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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Feb 10th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, Senator, I have a question of clarification.
- And provide clarification on funds requiring budgetary control.
- On the clarification front, some of the statutes that we've discussed today potentially conflict with
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (01/30/2026)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Follow-up, Madam Chair, clarification. Yes.
- >> Followup,<00:22:14.400>
Madam <00:22:14.799>Chair, <00:22:15.280>clarification - >> Followup, Madam Chair, clarification. >> Followup, Madam Chair, clarification.
- So, in closing, HB 1085 is simply a clarification bill.
- I know the way the bill reads, I didn't see any clarifications that it would not affect the cities.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on H.F. 4252 - Omnibus Higher Education Finance and Policy - 05/14/26
Transcript Highlights:
- One thing to point out on R19 to R21, just for clarification for the conference committee: this side-by-side
- Um, recommended inserting student, and that was a clarification that came from leaders at the Private
- that came from uh leaders clarification that came from uh leaders at<00:37:16.800>
the <00:37: - Again, the clarification of pursuant to a subpoena or warrant would be preferred.
- He wanted to make that clarification.
Summary:
The conference committee received a nonpartisan walkthrough of the House and Senate side-by-side for higher education-related legislation, with staff identifying Senate-only, House-only, identical, and technical-difference provisions. Topics included paid blood donation leave for Minnesota State employees, a revised higher education attainment goal, athletic fee restrictions, developmental course disclosures, American Indian Scholars Program eligibility, protections and definitions for pregnant and parenting students, online program management contracts, student aid reporting, work-study and dual training grants, private and out-of-state postsecondary education regulation, private career school licensing and data privacy, college savings plan changes, and several University of Minnesota-related provisions. House-only items also included an unemployment insurance aid adjustment, a $1.5 million ongoing appropriation for an identity verification system to combat enrollment fraud, and $5,000 for Bemidji State University reforestation; Senate-only items included Board of Regents appointment language, limits on for-profit control of medical school curriculum, and reporting on for-profit funding in medical education.
After the walkthrough, the committee moved to adopt the same and similar provisions and direct staff to make technical corrections. A senator asked about proposed adjustments to the pregnant and parenting student language, and the chair said amendments would be considered after adopting the same and similar provisions. The motion to adopt prevailed.
During public testimony, Sydney Spre of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees supported the Senate’s paid blood donation leave language, saying it would create parity for Minnesota State employees and encourage blood and plasma donation. Commissioner Dennis Olsen of the Office of Higher Education thanked the committee for adopting most of the agency’s proposed language and said he was available to help clarify remaining differences. In response to questions, he explained the Senate’s higher education attainment goal proposal, saying it would extend and broaden the existing goal, raise the target from 70% to 75%, expand the age range, and use additional metrics and partner agencies; he also said the overall attainment rate had been 63.5 under the prior goal. The transcript ends as the commissioner was being asked whether the proposal would require additional appropriations.
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 4/13/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And maybe just for my recollection and clarification in that of the committee and the public, doesn't
- I appreciate the clarification. Maybe that's helpful.
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Keywords:
transportation, interchange, funding, bonds, St. Paul Park, transit, Metropolitan Council, Twin Cities, metro area, high-frequency transit, bus rapid transit, busway, guideway, transportation policy plan, transit performance measures, regional transit benchmarks, transit-oriented development, TOD, zoning, land use
Summary:
The committee approved the April 8, 2026 minutes and then heard House File 3373, which was laid over. The bill sought trunk highway bond funding for preliminary and final design work at the 70th Street interchange in St. Paul Park. Representative Hansen, Mayor Keith Frankie, and Washington County Commissioner Karla Bigham described the interchange as undersized and increasingly unsafe because of refinery truck traffic, aggregate hauling, nearby growth, and changing traffic patterns. Members asked about prior study, cost, and greenhouse gas requirements, and the bill author said the request was about $500,000. Chair Cosgrove noted the bill would be laid over and suggested the issue could involve future statutory exemptions.
The committee then took up House File 4449, also laid over, after adopting the A4 author’s amendment. Representative Jones presented the bill as a transit planning and accountability measure for the Twin Cities metro. It would set numeric transit goals, require better coordination between road projects and future transit projects, and give the Met Council more tools to support transit-oriented development, including property acquisition and development around transit corridors. Jones argued the bill would help avoid rebuilding roads twice and improve transit ridership, frequency, speed, and reliability.
Representative Olson offered an amendment to exempt highway projects primarily addressing documented safety issues, arguing that safety projects should not be burdened by added transit requirements or costs. Jones said she supported the safety concern but opposed the amendment as written because the bill was aimed at major construction projects. After a roll call, the amendment failed on an 8-8 tie. The bill itself remained laid over for further work, with the chair noting there was still time to refine the proposal.
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Transcript Highlights:
- confusing for districts, so this would reduce the workload and would be coupled with simplification, clarification
- clarification of guidance and and and reinforcing<01:00:22.600>
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Transcript Highlights:
- Um, so I just think we need to have a little clarification on some of these things.
- Um, so I just think we need to have a little clarification on some of these things.
- Um, so I just think we need to have a little clarification on some of these things.
- Um, so I just think we need to have a little clarification on some of these things.
- Um, so I just think we need to have a little clarification on some of these things.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> And uh, very quickly, Representative Meyer, just uh, clarification.
- Just for<01:21:12.080>
clarification. - So at this point if for clarification.
- Um, so just a couple clarifications. This is not a voucher program.
- And so, members, a couple closing comments and clarification things.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 1138, State Retirement and Pension System, Cost of Living Adjustments Clarification, favorable
- And just for clarification, how about citizens that live as residents in another state, say Florida,
- And just for clarification, how about citizens that live as residents in another state, say Florida,
- Thank you for your clarification. >> You're welcome. >> Okay.
- you for your your clarification. you for your your clarification.
Summary:
The House convened with 124 members present, offered a prayer, and recognized foster youth visiting the chamber. Members then adopted two House resolutions honoring Dr. Sonja Santelises for 10 years as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools and recognizing Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated, for 104 years of service, scholarship, and sisterhood. The House also received Senate bills and began taking up committee reports.
Several bills were reported favorably and advanced to third reading, including measures on higher education grants, public safety pay restrictions, retirement and pension system work group extensions and cost-of-living adjustments, synthetic turf and aquaculture studies, rail crew requirements, Howard County speed limits, election address confidentiality, IT investment fund uses, ethics financial disclosures, Public Information Act divorce records, aging-in-place grants, judicial assignments, clerk and register salaries, and firearm literature distribution. House Bill 428, concerning temporary assignment of former judges, was special ordered until the next day after the minority whip requested time for an amendment.
The chamber also considered and adopted amendments on several bills. House Bill 437, the Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026, was amended to exempt the Chesapeake Bay Bridge project and then special ordered after questions about greenhouse gas impacts on major highway expansion projects. House Bill 457 on menstrual hygiene products at higher education institutions, House Bill 538 on student enrollment disclosures, House Bill 561 on child care credential funding, House Bill 720 on a veterans scholarship, and House Bill 212 on out-of-state vehicle registration all received amendments and favorable reports as amended. HB 212 drew extended debate about Maryland residents using out-of-state tags, with supporters saying it would help enforce registration laws and opponents raising concerns about legislative вмешательство in vehicle regulation and enforcement discretion.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/10/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- So, I want to make sure that we have the true legal clarification for any member of this committee who
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legal sure that we have the true legal sure that we have the true legal clarification - for any member of this clarification for any member of this committee<00:48:10.200>
who <00:48 - So, I just wanted that clarification.
- So, I just wanted that clarification. So, I just wanted that clarification.
Keywords:
medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud, payment withholding, withheld payments, program integrity, public funds, state agency, program participant, credible allegation of fraud, administrative reconsideration, contested case, chapter 14, data practices, confidential data, protected nonpublic data, anti-fraud
Summary:
The committee approved the minutes from March 5 by voice vote and welcomed new member Representative Van Binsbergen. It then took up House File 2354, which Chair Liebling moved to re-refer to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. Representative Norris presented the bill as an updated version of the Medical Assistance Protection Act, aimed at strengthening the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, closing loopholes, equalizing fraud penalties, and increasing penalties for large-scale Medicaid fraud. Attorney General Ellison said the bill would add 18 specialized staff to the unit, moving it from 32 to 50 positions, and argued the federal-state matching structure makes the Attorney General’s office the proper home for the funding because the unit is dedicated to Medicaid fraud work.
Nick Wonka, director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, explained the bill’s provisions affecting committee jurisdiction: expanded subpoena authority to obtain financial account contents in provider-fraud investigations, conforming legal representation language to preserve the unit’s authority, venue changes to allow charging in counties where parts of the offense occurred, and a restitution change to let courts order restitution for related conduct in the same scheme. He said the subpoena change would speed investigations and align the Attorney General’s authority with other agencies, and that the restitution change would help recover more fraudulently obtained Medicaid funds.
No public testimony was offered. Members questioned why the funding should go to the Attorney General’s office rather than the BCA, whether the new records authority was federally required, how the venue language would work across state lines, and whether the added FTEs indicated the fraud problem was larger than expected. Ellison and Wonka responded that the federal grant requires the work to stay within the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, that the unit’s investigators are specialized and work with, but separate from, law enforcement, and that the venue provision applies only within Minnesota while out-of-state matters would be referred to the appropriate authorities. The amendment that had been posted was withdrawn and not offered.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- He thanked the witness for the clarification.
- He noted that the 25% figure is a lot and thanked the witness for the clarification.
- Um Senator McQueen asked for clarification, saying she wanted to be clear that residents who might have
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of file an appeal, to seek some kind of file an appeal, to seek some kind of clarification - , to really even understand clarification, to really even understand what<01:33:06.040>
they've
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- And madam chair, just for a point of clarification, the amendment that the House passed, SB72, we would
- , a point of clarification, a point of clarification, um<00:07:13.120>
the <00:07:13.840>- Clarification here. Yeah. We... have a second? Second. Second, Abus. have a second? Second.
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We Clarification here. Yeah. We Clarification here. Yeah.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
HF2312, the higher education finance bill, passes out of committee 4/21/25
Transcript Highlights:
- And I understand that was clarification language, but I just wonder if even as I’m looking at it, could
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Summary:
The committee took up House File 2312 and first adopted the DE1 amendment, after which the amended bill was discussed. Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through the spreadsheet and explained the bill’s higher education budget changes, including increases for state grants and tribal college assistance, unchanged funding for several existing programs, and reductions or eliminations for items such as state work study, summer academic enrichment, student loan counseling, concurrent enrollment, and the student parent support initiative. Staff also noted transfers to special revenue funds, the cancellation and reappropriation of ALS research funding, and a new licensing/registration revenue item. The committee was told the bill met the committee’s zero target overall, with a net general fund change of zero relative to the February forecast, while also adding some non-general fund expenditures for program licensing and registration.
Members asked several questions about the transfers and specific line items, including whether any new special revenue accounts were being created, the foster care wraparound services line, and the treatment of the University of Minnesota and Centric Care partnership. Staff explained that the transfers generally did not create new accounts, that some items were not in the base, and that the U of M/Centric Care partnership was a one-time appropriation in the prior bill but was now being built into the base at a different amount. The University of Minnesota section also included new or continued funding for medical school development, health training restoration, emergency assistance grants, ALS research, and a weather resiliency program, while the Mayo Foundation section eliminated funding for Mayo Medical School and the Mayo family medicine residency program.
The policy portion of the DE1 was then introduced. It included a maximum tuition and fee amount for state grants, direct appropriation of emergency assistance grants to Minnesota State, a juvenile justice appropriation for Metropolitan State University, and the ALS research reappropriation to the University of Minnesota. It also contained repealers for unfunded programs, including a delayed repealer for the student parent support initiative. In the higher education policy article, the bill would allow Minnesota State to offer applied doctoral degrees in cybersecurity, make technical changes to hunger-free campus and sexual misconduct procedures, extend pregnant and parenting student protections to private institutions, allow OHE to retain up to 10% of certain competitive grants for administration, consolidate reports, change the state grant formula so negative FAFSA contributions count as zero, and reduce the state grant lifetime credit cap from 180 to 120 credits. The Northstar Promise provisions would limit tuition and fees to resident rates and require MnState, and request the University of Minnesota, to ensure eligible students receive the benefit.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for that clarification. All right.
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ahead <01:20:06.239>for <01:20:06.400>C <01:20:07.080>clarification - understand go ahead for C clarification understand go ahead for C clarification in<01:20:10.120>
Keywords:
public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And then the second part of this bill is a clarification on manslaughter when there's a vehicle involved
- Again, both no changes to actual DVS process, just clarification and statute.
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uh second part of this bill is a uh second part of this bill is a uh clarification - <00:03:28.439>
on <00:03:28.920>manslaughter clarification on manslaughter clarification - actual DBS process just clarification actual DBS process just clarification and<00:04:08.439>
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Samantha Sencer-Mura thanked the chair for the clarification, saying it was brought up
- She said she thinks they have a clarification coming from Mr. Mesa. Mr.
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just and thanks for that clarification just and thanks for that clarification - I think we have a clarification<00:59:43.520>
coming <00:59:43.760>from <00:59:44.000>- clarification coming from Mr. Mesa. clarification coming from Mr. Mesa.
Keywords:
HF1918, Department of Children Youth and Families, DCYF, child welfare, foster care, out-of-home placement, permanency planning, relative search, noncustodial parent, kinship care, family preservation, African American Child and Family Well-Being, racial disproportionality, maltreatment reporting, educational neglect, truancy, school attendance, Great Start compensation, child care provider payments, TEACH early childhood program
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The clarification for a 50-50 split allows districts to better predict costs and allow for more accurate
- The clarification for a 50-50 split allows districts to better predict costs and allow for more accurate
- This bill addresses many of those changes included in the amendment and provides much-needed clarifications
- Thank you, Chair Baker, for that clarification. I appreciate that.
- Thank you, Chair Baker, for that clarification. I appreciate that.
Bills:
HF1976
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- conveyed to the feds, which would require under our statutes LSC approval, so we thought this clarification
- conveyed to the feds, which would require under our statutes LSC approval, so we thought this clarification
- conveyed to the feds, which would require under our statutes LSC approval, so we thought this clarification
- conveyed to the feds, which would require under our statutes LSC approval, so we thought this clarification
- would be best thank this clarification would be best thank you<00:43:27.200>
Mr <00:43:27.319>
Bills:
HF1250
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And just for my own clarification of understanding, so what you're saying is even if OSHA regulations
- And just for my own clarification of understanding, so what you're saying is even if OSHA regulations
- And just for my own clarification of understanding, so what you're saying is even if OSHA regulations
- And just for my own clarification of understanding, so what you're saying is even if OSHA regulations
- And just for my own clarification of understanding, so what you're saying is even if OSHA regulations