STATE OF MINNESOTA SIXTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY FINANCE AND POLICY
Chair, Representative Michael Paymar
MINUTES
Representative Paymar, Chair of Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy, called the meeting to order at 10:02 a.m. Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 in Room 10 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Paymar, Chair
Rosenthal, Vice Chair
Cornish, Lead
Hilstrom
Johnson, B.
Kelly
Kieffer
Lesch
Lohmer
Mullery
Newberger
Savick
Schoen
Simon
Simonson
Slocum
Uglem
Ward, J.
A quorum was present
HF90 (Hilstrom)
Rep. Hilstrom moved that
HF90 be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Policy.
Testifying on
HF90 were:
Iris C. Freeman - Associate Director, Center for Elder Justice and Policy at William Mitchell College of Law
Mary M. Lynch - Assistant Hennepin County Attorney
Rep. Mullery moved to amend
HF90 as follows:
Page 1, line 21, before the period insert "or one of the victims"
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. Hilstrom renewed her motion that
HF90 be recommended to pass, as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Policy.
THE MOTION PREVAILED
Rep. Schoen moved that the minutes of the Thursday, January 24th meeting be approved.
THE MOTION PREVAILED
Discussion of sex trafficking in Minnesota.
Testifying during the discussion was:
Join Choi - Ramsey County Attorney
Update on the Safe Harbor Act of 2011.
Presenting the update were:
Michele Garnett McKenzie - Advocates for Human Rights
Jeff Bauer - The Family Partnership
The meeting was adjourned at 11:28 a.m.
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Representative Michael Paymar, Chair
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DJ Danielson, Committee Legislative Assistant
Note: If there is a television recording of the meeting, links to that format will also be available.
Agenda: HF90 (Hilstrom) Financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult offenses allowed to be aggregated over a six month period, and venue options expanded.
Sex trafficking in Minnesota
Update on Safe Harbor Act of 2011
No Wrong Door Report