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• </c> don't submit the required don't submit the required report<00:20:30.880><c> Miss</c> report Miss
• </c><00:43:07.359><c> this</c> loan elig eligibility requirement this loan elig eligibility requirement
• </c> position it does back the requirement position it does back the requirement from<01:15:27.520><c
• </c> grain elevator and into the requirement grain elevator and into the requirement of<01:24:51.040>
• requiring...?

Bills: HF1063

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: grain buyers, grain dealer, grain elevator, agriculture, financial reporting, audit, CPA review, independent accountant, financial statement, balance sheet, cash flow, nonpublic data, licensee oversight, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, grain purchase volume, insolvency, nonpayment, warehouse chain, fiduciary duties, producer protection

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• one in four, require at least 80,000 square feet, almost two acres, for one single-family home.
• Before anyone even pours a foundation, we require oversight. Thank you. Homes and higher prices.
• Reasonable local requirements.
• He understood that public service requires more than just holding office.
• This would come from the city's substantial surplus.

Keywords: 1212, all

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• And then item seven, they're requesting deletion of Rider 30. before, which is a reporting requirement
• IT services, for cloud computing, and one driver of this is It's that there is a required database for
• The surplus riders for the federal and state surplus program do not clearly indicate that there is within
• These are for five FTEs to implement the requirements of Rider 25 Workplace Optimization.
• And those funds were available through the RTE process to fulfill legislative requirements.

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• </c> and yet cannot complete their required and yet cannot complete their required coursework<00:45:08.480
• There is no surplus.
• Thank you. surplus. It comes out of the surplus." surplus. It comes out of the surplus."
• </c> There is no surplus. There is no surplus.
• </c><02:16:02.079><c> the</c> bioimilars policy, um requiring the bioimilars policy, um requiring the

Keywords: 981, all

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• This requires AOT to design and submit...
• It repeals obsolete language relating to log drives, which we haven't had in a century, and requires
• , which ...that is coming out of the surplus, which is mentioned in both the big bill and this bill.
• The other body added a provision that when such an evaluation is required, that individual can obtain
• However, clinical services are now required to be carried out by the Agency of Human Services medical

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• are provided enhances the chance that those county political parties will be able to follow the requirements
• My reading of the bill is currently the county political parties are required to nominate three times
• the number of precincts that are in that county, and that's to ensure a surplus because sometimes there
• So that would require a list of almost 900 names.

Committee: House Elections and Ethics

Summary: The Ethics and Election Committee opened with prayer and then took up House Bill 3852, presented by Representative Roberts with a proposed committee substitute. Roberts described the measure as a clarification bill addressing gray areas in how county political parties submit nominee lists to county election boards and how precinct workers are selected from those lists. He said the bill also changes appointment terms for precinct workers from four years back to two years, citing the difficulty many older poll workers have serving longer terms. Secretary of the State Election Board Paul Zirix testified in support, saying the bill could help alleviate shortages of precinct officials by making it easier for county parties to comply with nomination requirements. He explained that the PCS reduces the required nominee list from three times the number of precincts to two times the number of precincts, which he believed would improve compliance. Representative Dollens questioned why the bill would reduce the pool if the goal was to increase candidates, and Roberts responded that the change was meant to address practical problems in larger counties like Oklahoma and Tulsa, where the current requirement can be difficult to meet, while still allowing counties to submit more names if they choose. After discussion, the committee moved a due pass motion, seconded it, and proceeded to a vote. The bill passed the committee by a vote of 5-1. The chair then adjourned that portion of the session and noted that additional action would likely come from the Senate in coming weeks.

Transcript Highlights:

• eliminating 63 words; adding two new definitions; and reorganizing the reclamation plan application requirements
• projects that we've had from your appropriations over the last three or four years, that we've had surplus
• maintenance money in the $70 million range, surplus capital improvements to increase capacity in the
• It has several different restrictions, all of which require there to be public recreation open to all
• It has several different restrictions, all of which require there to be public recreation open to all

Summary: The committee began by recognizing page Marley Johnson, who said she plans to finish school, attend flight school, and possibly pursue an aviation degree. Members asked about her experience in the Senate, and she said it changed her perspective by showing that state politics can be collaborative and focused on doing what is best for Idaho. The committee presented her with a letter of recommendation for flight school and an American 250 flag flown over the Capitol. The committee then considered several gubernatorial appointments and Idaho Department of Lands rules. It voted to send David Bobbitt’s reappointment to the floor with a due pass recommendation, and heard testimony from James Keating for reappointment to the Idaho Parks and Recreation Board; no vote was taken on his appointment at that time. The committee also heard a presentation from the Lake Pend Oreille Basin Commission on a study claiming the Corps of Engineers’ lake-level management costs the North Idaho economy about $40 million annually, with testimony focused on extending the full recreational season. Members asked about effects on recreation, fish habitat, and the geographic reach of the economic impact. Three pending rules from the Department of Lands were reviewed and approved. One rule on mine land reclamation was described as a zero-based regulation update that mainly reduced word count and reorganized application requirements, with no major substantive changes. A fee rule for navigable waterways and encroachments under the Lake Protection Act was also approved; it reduced word count, added definitions, and clarified encroachment-related provisions, with no fee increases. A third rule on easements on state-owned lands was approved as well; it deleted nominal application and assignment fees, adjusted compensation language, expanded emergency work definitions, and extended temporary permits from 10 to 20 years. Committee votes on all three rules were unanimous. Finally, Idaho Parks and Recreation Director Susan Buxton gave an agency update on parks operations, deferred maintenance, new campgrounds and docks, trail management, reservation pricing, and budget impacts. She said outdoor recreation remains a major economic driver, that the department has used appropriated funds to add capacity and improve facilities statewide, and that some service reductions may occur because of budget cuts. In response to a question, she said snowmobile registration revenue is down because of limited snow, which could affect county-run snowmobile programs.

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• </c><00:01:34.000><c> for</c> retain it as it may be required for retain it as it may be required for
• :12.040><c> you</c><00:40:12.160><c> know,</c> provisions require uh, you know, provisions require uh
• </c> increased surplus funds. increased surplus funds.
• Other things that this bill requires should be required. So happy to talk more about that.
• > be</c><01:28:55.240><c> required.

Bills: HF3951 , HF4005 , HF962 , HF4585 , HF3870 , HF4542 , HF3893 , HF4293 , HF4075 , HF4057 , HF3809

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: submetered utility service, tenant rights, digital payment, eviction protection, housing policy, biometric data, consent, data protection, civil penalties, privacy laws, HF4585, Minnesota, harassment restraining order, HRO, restraining order, temporary restraining order, petitioner notice, service of process, law enforcement notification, sheriff

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• This bill requires reporting by ASCA by January 31st of each year and requires Requires reporting by
• In Leon County, government employees are required to do that.
• Current law requires mandatory court hearings for extreme speeding violations, but no comparable requirement
• Current law requires mandatory court hearings for extreme speeding violations, but no comparable requirement
• In the bill, we have it at one year, similar to what the DUI-related requirements are, but the DUI requirements

Bills: S0092 , S0110 , S0192 , S0212 , S0260 , S0350 , S0394 , S0422 , S0434 , S0442 , S0484 , S0546 , S0556 , S0684 , S0696 , S0706 , S0748 , S0786 , S0820 , S0824 , S0838 , S0840 , S0848 , S0856 , S0962 , S1000 , S1014 , S1036 , S1050 , S1054 , S1080 , S1118 , S1134 , S1338 , S1480 , S1500 , S1506 , S1622 , S1724

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: employee protections, whistleblower, retaliation, public trust, ethics complaint, Commission on Ethics, Public Employees Relations Commission, public employee, local government attorney, public officer, adverse personnel action, protected disclosure, whistleblower retaliation, state agency, independent contractor, public employment, civil service, reinstatement, back pay, front pay

Summary: The Committee on Rules met with a quorum and considered a long agenda of bills, many of them retained from the prior week. The most debated measure was CS for SB 706, which would preempt naming of major commercial service airports to the state and designate Palm Beach International Airport as the Donald J. Trump International Airport, subject to FAA approval and a trademark agreement. Amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to prevent private financial benefit from the naming. Several senators spoke in opposition, citing concerns about naming an airport after a sitting president, lack of local input, and the trademark/licensing arrangement; supporters argued there was no cost to the airport and that the bill simply set a state naming policy. The committee reported the bill favorably after a roll call vote. The committee also reported favorably CS for SB 546 on conservation land notice requirements, CS for CS for SB 1014 on municipal utility service to properties outside city limits, CS for SB 1500 on uncontested probate proceedings, SB 962 on excluding farms from certain zoning definitions, and CS for SB 820 on problem-solving court reporting requirements. The committee then approved several bills from Senator DiCeglie and Senator Arrington. SB 840, addressing land-use regulations for local governments affected by natural disasters, was supported by local-government and environmental advocates who said it would restore local control after SB 180’s hurricane-related restrictions; the sponsor said it was intended to correct unintended consequences of last year’s law. CS for SB 856, requiring online listing platforms to show estimated ad valorem taxes on residential listings, was amended to exclude social media platforms and broaden liability protections; the sponsor and a county property appraiser described it as a consumer-transparency measure. CS for SB 110, clarifying homestead exemption treatment for long-term leases that end at death, was also reported favorably. The committee took up a controversial strike-all amendment to SB 212, which focused on public swimming pools and added residency and related restrictions for certain sex offenders and offenders on community control or probation. The amendment drew strong opposition from advocates and affected families, who argued it would worsen homelessness, impose broad geographic restrictions, and lack evidence of improving child safety; supporters said it was a targeted public-safety measure. Despite the objections, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also approved SB 684 on electronic signatures for total-loss vehicle and vessel titles, SB 394 on reinsurance intermediary managers, SB 434 on property tax assessment treatment for wind-hardening improvements, CS for CS for SBs 658 and 608 on water-safety requirements for rental properties with pools or nearby water, SB 748 on adding voting-rights restoration information to sentencing score sheets, and CS for SB 824 requiring school districts to inventory unimproved real property. The meeting ended while the committee was beginning SB 848 on stormwater treatment, with an amendment being introduced as the transcript cut off.

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• We are using some surplus to offset some costs for new graduates.
• And Madam Chair Are nurses required to take continuing education courses?
• We are using any surplus we have to pay for the things that I talked about earlier, and we are looking
• Eddie Behrens, and his deputy were here, but they are at a required Three-week training in Texas.
• But we may be requesting more fund balance money in order to just cover our TB testing requirements.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: 996, all

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• It's to provide for court reporters as statutorily required, according to the letter.
• K1 is a surplus income and distribution report.
• K1 is the surplus income and distribution report.
• commissioner or something looked at that to make sure that everybody’s paying correctly, that they weren’t required

Committee: All ALC-PEER

Summary: The committee considered a series of appropriation, transfer, and review items, approving most requests in Sections B through J. These included temporary appropriations for state technology upgrades, personnel management, court reporters and interpreters, crime victim claims, juvenile sex offender assessments, radiation lab testing, higher education workforce grants, an ARPA grant for the UAFS LPN program, an IIJA grant for geological/critical minerals work, a restricted reserve transfer for 102 State Police vehicles, a transfer to the Arkansas Heroes Program, several cash fund requests for the Real Estate Commission HVAC and AV needs, and overtime appropriations for Emergency Management and Military. One budget classification transfer request from the Commissioner of State Lands for $250,000 to cover operating expenses tied to a new building was discussed at length but failed on the vote after questions about the lease and operating costs. A major portion of the meeting focused on a $25.7 million pay plan appropriation request for 15 agencies. Members questioned why the Department of Human Services had not requested additional pay-plan dollars for human development centers, where DHS acknowledged staffing shortages, high turnover, and heavy overtime but said the issue was not lack of pay-plan funding. DHS was asked to provide a written plan to address staffing problems. The Department of Corrections testified that the pay plan had improved retention and hiring, and committee members asked for follow-up data on vacancies and staffing outcomes. Members also clarified that the pay-plan request was appropriation only, not new funding, and approved it. The committee then reviewed fund reports, including the restricted reserve, Budget Stabilization Trust Fund, Tobacco Settlement, State Central Services, Education Adequacy, Medicaid Trust Fund, IIJA, and Revenue Services transfer reports. DHS and DFA were questioned closely about the Medicaid Trust Fund, with members noting a $90 million February draw and asking about projected year-end balances; DFA and DHS said February was a high-expense, low-revenue month and projected the fund would remain solvent through the fiscal year, ending between $150 million and $200 million, while a second $100 million set-aside is planned for FY27. The committee also discussed a state hospital damage report, where DHS explained that insurance proceeds would not fully cover the repair costs because of depreciation and the age of the buildings; members expressed concern that the state would recover far less than originally expected, and DHS said any additional insurance recovery would be limited and returned to restricted reserve.

Transcript Highlights:

• The Department of Transportation will be required to...
• A little bit less this year, but still a surplus. So, Ms. Speaker and gentlelady.
• This year but still a surplus. So, Ms.
• Speaker and gentlemen, so my personal viewpoint is that if we have surplus, why borrow?
• Unforeseen situation that were required. So are we to codify and allow no flexibility?

Bills: HM3 , HM11 , HM14 , HM15 , HM21 , HM25 , HB9 , SB2 , SB19

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• :16.799><c> complete</c> requires the district to complete requires the district to complete submitting
• </c><00:38:13.280><c> has</c> filing or submission requirement has filing or submission requirement has
• It requiring the audit thing.
• .<01:51:02.080><c> represent</c> requirements. represent requirements. represent Papovich<01:51:04.719
• ,</c><01:51:37.119><c> one</c> have six audits that are required, one have six audits that are required

Committee: House Education Funding

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• If you require assistance registering for testifying, please. Contact the committee staff.
• It is required by statute to do that within five years. days of receiving the complaint.
• When rule is required, yes, and when it's simply an internal management policy, we've done that.
• Give our citizens a support and it requires more FTEs, so sometimes it's an expansion.
• Senate Bill 1929, last session, required large crypto miners to register with the PUC.

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So originally, the forecast had an expected surplus of $185 million.
• Now with the updated forecast by DF&A, there's an expected surplus of $334 million.
• What that is is annual maintenance on the King Air aircraft, which is required if they're going to fly
• What I had asked was for the analysis, which they testified... required if they're going to fly.
• “Overstaff because they don’t have enough individuals that require the services?”

Committee: All ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)

Summary: The meeting began with a prayer, approval of the prior minutes, and a February 2026 revenue report from Carlos Silva of the Bureau of Legislative Research. He reported gross revenues of $5.36 billion and net collections of $4.5 billion, both above the prior year, and said the updated forecast showed a larger expected surplus than before. Members asked about declines in some tax categories, natural gas severance fees, and possible effects of inflation and international conflict; Silva generally attributed the changes to timing issues, prior tax cuts, refund activity, and price fluctuations, and said he could not speculate on future impacts. The committee then heard and adopted several subcommittee reports, including the Executive Committee, Administrative Rules, Claims Review, Game and Fish State Police, Higher Education, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Hospital/Medicaid/Developmental Disabilities, Occupational Licensing Review, State Insurance Programs Oversight, and APER filings. Most reports were approved without objection. One budget classification transfer for the Commissioner of State Lands was reviewed and failed. The review report also led to discussion of several contracts, including DHS staffing contracts and a Department of Education security contract, with some items held or separated for individual votes. A major portion of the meeting focused on DHS and state staffing contracts for the Human Development Centers, Arkansas State Hospital, and related facilities. DHS officials said the contracts were on track against seven-year projections, but members expressed concern about heavy reliance on contract labor, vacancy rates, and the need to move workers onto state payrolls. Officials said they were preparing a recruitment and retention plan and described staffing levels, vacancies, and turnover. Members also questioned contract projections and federal-state funding matches, and several urged faster action to reduce contract labor costs. The committee also discussed a Department of Commerce reduction-in-force affecting the Division of Services for the Blind and Employment and Training. Secretary Hugh McDonald said the cuts were driven by funding shortfalls, over-obligation of funds, and federal issues, and that 27 positions would be permanently eliminated while furloughed employees would be recalled. Members raised concerns about service impacts, board appointments, and the division’s fiscal management. The meeting ended after the personnel report was adopted and APER was filed as reviewed, followed by adjournment.

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• It just requires initiative by someone to set up the scholarship granting organization and go through
• Um, those individual foundations would need to make sure that they're meeting the requirements laid out
• It<00:12:57.440><c> just</c><00:12:57.600><c> requires</c><00:12:58.160><c> initiative</c><00:12:58.680
• ><c> by</c><00:12:58.839><c> someone</c> It just requires initiative by someone It just requires initiative
• And we are looking at systems modernization that has been ignored even when we had an $18 billion surplus

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: House Republican leaders and Speaker Melissa Hortman held a press event promoting House File 3490, which would opt Minnesota into a federal education tax credit program. They argued the bill has no state cost and would keep donations made by Minnesotans benefiting Minnesota students and schools rather than out-of-state scholarship organizations. Supporters said the funds could help with tutoring, extracurriculars, school supplies, special education-related services, learning loss, and other school needs, and they repeatedly urged Governor Tim Walz to opt in or publicly explain why he would not. Rep. Andrew Myers, the bill’s chief author, said the proposal is personal to him as a parent and legislator and described recent school budget pressures, including staff and resource cuts and larger class sizes. Rep. Ben Bakeberg, a middle school principal, said the bill could generate significant funding if many taxpayers participate and argued it could help offset school district shortfalls and the Blue Ribbon Commission. Rep. Griesbach also backed the bill, calling it a “no-brainer” and saying he would not work with the governor on other budget items unless the governor opted in. In response to questions, supporters said scholarship-granting organizations could be created by a variety of entities, including education foundations, and could support both private-school tuition and public-school-related costs such as extracurricular fees, field trips, and transportation for summer learning. They rejected the idea that the bill pits public and nonpublic schools against each other, saying it is meant to expand educational opportunity for all students. No vote or formal committee action was taken during the event; it ended with questions from reporters on the bill and other Republican priorities such as rental assistance, gas taxes, and energy costs.

Transcript Highlights:

• So it resulted in a required meeting.
• :27:54.480><c> more</c> This legislation would require more This legislation would require more employees
• ,</c><01:00:20.160><c> but</c> meets all the legal requirements, but meets all the legal requirements
• I would doesn't require them to do that.
• Any comment from the or required here.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So that's part of the reason we have a pretty good surplus in the account.
• So that's part of the reason we have a pretty good surplus in the account.
• </c><00:30:47.360><c> in</c> reason we have a pretty good surplus in reason we have a pretty good surplus
• consistent care. conditions that require consistent care.
• surplus for this biennium and projected deficits going forward.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• eliminating 63 words; adding two new definitions; and reorganizing the reclamation plan application requirements
• navigation, fish and wildlife habitat, aquatic life, recreation, aesthetic beauty, and water quality, and requires
• projects that we've had from your appropriations over the last three or four years, that we've had surplus
• maintenance money in the $70 million range, surplus capital improvements to increase capacity in the
• It has several different restrictions, all of which require there to be public recreation open to all

Committee: Senate Resources and Environment

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:13:48.000><c> to</c> 13.75% that they are required to 13.75% that they are required to contribute
• </c> other than maternity leave it requires other than maternity leave it requires TRS<00:15:46.000><
• </c><00:29:48.679><c> by</c> payment as required by payment as required by law<00:29:50.640><c> to</c
• How many people do you think it will require to staff the office?
• How many people do you think it will require to staff the office?

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:44 Attendance Roll Call: 00:55 SB 193 (Sen. Girdler): 01:53 SB 9 (Sen. Higdon): 03:22 SB 257 (Sen. Tichenor): 34:14 Adjournment: 50:57, 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government first took up Senate Bill 193, a simple measure described as restoring wallet cards for jailers to carry when they are outside the jail. The sponsor noted the fiscal impact was essentially zero, there were no questions, and the committee approved the bill 9-0 for passage to the Senate floor. The committee then heard Senate Bill 9, sponsored by Senator Higdon, which would change how the Teachers Retirement System (TRS) treats sick leave, personal leave, and annual leave in retirement calculations. The sponsor argued the bill is intended to address TRS’s financial challenges by standardizing leave rules statewide, limiting TRS retirement credit to 10 sick days and 2 personal days per year, preventing annual leave from being rolled into sick leave, requiring districts to pay the actuarial cost for any leave beyond the cap, and adding reporting and oversight requirements for participating agencies. He also said the bill would add 30 days of maternity leave, allow voluntary district contributions for tier four teachers, and direct the state auditor to audit TRS and report on agencies. Committee members asked about how overages would be audited and billed, the cost of a sick day, and how the bill would interact with local leave policies, including paid parental leave in some districts. The sponsor clarified that existing accumulated leave would not be affected, that the bill applies going forward, and that districts could still offer more leave but would bear the added cost. Members also discussed whether the maternity leave language set a cap or a minimum, and one senator noted the bill was intended to preserve personal days while stopping annual leave from being converted into pension credit. No vote on Senate Bill 9 was shown in the transcript excerpt.