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• I'd love to move my bill. >> Yes, chair. I'd love to move my bill.
• support this bill.
• </c> this bill? this bill?
• </c> bill was to pass. bill was to pass.
• </c> you our perspective on this bill. you our perspective on this bill.

Bills: HF3458 , HF3777 , HF3778 , HF3912

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: electric utilities, service areas, Tribal lands, Minnesota statute, energy regulation, utility rates, public utilities, Public Utilities Commission, PUC, ratepayer, consumer protection, affordable energy, energy affordability, ability to pay, just and reasonable rates, rate regulation, electric rates, natural gas rates, energy conservation, renewable energy

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• 17 bills. But four to five minutes per bill.
• </c> Um, that's my fun story to your bill. Um, that's my fun story to your bill.
• </c> bill. Final thoughts. Final thoughts. bill. Final thoughts. Final thoughts.
• Great bill. It is. Thank final thoughts. Great bill. It is.
• Representative Jacobs, final thoughts on your bill? Well, in closing, it's an important bill.

Bills: HF1569 , HF460 , HF850 , HF707 , HF798 , HF852 , HF366 , HF365 , HF836 , HF866 , HF885 , HF959 , HF1196 , HF1788 , HF1349 , HF2272 , HF2652 , HF1251 , HF607

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: transportation, bond issuance, capital investment, infrastructure, road improvements, HF460, Sibley County, Highway 21, County State-Aid Highway, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, transportation grant, infrastructure improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, stormwater, public works, local infrastructure

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• </c> So, we're discussing which bill now? So, we're discussing which bill now?
• </c> that we have within this bill. that we have within this bill.
• </c> Thank you so much for hearing this bill. Thank you so much for hearing this bill.
• </c> infrastructure uh bill for Flynsburg. infrastructure uh bill for Flynsburg.
• All of you are on this bills up.

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

Committee: House Capital Investment

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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• </c> of this bill, Mr. Bence. of this bill, Mr. Bence.
• of the bill.
• </c> pass the bill HR2389? pass the bill HR2389?
• </c> bill HR1830? bill HR1830?
• bill. bill.

Bills: HR432 , HR312 , HR311 , HR310 , HR309 , HR308 , HB1676 , SB356 , HR1372 , HB2175 , HB1461 , HB2466 , SB2283 , HB1830 , HR1009 , HR1008 , HR323 , HB5131 , HB4503 , HR573 , HB2916 , HB2306 , HB2290 , HB2389 , HB2388 , HB3857 , HB2293 , HR655 , HB4285 , HR1276 , HB2302

Keywords: federal labor relations, executive order, labor management, federal oversight, government reform, wildlife conservation, Pittman-Robertson, state plans, environment, approval process, Secretary of the Interior, Secure Rural Schools, reauthorization, federal land payments, county payments, state payments, payments in lieu of taxes, PILT, rural counties, forest counties

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• That's part of why we need this bill.
• This is a very important bill.
• and also this bill as well.
• I urge you to review Bill 3077.
• This bill does the opposite.

Bills: H5400 , H5421 , H5430 , S3077 , S3089

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Transportation

Keywords: Boston, easement, highway improvement, Woburn, Burlington, public safety, transportation, land transfer, vessel transportation, Marston Mills, Osterville, Barnstable, state highway, traffic safety, maritime regulation, local legislation, Hyannis Transportation Center, Thomas S. Cahir, Cape Cod, commemorative designation

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• bill.
• Next bill, Representative Riser's House Bill 464. Ms. Vigras, can you read it in, please?
• This bill is one of the bills that will continue to have, I think, as far as technology changes, thanks
• I think it's a great bill, and I just want to say personally thank you for your support on the bill because
• bill because because it is I say personally thank you for your support on the bill because it is, I think

Bills: HB207 , HB267 , HB300 , HB464 , HB618 , HB853

Committees: House Commerce , House Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Keywords: Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board, auctioneer licensing, professional licensing board, board membership, gubernatorial appointments, consumer members, public at large, Public Service Commission district, East Baton Rouge Parish, venue, domicile, licensure requirements, licensed auctioneer, occupational licensing, state board governance, Act 138, home inspectors, licensing, term limits, Louisiana State Board

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• That bill was passed in Louisiana, and it was the first state bill.
• This bill is a black-and-white, numbers, money-fleeing-the-country bill.
• But this bill, I'm a no on this bill, because it is an anti-immigration bill.
• As we heard from testimony, this bill, 1520, this bill, 1520...
• This bill, 1520, is, again, an anti-immigration bill.

Bills: SB1232 , SB1421 , SB1505 , SB1511 , SB1520 , SB1803

Committee: Senate Military Affairs and Border Security

Keywords: outdoor advertising, military compatibility, zoning, electronic signage, permitting, undocumented immigrants, financial services, identification requirements, loans, foreign remittances, transitional housing, military, veterans, grant program, supportive services, SB1511, commercial driver license, CDL, nondomiciled CDL, nondomiciled commercial driver license

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• JANUARY WITH THREE APPROPRIATIONS BILLS WHICH WE WORKED THROUGH REGULAR ORDER TO KEEP SPENDING RELATIVELY
• They ultimately filed an alternative bill. $1.5 trillion mad spending spree that included things like
• Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this woefully inadequate spending bill that fails to address
• Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this woefully inadequate spending bill that fails to address
• Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this woefully inadequate spending bill that fails to address

Bills: HR874 , HB5371 , HR873

Keywords: Richard B. Cheney, Congress, House of Representatives, respect, resolution, continuing resolution, appropriations, fiscal year 2026, omnibus, government funding, federal budget, USDA, Department of Agriculture, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Veterans Affairs, VA health care, military construction, legislative branch, Congress funding

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• . >> Mr. ... like like like the only bill. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• Thank you, committee, for being here at 4:00 to hear one bill.
• And this bill is HB 342.
• >> Bill has f report. Thank you. >> As amended, we are...
• </c> &gt;&gt; Bill has f report. Thank you. &gt;&gt; Bill has f report. Thank you.

Bills: HB342 , HB342 , HB168 , HB220 , SB187 , SB270 , SB265 , SB220 , SB242 , SB277

Committee: House Fiscal Responsibility

Keywords: religious instruction, elective credit, released time, public education, school policy, tax credit, scholarship, education funding, financial aid, federal participation, HB168, Alabama, emergency management, local emergency management organization, mutual aid, mutual aid agreement, disaster response, public safety, public health, state emergency management plan

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• Next bill, Miss Harper. House Bill 255 by Representative... Harper.
• Now we're back on the original bill. Any questions, committee on the bill? That's all.
• This is House Bill 465.
• So, call the next bill, House Bill 526, funds appropriation for the department.
• I'm for the bill. Um, I guess it just... I'm for the bill.

Bills: HB227 , HB255 , HB465 , HB472 , HB482 , HB483 , HB526 , HB529 , HB484

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: firefighter benefits, occupational disease, line of duty, disability pension, death benefits, retirement benefits, hypertension, heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer presumption, HIV, hepatitis, municipal firefighters, state firefighters, fire districts, workers' compensation, public safety employees, post-retirement benefits, benefit eligibility cutoff, occupational illness

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• He’s going out under the presumptive hot bill.
• So what this bill is, it's a home rule petition.
• The next bill is House Bill 4747, an act relative to the New Bedford Police Association.
• The next is House Bill 5054.
• Seeing nobody virtually or in person to testify on that, we'll move on to the last bill, Senate Bill

Bills: H5159 , H5110 , H3900 , H5054 , H5034 , H4977 , S2939 , H4747 , S2942 , H4742 , H4698

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Service

Keywords: retirement, teachers, service credit, superannuation, Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System, Petersham, police employment, age requirement, public service, retirement benefits, retirement age, special police officers, Kingston, public safety, law enforcement, pre-employment examinations, disability retirement, record maintenance, Peabody, local government

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• What this bill does basically, to give you the basics, it takes a current bill we have that uh if someone
• What we've done with this bill here, we've added the word abuse to this bill, which means that if someone
• So that gives you the basic synopsis of what the bill does and we do have an amendment to this bill.
• So that gives you the basic synopsis of what the bill does and we do have an amendment to this bill.
• </c> person that helped me bring this bill. person that helped me bring this bill.

Bills: HB9 , HB52 , HB53 , HB99 , HB9 , HB52 , HB53 , HB99

Committee: House Children and Senior Advocacy

Keywords: elder abuse, elder exploitation, financial exploitation, elderly person, senior abuse, probate, inheritance forfeiture, slayer statute, intestate succession, will contest, joint tenancy, right of survivorship, joint bank account, beneficiary designation, life insurance proceeds, estate law, Alabama probate law, vulnerable adults, senior advocacy, forfeiture of benefits

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• We are moving a bill today in executive session on House Bill 1170.
• bills.
• This bill, House Bill 1170, is a balanced approach.
• The bill before you, House Bill 2186, has three components.
• House Bill 2351 is a common-sense public safety bill.

Bills: HB2186 , HB2351 , HB1170

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: economic development, federal funds, state funding, infrastructure, grants, local government, emergency responders, emergency response, disaster response, obstruction of law enforcement, gross misdemeanor, public safety, incident command system, emergency operation zone, emergency management, law enforcement restrictions, warrant requirement, search and seizure, civil liberties, due process

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• But again, I stand by this bill with the spending target we were given, and I would ask for support.
• But again, I stand by this bill with the spending target we were given, and I would ask for support.
• But again, I stand by this bill with the spending target we were given, and I would ask for support.
• But again, I stand by this bill with the spending target we were given, and I would ask for support.
• But again, I stand by this bill with the spending target we were given, and I would ask for support.

Bills: HF1704 , HF2052

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: Minnesota agriculture budget, Department of Agriculture appropriation, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, farm bill, rural development, agricultural grants, soil health, livestock compensation, crop damage, meat inspection, poultry inspection, county agricultural inspectors, biofertilizer, nitrogen management, commercial nitrogen fertilizer, water quality, farm down payment assistance, beginning farmers

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• Bill 992.
• Bill 992.
• That's a different bill. That's a different bill. Bill, sorry, okay, great.
• . very good bill.
• Members, Senate Bill 689 is a bill that was that addresses some additional requirements from Senate Bill

Bills: SB28 , SB687 , SJR34 , SCR9 , SB523 , SB62 , SB847 , SB706 , SB869 , SB890 , SB992 , SB 28

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, SB 687, land surveyor, land surveying, surveying services, construction contract, anti-indemnity, indemnity, hold harmless, defense obligation, standard of care, professional negligence, civil practice and remedies code, local government code, governmental agency, public contracts

Summary: The meeting was a crucial session for discussing several important bills including SB992, which aims to establish a clear time frame for the Attorney General's approval on outside legal counsel for state agencies. Senator Nichols presented the bill, emphasizing its necessity for timely responses to ensure efficient legal processing. Another notable discussion centered around SB523, which seeks to allow parole and probation officers to use a business address on their driver's licenses for safety and security purposes. This bill passed favorably out of the committee, with public testimony supporting the need for such provisions due to the risks these officers face.

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• What we're looking at is spending, total spending.
• at is spending, total spending.
• Bill, sir.
• What's your next bill, Representative? Sorry, House Bill 88. House Bill 88, Ms.
• Unlike your other bill, I like this bill.

Bills: HB88 , HB181 , HB210 , HB250 , HB486 , HB529 , HB544 , HB639 , HB996 , HB1036 , HB1071 , HB1113

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: local law, special bill, legislative process, transparency, election amendment, lobbying, public service, ethics, statewide officials, compensation, disclosure requirements, government employment, financial disclosure, public servants, immediate family, psychology, telepsychology, interjurisdictional practice, compact, licensure

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• </c> Olsen for bringing this bill forward. Olsen for bringing this bill forward.
• </c> &gt;&gt; good bill. Thank you. &gt;&gt; good bill. Thank you.
• It's a strong bill.
• It's a strong bill. being responsive. It's a strong bill.
• And so, I am excited... and so I support your bill. Thank you, and so I support your bill.

Bills: HF4588 , HF3685 , HF4577 , HF4932

Committee: House Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Keywords: veterans, veterans affairs, mental health, behavioral health, rural health, rural areas, access to care, task force, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, general fund appropriation, veteran suicide prevention, PTSD, service members, military families, telehealth, rural psychiatry, high school diploma, armed forces, education policy, military service

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• They will be taking up late-filed bills of various themes.
• And I will leave it to Jason to explain why this bill matters.
• And I will leave it to Jason to explain why this bill matters so much to him.
• That's why we're putting the bill forward. I think I still have a lot to offer. I'm healthy.
• 5359 and Senate Bill 3800, an act to provide equitable access to military creditable service for judges

Bills: S3044 , S3031 , S3017 , H5189 , H5246 , H5297 , H5248 , H5359

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Service

Keywords: retirement benefits, teachers' retirement system, creditable service, public education, emergency law, sick leave bank, leave donation, personal days, vacation days, extended illness leave bank, public employee, county sheriff, Worcester County Sheriff's Office, personnel bill, employee leave, disability leave, illness leave, compassionate leave, Massachusetts public service, police recruitment

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• </c> as you assemble your bonding bill as you assemble your bonding bill to<00:06:48.480><c> make</c>
• </c> investment is something that this bill investment is something that this bill can<00:17:50.360><
• It's just to be illustrative your bill.
• </c> work on railroad bills there. work on railroad bills there.
• . spending. spending.

Bills: HF3700 , HF3982 , HF3927 , HF3933 , HF3949 , HF4238 , HF4275 , HF4476 , HF4504

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

Keywords: Duluth, Lake Superior Zoo, capital improvements, funding, bonds, appropriations, capital investment, port development, grant caps, state assistance, navigation facilities, Dakota County, state bonds, park improvements, infrastructure, transportation, safety, congestion, water infrastructure, bond issuance

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• Uh, this bill and all remaining bills on today's agenda have been allotted five minutes.
• We can only spend what is approved in the capital investment bill.
• Next up, we have Chairwoman's bill, House File 4275. Please introduce your bill.
• Please introduce your bill. Thank you, Chair and committee, for hearing this bill.
• This bill is about public safety.

Bills: HF3700 , HF3982 , HF3927 , HF3933 , HF3949 , HF4238 , HF4275 , HF4476 , HF4504

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: Duluth, Lake Superior Zoo, capital improvements, funding, bonds, appropriations, capital investment, port development, grant caps, state assistance, navigation facilities, Dakota County, state bonds, park improvements, infrastructure, transportation, safety, congestion, water infrastructure, bond issuance