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House Subcommittee on Legislative Process Reform
Wednesday, December 18 2019 - Archive Video

01:38 - Discussion of Legislative Operations Training.
- Patrick McCormack, Director, House Research.
Consideration of prospective changes to House Rules and Joint Rules.
21:46 - House Rules: Mandatory Conference Committee Hearings and 12 Hour Rule at end of session for conference committee reports.
32:32 - Joint Rules: 12 Hour Rule at end of session for conference committee reports.
48:03 - Joint Rules: Mandatory conference committee hearings.
51:36 - House Rules: Timing of budget resolution.
58:05 - House Rules: Separating policy and finance bills.
1:08:51 - Joint Rules: Separating policy and finance bills.
Runs 1 hour, 11 minutes.

House Subcommittee on Legislative Process Reform
Tuesday, November 12 2019 - Archive Video

Discussion of prospective budget process reforms:.
00:46 - What forecast to use: November forecast versus February forecast.
12:31 - Timing of the Budget Resolution: Rule 4.03b.
37:48 - Conference committee week and other methods by which to promote the orderly work of conference committees.
49:38 - Conference committee reports and concurrences: how much time should they sit at the desk before they can be taken up?.
1:00:17 - Deadlines: looking at Joint Rule 2.03 and/or creating additional deadlines in House rules.
1:09:02 - Discouraging policy provisions in budget bills.
1:10:59 - Base budgeting and zero-base budgeting.
1:31:29 - General discussion.
Runs 1 hour, 35 minutes.

House Subcommittee on Legislative Process Reform
Thursday, October 24 2019 - Archive Video

00:00 - Presentation by nonpartisan staff:.
Role of The Nonpartisan Chief Clerk’s Office; its Structure and Duties in the Minnesota House.
• Chief Clerk Pat Murphy.
1:09:30 - Presentation by Minnesota Management and Budget:.
- Budget and Economic Forecast and Base Budgeting.
• Assistant Commissioner Britta Reitan.
1:48:11 - The impact of inflation on budgeting: a case study.
• Scott Croonquist, Executive Director of the Association of Metropolitan School Districts.
Runs 2 hours, 4 minutes.

House Subcommittee on Legislative Process Reform
Wednesday, July 10 2019 - Archive Video

Opening comments.
08:50 - Presentation by nonpartisan staff: General Overview of Legislative Process Reform.
23:22 - Presentation by nonpartisan staff: the Budget Cycle.
45:40 - Presentation by nonpartisan staff: the Omnibus Bill Process.
51:13 - General discussion.
1:05:20 - Area specific examples related to the omnibus bill process:.
- Health and human services.
- K-12 education.
- Taxes.
Runs 1 hour, 59 minutes.