| Sunday, May. 19, 2013 FOR BROADCAST ON THE MINNESOTA CHANNEL * Broadcast programming begins at 12 p.m. on Sunday. * Schedule subject to change as floor sessions are extended or delayed. 12 p.m. - (delayed broadcast) Senate floor session from Saturday Agenda: SF271 - Creating a Driving Privilege License 12:30 p.m. - (delayed broadcast) Senate floor session from Saturday Agenda: Conference Committee Report on HF 976, Omnibus Environment, Natural Resources, Agriculture Finance 1 p.m. - (live and delayed broadcast) Senate and House floor sessions The Minnesota Legislature provides broadcasts of legislative television coverage live from the Minnesota State Capitol. Coverage is provided during legislative sessions Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with extended evening and weekend coverage available for debates on high-profile issues. • Legislative television programming is produced and created by the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate. • ********************************************************** LEGISLATIVE WEBCASTS (All times are Central Time Zone) HOUSE WEBCAST: (Windows Media Player Required) 7 p.m. - (live) House floor session * * Start time is approximate as the House is in recess to the call of the Chair. ANTICIPATED CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS:. Conference Committee Report on HF677 (Lenczewski/Skoe) Omnibus Tax bill. Conference Committee Report on HF894 (Simon/Sieben) Omnibus Elections Policy bill. Conference Committee Report on SF1270 (Erhardt/Dibble) Omnibus Transportation Policy bill. Conference Committee Report on SF1589 (Murphy, M./Saxhaug) Omnibus State Government, Veterans and Military Affairs Finance bill. Conference Committee Report on SF661 (Winkler/Rest) Campaign finance additional disclosure provided for, and various changes made to campaign finance and public disclosure law. CALENDAR FOR THE DAY. Bill currently on the table: SF778 (Nelson) Family child care providers and individual providers of direct support services collective bargaining authorized, Quality Self-Directed Services Workforce created, and money appropriated. SF460 (Moran) Children and family service provisions modified; data practice provisions changed; and contractual agreement provisions changed with tribes, child care programs, community action agencies, the Minnesota Family Investment Program, General Assistance, group residential housing, and maltreatment reporting. SENATE WEBCAST: Flash Media Windows Media - Closed Captioned 1 p.m. - (live) Senate sessions Agenda: H.F. 630 (Wiger) Omnibus K-12 Education Policy and Finance bill S.F. 661 (Rest) Campaign finance and public disclosure provisions modifications - Conference committee reports will be added - Special Orders: S.F. 827 (Latz) Revisor’s bill H.F. 792 (Sieben) Waiver of liability for negligent conduct prohibition H.F. 474 (Dibble) Automated license plate readers data classification H.F. 1118 (Wiklund ) Bond security requirements modification H.F. 157 (Sieben) Bullion coin dealers regulated H.F. 1792 (Carlson) Claims against the state; department of corrections claims settlement and appropriation H.F. 853 (Sparks) Fire and police department aid threshold for financial reports and audits modifications H.F. 1221 (Carlson) Miscellaneous commerce technical modifications and housekeeping changes and adjustments to statutory dollar amounts H.F. 228 (Nienow) Crime of wildlife arson involving multiple buildings or dwellings, acreage or crop damages, or results in demonstrable bodily harm penalty increase *************************************************************************** CHANNEL GUIDE: Legislative television coverage is broadcast statewide on the Minnesota Channel which is carried by the six public television stations around the state. All programming broadcast on the Minnesota Channel is closed-captioned. • For viewers using over-the-air antennas, legislative television coverage is available on the Minnesota Channel, which is broadcast by your local public television station. • For cable subscribers, legislative television coverage is available if your local cable system carries the Minnesota Channel. Check your local listings, contact your cable provider or call your local public television station to find the Minnesota Channel on your cable system. • For satellite television subscribers, legislative television coverage is available on DirecTV. Check your local listings, contact your satellite service provider or call your local public television station to find the Minnesota Channel on your satellite television service. Legislative television coverage is not available on DISH Network. • Check channel listings below. Subscribe to the daily television broadcast schedule email list by going to: www.senate.mn/schedule/subscribe.php?ls . Choose "TV Schedules", type in your email address and click "Submit Information." STATEWIDE ON THE MINNESOTA CHANNEL • Twin Cities Public Television (St. Paul and Minneapolis) Look for “tptMN” Broadcast: Channel 2-2 Cable: Comcast channel 202 in Minneapolis and channel 243 in St. Paul; Mediacom channel 102; and Charter channel 396. DirecTV: Channel 17-2 * DirecTV is in the process of replacing old (silver) home receiver units. To receive the Minnesota Channel on channel 17-2 from DirecTV, subscribers have to: 1. Have local to local service. 2. Have a new (black) home receiver unit. 3. Open the small panel on the lower right side of the receiver unit and hit the red (reset) button while the TV is on. This reset should successfully allow you to receive the Minnesota Channel on channel 17-2 • WDSE (Duluth) Look for “The Minnesota Channel” Broadcast: Duluth channel 8-4; Hibbing-Iron Range channel 31-4 Cable: Duluth/Superior - Charter channel 396 • KSMQ (Austin) Look for “KSMQ MN Channel” Broadcast: Channel 15-4 • Lakeland Public Television (Bemidji & Brainerd) Look for “Lakeland Minnesota” Broadcast: Bemidji channel 9-6 or Brainerd Lakes channel 22-6 Cable: Lakeland - Paul Bunyan channel 175 • Pioneer Public Television (Appleton) Look for “Pioneer MN” Broadcast: West Central Minnesota Channel 10-3 or Southwestern Minnesota Channel 20-3 • Prairie Public Television (Northwestern Minnesota) Look for “MN Channel” Broadcast: KCGE Crookston/East Grand Forks area channel 16-3 and KFME (Fargo/Moorhead/Fergus Falls area) channel 13-3 • Other cable channels Alexandria - channel 396 Austin - channel 396 Brainerd - channel 396 Buffalo - channel 396 Eagle Lake - channel 133 Ellendale - channel 133 Faribault - channel 133 Lake Crystal - channel 133 Little Falls - channel 396 Lowry - channel 396 Mankato - channel 133 Minnesota Lake - channel 84 New Richland - channel 133 North Mankato - channel 133 Owatonna - channel 396 Rochester - channel 396 St. Clair - channel 133 St. Cloud - channel 396 |