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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 4/28/26
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes bill to cut wait times for prescribed opioid addiction treatment drugs Apr 27th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The next bill on the calendar for the day is House File 4493.
- Third reading, House File 4493. Third reading. Discussion.
- Third reading, House File 4493. Third reading. Discussion.
- This will be one of the best bills I think that I've carried to the Minnesota House.
- This will be one of the best bills I think that I've carried to the Minnesota House.
Summary:
House File 4493 would authorize pharmacists to initiate, prescribe, administer, and dispense certain drugs for opioid use disorder, especially buprenorphine/Suboxone. Representative Baker said the bill is intended to save lives by giving people immediate access to treatment at the moment they seek help, rather than making them wait for a doctor’s appointment or navigate more cumbersome methadone access. He emphasized that pharmacists are widely accessible, including in greater Minnesota, and that optional training would support safe prescribing.
Representative Bierman spoke in strong support, calling the measure a life-or-death step forward for people with substance use disorder and noting that many people do not receive treatment when they need it. He said he initially had concerns but Baker listened to his suggested changes and worked with him and bill drafters, which helped address those concerns. Bierman also referenced the ongoing fentanyl crisis and encouraged members to learn more from displays honoring overdose victims.
Baker closed by sharing personal remarks about losing his son to addiction and describing how limited treatment options were at that time. He said the new federal change allowing pharmacist training makes the bill timely and urged members to support it. After discussion, the House took a roll call vote and passed the bill 134-0, with the title agreed to.
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- And as a reminder, in the even years a budget resolution is not necessarily required in the House rules
- Um, back to Chair Pinto, House File 37-32 as amended, open for discussion for members.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 4/23/26
Rules and Legislative Administration
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- 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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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
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- 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.
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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
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- 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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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill to provide funding to AMPERS radio stations advances in Minnesota House 4/20/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- 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.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Leadership Media Availability 4/16/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- 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.
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government.
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- 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
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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?
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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
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- 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>
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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.