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House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, April 24 2024 - Archive Video
00:52 - HF5363 (Frazier) Minnesota Paid Leave Law; paid leave provisions modified.
Runs 1 hour, 16 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Friday, April 19 2024 - Archive Video
00:18 - HF5205 (Hassan) Workforce development supplemental budget bill.
00:35 - Walkthrough.
10:15 - Testimony.
1:22:06 - Mark-up and vote.
Runs 1 hour, 44 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, April 17 2024 - Archive Video
00:10 - HF5136 (Wolgamott) Center for African Immigrants and Refugees Organization grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
02:27 - HF5064 (Her) Theater Mu grant funding provided for workforce development program, and money appropriated.
03:44 - HF5093 (Her) YWCA Saint Paul grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
04:27 - HF5143 (Nelson, M.) Brooklyn Park; special authority provided to allow for establishment of biotech innovation district, city authorized to establish value capture district, reports required, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
06:47 - HF4962 (Zeleznikar) University of America; Center for Nursing Equity and Excellence established, funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
11:14 - HF5063 (Hassan) Equitable Development Action funding provided, and money appropriated.
13:22 - HF5048 (Hassan) Ka Joog funding provided to establish tech training centers, and money appropriated.
14:41 - HF5179 (Vang) African Career, Education, and Resources, Inc and Organization of Liberians in Minnesota grants funding provided; and money appropriated.
16:52 - HFXXXX (Vang) United Senior Lao-American.
21:48 - HFXXXX (Vang) Hmong American Farmers Association.
25:07 - HFXXXX (Vang) MN Zej Zog.
27:53 - HFXXXX (Vang) Oromo Community of MN.
29:54 - HF5183 (Noor) Riverside Plaza Tenant Association grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
32:35 - HF5205 (Hassan) Workforce development supplemental budget bill, including Department of Employment and Economic Development proposals.
Runs 1 hour, 7 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, April 3 2024 - Archive Video
00:18 - HFXXXX (Vang) Appropriating money for a grant to the Karen Organization of Minnesota.
12:08 - HF5230 (Vang) Indigenous Roots grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
24:41 - HF5065 (Hussein) Milestone Community Development and Minnesota STEM Project grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
37:52 - HF5019 (Frazier) InspireMSP grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
45:51 - HF5012 (Hassan) Summit Academy OIC funding provided, and money appropriated.
50:25 - HF5044 (Hassan) Metro Youth Diversion Program grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
55:10 - HFXXXX (Zeleznikar) Appropriating money for a grant to Lake County Ambulance Service.
1:04:02 - HFXXXX (Zeleznikar) Appropriating money for a grant to Duluth Public Schools.
1:09:18 - HFXXXX (Zeleznikar) Appropriating money for a grant to Proctor Public Schools.
Runs 1 hour, 19 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 27 2024 - Archive Video
00:23 - HF4509 (Hornstein) Tending the Soil new facility site selection planning and predesign funding provided, and money appropriated.
26:23 - HF4968 (Agbaje) North Minneapolis; Change Starts with Community grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
40:48 - HF4943 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) WomenVenture grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
57:37 - HF4848 (Hassan) African Immigrants Community Services workforce development grant provided, and money appropriated.
1:03:57 - HF4690 (Frazier) Minnesota Black Chamber of Commerce funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:14:17 - HF4930 (Anderson, Paul) Meat cutting and butchery training grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 28 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 20 2024 - Archive Video
01:21 - HF3849 (Frazier) Jobs Foundation funding provided, and money appropriated.
16:47 - HF3850 (Frazier) Hired funding provided for employment assistance training.
28:50 - HF4170 (Hassan) Inspire Change Clinic grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
42:32 - HF4131 (Sencer-Mura) Grant program funding provided for employment support services to persons with mental illness, and money appropriated.
57:56 - HF3708 (Sencer-Mura) Equaspace grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:13:24 - HF4080 (Olson, B.) Child care program capacity expansion funding provided.
Runs 1 hour, 26 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 13 2024 - Archive Video
00:53 - HF3446 (Berg) Unemployment insurance eligibility modified under conditions for applicants involved in a labor dispute.
45:02 - HF3709 (Sencer-Mura) International Institute of Minnesota grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:00:54 - HF3475 (Mueller) Water operator and wastewater operator training development funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 17 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 6 2024 - Archive Video
00:25 - HF3386 (Finke) Nonprofit grant funding provided to support LGBTQ people relocating, and money appropriated.
27:17 - HF3194 (Tabke) Workforce development scholarship pilot program established and money appropriated.
34:42 - HF3046 (Frazier) Sabathani Community Center grant funding and money appropriated.
50:44 - HF3537 (Sencer-Mura) Bolder Options youth programming funding provided and money appropriated.
59:00 - HF3999 (Sencer-Mura) STEM training and career preparation program grant funding, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 11 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 21 2024 - Archive Video
00:14 - Workforce development and Minnesota nonprofits presentations.
Runs 1 hour, 20 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 14 2024 - Archive Video
02:04 - Department of Employment and Economic Development interim overview.
Runs 1 hour 17 minutes.
Joint hearing of the House Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee and the House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 7 2024 - Archive Video
Introductory remarks.
09:54 - Department of Employment and Economic Development.
36:58 - Doctor Annette Parker, President, South Central College.
1:10:10 - Tim Penny, President and CEO, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation.
* This meeting took place in North Mankato, MN, and the video was produced by South Central College.
Runs 1 hour, 44 minutes.
Conference Committee on HF2 - part 1
Saturday, May 13 2023 - Archive Video
HF2 (Richardson/Mann) Family and medical benefit insurance program created, employment leave required, private plan substitution allowed, retaliation prohibited, data classified, expedited rulemaking authorized, money transferred, and money appropriated.
-- Adopt outstanding provisions.
The committee recessed.
Runs 52 minutes.
Conference Committee on HF2
Friday, May 12 2023 - Archive Video
HF2 (Richardson/Mann) Family and medical benefit insurance program created, employment leave required, private plan substitution allowed, retaliation prohibited, data classified, expedited rulemaking authorized, money transferred, and money appropriated.
- Introductions.
02:20 - Presentation of side-by-side.
26:40 - Adoption of same and similar provisions.
The committee recessed.
Runs 39 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, April 13 2023 - Archive Video
00:35 - HF2 (Richardson) Family and medical benefit insurance program created, employment leave required, private plan substitution allowed, retaliation prohibited, data classified, expedited rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 35 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Friday, March 31 2023 - Archive Video
00:30 - HF2233 (Xiong) Workforce development finance bill (as amended by the DE amendment).
-- Mark up of HF2233.
-- Vote on HF2233.
Runs 1 hour, 9 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 29 2023 - Archive Video
00:16 - HF2233 (Hanson) Workforce development finance bill (as amended by the DE amendment).
00:45 -- Walk-through.
13:16 -- Public testimony.
Runs 1 hour, 1 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Friday, March 24 2023 - Archive Video
01:00 - HF2511 (Pryor) Mind the GAPP grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
14:35 - HF3024 (Berg) Apprenticeship preparation programming funding provided, and money appropriated.
26:54 - HF2248 (Baker) Definition of noncovered employment modified.
36:27 - HF1824 (Baker) County labor force participation rates included as economic indicator.
44:11 - HF2407 (Reyer) Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation grant funding provided for Carts to Careers initiative, and money appropriated.
59:53 - HF1371 (Xiong) Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:13:02 - HF2199 (Howard) Minnesota Independence College and Community funding provided for workforce development services for adults with autism and learning differences, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 25 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 22 2023 - Archive Video
00:45 - HF2521 (Liebling) Southeast Minnesota health care simulation training center funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
14:54 - HF2233 (Hanson) Department of Employment and Economic Development policy bill.
32:59 - HF2559 (Hussein) Hmong American Partnership grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
49:35 - HF2889 (Lee, K.) Career training in culinary arts funding provided, and money appropriated.
58:10 - HF2583 (Gomez) MNCAPD, Roots Connect, and FRAYEO grant funding provided; and money appropriated.
17:40 - HF1724 (Wolgamott) Greater St.
Cloud area; survivor employment readiness pilot project funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Friday, March 17 2023 - Archive Video
00:08 - HF1934 (Edelson) Robotics teams and STEM internships funding.
10:00 - HF2356 (Hussein) Sanneh Foundation funding provided, and money appropriated.
23:55 - HF2519 (Hussein) Youthprise funding provided, and money appropriated.
40:05 - HF459 (Wolgamott) Independent living center grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
55:05 - HF2109 (Wolgamott) The Redemption Project funding provided for workforce development services for adults leaving incarceration, and money appropriated.
1:06:20 - HF1107 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Minnesota Technology Association grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:14:38 - HF2070 (Hassan) Project for Pride in Living funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:23:19 - HF2184 (Norris) Minneapolis; YWCA grant funding provided.
1:36:04 - HF2258 (Norris) Greater Twin Cities United Way funding provided.
1:49:39 - HF1310 (Norris) Youthbuild program funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:59:33 - HF2526 (Hassan) FATHER Project grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
2:13:53 - HF2127 (Sencer-Mura) Minnesota youth program modified, and money appropriated.
2:33:25 - HF1697 (Sencer-Mura) Grant program funding provided to employment support services to persons with mental illness, task force established to address barriers to employment, report required, and money appropriated.
2:46:07 - HF1240 (Baker) ProStart and Hospitality Tourism Management Program grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 2 hours, 59 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee – part 1
Wednesday, March 15 2023 - Archive Video
00:18 - HF1098 (Jordan) Individuals with disabilities employment assistance funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
14:55 - HF555 (Jordan) East Side Neighborhood Services funding provided, and money appropriated.
31:19 - HF2303 (Wolgamott) Boys and Girls Club of Central Minnesota grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
43:08 - HF1573 (Sencer-Mura) YMCA of the North funding provided, and money appropriated.
49:41 - HF2194 (Agbaje) Black Women's Wealth Alliance grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
55:50 - HF1939 (Sencer-Mura) Workforce development funding provided in the fields of construction, clean energy, and energy efficiency.
The committee recessed.
Runs 1 hour, 18 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee – part 2
Wednesday, March 15 2023 - Archive Video
00:23 - HF2664 (Hassan) Twin Cities R!SE funding provided for the Empowerment Institute, and money appropriated.
10:03 - HF1236 (Koegel) Getting to work program created, reports required, and money appropriated.
21:28 - HF1025 (Smith) Bridges to Healthcare funding provided, and money appropriated.
33:02 - HF813 (Hicks) Home and community-based workforce incentive fund grants established, awareness-building campaign for recruitment of direct care professionals established, and money appropriated.
55:33 - HF1042 (Hicks) Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina funding provided for worker center programming.
1:02:25 - HF2085 (Sencer-Mura) Pillsbury United Communities funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:12:37 - HF1704 (Schomacker) Southwestern Minnesota workforce development scholarship pilot program established, report required.
1:28:44 - HF1944 (Petersburg) Owatonna and Steele counties; workforce training funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:38:03 - HF1011 (Petersburg) Steele County; Owatonna Learn to Earn Coalition grant funding provided to help Owatonna and Steele County region grow and retain a talented workforce.
Runs 1 hour, 46 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 8 2023 - Archive Video
00:36 - HF1501 (Brand) Rate increases for providers of extended employment services provided, and money appropriated.
34:02 - HF991 (Curran) White Bear Center for the Arts paid high school internship program funding provided, and money appropriated.
23:53 - HF1986 (Jordan) Emerge Community Development grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
51:36 - HF420 (Reyer) Fee revenue reallocated, and Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership funding increased.
1:00:23 - HF563 (Reyer) Displaced homemaker program funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 7 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Friday, March 3 2023 - Archive Video
01:07 - HF457 (Hassan) Avivo funding provided, and money appropriated.
13:43 - HF576 (Sencer-Mura) New American workforce training funding provided, and money appropriated.
34:45 - HF1080 (Sencer-Mura) Nonprofit infrastructure grant program funding provided, and money appropriated.
53:02 - HF1518 (Hassan) American Indian Opportunities and Industrialization Center funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:05:01 - HF1165 (Hassan) Twin Cities R!SE performance grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 14 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 1 2023 - Archive Video
00:10 - HF1097 (Hussein) Ujamaa Place funding provided, and money appropriated.
17:56 - HF784 (Noor) Unemployment; penalties for misrepresentation overpayment modified.
34:54 - HF1743 (Hassan) Youth employment and training program funding provided, and money appropriated.
52:22 - HF1055 (Agbaje) Hired grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:08:19 - HF1081 (Sencer-Mura) Youth job skills and career development funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 27 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 15 2023 - Archive Video
00:25 - HF369 (Hollins) 30,000 Feet funding provided, and money appropriated.
25:38 - HF684 (Agbaje) Summit Academy OIC funding provided, and money appropriated.
56:20 - HF489 (Sencer-Mura) Job skills training for recently released inmates funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:06:19 - HF711 (Sencer-Mura) Big Brothers Big Sisters youth programming funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 23 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 8 2023 - Archive Video
00:23 - HF100 (Stephenson) Cannabis; various provisions added or changed relating to Office of Cannabis Management; advisory councils; sales and use reports; legal and limited possession and use; business licensing, inspection, and regulation; flower and product testing; labeling; advertisement; private resident cultivation; medical program; sales taxes; grants and loans; prohibition on operating a motor vehicle while under the influence; criminal penalties; expungement procedures and reports; landlord and tenants; labor standards; temporary regulation of edible products; professional license protection; scheduling; data; miscellaneous and clarifying and technical changes; and money appropriated.
Runs 43 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, February 1 2023 - Archive Video
00:20 - HF20 (Greenman) Wage credits modified and reimbursement provided, and general fund transfer authorized.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, January 25 2023 - Archive Video
00:23 - HF2 (Richardson) Paid family and medical leave provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 42 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, January 18 2023 - Archive Video
02:54 - Presentation: Building a World Class ALANA/BIPOC Workforce in Minnesota.
- Doctor Bruce Corrie.
46:10 - Department of Employment and Economic Development presentation.
- Steve Grove, Commissioner.
Runs 1 hour, 32 minutes.
House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, January 11 2023 - Archive Video
01:04 - Introductions.
08:36 - HF27 (Lislegard) Iron ore mining and related industry additional unemployment benefits provided.
25:32 - Overview of jurisdiction.
- Anna Scholin, House Research Department.
- Marta James, House Research Department.
- Ashley Engh, House Fiscal Analysis Department.
Runs 34 minutes.