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• Minnesota is also, partially thanks to Trump administration actions, expecting to see it get more expensive
• Um, Minnesota is also<00:19:48.880> partially<00:19:49.440> thanks<00:19:49.840> to<
• /c><00:19:50.480> Trump also partially thanks to Trump also partially thanks to Trump administration

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Now Manchester's reopened and now Nashua is partially closed, focusing on incarcerated individuals who
• 00:57:39.599> now<00:57:39.760> Nashville<00:57:40.240> is<00:57:40.400> partially
• reopened and now Nashville is partially reopened and now Nashville is partially closed.<00:57:41.520

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee first adopted the September 5 minutes and then approved the remaining consent calendar items after removing several bills for separate consideration, including 25-252, 25-248, 25-251, and 25-253. The committee then took up 25-252 from the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, where members asked about the arts tax credit program, staffing, and volunteer coordination. Department representatives said the program had recently been authorized, forms had been finalized, three of six laid-off staff had been rehired through a federal grant, and the agency was now trying to recruit participants. Members also discussed whether tax-credit-raised funds could count as federal match; the department said they could not, because federal rules require state dollars. The item was adopted. The committee next considered 25-248 from the Department of Safety, which was described as a technical correction moving funds from equipment to hardware and software after consultation with the Department of Administrative Services. A member asked about “buy American” waivers, and the department said it would follow up with more information. The item was adopted. The committee then approved 25-251 from the Department of Administrative Services, which included discussion of ongoing problems with Anthem’s retiree health plan mail-order pharmacy. Department staff said many issues were tied to implementation changes and prescription renewal rules, that some complaints were being resolved through the vendor and the retiree health office, and that the contract would be rebid in the coming year, likely causing further changes. On 25-253 from the Department of Health and Human Services, members questioned the department’s September 5 health alert and whether it diverged from CDC guidance. DHHS said the alert was an annual evidence-based guideline for respiratory virus season and immunizations, largely aligned with CDC recommendations, and that some differences reflected timing and population-specific guidance. The item was adopted. The committee then heard 25-237 from the Department of Justice on the annual litigation fund request. Attorney General John Formela said the request was about $4.3 million, roughly 40% below last year and below the five-year average, with major costs tied to YDC civil and criminal litigation and some DHHS class actions. A member criticized the large increase over the budgeted $350,000 and said the budgeting approach should be corrected in the next cycle. Another member asked about YDC settlement reductions; the attorney general said confidentiality limited specifics, but explained that under the new statute the office had accepted well over half of administrator awards, rejected some, and negotiated lower amounts in others while still resolving most cases. The item remained under discussion at the end of the excerpt.

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• So, I partially agree with my colleague a couple over to my right.
• Chair.<00:39:56.079> So,<00:39:56.320> I<00:39:56.560> partially<00:39:57.440>
• So, I partially agree with my Chair.
• So, I partially agree with my colleague,<00:39:59.359> a<00:39:59.520> couple<00:39:59.760

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Education Funding Committee met in executive session on a bill concerning school meal access and reimbursement. The bill would address local school districts’ responsibility to provide meals during school hours, reimburse schools for meals served at no cost, and make an appropriation. The committee first moved to retain the bill, with supporters saying it was complex, had uncertain fiscal impacts, and should be considered alongside other related meals bills. Opponents argued the committee already had enough information, that the bill served a small number of students at relatively low cost, and that delaying action would harm children who need food to learn. The committee also heard from Tim Roar, a Keene school business administrator and co-designer of the bill, who explained that the proposal was intended to be an opt-in program for districts, with rulemaking to set participation requirements. He said the bill was meant to target aid to students between 175% and 200% of poverty, reduce bad meal debt, and avoid spending taxpayer money on families who could afford to pay. He estimated the state cost at about $250,000 in year one, with local taxpayer costs around $8,500 for Keene, and said some districts already have systems for online applications while others do not. Committee members questioned him about meal debt, online application software costs, and how districts handle students who reach debt limits. Roar said districts still feed students who are hungry, but use other resources and family outreach when meal debt is capped, and he argued that parents should be responsible for providing lunch when they can afford it. Other members pushed back, saying they had seen students go hungry and that teachers sometimes pay for lunches themselves. One member noted the bill would increase eligibility, make it easier to apply, strengthen personal responsibility, and was not a mandate. The discussion ended without a recorded final vote in the excerpt, though the retain motion remained the central action under debate.

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• We also have funding in this bill that would partially fund the situation in Litchfield with the first
• We are providing $4 million there out of the ... would partially fund the situation in would partially
• And we felt that this rose to the level of being important enough to provide at least partial funding

Bills: HF2446, HF2563, HF2444

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• the qualification requirements for positive support staff, and I’m proud to say this change has partially
• :46:30.679> has and I'm proud to say this change has and I'm proud to say this change has partially
• adopted<01:46:32.440> reducing<01:46:32.840> the<01:46:32.960> required partially
• adopted reducing the required partially adopted reducing the required expans<01:46:33.639> for

Bills: HF2367, HF2319, HF2523, HF1742, HF671, HF2331, HF2722, HF2406, HF1674

Keywords: HF2367, Community First Services and Supports, CFSS, personal care assistance, PCA, consumer-directed community supports, CDCS, home and community-based services, HCBS, direct support professionals, direct care workers, caregivers, support workers, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa, collective bargaining agreement, retention stipend, health care cost stipend, training stipend, orientation program, retirement trust

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• I would just lastly say this is, you know, partially about supporting people who are doing this really
• c><01:34:10.159> know uh lastly say this is um you know uh lastly say this is um you know partially
• c> about<01:34:11.120> supporting<01:34:12.080> uh<01:34:12.239> people partially
• about supporting uh people partially about supporting uh people supporting<01:34:13.120> people

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And so the committee graciously did an abbreviated tour and gave partial funding in the last bonding
• tour<00:49:17.200> and<00:49:18.240> uh<00:49:18.480> gave<00:49:18.880> partial
• abbreviated tour and uh gave partial abbreviated tour and uh gave partial funding<00:49:20.000><

Bills: HF2178, HF942, HF2470, HF1043, HF1287, HF1229, HF1230, HF424, HF571, HF404, HF910, HF1055, HF318, HF319, HF401, HF609, HF306, HF1599, HF1881

Keywords: HF2178, Cohasset, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, public infrastructure, water tower, water infrastructure, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, street reconstruction, municipal infrastructure, Public Facilities Authority, bond proceeds fund, Minnesota bonding, local government aid, utility infrastructure, public works, infrastructure, stormwater

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• Eleanor Anderson continued: After everything, I transferred schools a semester in, partially because
• I transferred schools a<01:10:46.159> semester<01:10:46.560> in,<01:10:47.040> partially
• <01:10:47.520> because<01:10:47.679> of a semester in, partially because of a semester
• in, partially because of unanticipated<01:10:48.719> financial<01:10:49.159> burdens.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But the prices we're seeing are not reasonable, so even if you partially insured, whatever insurance
• /c><00:47:40.680> you are not reasonable so even if you are not reasonable so even if you partially
• <00:47:41.160> insured<00:47:41.559> though<00:47:41.880> whatever partially insured
• though whatever partially insured though whatever Insurance<00:47:42.599> you<00:47:42.720>

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures, beginning with SB 48 SD2 HD1 relating to combat sports. The Attorney General offered a technical comment on the bill’s effective date, and several testifiers from the combat sports community strongly supported the measure with amendments. They argued that boxing and MMA should be treated separately, that the current regulatory structure has made events too costly and reduced opportunities, and that more local oversight would help revive the sport and give youth a constructive outlet. Committee members questioned whether the bill’s medical staffing requirements would apply to boxing, MMA, or both, and whether the added requirements would increase costs and reduce access. The witness from the combat sports community said amateur boxing is already regulated through USA Boxing, that the DCCA should focus on professional boxing, and that for safety he would support two physicians and one ambulance for boxing and MMA events. The committee then took up SB 117 SD2 HD1 relating to transportation. The Department of Transportation and the Ulon Initiative testified in support, and the bicycling community was listed as supporting as well. Members focused on the bill’s rebate program for electric transportation devices, asking how successful it had been and whether removing the rebate would affect use. DOT said the program began in February 2023 and had issued about 500 rebates totaling roughly $166,000, aimed at helping people without vehicles access transportation options. The department explained that the bill would broaden access and increase the rebate amount, including additional assistance for low-income applicants. Finally, the committee heard SB 897 SD3 HD1 relating to energy and wildfire liability. The Division of Consumer Advocacy, the Public Utilities Commission, the Attorney General, Clearway Energy Group, Ulon Initiative, Kawai K, IBEW Local 1260, and Hawaiian Electric all testified in support, while the Hawaii Association for Justice was listed as opposed but not present. Supporters said the bill would help finance wildfire mitigation and infrastructure improvements through securitization, reduce wildfire risk, and address utility cost and credit concerns. Hawaiian Electric emphasized that the bill is forward-looking, would help protect customers from future wildfire-related cost increases, and requested amendments including a study on a future wildfire recovery fund. In questioning, members pressed Hawaiian Electric on the liability cap, asking whether it would have applied to the Maui wildfires and whether it would cover personal injury or wrongful death; the witness and company counsel clarified that the aggregate cap applies only to qualifying property damage, not personal injury or wrongful death, and said they would follow up on how the cap would calculate in a Maui-type event. Hawaiian Electric also said it would seek financing under the bill if enacted and updated members on settlement funding efforts, including raising the first $550 million in equity and divesting assets to help meet its obligations.

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• Even if that vision partially comes to fruition, we're talking upwards of 50,000 jobs for our members
• even if turn Minnesota into a saf Hub even if that<01:02:11.880> Vision<01:02:12.279> partially
• /c><01:02:12.720> comes<01:02:12.960> to<01:02:13.119> fruition that Vision partially
• comes to fruition that Vision partially comes to fruition we<01:02:14.359> calculate<01:02:14.799

Bills: HF1126, HF967, HF1066, HF1669, HF926

Keywords: property tax, Indian Tribe, tax exemption, Minnesota, public charity, property tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, unorganized territory, federally recognized, soil conservation, water conservation, local government aid, environmental funding, Minnesota legislation, tax credits, sustainable aviation fuel, environmental policy, corporate franchise, Minnesota taxation, tobacco

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• The behavioral health fund was funded mostly by the state, partially by counties, and partially through
• The behavioral health fund was funded mostly by the state, partially by counties, and partially through

Keywords: 1183, house

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• But Strafford County Jail’s business partially grew out of a long-standing relationship with being a
• that division B has some other report that division B has some other report that<01:13:24.400> partially
• <01:13:24.679> overlaps that partially overlaps that partially overlaps um<01:13:27.000>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 180, which concerns critical incident stress management teams. Representative Mark PR, the bill sponsor, proposed an amendment to add a definition of “team leader” and to clarify that teams may or may not be affiliated with a municipality. He argued that a certification test offered by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation is unnecessary and too expensive at $400, since team members are volunteers who already receive training and continuing education. Committee members asked about the training structure and certification language, and the sponsor explained that the teams are self-certified and that the amendment was intended to clean up the bill’s language. The committee then voted on HB 180 in executive session. Amendment 0261H was adopted 11-0, and the bill was then moved as amended and passed 11-0. The committee placed the bill on consent. Later, the committee heard House Bill 438, sponsored by Representative Timothy Horan, dealing with immigration detention and related state policy. Horan described the bill as an update to earlier legislation and said it would codify best practices, prohibit state cooperation with mass deportation efforts, bar for-profit operation of immigration detention facilities, and require Executive Council approval before the governor could deploy the National Guard for immigration deportation activities. Committee members questioned whether the bill could be read as authorizing detention facilities and discussed the relationship between the state and Strafford County Jail. An amendment presented on behalf of Representative Patrick Long was described as a technical rewrite that removed several sections and changed language, but the hearing ended before any vote was taken on HB 438.

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• Specifically, state law requires that all new buildings and all major renovations that are fully or partially
• /c><00:05:02.479> are<00:05:02.680> fully<00:05:03.120> or<00:05:03.360> partially
• Renovations that are fully or partially Renovations that are fully or partially funded<00:05:04.320

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House Capital Investment Committee met on January 23 and approved the minutes from the previous meeting. The main presentation was from the Office of the Legislative Auditor on its evaluation of Minnesota’s Sustainable Building guidelines, also referred to as B3. The auditors said the guidelines apply to certain new buildings and major renovations funded with general obligation bonds and are intended to improve energy efficiency, occupant health, and environmental quality. They described the program as involving the Departments of Administration and Commerce, the University of Minnesota’s Center for Sustainable Building Research, and project teams, but found widespread confusion over who is responsible for administering and enforcing the program. The auditors reported that oversight and accountability are limited, compliance is not clearly tracked, and there is no agency assigned to ensure projects follow the guidelines or to require compliance data. They said many projects in a review of 2020 bonding projects had not begun tracking compliance, and that up-to-date data were often missing. They also found the law’s stated program objectives are outdated because the referenced energy-code provision was repealed in 2009, and that measurable goals have not been established for most of the guideline categories. The office recommended that the legislature designate a responsible agency, clarify duties in statute, require compliance monitoring and data collection, update the program’s stated goals, and direct systematic evaluation of cost and sustainability outcomes. Members asked about consequences for noncompliance, funding, and whether cost impacts should be studied first. The auditor said the requirements are legal obligations, but no real enforcement consequences have been used so far, and any consequences discussed have been mostly theoretical. She said the Departments of Administration and Commerce were receiving about $1 million combined to support the contract with the Center for Sustainable Building Research, while other state agencies were not receiving dedicated funding for oversight. In response to questions about costs, she said the overall effect of the guidelines on project costs and sustainability is still unknown, but that the legislature could direct an analysis of cost impacts before taking further action.

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• In the current budget, it's funded partially out of the general fund and the environmental fund.
• Finally, by article five of the 1837 treaty with the Chippewa, specifically guarantees the continuing
• Finally, by article five of the 1837 treaty with the Chippewa, specifically guarantees the continuing
• Finally, by article five of the 1837 treaty with the Chippewa, specifically guarantees the continuing
• And even though you have heard and seen so many citizens advocating for this, I can guarantee you that

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• In 8.7 through 8.9, it says a shroud attached to the barrel, or that partially or completely encircles
• It is a guarantee, a safeguard against overreach, and a recognition that the right to self-defense belongs
• It is a guarantee, a safeguard against overreach, and a recognition that the right to self-defense belongs
• Uh, is<02:45:03.120> there<02:45:03.279> a<02:45:03.520> guarantee<02:45:04.399>
• that they will be is there a guarantee that they will be granted<02:45:06.560> that<02:45:06.880

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• However, we have not received our latest grant award through the feds because that program is partially
• In fact, the $1,000,000 we're asking in our special request would partially do that.

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• Um, such a guarantee would improve the financing terms for developers, of course.
• Um, such a guarantee would improve the financing terms for developers, of course.
• Guarantees that rate for all projects through 2040.
• Simply the guarantees that folks 2041.
• > um guarantees that those guarantees um guarantees that those guarantees um should<00:52:45.280>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• ><00:54:48.760> our<00:54:48.920> fiscal<00:54:49.280> year<00:54:49.480> partial
• in what would be our fiscal year partial in what would be our fiscal year partial mostly<00:54:50.240

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:19 DCBS 00:01:58, 958, all

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• Rather, at best, California drivers are paying, and will pay increasingly more, to partially abate methane
• Rather, at best, California drivers are paying, and will pay increasingly more, to partially abate methane
• environmentally friendly innovation. | **Entities involved:** [] **Quality notes:** Transcript is partially

Summary: The hearing was a select committee discussion on the transportation costs and impacts of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), with opening remarks from the co-chairs and members emphasizing affordability, climate goals, and the need to explain the program’s benefits to the public. The first panel from CARB and the California Energy Commission described how LCFS works as a market-based, declining carbon-intensity program that rewards lower-carbon fuels, supports zero-emission vehicle infrastructure, and is intended to reduce greenhouse gases and local air pollution. They argued the program has driven billions in private investment, increased alternative fuel use, and that LCFS credit prices are not the main driver of retail gasoline prices, which they said are dominated by crude oil, refining, and distribution costs. Members questioned the panel on the gap between the regulatory target and actual carbon-intensity performance, the role of credit banking, which fuels are generating the most credits, how the 2025 amendments affected the program, and whether LCFS credits are truly additional. CARB explained that banking helps cost-effectiveness and investment certainty, that ethanol, renewable diesel, and biodiesel currently provide the largest volumes while electricity is expected to grow, and that the updated targets were informed by the state’s 2045 carbon-neutrality goals and the 2030 scoping plan. The Energy Commission said its data show environmental programs add some cost to gasoline but do not drive price volatility, which is mainly tied to crude oil and refinery margins. The second panel, featuring academic and research experts, focused on program design, out-of-state credit generation, and broader economic effects. Speakers said LCFS is successful because it ties incentives to emissions benefit, uses life-cycle analysis, and allows flexible compliance that lowers costs compared with more direct regulation. They also said the program’s benefits generally outweigh costs, that it can reduce air pollution disparities and support equity, but that some issues—especially indirect land use change, additionality, and older program assumptions—need more research and may warrant future rulemaking. One researcher noted that while LCFS likely raises gasoline prices somewhat, the effect is uncertain by design and usually smaller than normal market fluctuations, and another warned that limiting credit generation too narrowly could create legal and efficiency problems.

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• Our mission is to guarantee all Americans quality places to hunt and fish. >> Thank you, sir. >> Thank
• Uh, the contract we talked about that you heard the tribal members talk about was partially funded by
• talk<02:31:59.359> about<02:32:00.080> that<02:32:00.240> was<02:32:00.399> partially
• <02:32:00.880> funded<02:32:01.280> by talk about that was partially funded by talk
• about that was partially funded by the<02:32:01.680> state.

Keywords: 916, all