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• policies that favor one transportation policies that favor one transportation mode<00:17:15.280>
• easily accessible mode of transportation easily accessible mode of transportation capable<00:46:
• next generation of transportation next generation of transportation workforce.<00:56:39.040>
• workforce for emerging transportation workforce for emerging transportation technologies,<00:56:
• transportation network vehicle. transportation network vehicle.

Bills: HF3553, HF3513, HF3576

Keywords: vehicle platooning, transportation, public safety, pilot project, Wilkin County, Grant County, autonomous vehicles, transportation regulations, driverless cars, safety standards, first responder interaction, school bus, third-party testing, driver certification, transportation regulation, 1183, house

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• These sources include applying for the BUILD grant, normally known as the RAISE grant, and we've also
• sales tax for transportation.
• sales tax for transportation.
• The existing trunk transportation.
• Uh and area's transportation network.

Bills: HF1569, HF460, HF850, HF707, HF798, HF852, HF366, HF365, HF836, HF866, HF885, HF959, HF1196, HF1788, HF1349, HF2272, HF2652, HF1251, HF607

Keywords: transportation, bond issuance, capital investment, infrastructure, road improvements, HF460, Sibley County, Highway 21, County State-Aid Highway, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, transportation grant, infrastructure improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, stormwater, public works, local infrastructure

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• So, um here in Transportation World.
• a Minnesota transportation We're a Minnesota transportation advocacy<00:03:21.280> nonprofit<
• safe and sustainable transportation safe and sustainable transportation systems<00:03:24.800>
• Transportation is bringing together a Transportation is bringing together a project<00:12:29.040>
• The A2 front of transportation.

Bills: HF3429, HF3418, HF3431, HF1597

Keywords: intelligent speed assistance, transportation, speeding offenses, public safety, license restrictions, speed control, pedestrian safety, traffic safety, roadway improvements, nonmotorized transportation, crosswalks, sidewalks, bike lanes, complete streets, Vision Zero, Toward Zero Deaths, MnDOT, Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, local road authority

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• purposes. the source from the Transportation the source from the Transportation advancement<00:03:12.120
• millions in additional transportation millions in additional transportation funding<00:48:15.200
• Transportation corridors supporting our community region, however, those transportation corridors also
• with the Department of Transportation with the Department of Transportation this<01:29:40.360>
• they would be not just Transportation they would be not just Transportation dollars<01:32:47.679

Bills: HF192, HF268, HF1214, HF494

Keywords: Minnesota income tax, dependent exemption, personal income tax, tax relief, family tax relief, children, dependents, tax deduction, tax exemption, state revenue, inflation indexing, tax year 2025, taxable income, household tax policy, family tax credit, HF268, Joshua Schmidt Memorial Highway, memorial highway, highway naming, road designation

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• And it also increases the floor for these grants.

Bills: HF1355, HF78, HF1846, HF1225

Keywords: commercial diving, scuba diving safety, aquatic plant management, workplace safety, environmental regulations, HF78, Minnesota veterans, veteran retreats, Camp Bliss, Walker, Independent Lifestyles Inc., Department of Veterans Affairs, veterans affairs grant, general fund appropriation, family members, spouse, domestic partner, children, therapy, transportation

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• reduced, and the purchase of 10 buses has been delayed, impacting both learning resources and transportation
• We've seen special education being cut, transportation being cut.
• House File 2786 would put tighter controls on grants and payments to nonprofit organizations.
• Here are the components of the bill: First, MDE would be prohibited from issuing a grant or would be
• required to terminate a grant if a nonprofit entity fails to make...

Bills: HF51, HF1161, HF2201, HF2786, HF1053

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

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• <00:01:34.960> uh topics on uh odd for a transportation uh topics on uh odd for a transportation
• transportation planner Dan Farnsworth. transportation planner Dan Farnsworth.
• I'm the active transportation unit supervisor with MDOT's Office of Transit and Active Transportation
• . transportation. transportation.
• vulnerable users of the transportation vulnerable users of the transportation system<00:15:14.720

Bills: HF3418, HF3739, HF3791, HF3356, HF3695, HF3430

Keywords: pedestrian safety, traffic safety, roadway improvements, nonmotorized transportation, crosswalks, sidewalks, bike lanes, complete streets, Vision Zero, Toward Zero Deaths, MnDOT, Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, local road authority, county roads, city streets, tribal transportation, capital improvements, safety design solutions, grant program

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from February 25, 2026, and the chair noted the absence of Representative Katie Jones due to the birth of her baby. The chair also acknowledged that the committee would be discussing difficult topics related to the June 14 killing of Mark and Melissa Hortman and Gilbert. The main business began with House File 3418, which Chair Tabke moved for possible inclusion in a future omnibus bill, and the committee adopted the A1 author’s amendment. The bill was described as a pedestrian safety measure prompted by a fatal Moorhead crash involving a young boy; it would create an opt-in program for communities to use pre-made traffic safety templates, with the state covering 80% of project costs to speed implementation of measures like lane narrowing, rumble strips, and bollards. A Moorhead testifier said the city could have acted faster with such funding, and members generally supported the goal while raising concerns about overlap with existing Safe Routes to School and active transportation programs, the bill’s fiscal note, and how communities would be selected. MDOT testified that it already supports similar community demonstration projects and has funded about 30 such projects since 2019. HF 3418 was laid over. The committee then took up House File 3739, a memorial highway bill for Mark and Melissa Hortman. An A1 amendment to shift funding away from trunk highway funds and toward legislative budgets was moved but not adopted after members argued memorial signage should continue to be paid for with private funds, as in prior memorial highway designations. The bill author explained the memorial was intended to honor Melissa Hortman’s service and connection to Highway 610, and members discussed the length of the proposed memorial stretch and whether it should be narrowed to the area she represented. Several members supported the tribute but expressed concern about using public funds and about setting a precedent for future memorial highways. The committee indicated the bill would move on to Ways and Means with other issues still to be worked out.

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• transportation bill last year. transportation bill last year.
• in the 2025 grant cycle.
• in the 2025 grant cycle.
• in the 2025 grant cycle.
• The Minnesota DNR did apply and was awarded a $600,000 federal transportation alternatives grant for

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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• learning resources and Transportation learning resources and Transportation safety<00:04:33.160>
• being cut things that we Transportation being cut things that we know<00:21:08.360> are<00:21
• House File 2786 would put tighter controls on grants and payments to nonprofit organizations.
• House File 2786 would put tighter controls on grants and payments to nonprofit organizations.
• required to terminate a grant if a required to terminate a grant if a nonprofit<01:17:52.120> entity

Bills: HF51, HF1161, HF2201, HF2786, HF1053

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

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• bonding request, more than 50% of the total cost must rely on bonding due to the lack of available grant
• <01:03:02.559> lack<01:03:02.720> of<01:03:02.880> available<01:03:03.440> grant
• due to the lack of available grant due to the lack of available grant funding<01:03:04.160> for
• It's very complicated with two highways, you know, so the highway chair of transportation over there,
• over there, but chair of transportation over there, but uh<01:29:48.400> highway<01:29:49.040

Bills: HF2178, HF942, HF2470, HF1043, HF1287, HF1229, HF1230, HF424, HF571, HF404, HF910, HF1055, HF318, HF319, HF401, HF609, HF306, HF1599, HF1881

Keywords: HF2178, Cohasset, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, public infrastructure, water tower, water infrastructure, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, street reconstruction, municipal infrastructure, Public Facilities Authority, bond proceeds fund, Minnesota bonding, local government aid, utility infrastructure, public works, infrastructure, stormwater

Bills: HB 1550, HB 1592, HB 1964, HB 2002, HB 2063, HB 2118, HB 2128, HB 2669, HB 2765

Keywords: veterinary, regulation, licensing, practices, board, administration, facilities, pest control, wildlife management, agriculture, disease prevention, alert system, Texas A&M, nonprofit, food banks, agricultural products, grant eligibility, poverty alleviation, transportation, disaster relief

Bills: HB 1550, HB 1592, HB 1964, HB 2002, HB 2063, HB 2118, HB 2128, HB 2669, HB 2765

Keywords: veterinary, regulation, licensing, practices, board, administration, facilities, pest control, wildlife management, agriculture, disease prevention, alert system, Texas A&M, nonprofit, food banks, agricultural products, grant eligibility, poverty alleviation, transportation, disaster relief

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• With me today is the mayor of Arden Hills, David Grant. David Grant, mayor of Arden Hills.
• <00:10:34.120> please David Grant uh thank you Mr Grant please David Grant uh thank you Mr
• mayor of Arden may proceed David Grant mayor of Arden Hills<00:10:40.360> Madam<00:10:40.680>
• Representative Grant, I meant Mayor Grant. We wouldn't want to downgrade your position.
• Representative Mohler, thank you for making your way down, Mayor Grant, to testify on behalf of Arden

Bills: HF220, HF230, HF240, HF241, HF295, HF429, HF490, HF505, HF574, HF576, HF581, HF865, HF918, HF1085, HF1449, HF1452, HF1454, HF602

Keywords: HF220, Minnesota transportation, highway user tax distribution fund, trunk highway fund, Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT, transportation finance, dedicated funds, funding restrictions, arts in transportation, cultural strategies, transportation project planning, project design, project construction, placemaking, public art, infrastructure spending, state statutes 161.045, HF230, Wyoming

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• Grant wisdom the members of this body. Grant wisdom the members of this body.
• We have a motion to grant floor privileges have a motion to grant floor privileges have a motion to grant
• I grant you that this is a a consumer. I grant you that this is a a consumer.
• This bill will grant the Alabama ABC This bill will grant the Alabama ABC This bill will grant the Alabama
• And granting that uh taxexempt status. And granting that uh taxexempt status.

Bills: SB 1, HB 500, SB 1, HB 1400, HB 1094, HB 365, HB 1109, HB 647, HB 500

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption

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• She serves as vice chair of the San Antonio Transportation Advisory Board, working... to improve transportation
• This is the Groundwater Conservation District grant funding bill.
• Because the amendment purports to grant grant the agency power, which can only be granted by general
• A record vote is granted. Granted, all those in favor, vote aye. All those opposed, vote nay.
• However, a record vote has been Requested a record vote is granted.

Bills: SB1, HB500, SB1, HB1400, HB 1094, HB365, HB 1109, HB647, HB500

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption

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• My the time to talk about this grant.
• <00:02:33.920> funding matching grant program provides funding matching grant program provides
• Across the metro area, 40 grants have been awarded through the public library construction grant program
• <00:04:36.800> grant public library construction grant public library construction grant program
• > address<00:05:02.880> accessibility grant was used to address accessibility grant was

Bills: HF1972, HF229, HF1090, HF1084, HF1307, HF1274, HF1609, HF2110, HF211, HF216, HF222, HF224, HF225, HF203, HF206, HF207, HF208, HF227, HF246, HF427, HF466, HF502, HF680, HF971

Keywords: community center, Breckenridge, capital investment, state bonds, economic development, HF229, North Branch Area Hockey Association, Stacy Ice Arena, Chisago County, general fund appropriation, grant, ice arena, hockey rink, youth sports, recreational facility, community arena, nonprofit, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, local infrastructure

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• Right, the population is what drives the amount of the grant.
• So if a rural county gets an ambulance, applies for a grant, and I saw it's only one grant out of this
• The grant that this bill is discussing is what we call a 2604 grant program.
• The grant that this bill is discussing is what we call a 2604 grant program.
• That, that top 10% there, The grant that this bill is discussing is what we call a 2604 grant program

Bills: SB868, SB1337, SB1371, SB1377, SB1426, SB1620, SB2064, SB2065, SJR4

Keywords: SB 868, rural volunteer fire department assistance program, volunteer fire department assistance fund, Texas Government Code, wildfire, wildland fire, high-risk wildfire area, fire suppression, rural fire departments, volunteer firefighters, emergency response, public safety, grant allocation, appropriations, disaster preparedness, tax penalties, interest calculation, overpayment, tax law, refund process

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee heard several bills focused on tax administration, transportation, emergency services, historic preservation, forensic training, pension funding, and the state’s rainy day fund. Senate Bill 1337, by Senator Creighton, would require the comptroller to assess penalty and interest only on the net tax due and allow sales and use tax overpayments to offset underpayments more automatically; it was left pending while the author, comptroller staff, and a private witness continued working on the language and fiscal note. Senate Bill 1371, by Senator Hinojosa, would address Corpus Christi transit authority operations, including emergency refueling coordination, fare-setting procedures, and board term limits; it received supportive testimony and was left pending. Senate Bill 1377, by Senator Perry, would create a grant program for rural counties to buy ambulances, with a committee substitute expanding eligible uses in some cases to equipment and setting a sunset date; numerous EMS officials, county representatives, and association witnesses testified in support, emphasizing rising ambulance costs, staffing shortages, and the need for rural emergency coverage, and the bill was left pending after testimony. Senate Bill 868, by Senator Sparks, would direct at least 10% of volunteer fire department assistance funding to high wildfire-risk areas; Texas A&M Forest Service explained the map and methodology, and the committee substitute was adopted. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1426, which would place the First Capitol State Historic Site in West Columbia under Texas Historical Commission stewardship, and Senate Bill 1620, which would create a Texas Forensic Analyst Apprenticeship Pilot Program through the Office of Court Administration to address forensic scientist shortages; both had no opposition in testimony and their committee substitutes were adopted. Senate Bill 2065 would change the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System funding structure to require an actuarially determined state contribution and address the system’s unfunded liability over 30 years; Pasadena fire department representatives testified that the pension is an important volunteer retention tool, and the bill was left pending after testimony. Senate Joint Resolution 4 would raise the Economic Stabilization Fund cap from 10% to 15% of biennial revenue deposits, with a committee substitute correcting the effective date to September 1, 2027; the committee discussed the fund’s current balance and purpose before adopting the substitute. After quorum was established, the committee voted out the measures. Senate Bill 1868, Senate Bill 1371, Senate Bill 264, Senate Joint Resolution 4, Senate Bill 1426, Senate Bill 1620, and Senate Bill 2065 were all reported favorably to the full Senate, with some bills also certified for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee substitute for Senate Bill 868 was adopted and the bill was reported favorably as well. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• <00:02:26.400> going a regional transportation network going a regional transportation network
• Um what the transportation corridor.
• <00:03:56.239> corridor<00:03:56.720> investment transportation corridor investment transportation
• well as the Minnesota Transportation well as the Minnesota Transportation Alliance.<00:35:39.040
• This Transportation Committee as well.

Bills: HF4680, HF4047, HF4590, HF3757, HF3569, HF4507, HF4426, HF4927, HF4788, HF4757, HF4747, HF3561, HF4014, HF4013, HF4689, HF4766, HF4589

Keywords: wastewater treatment, improvements, capital investment, Greenfield, bonds, water treatment, infrastructure, municipal funding, state bonds, public utilities, HF4590, Tamarack, municipal infrastructure, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, Public Facilities Authority, sewer system, collection system, street reconstruction, local infrastructure

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• This is a critical transportation project designed to improve the safety and quality of life for all
• This road improvement project will enhance transportation through our community for vehicle, bike, and
• This road improvement project will<00:54:03.200> enhance<00:54:03.680> transportation<00
• We have saved money over the years, received grants, and now we need to construct this project.
• We have saved money over the years, received grants, and now we need to construct this project.

Bills: HF604, HF1972, HF578, HF1951, HF629, HF864, HF874, HF1155, HF884, HF2365, HF643, HF234, HF2655, HF2637, HF2535, HF2530, HF2344, HF584, HF524

Keywords: airport funding, bonds, transportation, capital investment, Karlstad, community center, Breckenridge, state bonds, economic development, HF578, Faribault, River Bend Nature Center, bonding bill, bond proceeds fund, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR grant, nature center, visitor center, environmental education, multicultural center

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• Creates an agricultural grant program and evolving fund for the purposes of grant application execution
• for the agricultural grant program. for the agricultural grant program.
• >> The mainland the federal transportation >> The mainland the federal transportation
• <00:29:08.799> as be other modes of transportation as be other modes of transportation as
• There's a grant for >> Yeah. Let's see. There's a grant for that. that. that.

Bills: HB1602, HB2246, HB1707, HB2216, HB2594, HB2595, HB2155, HB2113, HB2207, HB1832, HB2015, HB2152, HB2548

Keywords: agriculture, grant specialist, financial support, farmers, Hawaii, federal grants, grant administration, revolving fund, department of agriculture and biosecurity, grant compliance, transportation, reimbursement, food security, local production, sustainability, agricultural loans, financing, Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Hawaii agriculture, loan portfolio