Bills: HB 101, HB1819, HB1875, HB1965, HB2193, HB2914, HB3248, HB3354, HB3531, HB101

Keywords: Texas State Guard, task force, professionalization, state missions, critical infrastructure, veterans, veterans' affairs, mental health, community mental health, behavioral health, grant program, matching grant, non-state match, community services, family support, county population, Health and Human Services Commission, HHSC, public safety, homeland security

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• Just under $14 million for statewide historic and cultural grants.
• Then, there are two grants being run through the historical society. One is a historical grant.
• Competitive building grants, and that's $1.5 million.
• On line 356, there are Ethnic Media grants for $500,000.
• On line 358, there are Youth Poet Laureate grants for $200,000.

Bills: HF2563

Keywords: HF2563, legacy finance bill, Legacy Amendment, outdoor heritage fund, clean water fund, parks and trails fund, arts and cultural heritage fund, Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, Clean Water Council, Minnesota legacy funds, habitat conservation, prairie restoration, wetland restoration, forest conservation, riparian buffers, water quality, groundwater protection, drinking water, septic systems, watershed planning

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• In total, it is for a grant to them.
• There's $25,000 for outreach on grant There's $25,000 for outreach on grant opportunities<00:12:
• On line 356 community festival grants.
• <00:12:30.000> for is the ethnic media grants for is the ethnic media grants for $500,000.
• On line 358 is youth poet laurate<00:12:34.240> grants<00:12:34.639> for laurate grants

Bills: HF2563

Keywords: HF2563, legacy finance bill, Legacy Amendment, outdoor heritage fund, clean water fund, parks and trails fund, arts and cultural heritage fund, Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, Clean Water Council, Minnesota legacy funds, habitat conservation, prairie restoration, wetland restoration, forest conservation, riparian buffers, water quality, groundwater protection, drinking water, septic systems, watershed planning

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• Instead, they created two grant programs: an Agri Works program for small grants and an Agri Support
• program for larger grants.
• We created two uh grant nonprofits.
• <00:10:31.600> grants.
• It's a assistance grants program.

Bills: HF2446, HF2563, HF2444

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• larger grants.
• agri support program for larger grants. agri support program for larger grants.
• grants.
• , or the CVSO grants.
• , or the CVSO grants.

Bills: HF2446, HF2563, HF2444

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• grants, and then $500,000 for the Metro Meals on Wheels.
• There were two named grants in the base, and the funding has been reallocated within the bill.
• , or the CVSO grants, and then $500,000 for the Metro Meals on Wheels.
• We did leave some funding at the base, and granted it's not enough. I understand that.
• We did leave some funding at the base, and granted it's not enough. I understand that.

Bills: HF2446, HF2563, HF2444

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• grants management here? grants management here?
• So this would be every grant, you know, this would imply any grant from, like, you know, grants for cows
• So this would be every grant, you know, this would imply any grant from, like, you know, grants for cows
• All of that is part of a grant, a robust grant monitoring visit.
• If it's a grant that serves grant.

Bills: HF3422, HF3461, HF2904

Keywords: state grants, grant oversight, grants management, executive agencies, Minnesota Department of Administration, commissioner of administration, fraud prevention, waste prevention, grant monitoring, financial reconciliation, grant compliance, state government, public funds, grant recipients, competitive grants, grant administration, administrative oversight, monitoring visits, grant policy, legislative leave

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• All right, so you're waving the local match. Okay. Waving the local match.
• in the 2025 grant cycle.
• in the 2025 grant cycle.
• in the 2025 grant cycle.
• <01:19:11.760> That's in the 2025 grant cycle. That's in the 2025 grant cycle.

Bills: HF4156, HF3835, HF3995, HF4383, HF4091, HF4084, HF4311, HF198, HF4486, HF4302, HF4309, HF4032, HF3855, HF3673, HF4265, HF4012, HF4339, HF4298, HF3852

Keywords: infrastructure, wastewater, stormwater, Buhl, state bonds, appropriations, economic development, water infrastructure, grants, capital investment, funding, state regulation, Frazee, North River Drive, infrastructure improvements, HF4383, Minnesota capital investment, bonding bill, Department of Natural Resources, DNR

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• provide direct grants.
• Office grants, and veteran service organization grants, since they each have their own statutory grant
• A summary of the grants.
• Veterans Service Office grants veteran service organization grants since they each have their own statutory
• grant requirements.

Bills: HF3727, HF3684, HF3467

Keywords: veterans property tax, homestead exclusion, disabled veteran, totally and permanently disabled, service-connected disability, property tax relief, market value exclusion, surviving spouse, family caregiver, county veterans service officer, Minnesota property tax, assessment year 2027, homestead tax benefit, veterans tax exemption, DD214, VA disability rating, veterans, veterans affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, grant standards

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• required us to stop doing data matching required us to stop doing data matching and<00:46:27.960
• requirements for periodic data matching requirements for periodic data matching and<00:53:57.800
• increased the number of data matching increased the number of data matching that<00:59:46.120>
• matching as required by law. matching as required by law. Chair<01:02:43.560> Noor.
• as a result of periodic data matching. as a result of periodic data matching.

Bills: HF4110, HF4101, HF4144, HF3546

Keywords: workplace regulations, employee rights, meal breaks, rest breaks, exemptions, medical assistance, data matching, eligibility, reporting, human services, assisted living, health regulations, inspection authority, vulnerable adults, local government, program integrity, high-risk providers, enrollment requirements, fraud prevention, compliance

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• We have done instructor grants before.
• to nonprofits, grants to entities, and we set up the grants management process.
• teachers as you just heard Ma's Grant teachers as you just heard Ma's Grant programs<00:20:16.360
• Mental Health Grants Region 5 Mental Health Grants Region 5 development<01:18:22.159> commission
• <01:25:31.600> to county egg Society submits a grant to county egg Society submits a grant

Bills: HF711, HF653

Keywords: agriculture, agricultural education, leadership development, Minnesota Agricultural Education and Leadership Council, MAELC, chapter 41D, grant funding, general fund appropriation, commissioner of agriculture, farm education, youth agriculture programs, ag literacy, workforce development, extension education, research funding, extension services, technology transfer, grant programs, 1183, house

Bills: HB 2217

Keywords: law enforcement, bullet-resistant, grant program, safety equipment, peace officers

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• House Bill 2217 establishes a grant program to equip law enforcement vehicles with bullet resistance
• HB 2217 establishes a grant program to equip local law enforcement vehicles with bullet-resistant components
• The grant program would be administered by the Governor's Office of Public Safety Criminal Justice Division

Bills: HB2217

Keywords: law enforcement, bullet-resistant, grant program, safety equipment, peace officers

Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice met and considered two House bills. HB 2217 would create a grant program to help local law enforcement agencies equip patrol vehicles with bullet-resistant components such as windshields, side doors, and windows. Senator Hagenbuch explained that the measure is intended to improve officer safety in light of shootings through patrol car glass, and no invited or public testimony was offered. The committee voted 6-0 to report HB 2217 favorably to the full Senate and also recommended it for the open uncontested calendar. The committee then took up HB 2594, with Senator Creighton explaining that it updates venue rules for cybercrime and related theft cases involving intangible property such as cryptocurrency, online fraud, and intellectual property theft. The bill would allow prosecution in the county where the victim resides, where the defendant is apprehended, or where the defendant is extradited to, giving prosecutors more flexibility when crimes cross county lines. No questions or testimony were offered. The committee voted 6-0 to report HB 2594 favorably to the full Senate. It was also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. After completing its business, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• The grant formula relies this program.
• House file 4266 helps ensure state grant House file 4266 helps ensure state grant the<00:04:41.040
• Chair. grant program. We have got a big grant program.
• And while we made some grant program.
• Grant program whole.

Bills: HF4266

Keywords: higher education, state grants, financial aid, college affordability, Office of Higher Education, Minnesota State Grant, need analysis, expected family contribution, student aid, grant formula, living and miscellaneous expense allowance, dependent student, independent student, parental contribution, student contribution, surplus appropriation, biennium, summer 2026, 1183, house

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• And so this will give us time to fund and to look for money because we need to find money to match the
• So when we talk about there's $500,000, you get up to a match on that to have workforce to be able to
• You even left half the money in the child care technology grants, unlike some of those other amendments
• That is why there is a grant program within the bill.
• Grants as an incentive are a good thing.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• cap on special focus grant awards under MFPA.
• This makes the Diaper Distribution Grant Program a sole source grant. to the Diaper Bank of Minnesota
• rather than a competitive grant program.
• It also reduces the scholarship recipient match for family child care providers.
• Thank you for including the Prepared Meals Grant Program in the omnibus bill.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• And this assumes continued federal matching funds. Is that correct?
• So if we can't afford to Do this, we can change what our matches to all the hospitals and nursing homes
• funds savings all of those things for us to deal with the change in federal match.
• Earlier, you indicated that in order to do a 60/40 match, we would need a billion dollars.
• This is the same situation we will face if the federal government goes back to a 60/40 match.

Bills: HB4440, HJR1067, HJR1087, HJR1089

Keywords: Medicaid, low-income adults, healthcare, eligibility restrictions, constitutional amendment, Medicaid expansion, SoonerCare, health coverage, federal matching funds, FMAP, Article XXV-A, state question, special election, Title 63, public assistance, healthcare funding, federal-state match, Medicaid eligibility, Oklahoma Constitution, ad valorem

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• Committee, the Autonomous Agriculture Grants, Grand Farm, we had 15, the Senate had five.
• And there's a match in there, correct? And then $250 for the Marmuth.

Bills: SB2018

Keywords: funding, commerce, autonomous technology, workforce development, economic growth, grant programs, 908, all

Summary: The E&E Committee met to finalize action on Senate Bill 2018, the Commerce Department budget. Members reviewed several funding lines and made verbal adjustments, including reducing tourism marketing awareness to $5 million, keeping Operation Intern at $2 million, restoring the Destination Development Fund to $20 million, setting Autonomous Agriculture Grants/Grand Farm at $10 million, and reducing the WIP Regional Workforce Impact Program to $5 million. Representative Martinson proposed additional earmarks for the Fargo Theatre, Maddock trolley cars, a theater in Marmarth, and Driscoll’s community hall, and also moved to keep the Destination Development Fund at $25 million; the committee discussed these items, but the transcript does not show separate recorded votes on those proposals. The committee adopted two amendments. One dealt with the drone replacement program and related data-collection direction, with language agreed to by UAS representatives, IT, and the governor’s office. The second, offered by Representative Swantec, created a trigger for funding children’s science centers in Fargo and Grand Forks if the SIF fund exceeds a specified threshold during the 2025-27 biennium; the amendment was clarified to use the term “Children’s Science Education Center” and passed 7-0. The committee then approved a do-pass motion on the Commerce budget as amended and with the verbal changes discussed, passing the bill 7-0. During debate, Representative Louser raised concerns that the budget’s spending could affect property tax relief, while the chair responded that there would still be sufficient money for tax relief and that the programs funded were ongoing and successful. The chair closed by thanking members and staff, noting conference committee assignments and a committee dinner, and then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Each grant is $250,000.
• They would use these grants.
• And it's a matching, $1 of matching funds from non-state sources for every $4 provided by the state.
• The rural health grant care grants, that's something we've always funded at $444.
• You may be... ...division based off the federal grant grants that they receive and then distribute.

Bills: SB2018

Keywords: funding, commerce, autonomous technology, workforce development, economic growth, grant programs, 908, all

Summary: The committee took up Senate Bill 2018, the Department of Commerce budget, and walked through the long sheet and a series of proposed changes. Members discussed restoring a vacant workforce FTE that Commerce said it could fill soon, monitoring federal funding delays but reporting no known cuts, and adjusting several one-time items including Operation Intern, the North Dakota Development Fund, the Global Talent Office, and tourism-related funding. The chair also proposed separating tourism marketing and Good Life funding again, rather than combining them, and members raised concerns about ensuring tourism dollars are used only for tourism purposes. A number of program amounts were reviewed or adjusted in discussion, including UAS grants, Vantus/Beyond Visual Line of Sight funding, Grand Sky, Grand Farm autonomous agriculture grants, base enhancement grants, Native American small business grants, regional workforce impact grants, technical skills training grants, and tribal college workforce grants. Commerce officials explained that some grant language would be changed to require competitive RFP processes, and they clarified that the housing opportunity and community property improvement items were handled in other bills or programs. The committee also discussed apprenticeship efforts across state agencies and Commerce’s role in workforce development. The committee reviewed carryover and exemption language for prior appropriations, including federal weatherization and energy funds, and Commerce said three one-time FTE tied to those federal programs should become ongoing because the federal dollars continue over several years. A motion to add $1.5 million for the North Dakota Safety Council failed for lack of a second. The committee then planned to return the next day to continue work on Commerce and take up the CTE budget, including a pending amendment related to CTE’s possible move from the 15th floor of the Capitol.

Transcript Highlights:

• HB 2217 establishes a grant program to equip law enforcement vehicles with bullet-resistant components
• HB 2217 establishes a grant program to equip local law enforcement vehicles with bullet-resistant components
• The grant program would be administered by the Governor's Office of Public Safety, Criminal Justice Division

Bills: HB2217

Keywords: law enforcement, bullet-resistant, grant program, safety equipment, peace officers, 1185, senate, all