and our colleagues in the Senate for their partnership and collaboration
• They can work in collaboration on borderlines on how to ensure that they can figure out how they can
• work in collaboration on borderlines. work in collaboration on borderlines.
• <00:52:02.760> on They can work in collaboration on They can work in collaboration on borderlines
• But the passage of this bill represents a bipartisan collaborative team effort, which would not have

Keywords: House streaming session for Monday, March 23, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House took up the Appropriations Committee’s report on the fiscal 2027 budget, including Senate Bill 282, the budget bill, and Senate Bill 284, the Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act. The floor leader described a balanced budget with a $282 million cash surplus, $2 billion in rainy day reserves, and no new fees or taxes, while highlighting funding for child care scholarships and credentials, behavioral health services in schools, Medicaid and SNAP-related outreach, DDA services, domestic violence and rape crisis services, energy assistance, local government disparity grants, and private-sector investment. Both budget measures were special ordered until Wednesday, March 25, and the House adopted the committee’s motion in each case without objection. The chamber also considered several committee reports from Economic Matters, Government, Labor, and Elections, and Health. Among the measures advanced were House Bill 1529 on a Baltimore County local commission on common ownership communities; House Bills 571, 892, 893, 994, 1120, 1166, 1351, 1362, and 883; and health-related bills including House Bills 446, 658, 698, 1015, and 1048. Most bills were amended and then given favorable reports, with the House adopting the amendments and ordering the bills printed for third reading. Several bills drew brief floor questions. House Bill 994 would create a $300 annual registration fee for travel services providers, but the sponsor said it would not add new penalties beyond existing consumer protection laws. House Bill 1166 on front license plate display clarified that a signed statement can shift responsibility to the driver when a front plate cannot be installed, while the existing $500 fine for noncompliance remained current law. House Bill 1351, dealing with disaster mitigation services and MHIC licensing, was explained as bringing those providers under home improvement licensing rules after a transition period, and was special ordered until the end of the session at a delegate’s request. House Bill 1048 on sodium and added sugar warning icons was amended to include a QR code and remove some reporting and education provisions; members also clarified that the bill still uses a 25-gram threshold and that restaurant groups did not support the bill, though it had been worked through with them.

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• I've talked about the unique issue that we're facing, the collaboration of these departments creating
• I've talked about the unique issue that we're facing, the collaboration of these departments creating
• collaboration that will continue. collaboration that will continue.
• However, through<01:04:03.359> collaboration<01:04:04.160> and<01:04:04.400> with
• ><01:04:04.640> the<01:04:04.799> help through collaboration and with the help through

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• There must be collaboration with the provider community to preserve our current and very heavily strained
• are not asking for anything less accountability, they're asking for clarity, consistency, and collaboration
• are not asking for anything less accountability, they're asking for clarity, consistency, and collaboration
• are not asking for anything less accountability, they're asking for clarity, consistency, and collaboration
• are not asking for anything less accountability, they're asking for clarity, consistency, and collaboration

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I'm left questioning, as someone who likes to be collaborative over how you come into compliance and
• And so I think we want to do it collaboratively with DEED.
• And so like I think we want to do<01:19:15.760> it<01:19:16.000> collaboratively<01:19:
• <01:19:17.280> I<01:19:17.440> also do it collaboratively with DED.
• I also do it collaboratively with DED.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:03:41.680> collaboratively<00:03:42.680> and<00:03:42.799> I'm collaborative
• collaboratively and I'm collaborative collaboratively and I'm happy<00:03:43.239> to<00:03:43.519
• 11.760> working multi Housing Association for working multi Housing Association for working collabor
• <00:04:12.640> with<00:04:13.120> collaboratively<00:04:14.120> with<00:04:14.280
• > us collabor with collaboratively with us collabor with collaboratively with us the<00:04:15.239

Bills: HF2296, HF1566, HF1854, HF1385, HF1142

Keywords: landlord-tenant, victim confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, tenant privacy, housing law, eviction, unpaid rent, damages, release of information, shared database, protective order, victim of violence, Minnesota Statutes 504B.206, housing finance, civil law, autism, rental properties, reasonable accommodation

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• So, it's been very well thought out in collaboration with ACOG so that these areas could be addressed
• So, it's been very well thought out in collaboration with ACOG so that these areas could be addressed
• So, it's been very well thought out in collaboration with ACOG so that these areas could be addressed
• So, it's been very well thought out in collaboration with ACOG so that these areas could be addressed
• So, it's been very well thought out in collaboration with ACOG so that these areas could be addressed

Keywords: 00:00:00 Call to Order/Roll Call 00:01:10 Discussion of 25RS HB 414 00:44:26 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 414 00:50:25 Discussion of 25RS SB 27 00:53:44 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 27 00:55:49 Discussion of 25RS SB 93 00:57:57 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 93 00:59:29 Discussion of 25RS SB 132 01:37:39 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 132 01:40:55 Discussion of 25RS SB 153 01:42:05 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 153 01:43:46 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The Health Services Committee met with a quorum and took up House Bill 414 with a committee substitute. The bill, described by sponsors and supporters as a continuation of prior maternal-health legislation, was framed as a clarification of medical standards and an effort to improve care for women and families facing complicated pregnancies. Representative Tate, Representative Nemes, Adair Wushar of Kentucky Right to Life, and Dr. Jeff Goldberg of ACOG Kentucky all testified in support, saying the substitute was developed collaboratively to reduce confusion in the law and help physicians provide evidence-based care without fear of criminal penalties. Supporters said the committee substitute was intended to define what is not an abortion under Kentucky law and to spell out medical treatments for conditions such as miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, sepsis, hemorrhage, preeclampsia, premature rupture of membranes, and fetal demise. Dr. Goldberg said current statutes contain significant ambiguity and have created unintended barriers to treating pregnancy complications, including emergency situations, and he gave examples of patients who were delayed or harmed because physicians were uncertain about what the law allowed. Representative Nemes said the measure was the result of unusual cooperation among groups that do not usually agree and described it as a first step toward fixing a discrete problem. Representative Wilner raised concerns that the language could effectively require a patient to be in severe distress before treatment is clearly permitted and that it was too prescriptive about how physicians should manage miscarriages. In response, Dr. Goldberg and the sponsors said the substitute was not perfect, was meant as a short-term solution, and was designed to give doctors more confidence in providing routine, medically necessary care for pregnancy complications. The transcript indicates the committee substitute was adopted, but no final vote on the bill itself is shown in the excerpt.

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• in a support system of entrepreneurs that do the same thing she does, entrepreneurs that she can collaborate
• in a support system of entrepreneurs that do the same thing she does, entrepreneurs that she can collaborate
• in a support system of entrepreneurs that do the same thing she does, entrepreneurs that she can collaborate
• <01:42:52.119> in<01:42:52.239> order<01:42:52.440> to it is a true collaboration
• in order to it is a true collaboration in order to make<01:42:52.719> sure<01:42:52.880> that

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• have been really working collaboratively have been really working collaboratively to<01:02:37.599
• They tend to be a much more collaborative process to attract developers to do the work.
• <01:05:48.240> process<01:05:48.599> to<01:05:48.920> attract collaborative process
• to attract collaborative process to attract developers<01:05:49.799> to<01:05:49.960> do
• of their communities we also collaborate of their communities we also collaborate with<01:08:28.319

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House Housing Finance and Policy Committee approved the previous meeting’s minutes and then heard testimony from Housing First Minnesota and the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities on housing supply, affordability, and land-use policy. Mark Foster of Housing First Minnesota said the state is chronically undersupplied by roughly 100,000 units, that the median new single-family home price has risen above $530,000, and that only about 27% of Twin Cities households can now afford a new home. He argued that regulatory and local approval processes, especially planned unit developments and aesthetic mandates, add significant cost and reduce the number of homes built, and he urged the committee to remove exclusionary barriers and modernize residential development approvals. Members questioned Foster about zoning, aesthetic requirements, and homeowners associations. He said most new housing in growing metro communities is negotiated through PUDs, which he described as increasing costs and limiting supply, and gave examples such as stone exterior requirements adding thousands of dollars to a home. He also said HOAs can be useful in some cases but are often imposed when not needed. Several legislators responded positively to the Housing First Minnesota Foundation’s work, including transitional housing and veteran housing projects. Elizabeth Wefel of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities said cities outside the metro also face a housing shortage, but their challenges differ: market failure, inadequate sewer and water infrastructure, and gaps in starter, workforce, and senior housing. She said many Greater Minnesota cities are already updating zoning, reducing lot sizes, allowing more density and ADUs, and investing local money, land, and partnerships to spur development. She asked the legislature to speed up rollout of housing funds, support infrastructure and workforce programs, and adjust housing tax credit and TIF rules, while warning against one-size-fits-all preemption of local zoning authority. Members discussed the need for tailored solutions and the differences between metro and Greater Minnesota housing markets.

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• It's been an awesome opportunity for us to be able to collaborate on this, to have some other House education
• I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate, to work together, and to do some awesome teamwork

Summary: The House Pre-K through 12 Education Budget Conference met to consider Senate Offer Number One on the education budget, provisos, and back-of-bill items. Senator Burgess thanked the House for its prior offers and said the Senate was making its first offers, noting continued progress on many issues and specifically mentioning the FEPP scholarship and declining enrollment supplement as an unresolved area where both chambers agreed action is needed. The House responded by accepting a number of Senate offers. On the budget offer, the House accepted several listed rows, with the accepted rows and shaded rows closed and all other rows left to bump. The House also accepted specified rows in the proviso offer and back-of-bill offer, again closing those items and bumping the rest. The House stated that the Pre-K through 12 implementing bill sections, conforming bills, and Senate Bill 2514E would all bump in their entirety. In closing remarks, both sides praised the collaborative process and said they had worked through many issues, though some items remained outstanding. Representative Valdés moved to rise, and the conference adjourned without objection.

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• It's been an awesome opportunity for us to be able to collaborate on this, to have some other House education
• really appreciate the—I did that for you, Senator Pizzo—I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It's been an awesome opportunity for us to be able to collaborate on this, to have some other House education
• I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate, to work together, and to do some awesome teamwork

Summary: The House Pre-K through 12 Education Budget Conference met to consider Senate Offer Number One on the budget, proviso, and back-of-bill items. Senator Burgess said the Senate was making its first offers and noted continued progress on outstanding issues, including the FEPP, where the Senate maintained a new categorical for the scholarship and declining enrollment supplement. He emphasized that both chambers agreed something still needed to be done on that issue. Chair Smilke responded that the House accepted a number of the Senate’s proposed rows in the budget, proviso, and back-of-bill offers, with the accepted rows and shaded rows closed and all other rows bumping. The House also said the Pre-K through 12 implementing bill sections, conforming bills, and Senate Bill 2514E would bump in their entirety. The chair described the meeting as the first and last conference meeting of the week and thanked Senator Burgess and staff for their work. In closing remarks, Senator Burgess and Chair Smilke both praised the collaborative process and said there were still a few outstanding issues, but that was expected in a large budget. Representative Valdés then moved to rise, and the conference adjourned without objection.

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• I appreciate participating in learning exchanges with like-minded folks working in collaborative tech
• We also collaborate with our state's network of independent living centers to provide evidence-based
• To do so, I think we have to be more collaborative and coordinate all services, supports, and resources
• To do so, I think we have to be more collaborative and coordinate all services and supports and resources

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Massachusetts Permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities held a public hearing focused on health equity for people with disabilities. The chair opened by explaining that the session was not about specific legislation, but about sharing data, lived experience, and strategies to inform more inclusive health systems. Presenters included representatives from the Health Equity Compact, the Department of Public Health, MassHealth, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts, UMass Chan Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation, and the Arc of Massachusetts/Operation House Call. Speakers described how structural racism and ableism contribute to poor health outcomes, unemployment, poverty, and barriers to care for disabled people, especially disabled people of color. Testimony highlighted access problems such as inaccessible medical equipment, transportation, inadequate provider training, lack of culturally competent care, and insurance barriers. Several speakers emphasized the importance of collecting and disaggregating disability data, training providers in disability-competent care, and screening for accommodation needs. MassHealth described its Quality and Equity Incentive Program under the 1115 waiver, including disability-related metrics on data completeness, staff training, and accommodation screening, and reported early increases in hospitals collecting self-reported disability data. Brain injury advocates focused on inequities in rehabilitation access, including the impact of CMS’s “three-hour rule,” which they argued denies needed inpatient rehab to people with severe traumatic brain injury. They called for policy changes, a TBI task force, and possibly bipartisan legislation if CMS cannot revise the rule. Other testimony described DPH efforts such as one-to-one navigation, health promotion workshops, mini-grants for accessible recreation, and the Massachusetts Health and Disability Partnership. The hearing also highlighted medical education efforts like Operation House Call, which uses home visits and disability-led teaching to reduce bias and improve provider competence. No votes were taken and no formal actions were announced.

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• Others raise serious concerns, and we hope to work collaboratively with the committee to ensure that
• any new laws support small businesses and... ...to work collaboratively with the committee to ensure
• That spirit of collaboration and shared commitment to local business is what brings us here today.
• That spirit of collaboration and shared commitment to local business is what brings us here today.

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a public hearing on a wide range of alcohol, liquor licensing, and hemp-derived beverage bills. Early in the hearing, there was a procedural dispute when Senator Jacob Oliveira attempted to testify virtually on S. 279; the House chairs declined to recognize virtual testimony from a committee member, and Senator Pavel Payano instead read prepared remarks supporting the bill to return liquor license authority to municipalities. The committee then heard testimony on H. 437/S. 279 from the Massachusetts Municipal Association and Cohasset Town Manager Christopher Senior, both of whom argued that local control would streamline licensing, better match modern community needs, and support downtown economic development. A Lexington business owner also supported local licensing flexibility for a paint-and-sip business seeking a beer and wine license. The committee also heard extensive testimony on hemp-derived beverage regulation, including H. 357 and S. 222. Supporters from the Commonwealth Beverage Coalition and Theory Wellness said the products are already widely available in unregulated settings, including gas stations and smoke shops, and argued for a regulated framework with age limits, testing, labeling, and local public health funding. The Massachusetts Brewers Guild supported regulation of low-dose hemp beverages but asked that breweries be allowed to participate using their existing retail and distribution rights. The Guild also supported H. 478, which would allow limited self-distribution by pub breweries, saying it would reduce inefficiency and help small breweries grow. Several bills modernizing alcohol licensing laws were also discussed. Representative Ruel supported H. 477, describing it as a cleanup measure that would remove the contiguous-premises requirement, add a character standard for applicants, and extend public notice periods. Representative Sangiolo testified in support of H. 3893, a local liquor-license bill tied to economic development and new businesses in Lexington, including a movie theater, coffee shop, and paint studio. Fable Brewing Company also supported the local license bill, saying the licenses are needed before they can finalize leases and open. The committee then heard opposition from the Massachusetts Package Stores Association and several retailers, who warned that the retail tier is under pressure from oversaturation, declining revenues, and expanded competition, and opposed a long list of bills they said would further weaken existing stores or the three-tier system. At the end of the hearing, Representative McKenna testified in support of H. 437 and S. 279, emphasizing municipal autonomy and the importance of on-premises licenses for restaurants and other economic-development projects. The chairs noted that additional written testimony could still be submitted on bills that did not receive in-person testimony. The hearing concluded with a motion by Representative Sangiolo, seconded by Representative LeBoeuf, to close the hearing, which passed by voice vote.

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• And what you see is a result of good policy, a result of good policymakers, a result of collaborative
• going to study: evaluate their methods and opportunities to improve the efficiency, to increase collaboration
• among the public and private post-secondary institutions... to increase collaboration among the public
• institutional and physical performance, including budgeting, allocation, expenditure... to increase collaboration

Summary: The committee met on May 19, 2026, with a quorum present and first heard a presentation from Superintendent Cade Brumley on Louisiana’s recent education scorecard, which showed the state ranked first nationally in reading growth, second in math growth, and first overall in academic growth from 2022 to 2026. Members praised teachers and the department for the results. The committee then deferred SB 507 at the author’s request. The committee reported several bills favorably. SB 484 by Sen. Abraham, as amended, transfers selected duties from the Board of Regents to university management boards and Louisiana Works, adjusts authority over certain higher-education initiatives, creates a study of LUMCON’s placement, and adds financial reporting and early-warning requirements for universities. SB 157 by Sen. Jenkins, as amended, creates six weeks of paid parental leave for eligible public K-12 employees for birth, adoption, or fostering, with a reimbursement fund subject to appropriation; testimony emphasized family support, recruitment and retention, and health benefits. SB 83 by Sen. Edmonds, as amended, requires human trafficking prevention and victim-identification training in schools and updates coordination and service language; the amendment made implementation subject to appropriation and clarified the governor’s office role. The committee also reported SB 450 by Sen. Edmonds, as amended, requiring mandatory reporting of school threats and physical security assessments, with student witnesses and members stressing school safety and the need for funding and practical security measures. SB 132 by Sen. Klein-Peter, as amended, requires exterior master key boxes and updated school mapping data for emergency response, with an amendment exempting districts already using such boxes. Finally, Rep. Carver presented HR 251 on recess for K-3 students, citing Oklahoma’s expanded recess law and research on physical activity and learning, but said he would keep the resolution parked for further discussion rather than seek a vote.

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• I think we were working together collaboratively on trying to come up with some ideas of what we could
• individuals or at 501, we can start working on these things, but actually, as agencies, we can collaboratively
• in inquiry, and then we got the advisory council, which will provide a level of transparency, collaboration
• I've been trying to find ways to continue to collaborate with the various sectors.

Keywords: 914, all

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• So the respiratory care, it just creates a collaborative agreement between interstate compact that we're
• ><00:01:48.960> a respiratory care it just creates a respiratory care it just creates a collaborative
• <00:01:50.079> agreement<00:01:50.560> between collaborative agreement between collaborative

Keywords: Call to Order 00:00 Roll Call 0:31 HB 36 Discussion 1:10 HB 36 Vote 8:20 HB 776 Discussion 9:42 HB 776 Vote 12:19 HB 236 Discussion 14:15 Adjournment 20:40, 958, all