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House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 16 2024 - Archive Video
00:45 - HF5181 (Newton) Veterans and military affairs supplemental budget bill.
Runs 14 minutes.
House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, March 18 2024 - Archive Video
01:24 - HF837 (Garofalo) State veterans cemetery burial fee removed for spouses and dependents of eligible veterans.
04:50 - HF1666 (Hudella) Veteran service officers authorized to receive vital records without a fee.
06:22 - HF4769 (Hudella) Commissioner of Veterans Affairs funding provided for Eagle's Healing Nest grant, and money appropriated.
14:10 - HF3677 (Elkins) Counties authorized to appropriate money to organizations to defray expenses of Veterans Day exercises.
17:21 - HF4742 (Rehm) University of Minnesota landscape Arboretum requested to provided free access to disabled veterans.
24:27 - HF4038 (Wiens) Property tax exemption provided for land owned by congressionally chartered veterans service organizations, special classification removed for land owned by congressionally chartered veterans service organizations.
40:46 - HF4134 (Wiens) Veteran designation on drivers' licenses or Minnesota identification cards and burial in state veterans cemeteries eligibility amended, and money appropriated.
44:55 - HF4976 (Wiens) Tuition-free postsecondary educational program for veterans who have received Purple Heart and the veterans' dependents established, and money appropriated.
50:38 - HF3454 (Norris) Adjutant general authorized to establish referral bonus program for referrals leading to enlistment in or commissioning into the Minnesota National Guard.
54:02 - HF4334 (Olson, B.) Making a veteran, former service member, or their spouse/dependent not eligible for state-funded benefits, services, or programs if the veteran or former service member has forfeited federal benefits.
Runs 58 minutes.
House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, March 11 2024 - Archive Video
01:07 - HF4451 (Bennett) Purple Star School designation established.
Runs 17 minutes.
House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, March 4 2024 - Archive Video
01:26 - HF4336 (Bliss) State veterans cemeteries prior appropriation modified, and new veterans cemetery planned in northwestern Minnesota.
07:08 - HF4334 (Olson, B.) Making a veteran, former service member, or their spouse/dependent not eligible for state-funded benefits, services, or programs if the veteran or former service member has forfeited federal benefits.
13:42 - HF4335 (Bennett) Veterans homes provisions modified.
15:45 - HF4344 (Coulter) State soldiers assistance program education benefits provisions modified.
33:42 - HF4412 (Greenman) Veterans home provisions modified.
36:230 - HF3454 (Norris) Adjutant General authorized to establish referral bonus program for referrals leading to enlistment in or commissioning into the Minnesota National Guard.
Runs 40 minutes.
House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, February 26 2024 - Archive Video
1:12 - Department of Veteran Affairs session priorities.
45:47 - HF3870 (Olson, B.) Armory provisions modified.
47:03 - HF3790 (Wiens) Reporting on grants issued by commissioner of veterans affairs required.
51:51 - HF1666 (Hudella) Veteran service officers authorized to receive vital records without a fee.
1:00:14 - HF3746 (Hill) Hometown Hero Outdoors grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:21:09 - HF3505 (Knudsen) Property tax provisions modified, and exclusion amount increased for homesteads of veterans with disabilities.
Runs 1 hour 32 minutes.
House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, February 19 2024 - Archive Video
02:03 - Department of Military Affairs session priorities.
34:23 - HF3454 (Norris) Adjutant General authorized to establish referral bonus program for referrals leading to enlistment in or commissioning into the Minnesota National Guard.
41:22 - HF3470 (Clardy) Criminal justice agencies definition modified.
51:41 - HF3473 (Coulter) National Guard provisions amended, and types of data regarding service members that the Adjutant General may request modified.
55:58 - HF3869 (Hudella) Adjutant General powers provisions modified.
1:02:06 - HF3870 (Olson, B.) Armory provisions modified.
1:09:07 - HF3871 (Olson, B.) Crime of unauthorized presence at Camp Ripley modified to include any campground, military reservation, armory, instillation, or facility owned or controlled by the state or federal government for military purposes; and criminal penalties provided.
1:11:02 - HF3677 (Elkins) Counties authorized to appropriate money to organizations to defray expenses of Veterans Day exercises.
Runs 1 hour, 20 minutes.
Conference Committee on HF1937
Monday, May 1 2023 - Archive Video
HF1937 (Newton/Mitchell) Veterans and military affairs finance bill.
01:23 -- Walk-through of agreement on the veterans and military affairs budget.
09:04 -- Testimony from state agencies.
12:35 -- Public testimony.
Runs 23 minutes.
House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, March 27 2023 - Archive Video
01:14 - HF3011 (Anderson, Patti) Veterans Campground wastewater system upgrade appropriation modified.
03:07 - HF1937 (Newton) Veterans and military affairs finance bill (as amended by the DE amendment).
-- Walk-through.
Runs 21 minutes.
House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, March 20 2023 - Archive Video
01:29 - HF2470 (Hill) Forest Lake; veterans memorial funding provided, and money appropriated.
15:24 - HF587 (Norris) Blaine; National Sports Center capital improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Runs 47 minutes.
House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, March 6 2023 - Archive Video
01:00 - Discussion of both HF1105 (Howard) Richfield; veterans affordable housing development and construction funding provided, and money appropriated & HF1106 (Howard) Richfield; veterans affordable housing development and construction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
13:26 - HF2373 (Greenman) Every Third Saturday grant funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
29:12 - HF2374 (Greenman) Minneapolis; Minnesota Veterans Home historic building 6 capital renovation funding provided, and money appropriated.
39:28 - HF1639 (Hudella) Hastings; Minnesota Veterans Home capital improvement funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 57 minutes.
House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, February 27 2023 - Archive Video
01:31 - HF2130 (Coulter) Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum funding provided, and money appropriated.
16:35 - HF1937 (Newton) Department of Military Affairs and Department of Veterans Affairs budgets established, veterans bonus program and Minnesota GI bill program provisions modified, reports required, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 4 minutes.
House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, February 13 2023 - Archive Video
00:47 - HF837 (Garofalo) State veterans cemetery burial fee removed for spouses and dependents of eligible veterans.
05:25 - HF904 (Engen) Veterans' license plate requirements clarified.
11:15 - HF236 (Freiberg) Property tax provisions modified, and market value exclusion increased for disabled veterans.
21:24 - HF1194 (Bliss) Veteran retreats funding provided, and money appropriated.
39:55 - HF1353 (Clardy) Veterans' spouses and current military service members' spouses allowed to receive eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy through veterans resilience project, veterans resilience project grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 26 minutes.
House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, February 6 2023 - Archive Video
00:53 - HF1060 (Demuth) Property tax provisions modified, and disabled veterans' homestead market value exclusion spousal benefit modified.
05:53 - HF656 (Pfarr) Post-9/11 veterans bonus program eligibility expanded.
13:17 - HF1112 (Bennett) Post-9/11 veteran bonuses funding provided, and money appropriated.
19:53 - HF986 (Hudella) Tax and fee exemptions provided for eligible veterans with a disability, including certain registration taxes, license plates fees, title fees, driver's license and identification card fees, and motor vehicle sales taxes.
26:31 - HF985 (Wiens) Transportation; Civil Air Patrol special plates established.
35:33 - HF665 (Bliss) Available remedies for violating the prohibition on assigning military pay or benefits amended.
Runs 44 minutes.
House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, January 30 2023 - Archive Video
01:44 - Governor's budget recommendations: Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs.
47:39 - HF284 (Norris) Helmets to Hard Hats Minnesota initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:09:34 - Governor's budget recommendations: Minnesota Department of Military Affairs.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.
House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, January 23 2023 - Archive Video
01:47 - HF122 (Edelson) Metro Meals on Wheels funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
13:25 - HF311 (Lislegard) Ely; veterans on the Lake grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
39:39 - The Commanders’ Task Force and Veterans Service organizations presentations.
Runs 1 hour, 28 minutes.
House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, January 9 2023 - Archive Video
00:51 - HF45 (Feist) Assessment process established to determine if current and former members of the military charged with offenses are eligible for deferred prosecution.
10:21 - Introductions.
19:35 - Presentation by the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs.
1:01:56 - Presentation by the Minnesota Department of Military Affairs.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.