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Committee and Session Schedule

Updated Wednesday, April 25 at 4:30 p.m.


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MONDAY, April 23

8 a.m.

***ADD***
JUDICIARY FINANCE

Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Rich Stanek
Agenda: Discussion of Judiciary Finance omnibus bill.
Others to be announced.

8:15 a.m.

***ADD***
TRANSPORTATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Carol Molnau
Agenda: Presentation of Omnibus Transportation Finance Bill.

9 a.m.
HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE
300S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Peggy Leppik
Agenda: Omnibus Higher Education Finance Bill.

STATE GOVERNMENT FINANCE
300N State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Philip Krinkie
Agenda: HF214 (Anderson, B.) National guard member allowable tuition reimbursement increased, and money appropriated.
HF479 (Lipman) Election day voter registration identity and residence requirements modified, election administration practice study requested, election equipment purchase revolving loan fund created, and money appropriated.
HF1272 (Jaros) Administration department directed to decentralize state agencies and departments.
HF1439 (Anderson, B.) National guard eligibility and rank designation requirements clarified, unused armory site disposal authorized, and other armory provisions clarified.
HF1826 (Erickson) Veterans educational assistance provisions modified.
HF1739 (Molnau) State agency head salary recommendation provisions specified, and agency head, Minnesota state colleges and universities administrator, and government engineer salary recommendations ratified. HF1933 (Rukavina) Life-cycle costing required in state contracts.
HF2355 (Stang) State government finance, budget, and highway bond provisions modified, and property tax reform account repealed.
HF1914 (Erickson) Technology enterprise fund and board created and money appropriated.
Other bills may be added.

10:15 a.m.

ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL
RESOURCES FINANCE
Morning meeting: 10 State Office Building
Post-session: 5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Holsten
Agenda: Mark-up of Environment and Natural Resources Omnibus Finance Bill.
Note: The committee is scheduled to meet from 10:15 a.m. to 12 noon and then again after session. Please note the room assignments.

K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Alice Seagren
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
HF82 (Seagren) K12 Education Finance Omnibus Bill.
Note: The committee will reconvene in 500S State Office Building after session, if needed.

TAXES
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ron Abrams
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
HF2383 (Seifert) Requires school districts to report lobbying and other expenses related to transit information and supporting or opposing government proposed initiatives affecting district education programs and facilities.
HF2450 (Rukavina) Changes the rate of the taconite production tax.
HF981 (McElroy) Legislative commission on metropolitan government established; oversight of Metropolitan Council provided, and legislative authorization required for council budget and programs.
Other bills may be added.

12:15 p.m.

***ADD***
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES FINANCE

10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Kevin Goodno
Agenda: Health and Human Services Omnibus Bill (presentation only).
Note: Copies of the bill will be available in 400S State Office Building at 11:30 a.m. One copy per person, please.

12:30 p.m.

***ADD***
FAMILY & EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FINANCE

5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Barb Sykora
Agenda: Committee Omnibus Bill, HF1515 (delete-all) Revisor Number A01 0578.
Note: The committee will reconvene in the evening after Ways & Means in the Basement Hearing Room, State Office Building.

3 p.m.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION.

4 p.m.

Joint House/Senate
Subcommittee on Claims

500N State Office Building
Chrs. Rep. Bill Haas,
Sen. Randy Kelly
Agenda: Claim against Minnesota OSHA.
Claim against the Department of Natural Resources.
Claims against the Department of Transportation.
Claim against the Department of Public Safety.
Claim against the Department of Revenue.
Other business.

6:15 p.m.

WAYS & MEANS
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. David Bishop
Agenda: HFXXXX (McElroy) Omnibus Jobs and Economic Development Finance Bill.


TUESDAY, April 24

8 a.m.

***ADD***
JUDICIARY FINANCE

Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Rich Stanek
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
Public testimony on the Judiciary Finance Omnibus Bill. You must contact Jeff Davidman at 651-296-4110 beforehand if you wish to testify.
Others to be announced.

***ADD***
K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE
***NOTE ROOM CHANGE***

Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Alice Seagren
Agenda: HF82 (Seagren) K12 Education Finance Omnibus Bill.
Note: The morning meeting is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. The committee is scheduled to meet again from 12 noon to 12 midnight in the Basement Hearing Room, State Office Building.

8:15 a.m.

***ADD***
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES FINANCE

10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Kevin Goodno
Agenda: HF1446 (Smith) Family law recodification provided for marriage dissolution, child custody, support, and maintenance provisions, and conforming changes provided.
HF281 (Greiling) Civil commitment mentally ill definition and emergency hold standard modified, early intervention hospital stay extended, and specified hearings on medications combined with civil commitment proceeding.

HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE
300S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Peggy Leppik
Agenda: Omnibus HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE Bill.

***ADD***
TRANSPORTATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Carol Molnau
Agenda: Mark-up of Omnibus TRANSPORTATION FINANCE Bill.

9 a.m.

STATE GOVERNMENT FINANCE
300N State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Philip Krinkie
Agenda: To be announced.

10:15 a.m.

ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL
RESOURCES FINANCE
Morning meeting and post-session:
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Holsten
Agenda: Mark-up of Environment and Natural Resources Omnibus Finance Bill.
Note: The committee is scheduled to meet from 10:15 a.m. to 12 noon and then again after session. Please note the room assignments.

TAXES
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ron Abrams
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
HF1944 (Holberg) Provides for the creation of special taxing districts to capture incremental property to finance operating costs of light rail transit.
Other bills may be added.

12 noon

***ADD***
K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Alice Seagren
Agenda: HF82 (Seagren) K12 Education Finance Omnibus Bill.

12:30 p.m.

***ADD***
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jim Knoblach
Agenda: HF980 (Osthoff) Park buildings construction and remodeling projects exempted from legislative notice and review requirements.

3 p.m.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION.

After session

***ADD***
GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS & VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICY

300S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jim Rhodes
Agenda: SF1479 (Jennings) Wastewater and drinking water funding requests coordinated and rulemaking authorized, prioritization process for water pollution control funding modified, and metropolitan sewage sludge disposal requirements provided.
HF1790 (Workman) Facility maltreatment of a child provisions establistablished; maltreatment investigation access to medical records clarified, appeal rights provided, facility operator duties expanded, training required, and criminal penalties imposed.
HF1671 (Holsten) Heritage enhancement fund and council established, sales tax revenue dedicated, lottery ticket payments in lieu of sales tax disposition modified, and constitutional amendment proposed.

15 minutes after session

***ADD***
WAYS & MEANS
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. David Bishop
Agenda: HF1266 (Ness) Omnibus Agriculture Finance Bill.


WEDNESDAY, April 25

8 a.m.

***ADD***
JUDICIARY FINANCE

Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Rich Stanek
Agenda: SF969 (companion to HF848, Skoglund) Corporations electronic search warrants; pornographic works depicting minors possession or dissemination penalty increases; attorney general and county attorneys subpoenas issuance authority.
Others to be announced.

8:15 a.m.

***CANCELED***
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY

Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Dennis Ozment
Agenda: Canceled.

***ADD***
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES FINANCE

10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Kevin Goodno
Agenda: Discussion and mark-up of the Omnibus Health and Human Services Bill [DE amendment to HF1832 (Goodno)].

9 a.m.

STATE GOVERNMENT FINANCE
300N State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Philip Krinkie
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
Mark-up of HF218 (Krinkie) State Government Finance Bill.

10:15 a.m.

ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL
RESOURCES FINANCE
Morning meeting and post-session: Basement Hearing Room, State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Holsten
Agenda: Mark-up of Environment and Natural Resources Omnibus Finance Bill.
Note: The committee is scheduled to meet from 10:15 a.m. to 12 noon and then again after session. Please note the room assignments.

***ADD***
K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Alice Seagren
Agenda: HF82 (Seagren) K12 Education Finance Omnibus Bill.
Note: The morning meeting is scheduled from 10:15 a.m. to 12 noon. The committee is scheduled to meet again from 3:30 p.m. to 12 midnight in 5 State Office Building.

TAXES
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ron Abrams
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE*** HF2189 (Molnau) Omnibus Transportation Finance Bill.
HF1274 (Anderson, I.) Modifies biomass mandate. This bill will be heard for informational purposes only.

12:30 p.m.

***ADD***
FAMILY & EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FINANCE

5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Barb Sykora
Agenda: Complete Committee Omnibus Bill.

3 p.m.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION.

3:30 p.m.

***ADD***
K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Alice Seagren
Agenda: HF82 (Seagren) K12 Education Finance Omnibus Bill.

THURSDAY, April 26

Note: The House Taxes Committee will not meet Thursday, April 26 (previously scheduled for 8 a.m. and 30 minutes after session), or Friday, April 27.

8:30 a.m.

***ADD***
WAYS & MEANS

5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. David Bishop
Agenda: HFXXXX (Leppik) Omnibus Higher Education Finance Bill.
Note: The committee is also scheduled to meet one hour after session in 5 State Office Building.

9 a.m.

CIVIL LAW

500S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Steve Smith
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
HF1250 (Rhodes) Military discharge certificates classified as private data.
SF2022 (Mulder) Child support payments crediting and enforcement remedies implementation timing requirements.

9:30 a.m.

***CANCELED***
RULES & LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION

118 State Capitol
Chr. Rep. Tim Pawlenty
Agenda: Canceled. Calendar for the Day for Thursday, April 26, 2001.
HF2362 (Davids) A resolution memorializing Congress to pass legislation requiring cigarettes that are less likely to start fires.
HF322 (Rhodes) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying the Minnesota Utilization Review Act.
HR15 (Boudreau) A house resolution recognizing May 3, 2001, as a Day of Prayer in Minnesota.

10 a.m.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION.

After session

***ADD***
REDISTRICTING

500S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Erik Paulsen
Agenda: SF1326 (Pogemiller) Redistricting principles.

One hour after session

***ADD***
WAYS & MEANS

5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. David Bishop
Agenda: HF351 (Stanek) Omnibus Judiciary Finance Bill.
HF2205 (Pawlenty) Odd-year sessions limited to organizational sessions not to exceed 14 days, and legislature authorized to reconvene on extraordinary occasions.
HF25 (Anderson, I.) Fiscal biennium modified to begin with even-numbered years, and legislative approval required of state agency federal fund expenditures.
HF667 (Seifert, M.) Administrative rules procedures modified.
HF94 (Haas) Fish and game law gross overlimit violations criminal penalties established, and restitution values determined.
HF634 (Haas) Claims bill.
HF1270 (Entenza) Currency exchanges, real estate brokers, real property appraisers, subdivided land sale licenses, residential contractors, collection agencies and nonprofit corporations regulation provided.
HF634 (Haas) Claims bill.
HF1338 (Haas) Insurers, agents, coverages, benefits, costs, claims, investments, notifications, and disclosures regulated;
commissioner powers and duties provided, and regulation of nonprofit legal services plans eliminated.


FRIDAY, April 27

7:30 a.m.

***ADD***
ETHICS

500S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Roxann Daggett
Agenda: Introduction of members and staff.
Overview of process.
Initial consideration of complaint received April 24 regarding Rep. Jim Abeler.
Additional meeting schedule.

9 a.m.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION.

1 p.m.

***ADD***
WAYS & MEANS

200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. David Bishop
Agenda: HF218 (Krinkie) Omnibus State Government Finance Bill.
HFXXXX (Holsten) Omnibus Environment Finance Bill.
HFXXXX (Molnau) Omnibus Transportation Finance Bill.

 

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