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• Are there reports of committees? None on the desk, Mr. President.
• And again, show me the fraud. It doesn't exist.
• And again, show me the fraud. It doesn't exist.
• We've been hearing a lot about fraud and non-citizens voting. Can you please tell us what fraud...
• Any government expenditures need to be detailed in a report.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and included several member introductions recognizing guests, interns, firefighters, and a doctor of the day. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and began taking up a series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate measures before final passage. The first major bill, health care patient protection, required hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, a pediatric emergency care coordinator, and readiness assessments; it passed 36-0. A public records bill protecting victim identities and temporarily exempting the name of a law enforcement officer who is a victim also passed after questions about access for victims of police misconduct, with a 33-4 vote. The Senate next approved a local government cybersecurity bill creating a state-administered program through Florida Digital Service to help counties and cities strengthen cyber defenses, with priority for rural and fiscally constrained governments; after amendments, it passed 37-0. A clerks of court bill allowing clerks to retain all revenue above projections and, through a House amendment, revising legal notice and traffic citation distribution provisions, passed 38-0 despite debate over impacts on municipalities and law enforcement. The chamber also passed a trademark modernization bill and a septic system permit bill intended to reduce delays for builders; the septic bill was amended to align the House and Senate versions and passed 38-0. The longest and most contested item was the elections bill, which updated citizenship verification procedures using REAL ID and state databases, changed candidate qualification rules, and altered election administration provisions. Numerous amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to exempt certain seniors, preserve student and retirement-center IDs, allow attestations in place of documentary proof of citizenship, and require human review over automated systems. One amendment to delay implementation until July 1, 2027, was also debated. The transcript ends while debate is still underway on the elections measure, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

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• Representative Nisa offers the following resolution, and the clerk will report the resolution.
• The clerk will report the resolution.
• in state government, and so it is important that the House have a committee on fraud prevention and
• and waste and uh uh fraud and waste and uh uh misappropriation<01:08:24.400> in<01:08:24.600>
• <01:08:30.359> prevention<01:08:31.199> and have a committee on fraud prevention and

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House convened for the opening of the 2025-2026 Minnesota legislative session. Secretary of State Steve Simon called the chamber to order, appointed a clerk pro tem, and Pastor Ben Mayatt delivered the prayer before the Pledge of Allegiance. The clerk then conducted the roll call, and after an initial dispute over quorum and authority, the House determined that 67 members were present, establishing a quorum. The main business was organizing the House. Members nominated and seconded Representative Lisa Demuth for Speaker, and she was elected on a 67-0 roll call vote. After taking the oath, Speaker Demuth delivered remarks emphasizing service, civility, bipartisan cooperation, accountability, and focusing on practical results for Minnesotans. The House also adopted a resolution accepting the findings in the District 40B election contest and declaring a vacancy there, and another resolution adopting temporary House rules for the session, including a committee structure and a fraud prevention/state government oversight committee. Members then adopted a resolution authorizing necessary House employees to continue working, and the Speaker announced appointments for Speaker pro tempore, Deputy Speaker pro tempore, and the House Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration. The House also approved permanent desk assignments for the Republican and DFL caucuses. The session ended with announcements about a reception and a Rules Committee meeting, followed by adjournment until noon on Wednesday, January 15, 2025.

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• ONE, IT REQUIRES MANDATORY FRAUD WARNINGS OUTLINED ON PAGE 3.
• THIS WILL PUT A BIG FRAUD WARNING BASICALLY.
• INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS.
• SHOW HB 504 TO BE REPORTED FAVORABLY.
• MEMBERS WILL NOW TAKE UP HB, I'M SORRY IT WAS HB 505 REPORTED FAVORABLY.

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• But like other areas with public benefits fraud, where there's an expansion of benefits and services,
• Just on Monday in the House Fraud Prevention Committee, House Fraud Prevention and Government Oversight
• And like other areas of fraud, the abusive practices of targeting vulnerable vets and their families
• But with an expansion of benefits comes an opportunity for both fraud and prosecution.
• We have seen a fraud alert from the Attorney General in the fall.

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• We did 34 audits, published 34 audit reports, and screened over 76,000 providers.
• The challenges through snap fraud and snap fraud and particularly when it what's the most concerning
• Everybody goes online and reports that. Is that correct? Or is it...
• So, we have a website where people can... can go and report fraud.
• And they also have the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Today, I have Justin Brookman with Consumer Reports as my lead witness in support. Thank you.
• Hello, Justin Brooklyn for Consumer Reports in support. Thank you.
• When violence happens, it gets reported that a woman raped an inmate with her penis.
• We will not stop reporting on the trans-identified males you move into female prisons.
• Jewish identity is widely understood as encompassing Hate crime and other reporting.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• sure when the final commission reports sure when the final commission reports and<01:11:53.440><
• > that different types of um fraud methods that different types of um fraud methods that they<
• The reports shall, it was final report.
• The reports on line 21 of page two.
• report I suppose this report if<04:22:39.680> if<04:22:39.920> something<04:22:40.159>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• This bill would deliver that, an update to the push for a new fraud-fighting tool, where the bill to
• This bill would deliver that, an update to the push for a new fraud-fighting tool, where the bill to
• The discussion around starting a new government agency to counter fraud, waste, and abuse continues here
• new government agency to counter fraud new government agency to counter fraud waste<00:18:38.880
• current fraud Fighting Tools such<00:19:33.919> as<00:19:34.080> the<00:19:34.320>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Reports of standing committees and divisions.
• If there is no objection, the reports will be adopted.
• <00:07:16.280> will there is no objection the reports will there is no objection the reports
• adopted hearing no objection the reports adopted hearing no objection the reports are adopted<00
• So as we're talking about fraud issues, we are left only to guess what kind of fraud investigations have

Keywords: 1183, house

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• With 46 agencies reporting positive employee productivity and 50 agencies reporting no impact on employee
• It's all self-reporting.
• Your 2024 report on thriving Texas.
• U.S. ultimately came out with a report, an audit report in 2017 saying. that the state of Texas was paying
• So I do think cost reports is going to be. to figure that out.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• So this report is laid out very similarly to the Early Childhood Education report that you all saw last
• Do we have these reports? Yeah, all of our profit and loss reports are available.
• Like, we made these increases, and this report—I mean, it's a really good report for what it is, but
• Fraud recovery. And so they're seeing it.
• The fraud, the return on investment for looking at Medicaid fraud is embarrassing.

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• I think that's called fraud in the inducement.
• But that's a fraud job. They should identify the fraud and then bring it to us. Okay?
• We will move forward with the committee report.
• I move that the committee report the bill favorably. Is there a second? Second.
• The legislation is favorably reported.

Bills: SB347, SB351

Keywords: brownfields, brownfield cleanup, site remediation, environmental cleanup, contaminated property, redevelopment, revitalization, CERCLA, Superfund, EPA grants, state response programs, environmental justice, disadvantaged communities, small communities, local government grants, nonprofit eligibility, community engagement, Alaska Native tribes, Regional Corporations, Village Corporations

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• With that, House Bill 456 is reported favorably. Thank you.
• Senator Pressly has moved that we report House Bill 549 favorably.
• Hearing no objection, House Bill 549 is reported favorably.
• Senator Presley has moved that we report House Bill 549 favorably.
• Hearing no objection, House Bill 549 is reported favorably.

Summary: The Senate Labor Committee met on March 14 and adopted the prior minutes. It voluntarily deferred Senate Bill 358, which would have addressed workers’ compensation coverage for independent contractors and sole-proprietor subcontractors. Senator Abraham said the bill would instead be studied to determine whether such workers should be able to buy occupational accident coverage or be required to carry workers’ compensation coverage, particularly where no employees are involved. The committee then heard House Bill 456, which would expand and clarify workers’ compensation petition requirements and broaden employers’ and payers’ ability to file disputed claims beyond fraud and medical-director appeals to other disputes under the chapter. The bill drew strong support from business groups and strong opposition from injured-worker attorneys, who argued it would revive problems seen in 2012 when employers could sue injured workers without a ripe dispute, burden unrepresented claimants, and increase litigation and administrative costs. Supporters said it would improve access to the courts and help employers investigate questionable claims. After debate, the committee voted 5-1 to report HB 456 favorably, with Senator Barrow voting no. The committee also heard House Bill 549, which creates the Bayou Growth Opportunity Workforce Program, or Bayou Works, a proposed statewide workforce training grant program aimed at helping employers quickly train workers for specific skill needs. The sponsor and Louisiana Workforce Commission representatives said it would be privately funded, modeled on Michigan’s “Going Pro” program, and coordinated with technical colleges, apprenticeships, internships, and other workforce partners. Members asked about statewide reach, youth pipeline efforts, and timing; the department said implementation would likely begin later next year. The committee reported HB 549 favorably by unanimous consent and then adjourned.

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• It's a report.
• So, uh, there's usually a general requirement that they report waste, fraud, and abuse.
• We've got that all in the report. The report is about a 50-page long report.
• report is about a 50-page long report. report is about a 50-page long report.
• Um<01:23:01.840> in Um in Um in your<01:23:04.159> report your report your report uh<01

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board meeting began with a roll call and approval of the October 7 meeting minutes. The chair then reordered the agenda to hear the item on Medicaid reimbursement rates and network adequacy first because of scheduling issues. Dr. Steve Robertson of the Kentucky Dental Association was sworn in and testified at length about Kentucky’s dental Medicaid program, arguing that reimbursement rates are unsustainably low, have been largely flat for decades, and are often below the cost of providing care. He said Kentucky ranks near the bottom nationally in oral health, dental Medicaid rates are often 60% or less of commercial rates, and the program’s share of the Medicaid budget has effectively remained around 2% despite growth in enrollment and services. Dr. Robertson said the low rates are contributing to provider losses, rural access gaps, longer wait times, dental deserts, and greater use of emergency rooms for preventable dental problems. He cited examples of office costs exceeding reimbursement for basic procedures, noted that many dentists are small private businesses, and said the state is struggling to recruit and retain dentists because of low payment levels and high student debt. He also pointed to disparities with neighboring states and said recent increases in some oral surgery and cleaning codes were not enough to address the broader problem. His recommendations included completing the rebasing study, increasing dental reimbursement in the upcoming budget, tying future reviews to inflation and cost data, aligning benchmarks, and prioritizing preventive and restorative care to improve workforce stability and access. Board members asked about the size of the needed increase, the effect of private insurance on dental practice finances, and what a new dentist might expect to earn. Dr. Robertson said the association is working on an appropriations request and that private insurance pressures are part of the problem as well, since many plans are HMOs or PPOs with limited provider control over rates. He also said the association can no longer conduct reimbursement surveys because of FTC restrictions, but would try to obtain current ADA data. In response to questions about the future of the program, he warned that without significant changes it could become unsustainable and cited Ohio and Missouri as examples where higher reimbursement improved provider participation and access. The board then heard from Mr. Bowman of Baldwin Consulting, who discussed outpatient behavioral health providers, including ABA therapy and mental health/substance use disorder services. He said these providers face similar issues of rising costs, flat reimbursement, and access problems. He reviewed Kentucky’s network adequacy standards, including travel-time standards, 30-day appointment limits, and newer federal requirements that will require services within 10 business days by 2029. He said wait times for outpatient behavioral health, especially children’s services and ABA, have grown substantially, sometimes to more than a year, and emphasized that the Medicaid department must enforce these standards.

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• Clerk, you have a report. >> We do. >> Please report.
• Clerk, does that conclude your report? report? report? >> It<00:06:48.560> does.
• Senator from Taylor. report. For those bills, they shall be report.
• have a report on that, Mr. Clerk? have a report on that, Mr. Clerk?
• Clerk, please report. >> Mr. Clerk, please report.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation and pledge, established a quorum, excused absent senators, and approved the journal. The clerk reported House-passed bills and Senate bills received from the House, and several Senate bills were read a second time and sent to the Rules Committee. Committee reports recommended passage of multiple measures, including bills from Appropriations and Revenue, Health Services, Natural Resources and Energy, State and Local Government, and Transportation. The chamber then moved to orders of the day and took up Senate Bill 50 and Senate Bill 191, while Senate Bill 137 and Senate Joint Resolution 54 were passed over and retained in the orders of the day. Senate Bill 50, relating to the disposition of property, was explained as a broad update to trust, probate, and intestacy law. Supporters said it would streamline probate when there are no disputes, add privacy protections for decedents’ estate information, give courts more flexibility, set retention and filing-fee rules for wills, recognize electronic wills and other uniform-law concepts, and allow transfer-on-death designation for motor vehicles. A floor amendment removed inheritance-tax provisions and corrected technical issues; it was adopted, and the bill passed 35-1 after debate in favor from several senators and no substantive opposition. Senate Bill 191, creating the Kentucky Kindergarten Readiness Performance-based Child Care Incentive Pilot Program, was also amended and passed. The bill would establish a three-year pilot administered by the University of Kentucky College of Education, providing a one-time $2,000 per child incentive payment or refundable tax credit to child care providers and low-income families when children are assessed as kindergarten ready. A floor amendment clarified that the study and recommendations must comply with federal child care regulations; it was adopted, and the bill passed 35-1 after a senator changed a vote from no to yes. The Senate then recessed for Rules and Committee on Committees meetings, after which the rules committee posted additional bills to future orders and the committee on committees referred several bills and resolutions to standing committees. Several members also made announcements about upcoming committee meetings, a legislative breakfast, a fish fry, and condolences for a community member.

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• Reports of standing committees.
• The clerk will read the report. Mr.
• The clerk will read the report. Mr.
• I move that when the Committee of the Whole rises, it report...
• Reports of standing committees.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a moment of silence honoring two Arizona Department of Public Safety personnel killed in a helicopter crash while responding to an active shooter incident in Flagstaff. Members also introduced numerous guests and Capitol Day visitors, including the Arizona Society of Anesthesiologists, the Arizona Dental Hygienists Association, and organizations serving deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind Arizonans. A proclamation was read designating September 4 as Taekwondo Day in Arizona. The chamber then processed a large number of bills through first reading, second reading, and Committee of the Whole. Measures receiving due-pass recommendations included HB 2075, HB 2120, HB 2155, HB 2328, HR 2004, HB 2051, HB 2072, HB 2178, HB 2203, HB 2395, HB 2010, HB 2043, HB 2108, HB 2135, and HB 2310. Several bills drew substantive debate, including HB 2051 and HB 2072 on lactation services and consultant certification for Medicaid reimbursement, HB 2203 on eliminating duplicative reporting requirements, HB 2395 on a voluntary mental health-related measure, and HB 2043, which sparked a sharp partisan exchange over whether it was a cleanup to felony-murder statutes or an anti-abortion/personhood measure. On third reading, HB 2008, dealing with school libraries and public funding for library associations, passed 33-25 after debate over whether it would help keep ideology out of schools or further weaken library support. House Resolution 2004, a nonbinding resolution expressing disapproval of Attorney General Chris Mays’ public statements, also passed 33-25 after extensive floor debate over her comments, her record on law enforcement and consumer protection, and whether the resolution was appropriate. The House then adopted the Committee of the Whole reports, referred the passed measures for engrossing, and adjourned until Monday, February 9, 2026.

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• Madam President, reports from various committees.
• Madam Reading Clerk, please read in committee reports.
• Madam President, that concludes the reading of committee reports.
• And if they do act, they have a way to report to us why they acted.
• And if they do act, they have a way to report to us why they acted.

Summary: The Senate reconvened, received House communications and committee reports, and then took up several bills and a resolution. Committee reports covered measures on composting, volunteer background checks, campaign finance, the Delaware John Lewis Voting Rights Act, publication of Public Integrity Commission reports, Cheswold’s territorial limits, child support, alcohol and marijuana, salary supplements, certified registered nurse anesthetists, land use, school taxes, and a constitutional elections amendment. House Bill 344 and House Bill 444 were referred to the Senate Finance Committee. The Senate also confirmed the nomination of Christy N. Vitola as Commissioner of the Family Court by a 21-0 vote. The chamber then recognized several fellows and Girls’ State delegates, with tributes to the Legislative Fellows Program and the Communications Fellowship, followed by House Concurrent Resolution 152 honoring the 2026 Delaware Girls’ State participants. The resolution passed unanimously. Senators and guests spoke about the civic value of the program and introduced the Girls’ State leadership team and delegates. On legislation, the Senate passed House Bill 89, creating a dispute-resolution process for home improvement fraud and strengthening consumer protection enforcement; House Bill 381, requiring notice to the Attorney General of computer security breaches; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 407, making technical and penalty updates to the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 150, limiting civil arrests at courthouses and Industrial Accident Board offices; and House Substitute 2 for House Bill 94, restricting state and local participation in civil immigration enforcement at sensitive locations such as schools, houses of worship, and health care facilities, with emergency exceptions and reporting requirements. The Senate also began consideration of House Substitute 1 for House Bill 368, which would limit use of state and local resources for federal civil immigration enforcement while preserving exceptions for serious offenses and judicial warrants, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.

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• conference committee on Senate File 4282 and re-passed said bill in accordance with the report of the
• governing medical assistance fraud. governing medical assistance fraud.
• Is there a privileged report at the desk? >> There is a privileged report at the desk.
• The secretary will read the report.
• Senator Murphy moves the foregoing appointments be approved. report. report.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• will report the title of the bill. will report the title of the bill.
• Clerk will report the title. Clerk will report the title.
• That's the fraud. That's the fraud.
• That's the fraud. That's the fraud.
• I know she has a trunk full of them. fraud. So now I want to uh it is my fraud.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, May 5, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Senate Bill 968 is favorably reported.
• Committee substitute for Senate Bill 636 is favorably reported.
• Senate Bill 968 is favorably reported.
• Senate Bill 1137 is favorably reported. I zero nays. Senate Bill 1137 is favorably reported.
• You hear about that we're very tough on fraud, fraud, waste, and abuse.

Bills: SB500, SB719, SB912, SB1232, SB1467, SB1777, SB1864, SB2023, SB2119, SB2458

Keywords: SB 500, Texas adoption law, Family Code, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child-placing agency, prospective adoptive parents, adoption records, confidential information, nondisclosure agreement, child history report, health history, social history, educational history, genetic history, termination of parental rights, permanency plan, single source continuum contractor, privacy, redaction

Summary: The committee first took up several pending bills and reported them favorably: SB 968, SB 636 as substituted, SB 1137, and SB 1138 as substituted. Each was advanced by roll call vote, and the committee also recommended the approved bills for the local and uncontested calendar. The chair then moved to the posted agenda and heard SB 719, a mental health bed-capacity study bill by Senator Eckhart, with a committee substitute that refined the data collection to distinguish state and non-state beds, child and adult beds, include two point-in-time counts, and capture jail diversion data. Testimony on SB 719 was largely supportive from Integral Care, NAMI Texas, and the Children’s Hospital Association of Texas, all of whom said Texas needs better data on inpatient psychiatric capacity, workforce needs, and future demand. Several witnesses described long waits for beds, especially for forensic restoration, and argued the study would help target future investments. Senator Perry and others noted the state has already made major investments in new beds and urged the bill to account for beds already coming online; the committee ultimately withdrew the substitute and left SB 719 pending after public testimony closed. The committee then heard SB 1864, which would allow small egg producers to sell ungraded eggs more broadly, including to restaurants and retailers, with the substitute increasing the weekly sales threshold and addressing sanitation and labeling. Supporters said grading is about size, not safety, and that the bill would help small farms reach new markets; opponents from the Texas Poultry Federation argued grading and candling help identify cracks and defects that can affect safety and quality. The committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. It also heard SB 1467, requiring DSHS to share death record information with hospitals for record accuracy and quality review, and SB 912, which would modernize continuing education tracking for health licensing agencies; both bills drew supportive testimony and were left pending. Finally, the committee heard SB 2023, which would create an HHSC grant program to help counties pay for indigent burial costs, with county representatives testifying in support.