Video & Transcript Research : 'House Resolution 72'
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Penalty for misconduct of public officer or employee enhanced 3/11/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Hudson moves House File 3822 before the committee with a recommendation that the bill
- House File 3822 makes an adjustment to the level of offense that's already codified in 609.43, misconduct
- House File 3822 makes an adjustment to the level of offense that's already codified in 609.43, misconduct
- He said that MAPE shares concerns around some of the language in House File 3822 regarding the expansion
- Secondarily, in my role on the House Floor Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, I and my
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Transit operation consolidation 3/11/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, I will move House File 4111 to the Committee on Ways and Means.
- Chairman, members, Section one of the bill, this is House File 4111.
- Chair and members, uh, the fiscal note in your packet for House File 4111... Mr.
- When I served in the state legislature, I also chaired the House Transportation Committee, and I've been
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Market value exclusion increase for some veterans 3/11/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The first bill on our agenda is House File 3727. Vice Chair Olsen, do you have testifiers?
- So that's where the evaluation comes in because if you had a house, so a $300,000 house in 2008, the
- The values of the houses have gone up the most.
- The values of the houses have gone up the most.
- The values of the houses have gone up the most.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Governor's education policy bill discussed 3/11/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Our last bill for the day is House File 3730.
- much for this opportunity to make some very brief remarks on MDE's education policy bill before us, House
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, 15, the House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee will come to order.
- we have the Minnesota Supplemental Aid program that assists older adults, general assistance, and housing
- we have the Minnesota Supplemental Aid program that assists older adults, general assistance and housing
- But Minnesota Housing Support, Minnesota Supplemental Aid, and General Assistance are all state-funded
- The state's administration individualize housing sports.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Veterans Affairs Department Suicide Prevention Report 3/11/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Notice required when deploying chemical irritants in a building 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The next bill on the agenda is House File 3782. This is Chair Mhler's bill.
- Um, Chair Mhler, would you like to move to re-refer House File 3782 to the Judiciary, Finance, and Civil
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Summary:
The committee took up House File 3782, Chair Mueller’s bill, and first adopted an oral amendment changing the term “distraction” to “diversionary” in four places. The DE2 author’s amendment, as amended, was then adopted. The bill was described as a response to concerns raised after the summer’s events and is intended to address safety and cleanup issues when law enforcement deploys chemical irritants inside buildings.
Colin Hortman testified virtually about the cleanup of his parents’ home after tear gas was used there. He described extensive residue, health effects when re-entering the house, months of delay before it could be safely occupied, difficulty determining what chemicals and quantities had been used, and confusion over who was responsible for remediation costs. He said clearer documentation, immediate disclosure of the agents used, and faster communication would make the process safer and less traumatic for future victims.
Chair Mueller explained that the bill would require law enforcement that uses chemical irritants inside a building to leave a standardized notice for occupants or owners, including information on what was used and how much, and to direct them to the agency for more details. Members asked about the logistics of the notice requirement, including how it would work in multi-agency operations; Mueller said the agency in command of the scene would leave the notice. Representatives expressed support for the bill and its purpose. The committee then renewed and approved the motion to re-refer House File 3782, as amended, to the Judiciary, Finance, and Civil Law Committee.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Press Conference 3/10/26
Transcript Highlights:
- He doesn't need House File 3490.
- He doesn't need House File 3490.
- He doesn't need House File 3490.
- He doesn't need House File 3490.
- >> On the House floor and in House Housing tomorrow. >> Okay.
Summary:
House Republican leaders and Speaker Melissa Hortman held a press event promoting House File 3490, which would opt Minnesota into a federal education tax credit program. They argued the bill has no state cost and would keep donations made by Minnesotans benefiting Minnesota students and schools rather than out-of-state scholarship organizations. Supporters said the funds could help with tutoring, extracurriculars, school supplies, special education-related services, learning loss, and other school needs, and they repeatedly urged Governor Tim Walz to opt in or publicly explain why he would not.
Rep. Andrew Myers, the bill’s chief author, said the proposal is personal to him as a parent and legislator and described recent school budget pressures, including staff and resource cuts and larger class sizes. Rep. Ben Bakeberg, a middle school principal, said the bill could generate significant funding if many taxpayers participate and argued it could help offset school district shortfalls and the Blue Ribbon Commission. Rep. Griesbach also backed the bill, calling it a “no-brainer” and saying he would not work with the governor on other budget items unless the governor opted in.
In response to questions, supporters said scholarship-granting organizations could be created by a variety of entities, including education foundations, and could support both private-school tuition and public-school-related costs such as extracurricular fees, field trips, and transportation for summer learning. They rejected the idea that the bill pits public and nonpublic schools against each other, saying it is meant to expand educational opportunity for all students. No vote or formal committee action was taken during the event; it ended with questions from reporters on the bill and other Republican priorities such as rental assistance, gas taxes, and energy costs.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Preferential scoring for housing projects in communities with land trusts 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 3600 provides up to 5% additional bonus points from the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for
- housing in our communities.
- Thank you for the opportunity. access to affordable housing in our access to affordable housing in our
- affordable housing in our communities. affordable housing in our communities.
- With that, House File 3600 is laid over.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I will call the House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee meeting to order.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Plastic bottle excise tax proposed 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I have got House File 3322, Representative Franson. I just saw her here. We will give her a second.
- I will move House File 3322 before the committee.
- We need new dedicated revenue sources to fix water infrastructure, and House File 3322 is one way to
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I <00:01: - Uh, with that, I renew my motion that House File 3322 as amended be laid over.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Warrant needed for federal immigration officers 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, next bill on our agenda is House File 3483, Representative Feist.
- So, House File 3483 does two things. So, House File 3483 does two things.
- This is called the fox guarding the hen house.
- This is called the fox guarding the hen house.
- The Constitution requires an house.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 3/10/26
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- We are proposing House File 3556, Representative Aim, House File 3425, Representative Howard, House File
- We are proposing House File 3556, Representative Aim, House File 3425, Representative Howard, House File
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Undocumented noncitizens made ineligible for state financial aid programs 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pet shop sale of cats and dogs 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Next up on the agenda for today is House File 2627. >> That's your mom or your husband?
- I am here today with concerns about House File 2627.
- I believe the bill House File 2627.
- We respectfully urge you to vote no on House File 2627.
- Thank you for your House File 2627. Thank you for your time. time. time.
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Transcript Highlights:
- The author, the House author's amendment, was not given a vote.
- Even though the House author's amendment was brought forward, we heard the bill again on a second day
- So, uh, members, the chair is going to request a roll call, uh, to move House File or Senate File 856
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amendment - Even though the House author's vote.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Personal care assistance and community first services and supports 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Representative Hicks moves House File 3782 be laid over for possible inclusion. >> Uh, please proceed
- much rather find that some resolution?
- the best of all that we could resolution the best of all that we could do?
- With that, um, Representative Hicks renews, uh, the motion that House File 3780 be laid over for possible
- Thank you so much. renews, uh, the motion that House File renews, uh, the motion that House File 3780
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Lifetime firearms ban for persons convicted of certain domestic assault offenses 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, the next bill on the agenda is House File 3350.
- Chair Pinto, I believe your motion is to recommend that House File 3350 be placed on the general register
- Yes, I'll echo that to our House research team.
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- >> Yes, I'll echo that to our uh House >> Yes, I'll echo that to our uh House research
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Going after late fees charged by utilities 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I move that House File 3912 be laid over for consideration in the future omnibus bill. >> And I see
- Committee members, um, House File 3912 is a bill about energy affordability.
- House File 3912 is a bill about energy affordability.
- are struggling to make ends meet between medical expenses, rising grocery prices, and the cost of housing
- Um, House File 3912 seeks to protect low-income individuals by putting some parameters on the imposition
Summary:
The committee heard House File 3912, as amended, and the author moved that the bill be laid over for consideration in a future omnibus bill. The amendment was adopted without objection. Representative Holland described the bill as an energy affordability measure that would bar utilities from charging certain fees during the cold weather rule for customers above 50% of state median income, prohibit reconnection fees after shutoff for nonpayment, and create a framework for regulating late fees. He argued that late fees are often high, compound monthly, and disproportionately burden low-income households, citing utility debt and disconnection figures and noting that the need for relief is concentrated in greater Minnesota.
Annie Levenson Faulk of the Citizens Utility Board supported the bill, saying reconnection fees and late fees fall on households already struggling to pay for essential service. She said reconnection fees should be treated as part of the cost of doing business and that late fees should be limited to a reasonable approximation of actual carrying costs, with protections for low-income customers. She also said the issue is already being considered in utility rate cases before the Public Utilities Commission, but that legislative action is still appropriate.
Nick Martin of Xcel Energy and Katherine O'Donnell of CenterPoint Energy opposed the bill in its current form while emphasizing their companies’ commitment to affordability and customer assistance. Xcel said the bill would shift reconnection costs to other customers and could undermine a proposed arrears management program funded by late payment charges; Xcel also noted that the PUC is already reviewing these issues in its rate case. CenterPoint said it already offers extensive outreach, payment plans, and assistance programs, does not charge late fees once a customer is on a payment plan, and that its reconnection fee does not fully cover costs. After testimony and brief discussion, the chair noted the helpful information from utilities, the author said he was open to further work on the bill, and the bill was laid over.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Repealing requirement to adopt a new residential energy code 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- energy codes on housing starts.
- are driving the rise in housing costs. are driving the rise in housing costs.
- Recent research on housing starts.
- I oppose House File 3545.
- contributor to housing unaffordability. contributor to housing unaffordability.
Summary:
Representative Mecklin moved House File 3545 to the general register and offered a DE amendment that removed the commissioner’s authority to choose a more efficient standard and removed the requirement that the 2038 residential energy code achieve a 70% reduction in annual net energy consumption compared with the 2006 energy use index. The amendment was adopted, and the bill was then discussed as amended. Mecklin said the bill was intended to address home affordability, arguing that energy code requirements add to housing costs and make it harder for younger Minnesotans to buy homes.
Several testifiers opposed the bill, including representatives from the Center for Energy and the Environment, AIA Minnesota, Sierra Club, Fresh Energy, Housing First Minnesota, and ARXUS. They argued that energy codes are not a primary driver of housing costs, that stronger codes do not slow housing production, and that more efficient homes lower utility bills and improve comfort, safety, resilience, and climate outcomes. Testifiers cited studies and examples showing payback over time, including estimates that efficiency upgrades could pay for themselves in five to nine years and save homeowners tens of thousands of dollars over 30 years. The Department of Labor and Industry said it had concerns about the bill because it would move away from a more energy-efficient standard and could create unintended consequences in the code adoption process, though it said the current technical advisory group process already considers cost concerns.
Members questioned the cost and savings estimates, especially the comparison between higher upfront mortgage costs and lower utility bills. Fresh Energy explained that its figures were based on Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Slipstream analyses using a typical Minnesota home and that the savings were modeled over time. Representative Johnson expressed skepticism about the assumptions behind the savings numbers and argued that utility costs are not the main barrier to homeownership. The chair said the committee intended to take a vote on the bill that day, but the transcript ends before any final vote or disposition is shown.