FRIDAY, March 3

7:30 a.m.

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HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES POLICY
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Fran Bradley
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Agenda: HF3286 (Knoblach) Respite care for family adult foster care providers legislative proposals developed.
HF2837 (Boudreau) Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program use required to verify immigration status of applicants for child care assistance and human services assistance.
HF3384 (Van Dellen) University of Minnesota Board of Regents type 1 diabetes research grant provided and money appropriated.
To be heard if time permits:
HF3176 (Boudreau) Unfunded county child protection mandates repealed.
HF800DE (Olson) w/ language from HF24641 Health care providers and health plan companies uniform charges required.

8 a.m.

GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS & VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICY
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jim Rhodes
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Agenda: HF1394 (Pawlenty) Uniform Commercial Code secured transactions provisions adopted, and revised article 9 provided.
HF3122 (Abeler) Medical Assistance, General Assistance, MinnesotaCare, and other health care program provisions modified.
HF3365 (Abeler) Vulnerable adult neglect provisions modified and health licensing boards required to make employment
disqualification determinations.
HF2114 (Davids) Professional architect, engineer, surveyor, landscape architect, geoscientist, and interior design services bid solicitation process exception provided.
HF3195 (Leppik) University of Minnesota excepted from the Designer Selection Board selection process.
HF2952 (Workman)Transportation provisions modified.
HF1383 (Wilkin) Optometrist licensing provisions modified.
HF3151 (Jennings) Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) military service credit purchase provided.
HF2667 (Mullery) State government minority employee recruitment and retention plan required.
HF3623 (Entenza) Constitutional officer ethical requirements clarified.
Note: The committee will reconvene at 12 noon in 5 State Office Building.

TRANSPORTATION POLICY
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Tom Workman
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Agenda: Any bills remaining from Thursday's meeting.
HF672 (Kuisle) Plats on real property bordering county highways provided county review and approval.

8:30 a.m.

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JOBS & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Dan McElroy
Agenda: HF1094 (McElroy) Intangible property definition provided relating to unclaimed property.
HF3651 (Sykora) Department of Children, Families and Learning energy assistance responsibilities transferred to the Department of Economic Security; energy assistance program requirements provided; and report required.
HF3186 (Trimble) Minnesota Council for Quality grant authorized, and money appropriated.
HF1510 (Erhardt) Filing fees modified for securities issued by open end management companies and unit investments trusts.
Overview of YouthBuild bill by Rep. Karen Clark.

10 a.m.

CRIME PREVENTION
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Rich Stanek
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Agenda: HF3766 (Skoglund) Pawnbrokers providing electronic transaction records to law enforcement agencies required to use most current version of the interchange file specification format.
HF2939 (Rhodes) Adult court jurisdiction provided over juvenile offenders charged with serious crimes involving firearms.
HF3369 (Peterson) Anhydrous ammonia tampering prohibited, and civil and criminal penalties imposed.
HF3402 (Entenza) Nonlicensed classroom instructor criminal background checks required.
HF3303 (Entenza) Failure to pay over state funds criminal penalties provision expanded to include failure to remit a tax.
HF3571 (Osskopp) Dangerous weapon possession at gambling establishment
felony penalty provided, signage required, detention of suspects provided,
shipment of gambling devices regulated, and definitions and penalties provided for cheating.
HF3023 (Broecker) Lawful gambling fraud defined and felony penalties imposed.
HF3659 (Wenzel) Child abuse services professionals training requirements expanded, services determinations to consider risks of child living with unrelated adult, child endangerment felony penalties increased, and minimum sentencing imposed.
HF2631 (Abeler) School district levy for CRIME PREVENTION increased.
HF3058 (Dehler) Trespass definition expanded to include returning to the property after being told not to return.
HF3465 (Larsen, P.) Assault in the fifth degree defined as a crime of violence.
HF3984 (Paymar) Mentally ill and punitively segregated inmates prison release practices studied, advisory task force created, and report required.
Other bills to be announced.
Note: The committee will continue meeting in the Basement Hearing Room until the agenda is completed.

ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL
RESOURCES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Holsten
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Agenda: HF2798 (Ness) Specified feedlot penalty orders alternative uses authorized.
HF2962 (Haas) Seizure and administrative forfeiture of firearms and abandoned property provided, trespass citation authority and vehicle forfeiture provisions modified, conservation officer residency required, and money appropriated.
HF3340 (Holsten) Agricultural petroleum storage tank removal reimbursement provided.
HF2949 (Holsten) Solid waste management tax account created and excess revenue adjustment provided.

HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE
300S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Peggy Leppik
Agenda: HF2906 (Peterson) University of Minnesota College of Agriculture report to the legislature required.
HF3417 (Opatz) Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) provided funding comparable to national peer institutions, and money appropriated.
HF3726 (Bishop) Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) increased enrollment efforts appropriated money.
Bills to be added.

K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Alice Seagren
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Agenda: HF3609 (Sykora) Full-day enrichment kindergarten pilot grant program established and money appropriated.
HF3206 (Rifenberg) Rural teacher education loan forgiveness program created and money appropriated.
HF3698 (Seagren) Excellent teacher recruitment improved, loan forgiveness program created, and money appropriated.
HF2858 (Gunther) Minnesota talented youth math project expanded and money appropriated.
HF3293 (Kielkucki) Public school employees mandatory statewide health care plan studied and money appropriated.
HF3567 (Mares) School district facilities levies consolidation provided, and handicapped access and fire safety program revenue cap eliminated.
HF3160 (Pugh) Debt service equalization aid funding increased, new school buildings property tax levy lowered, and money appropriated.
HF2818 (Opatz) Board of Teaching required to report on performance of teacher candidates on reading, writing, and math skills exam and on common core assessments.
HF3845 (Ness) Pupil unit definition modified and general education formula allowance increased.

TAXES
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ron Abrams
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Agenda: HF3044 (Dehler) Income tax long-term care insurance credit inflation protection requirement removed.
HF3089 (Tomassoni) Income tax long-term care insurance credit modified.
HF3544 (Chaudhary) Long-term care income tax credit epxanded and money appropriated.
HF3469 (Van Dellen) Charity care aid paid to counties for indigent nonresident medical care expenses and to reduce reliance on property TAXES.
HF2586 (Erhardt) Vending machine items sales tax exemption provided and products specified.
HF2237 (Seifert, M.) Southwest regional emergency response and fire training center construction materials sales and use tax exemption provided.

12:30 p.m.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT & METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Peg Larsen
Agenda: HF3149 (Holberg) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) information tort liability exception provided.
HF3596 (Ozment) Special purpose districts with environmental responsibilities grants provided, special purpose district restructuring pilot projects authorized, and Board of Government Innovation and Cooperation pilot project grants provided.
HF3708 (Jennings) Kondirator; municipalities required to issue building permits once special permits have been issued and environmental assessment worksheets have been completed.
HF4000 (Pawlenty) Hennepin County light rail transit spending voter approval required.
HF3969 (Bakk) Beaver Bay authorized to impose an additional sales and use tax, and use of revenues specified.
Other bills to be announced. Bill order may change.

2 p.m.

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CIVIL LAW
500S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Steve Smith
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Agenda: SF551 (Fuller) Orders for protection service short form notification authorized, domestic abuse crime sentences and provisions modified, cash bail increased, domestic assault defined as crime of violence, and criminal penalties imposed.
HF2673 (Rest) Political subdivision corporation creation standards established and existing corporations continued.
HF3662 (Olson) Internet parent information act adopted.
HF3512 (Anderson, B.) Local and state correctional facility inmate telephone access regulated.
HF3731 (Seifert, J.) Internet privacy policy provided for state and local governments, model online privacy notice developed, and subscriber personal information release restricted.
HF1748 (Haas) Franchise definition expanded and modified related to motor vehicle fuel franchises, and right of first refusal upon assignment or sale of marketing premises created.

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