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Ways and Means

TWENTY-FIRST MEETING

2021-2022 Regular Session - Tuesday, May 11, 2021

STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-FIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND SESSION

WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

MINUTES

Representative Rena Moran, Chair of the Committee, called the remote Ways and Means Committee meeting to order at 5:30 P.M. on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, pursuant to House rule 10.01. The meeting was conducted over Zoom and broadcast via House Public Information Services and Facebook Live.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:

MORAN, Rena (Chair)
OLSON, Liz (Vice Chair)
GAROFALO, Pat (GOP Lead)
ALBRIGHT, Tony
BECKER-FINN, Jamie
BERNARDY, Connie
ECKLUND, Rob
HANSEN, Rick
HASSAN, Hodan
HERTAUS, Jerry
HORNSTEIN, Frank
JOHNSON, Brian
LIEBLING, Tina
LILLIE, Leon
MARIANI, Carlos
MARQUART, Paul
MILLER, Tim
NASH, Jim
NELSON, Michael
NOOR, Mohamud
O’NEILL, Marion
PELOWSKI, Gene Jr.
PETERSBURG, John
PINTO, Dave
SCHOMACKER, Joe
SCHULTZ, Jennifer
SCOTT, Peggy
SUNDIN, Mike

Members Excused:

KRESHA, Ron

A quorum was present.

Representative Olson moved to adopt the minutes from Friday, May 7, 2021. THE MOTION PREVAILED.


SF1712 (Nelson, M.) Omnibus Pension and Retirement Bill

Representative Nelson moved that SF1712 be recommended to be placed on the General Register.

Following discussion, Representative Nelson renewed the motion that SF1712 be recommended to be placed on the General Register. A roll call was taken, and the results were as follows:

AYES:

MORAN
OLSON
GAROFALO
ALBRIGHT
BECKER-FINN
BERNARDY
ECKLUND
HANSEN
HASSAN
HERTAUS
HORNSTEIN
JOHNSON
LIEBLING
LILLIE
MARIANI
MARQUART
MILLER
NASH
NELSON
NOOR
O’NEILL
PELOWSKI
PETERSBURG
PINTO
SCHOMACKER
SCHULTZ
SCOTT
SUNDIN

EXCUSED:

HERTAUS
KRESHA

By a vote of 27 AYES and 0 NAYS, THE MOTION PREVAILED.


SF1354 (Mariani) Noncompliant driver’s license or ID card requirements modified

Chair Moran moved that SF1354 be recommended to be placed on the General Register.

Representative Mariani moved to adopt the S1354DE1 amendment.

Representative Winkler gave an overview of the S1354DE1 amendment.

Following discussion, Representative Mariani renewed the motion to adopt the S1354DE1 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Chair Moran renewed the motion that SF1354, as amended, be recommended to be placed on the General Register. A roll call was taken, and the results were as follows:

AYES:

MORAN
OLSON
BECKER-FINN
BERNARDY
ECKLUND
HANSEN
HASSAN
HORNSTEIN
LIEBLING
LILLIE
MARIANI
MARQUART
NELSON
NOOR
PELOWSKI
PINTO
SCHULTZ
SUNDIN

NAYS:

GAROFALO
ALBRIGHT
HERTAUS
JOHNSON
MILLER
NASH
O’NEILL
PETERSBURG
SCHOMACKER
SCOTT

EXCUSED:

KRESHA

By a vote of 18 AYES and 10 NAYS, THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting adjourned at 6:03 P.M.


_________________________________________

Representative Rena Moran, Chair


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Laura Sparkman, Committee Legislative Assistant
More Info On This Meeting..
Bills Added:
  • HF1758 (Nelson) - Omnibus retirement bill.
  • SF1354 (Winkler) - Drivers' licenses and identification cards prohibition on rulemaking regarding identification and information requirements repealed.
House TV Video:
View Archive

04:05 - HF1758 (Nelson, M.) Omnibus pension and retirement bill.
17:45 - SF1354 (Mariani) Noncompliant driver's license or ID card requirements modified (language after author's DE1 amendment).
28:26 - Comments on the retirement of Bill Marx, House Chief Fiscal Analyst.
Runs 34 minutes.


NOTE: Bills may be added

-SF1712 (Nelson, M.) Omnibus pension and retirement bill (PENDING REFERRAL)
• NOTE: This is the companion to HF1758 and will be referred to the Committee during Tuesday’s floor session

-SF1354 (Mariani) Noncompliant driver's license or ID card requirements modified
• See Delete Everything (DE1) Author’s Amendment



• This meeting will be held in accordance with House Rule 10.01, which may be viewed here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/1001.htm
• Members of the public with questions about this process may contact committee staff at chris.mccall@house.mn.
• Written testimony may be submitted by email to chris.mccall@house.mn for distribution to the committee by 5:00PM on Monday, May 10


Public Viewing Information:
This remote hearing will be live-streamed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

NOTE: Channels HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice. If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122.

Meeting documents will be posted on the House Ways and Means Committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92029