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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> mistake to make Minnesota the fourth. mistake to make Minnesota the fourth.
- This type of forward-thinking approach will ensure Minnesota can continue to access critical public programs
- This type of forward-thinking approach will ensure Minnesota can continue to access critical public programs
- This type of forward-thinking approach will ensure Minnesota can continue to access critical public programs
- Minnesota? Minnesota? >> Commissioner<01:42:42.960><c> Marquart.
Committee:
House Taxes
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Oversight Committee for the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency -LOFT- Feb 26th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Oversight Committee for the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT)
Transcript Highlights:
- of utilization needed.
- Utilize a badge utilization.
- It's said 51% utilization. Yeah, that's what it was. OMES owned 34% utilization. Agency owned 34%.
- Utilization privately owned 51% utilization.
- Can utilize inside of a building. And so I can't speak to how they got to the 51% utilization.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The Joint Commission, of course, accredits hospitals.
- We'll move on to public testimony. There's appearance cards. Vance Ayrins, I'm sorry.
- To do so, OPAGA utilized information and data from state and federal entities...
- Minnesota allots no more than one board member per congressional district.
- For example, in Kansas, Minnesota, and New York, statutes specify which professional associations are
Committee:
Senate Health Policy
Keywords:
drowning prevention, water safety, swimming lessons, swim vouchers, child drowning, infant safety, toddler safety, pool safety, bath safety, safe bathing practices, postpartum education, newborn care, childbirth education, birth centers, home birth providers, Department of Health, public health, water competency, swim instruction, infant supervision
Summary:
The Senate Health Policy Committee heard and advanced several health-related bills focused largely on drowning prevention, surgical smoke, human trafficking training, and chiropractic patient funds. SB 428 would expand Florida’s swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7; the sponsor and supporters from Nemours and the YMCA emphasized Florida’s high child drowning rates and argued that swim lessons reduce risk and should be more widely accessible. Senator Harrell noted the need to revisit funding levels as eligibility expands. The bill was reported favorably.
The committee also considered SB 606, which adds drowning prevention and safe bathing education to postpartum education provided by hospitals, birthing centers, and home birth providers. A mother who lost her daughter to drowning testified in support, describing the bill as an early opportunity to educate parents. An amendment removed home birth providers from the compliance-proof requirement, and the bill was adopted as amended and reported favorably as a committee substitute.
SB 162 would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies for using smoke evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke. The sponsor said the equipment is relatively inexpensive and already used in many facilities, while several senators raised concerns about the lack of supporting data, possible burdens on rural and smaller facilities, and whether the mandate should be narrower. Despite those concerns, the bill was reported favorably, with the sponsor saying more data would be provided later. The committee also approved SB 340, requiring a two-hour human trafficking course for nursing students before licensure, after amending it to make the requirement apply to students rather than nursing programs. Finally, SB 192, presented by Senator Trumbull for Senator Martin, removed the $1,500 cap on advances chiropractic physicians may collect for examinations or treatment; the Florida Chiropractic Society supported the change, and the bill passed unanimously. The committee also received an OPAGA presentation reviewing Florida’s health care practitioner regulation system and comparing board oversight, rulemaking, funding, appointments, and term-limit models in other states.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Judiciary Committee Aug 18th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Judiciary Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We did not include Minnesota in there.
- So if there's comments from the public.
- Public safety is number one, and the policy that follows that should always look at public safety and
- This will increase public safety.
- Any further public comments? Oh, boy.
Committee:
Joint Judiciary Committee
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- voice to public work.
- </c> public uh discussion on data privacy. public uh discussion on data privacy.
- </c> Affairs and Public Policy Coordinator. Affairs and Public Policy Coordinator.
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
- </c> the legislature and the public. the legislature and the public.
Bills:
HF1338
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 03/04/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
- </c> across the whole state of Minnesota. across the whole state of Minnesota.
- :18.080><c> and</c> Minnesota fam- Minnesota veterans and Minnesota fam- Minnesota veterans and their
- The Minnesota GI Minnesota statutes.
- </c> bigger deal than it is not utilized. bigger deal than it is not utilized.
Summary:
The Minnesota Senate Subcommittee on Veterans met on March 4, 2026, and began with a moment of silence honoring Sergeant First Class Nicole Amore of White Bear Lake, who was killed while serving in Kuwait. The committee then took up Senate File 3956, an MDVA policy bill giving the commissioner clearer authority to direct staff time and other non-monetary resources toward partnerships with organizations serving veterans, especially on food insecurity, homelessness, suicide prevention, and related efforts. MDVA and Disabled American Veterans testified that the bill would help them work more quickly and clearly with outside partners, including food pantry and outreach efforts, while remaining focused on non-monetary support. Senator Howe offered an A1 amendment narrowing the bill to the three named priorities and removing the broader “other critical issues” language; the amendment was adopted after discussion about whether the reporting language also needed adjustment. SF 3956, as amended, was laid over for further consideration.
The committee then heard Senate File 3955, which would create a new procedure for temporary closure of a Minnesota veterans home if an involuntary termination notice requires it, bringing state law into closer alignment with federal expectations. MDVA emphasized that it had no intention of permanently closing any veterans homes and that the bill was intended only to establish a temporary closure plan to satisfy survey requirements. Senator Howe offered an A1 amendment clarifying that any closure would be temporary unless the legislature approved a permanent closure; MDVA and the Department of Health indicated the change was acceptable. The committee adopted the amendment and then voted to recommend SF 3955, as amended, to pass and refer it to the full committee.
Finally, the committee began Senate File 4072, an MDVA cleanup and conformity bill. After adopting a technical A3 amendment, MDVA explained that the bill would reclassify the Chief of Staff/Deputy Chief of Staff role as Deputy Commissioner for Administration to better reflect the scope of the position, and would also repeal outdated statutes related to environmental hazards assistance and a data-collection requirement that the department said it could not implement. The bill was still being presented when the transcript ended, and no final committee action on SF 4072 was shown in the excerpt.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Jun 18th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Higher Education Institutions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- It's really been about understanding how the institution interacts with the public, because the public
- You, as legislators, public policy leaders, as public servants, we've had a great opportunity, if I look
- You know, if you look at Minnesota today, nearly half of our student body here comes from Minnesota,
- The last two themes are public value, trust, and a unified message.
- to the public.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> school finance at the Minnesota school finance at the Minnesota Department<00:01:57.840><c> of</
- </c> empowering peer leaders and utilizing empowering peer leaders and utilizing nth<00:42:43.920><c>
- </c> attendance efforts with Minnesota MTSS. attendance efforts with Minnesota MTSS.
- </c> School Nursing Director for Minnesota School Nursing Director for Minnesota and<01:03:39.760><c>
- <c> Association,</c> Minnesota School Counseling Association, Minnesota School Counseling Association
Committee:
House Education Finance
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Apr 22nd, 2026
Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The public doesn't see that." "We can see that as the filing office; the public doesn't see that.
- So we'll go to Appendix D, the public survey. As you know, the RFP requested input from the public.
- And I think it's an opportunity to educate the public, to use this document to educate the public about
- And I think it's an opportunity to educate the public, to use this document to educate the public about
- there's a beef commission.
Summary:
The Legislative Arrangements and Procedure Committee met with a quorum, approved the prior minutes, and then took up several follow-up items related to legislative security, public records, and the impacts of term limits. The Secretary of State’s office presented draft language to make legislators’ and candidates’ residential addresses confidential in public records, with discussion of who would be covered, how the protection would work, and whether it should expire when a candidate’s term ends. Members raised concerns about unintended consequences, transparency, and whether the public should still be able to see enough information to evaluate residency requirements. Rather than act immediately, the committee set the draft aside for a future meeting and asked for an amendment reflecting the Secretary of State’s suggested changes.
The committee also reviewed a security best-practices memo and NCSL materials on capitol security. The memo encouraged legislators to be aware of their surroundings, avoid real-time vacation posting, vary routines, report threats, and follow security alerts. Members discussed a recent incident and the need to improve alert distribution and update contact information so legislators and staff receive notices consistently. The Secretary of State and committee members noted that the alert system may need refinement, including a separate legislative notification channel.
The bulk of the meeting was devoted to Garrity Consulting’s final report on how to mitigate the effects of legislative term limits. The consultants summarized interviews, surveys, and focus groups with legislators, the public, and stakeholders, identifying major themes such as loss of institutional knowledge, leadership turnover, staffing pressures, and the need for stronger onboarding and training. Recommendations included considering annual sessions or shifting biennial sessions to even-numbered years, restructuring organizational session, making interim committees more consistent with regular committees, adding office hours, formalizing mentorship and leadership succession planning, expanding staff and professional development resources, creating public-facing educational tools, and improving communication and virtual testimony options. Members generally appreciated the report and its phased implementation roadmap, while also debating the practicality of some recommendations and the tension between making service more demanding and keeping the legislature accessible to new candidates.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/7/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota. Minnesota. Yay. Hey, Gophers. Minnesota. Yay. Minnesota. Yay.
- Utilities Commission, along with two special revenue accounts, which are the pro fund and the renewable
- Minnesota is getting warmer, Minnesota.
- Minnesota lakes in northern Minnesota.
- Minnesota.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions Mar 17th, 2026
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions
Transcript Highlights:
- Property taxes, insurance, utilities, and maintenance all go up.
- Paul, Minnesota, and Montgomery County, Maryland.
- So we're going to go into our public testimony.
- So we're going to go into our public testimony.
- How many classrooms in our public schools get disrupted?
Bills:
H5008
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 02/10/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans
Transcript Highlights:
- The Minnesota Softball Appreciation Foundation brings a group up every year.
- I am a Minnesota resident. I run Hometown Hero Outdoors.
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- <00:58:06.000><c> Veteran</c> Minnesota Veteran Minnesota Veteran Cemetery<00:58:08.720><c> because</
- so the Minnesota Veterans Affairs um so the Minnesota Department<01:04:44.640><c> of</c><01:04:44.720
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Jul 14th, 2025
Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- For utility projects, they need to be on land owned by the public agency or on land owned by a public
- or private utility.
- public findings, and annual reporting to ensure alignment with the public trust.
- University of Minnesota, close.
- University of Minnesota, close.
Committee:
House Natural Resources
Summary:
The Assembly Natural Resources Committee met with a quorum established after a brief delay and first adopted two consent items, SB 423 and SB 581. The committee then heard SB 71, which extends and expands an existing CEQA exemption for sustainable transportation projects, including transit, bike, pedestrian, microtransit, paratransit, ferry, and shuttle projects. The author and supporters said the exemption has sped delivery of climate-friendly projects statewide; some members raised concerns about the bill’s Tier 4 diesel rail provisions and right-of-way language, but the bill was passed out as amended to Appropriations.
The committee next heard SB 614 on carbon dioxide pipeline safety. The bill would direct the State Fire Marshal to establish safety standards for intrastate CO2 pipelines, using federal draft rules as a starting point while allowing California to add stronger protections. Supporters argued the state must act because federal rulemaking has stalled, while environmental justice groups opposed the bill unless amended, citing siting risks, leak hazards, and the need for more specific setback and planning-zone protections. The bill advanced on a due-pass vote to Appropriations.
Members also approved SB 304, a district bill to temporarily lift public trust use restrictions for a portion of Jack London Square in Oakland so the Port can lease the land for broader uses under State Lands Commission oversight and annual reporting. Supporters said the measure would help address high vacancy and revitalize the waterfront; the bill passed with no opposition. The committee then heard SB 830, which creates a CEQA streamlining process for Sutter Health’s new Emeryville hospital campus to replace services lost with the closure of Alta Bates in Berkeley; supporters emphasized access to care, seismic deadlines, and job creation, and the bill passed out as amended to the Judiciary Committee. Finally, the committee took up SB 486, a higher-education planning bill that would require UC and CSU enrollment to be incorporated into regional sustainable communities plans and would limit certain CEQA no-project alternative analyses for campus long-range plans; supporters said it would better align university growth with housing and transportation planning, while opponents warned it could weaken accountability for student housing impacts. The bill was left open for further work and then advanced as amended to Appropriations.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> happened recently in Minnesota. happened recently in Minnesota.
- </c> something so special about Minnesota. something so special about Minnesota.
- Minnesota can be brave.
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
- </c> they could sue the state of Minnesota. they could sue the state of Minnesota.
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:10:01.800><c> statutes</c> not codified in Minnesota statutes not codified in Minnesota statutes
- </c><00:11:59.040><c> law</c> timelines listed in Minnesota law timelines listed in Minnesota law this
- </c><00:12:41.880><c> or</c> and service utilization or and service utilization or underutilization<00
- I, I just, I'm, um, I'm thinking out loud and in public, so bear with me, but it seems like in Minnesota
- I, I just, I'm, um, I'm thinking out loud and in public, so bear with me, but it seems like in Minnesota
Committee:
Senate Human Services
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Because we have some problem getting the public to accept anything now.
- outside of the facility, but generally the public that would be living around these... ...the public
- So where in this schematic are there concerns regarding public health, public safety?
- There's also, yeah, you can look this up—this is public.
- So we go out and work with utilities.
Summary:
The meeting opened with remarks about the value of public engagement and the quality of questions from the group, followed by a series of technical presentations from Idaho National Laboratory staff. Joe Renovitz described recent nuclear regulatory changes tied to presidential executive orders, including NRC Part 53 for advanced reactors, the forthcoming Part 57 for very small reactors, and DOE updates to reactor authorization standards. He emphasized efforts to align DOE and NRC processes, use risk-informed and performance-based licensing, support reactor deployment for AI/data centers and national security, and use AI to speed communications and crosswalks between DOE and NRC requirements. In response to questions, he said there was no plan to merge agencies, but rather to improve coordination and public outreach through groups like GAIN and NEI.
David Tolman then discussed the nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium mining, conversion, enrichment, fuel fabrication, spent fuel storage, transportation, disposal, and reprocessing. He explained high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU), why it is needed for advanced reactors, and DOE’s HALEU Availability Program and related investments in enrichment, transportation, deconversion, and supply chain development. He also covered spent fuel management, the possibility of centralized storage or a fuel-cycle campus, the Center for Used Fuel Research, and ongoing work on high-burnup cask testing and reprocessing technologies. Tolman described aqueous, pyrochemical, and fluoride-volatility reprocessing approaches, noting the advantages and waste characteristics of each, and said several companies are working with INL on these technologies.
Ashley Shields presented INL’s AI and nuclear work, focusing on the Genesis initiative and the Prometheus effort to use AI to design, license, build, and operate reactors with far less human intervention. She described INL’s broad use of generative AI tools, the need to manage large volumes of legacy technical data, and applications in reactor design, materials discovery, autonomous laboratories, and digital twins. Shields said AI is being used to reduce the enormous documentation burden in nuclear licensing and to support autonomous or remotely operated reactor demonstrations, while stressing that humans remain in supervisory roles. In discussion, she addressed data security, model access, and the continued need for software engineers. The session then recessed briefly and resumed with Mitch Kerman beginning a presentation on critical minerals and materials.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> the ABS license the state of Minnesota the ABS license the state of Minnesota went<00:26:31.520>
- </c> this model across Greater Minnesota this model across Greater Minnesota replicate<00:42:33.960><
- </c> collaboration with the Min the Minnesota collaboration with the Min the Minnesota State<00:48:35.160
- Paul Public Schools, nine years with Minneapolis Public Schools, and four years in partnership with the
- </c> for their occupation currently Minnesota for their occupation currently Minnesota has<00:58:45.520
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
education, special education, apprenticeship, funding, grants, intermediate school districts, teacher apprenticeship, registered apprenticeship, teacher licensure, teacher shortage, workforce development, education finance, K-12 education, higher education, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, Tier 3 license, teacher preparation, mentor teacher, school district
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Session - Senate Floor Session - Part 2 - 06/09/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota. It will place greater burdens Minnesota.
- ><c> to</c><00:15:06.959><c> Minnesota</c><00:15:07.440><c> care</c> Minnesota care, access to Minnesota
- Minnesota. And as a member of the Jewish Minnesota.
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
- The Minnesota residents, the Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota taxpayers,<01:30:59.760><c> the</c><01:31:
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 7, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c><00:12:42.399><c> I</c> This year, on its final publication, I This year, on its final publication
- I offer my congratulations to Dick Peshik of Taton, Minnesota, who has been named the Minnesota 2025
- </c> Minnesota 2025 Cattleman of the Year. Minnesota 2025 Cattleman of the Year.
- </c> Education is dismantling public schools. Education is dismantling public schools.
- In Florida, the Republican-controlled Utilities Commission just approved the highest rate increases in
Keywords:
showerhead, regulation, energy policy, consumer protection, overregulation, gridlock, policy priorities, House resolution, legislative process, procedural motion, committee, House of Representatives, Mr. Knott, ethics, membership, Doug LaMalfa, memorial resolution, condolence, death of a member, adjournment in honor
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> Minnesota, future citizens of Minnesota, Minnesota, future citizens of Minnesota, from<00:10:30.280
- > the</c> Minnesota, Minnesota State, and the Minnesota, Minnesota State, and the Minnesota<00:19:20.679
- Minnesota.
- </c> Minnesota children. Minnesota children.
- I'm currently studying public health, public policy, and today I am here to share my story as a Minnesota
Committee:
Senate Higher Education