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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/10/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
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- </c><00:04:20.359><c> Air</c> provided by those teams Minnesota Air provided by those teams Minnesota
- </c> person cases in the state of Minnesota person cases in the state of Minnesota it's<00:20:48.720>
- <00:31:53.760><c> senator</c> Minnesota senator Minnesota senator K<00:31:56.120><c> thank</c><00:31:
- This is from Violence Free Minnesota, Minnesota Children's Alliance, Minnesota Alliance on Crime, and
- coalitions in Minnesota.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
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- ><c> the</c><00:03:50.120><c> ITR,</c> DLI, Explore Minnesota, the ITR, DLI, Explore Minnesota, the ITR
- our higher education obviously our higher education institutions institutions institutions uh<00:24:
- So the Minnesota Jobs Skills 320.
- </c> certainly amongst our educational certainly amongst our educational institutions.<00:26:18.559><
- It's the Minnesota paradox, right?
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HF2440
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- learning center in northwest educational learning center in northwest Minnesota.<00:20:29.120><c> This
- But now you see the unmet need for these educational services in Northwest Minnesota.
- for educational services in Northwest<00:24:12.080><c> Minnesota.
- </c> League of Minnesota. Okay. League of Minnesota. Okay.
- Minnesota. That's part of why the ask Minnesota.
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HF4680 , HF4047 , HF4590 , HF3757 , HF3569 , HF4507 , HF4426 , HF4927 , HF4788 , HF4757 , HF4747 , HF3561 , HF4014 , HF4013 , HF4689 , HF4766 , HF4589
Committee:
House Capital Investment
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 03/03/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans
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- Minnesota Veterans Assistance Program or the Minnesota GI Bill, they lose those educational benefits
- benefits through either the educational benefits through either the Minnesota<01:37:33.520><c> veterans
- GI Bill they lose those the Minnesota GI Bill they lose those educational<01:37:38.800><c> benefits<
- , the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota, the Minnesota Council of Churches, and the Minnesota
- , the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota, the Minnesota Council of Churches, and the Minnesota
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/05/26
State and Local Government
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- of Minnesota.
- </c> immigration on Minnesota. immigration on Minnesota.
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
- </c> Unidos Minnesota. Unidos Minnesota.
- </c> state of Minnesota. state of Minnesota.
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Apr 21st, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- State of Minnesota Proclamation.
- What we can come together and build in the state of Minnesota.
- She kind of tolerated us men and would educate us.
- This was a piece of her life, but her life was an education.
- grants under the Department of Education after the Mary C.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 04/01/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
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- ><c> Housing</c> the Greater Minnesota Housing the Greater Minnesota Housing Infrastructure<00:14:02.560
- <00:18:48.640><c> Community</c><00:18:49.120><c> Development</c> Minnesota Community Development Minnesota
- </c> advance affordable housing in Minnesota. advance affordable housing in Minnesota.
- Minnesota. And finally, establishing a task force to study insurance impacts in Minnesota.
- </c><00:42:11.599><c> to</c> housing growth in greater Minnesota to housing growth in greater Minnesota
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 01/27/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans
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- </c><00:13:18.959><c> veterans</c> mission is serving Minnesota veterans mission is serving Minnesota
- </c><00:14:22.560><c> or</c> than 286,000 veterans in Minnesota or than 286,000 veterans in Minnesota
- </c> serve veterans in all 87 Minnesota serve veterans in all 87 Minnesota counties<00:14:34.759><c>
- The Minnesota Service Core represents case management, outreach, referral, and education.
- um this is an referral and education um this is an area<00:25:35.240><c> that</c><00:25:35.360><c> Minnesota
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- </c> in the state of Minnesota. in the state of Minnesota.
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
- That's the Minnesota I know. That's the Minnesota I love.
- </c> That's the Minnesota I love. That's the Minnesota I love.
Committee:
House Legacy Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Farewells - 05/18/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
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- Minnesota. Minnesota.
- My first term was one major legislative education in the ins and outs of Minnesota politics.
- education in the ins and outs<01:32:22.960><c> of</c><01:32:23.080><c> Minnesota</c><01:32:23.520><c
- The first one was when I authored a higher education bill to cut funding to the central office of Minnesota
- </c> rural Minnesota, southwest Minnesota. rural Minnesota, southwest Minnesota.
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- Next we have Bobby Burnham, Minnesota Department of Education.
- Ailan from Education Minnesota, to hear from our teachers.
- Ailan from Education Minnesota, to hear from our teachers.
- Ailan from Education Minnesota, to hear from our teachers.
- Ailan from Education Minnesota, to hear from our teachers.
Committee:
House Education Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 5/7/25
Health Finance and Policy
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- </c> bill for Minnesota Care. bill for Minnesota Care.
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
- </c> health care in Minnesota. health care in Minnesota.
- Minnesota has been a national education?
- ,</c><01:02:31.760><c> Minnesota</c> also the state of Minnesota, Minnesota also the state of Minnesota
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HF2435
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
MN
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- Jody Withers, I'm the committee administrator for Education Policy as well as Education Finance.
- uh mde the professional Education uh mde the professional educator<00:13:39.959><c> licensing</c><00
- </c> charged with special education charged with special education compliance<00:15:19.040><c> uh</c>
- Districts, and what's called KMCH, which is the Collaborative Urban, Greater Minnesota Educators of Color
- education directors.
Committee:
House Education Policy
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture committee considers HF653 2/17/25
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- In Minnesota, we have the Emerging Farmers Office, so that's one group that we very happy to have a,
- </c><00:02:30.680><c> we</c> underserved producers in Minnesota we underserved producers in Minnesota
- Hunter Peterson, with Minnesota Farm Bureau, testified in support of House File 653.
- Once again, Hunter Peterson with Minnesota Farm Bureau, here in support of House File 653.
- </c> what the subject matter is in education what the subject matter is in education on<00:16:09.120>
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 1/22/25
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
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- Chair Aaron Repinski, District 26A, which is Winona, Minnesota, and southeast Minnesota.
- Chair Aaron Repinski, District 26A, which is Winona, Minnesota, and southeast Minnesota.
- </c> Minnesota GI bill which is the education Minnesota GI bill which is the education benefits<00:12
- So our mission is to train and educate Minnesota veteran service officers across our 87 counties, positively
- and stopped by the Education Building, along with the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs.
Committee:
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Health Finance and Policy
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- Minnesota Department of Health has grown Minnesota Department of Health has grown not<00:09:35.880><c
- We went by the pregnancy book that Minnesota gave us from the Minnesota Department of Health.
- </c> Minnesota gave us from the Minnesota Minnesota gave us from the Minnesota Department<00:38:06.200
- </c><01:16:30.520><c> in</c> in St Paul Minnesota in in St Paul Minnesota in 1979<01:16:32.520><c> I<
- Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 1/23/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
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- </c><00:01:02.160><c> is</c> that the office of higher education is that the office of higher education
- </c> work with the University of Minnesota work with the University of Minnesota primarily<00:08:46.880
- </c> started at the University in Minnesota started at the University in Minnesota in<00:09:24.560><c
- That’s the part that I’m just baffled by. the Minnesota colleges and in the Minnesota colleges and in
- </c><00:41:18.560><c> the</c> of Minnesota the state of Minnesota the of Minnesota the state of Minnesota
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/27/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
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- Minnesota was uh I think had 34 past um Minnesota was uh I think had 34 past um but<00:02:25.519><c>
- </c> chiropractors as well as the Minnesota chiropractors as well as the Minnesota Chiropractic<00:25
- </c> we do um analysis using the Minnesota we do um analysis using the Minnesota all<00:39:56.319><c>
- </c> analysis as well as for Minnesota analysis as well as for Minnesota Healthcare<00:45:44.920><c>
- </c> and utilization patterns in Minnesota and utilization patterns in Minnesota and<00:46:50.200><c>
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
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- </c> some time now through the Minnesota some time now through the Minnesota Attorney<00:02:29.680><c
- </c> Misclassification Enforcement Education Misclassification Enforcement Education Partnership,<00:
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
- </c> Bloomington, Minnesota. Bloomington, Minnesota.
- Minnesota. Minnesota.
Summary:
The Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee met to discuss worker misclassification, beginning with approval of the March 4, 2026 minutes and a note that a late-posted bill would not be heard at this time. Chair Pinto opened the hearing by framing misclassification as timely and invited Lea Takapu of the Attorney General’s office to explain the issue. Takapu described misclassification as labeling workers as independent contractors when they are really employees, which can deprive workers of minimum wage, overtime, unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, and other protections while also reducing tax revenue. She said the Attorney General’s office and the MEAP partnership have been working on the issue and cited estimates that Minnesota workers lose billions annually and the state loses hundreds of millions to over a billion dollars in revenue, while noting that legitimate independent contracting is not the target.
Members questioned how the committee could rely on estimates when the exact number of misclassified workers is unknown. Takapu responded that the figures were based on studies and complaint data, and that underground or undocumented work makes exact counts difficult. Chair Pinto noted the numbers were estimates and referenced a 2024 Legislative Auditor finding that Minnesota lacked an adequate, coordinated approach to proper worker classification, while saying progress had been made since then.
Several industry witnesses then testified in support of stronger enforcement. Kevin Pranis of LiUNA said misclassification remains rampant in parts of construction, especially drywall, stucco, thin stone, and broadband installation, and argued it is tax, unemployment insurance, and workers’ compensation fraud that harms law-abiding contractors and taxpayers. Matt Wollers of Braxton and Sons said his company loses bids to competitors that misclassify workers, creating a labor-cost advantage of 30% or more, and asked for meaningful enforcement rather than new legislation, including regular unannounced jobsite visits. Jesse Madison of Purple Tally Productions said misclassification is anti-competition and described examples from live events and entertainment, urging front-end checks on workers’ compensation, unemployment coverage, and W-2 versus 1099 status before work begins. The next testifier, Ben Ballou of the Minnesota Nurses Association, began his remarks as the transcript ended.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 02/24/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans
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- </c> Based Services with the Minnesota Based Services with the Minnesota Department<00:01:33.920><c>
- </c> now we do offer training and education now we do offer training and education with<00:03:49.120>
- </c> um throughout the state of Minnesota um throughout the state of Minnesota underneath<00:04:04.159
- of Minnesota and protect Minnesota<00:05:19.240><c> and</c><00:05:19.360><c> the</c><00:05:19.479><c
- </c> education uh developing an education education uh developing an education strategy<00:14:40.880>