STATE OF MINNESOTA FIFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-NINTH SESSION
PUBLIC SAFETY & CRIME PREVENTION POLICY & FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Cornish, Chair of the Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance Committee, called the fifth meeting to order at 10:16 A.M. on January, 22, 2015, Hearing Room 10 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Cornish, Chair
Johnson, B, Vice Chair
Considine
Dehn
Hertaus
Hilstrom
Howe
Lohmer
Lucero
Newberger
O’Neill
Quam
Rosenthal
Ward
Winkler
Zerwas
Members excused:
Schoen
Representative Cornish called the meeting to order at 10:16 A.M. A quorum was present.
Representative Considine moved that the minutes of the January 21, 2015 meeting be approved.
THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Overview presentation by the Sentencing Guidelines Commission.
Presenting the overview:
Jeff Edblad, Isanti County Attorney, and Chair of MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Nate Reitz, Executive Director of MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Jill Payne, Senior Research Analyst
Overview presentation by the Board of Public Defense.
Presenting the overview:
Kevin Kajer, Chief Administrator of Board of Public Defense
Bill Ward, State Public Defender
Representative Hilstrom assumed the gavel at 11:20 A.M.
Chair Cornish assumed the gavel at 11:28 A.M.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:52 A.M.
Representative Tony Cornish, Chair
Simon Gottlieb, Committee Legislative Assistant