Thursday, February 9 2012 FOR BROADCAST ON THE MINNESOTA CHANNEL 8 a.m. - Capitol Report 8:30 a.m. - (live) Senate Committee on Finance Agenda: S.F. 1527 (Dahms) Commercial feed and feed ingredients voluntary good manufacturing practices certificate establishment; H.F. 1467 (Hoffman) Defense of Dwelling and Person Act of 2011: firearms regulation provisions modifications; S.F. 1600 (Daley) Federal insolvency contingency planning state agencies budget requirement *Please note: H.F. 1467 was heard as S.F. 1357 and passed by the Finance Committee last year. After adjournment of the 2011 regular session, the identical bill was returned to the Committee as H.F. 1467. Public testimony on this bill has already taken place during committee consideration of this bill in the 2011 session. 11 a.m. - (live) Senate floor session 11:30 a.m. - (delayed broadcast from earlier) House Judiciary Policy and Finance Committee Agenda: SF1183 (Dill) State and local government tort liability limits restored to pre-2008 levels, and state and local government contracts that require contractors to provide liability insurance or other security in excess of those limits prohibited; HF1043 (Gauthier) Motor vehicle property crime penalties proposed for repeat violators; HF1535 (Cornish) DWI, off-highway vehicle, drive-by shooting, designated offense, and controlled substance forfeiture laws changes made to provide more uniformity; monetary cap raised on the value of property forfeitures that may be adjudicated in conciliation court; forfeited property prohibited from being sold to prosecuting authorities or persons related to prosecuting authorities; and general criminal code forfeiture law, necessity of conviction, and burden of proof clarified 12:30 p.m. - (live) House Health and Human Services Finance Committee Agenda: Implementation status and update from Department of Human Services on the following topics: Personal care assistants relative care 20 percent reduction; Corporate foster care moratorium; Low needs reduction • If you would like to testify on any of the agenda items, e-mail Christine Kiel at christine.kiel@house.mn 3 p.m. - (live) House floor session CALENDAR FOR THE DAY: HF1766 (Lohmer) Child care assistance fund payments modified; HF1515 (Holberg) Late fee provisions modified, and provisions clarified relating to eviction from property subject to foreclosure; HF300 (Erickson) Early childhood development screening comprehensive eye exams recommended; HF1585 (Anderson, P.) Minnesota State High School League; time period reduced for good faith effort before interscholastic conference membership arrangement; HF1770 (Kieffer) Teacher candidates required to pass basic skills exam * Due to the fluid meeting schedules, programming may change on short notice * ********************************************************** LEGISLATIVE WEBCASTS (All times are Central Time Zone) HOUSE WEBCAST: (Windows Media Player Required) 8:15 a.m. - (live) House Judiciary Policy and Finance Committee Agenda: SF1183 (Dill) State and local government tort liability limits restored to pre-2008 levels, and state and local government contracts that require contractors to provide liability insurance or other security in excess of those limits prohibited; HF1043 (Gauthier) Motor vehicle property crime penalties proposed for repeat violators; HF1535 (Cornish) DWI, off-highway vehicle, drive-by shooting, designated offense, and controlled substance forfeiture laws changes made to provide more uniformity; monetary cap raised on the value of property forfeitures that may be adjudicated in conciliation court; forfeited property prohibited from being sold to prosecuting authorities or persons related to prosecuting authorities; and general criminal code forfeiture law, necessity of conviction, and burden of proof clarified 10:15 a.m. - (live) House Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance Committee Agenda: HF1816 (Benson) Federally licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers authorized to possess and sell firearm silencers to authorized law enforcement and wildlife management agencies for authorized purposes; HF1984 (Scott) Federally licensed firearms manufacturers' possession of federally registered firearm silencers authorized for the purpose of testing firearms manufactured for police and military agencies; HF2046 (Woodard) Department of Human Services electronic civil commitment data access permitted to law enforcement for background checks on explosives possession permit applications; Consideration of public safety bonding requests 12:30 p.m. - (live) House Health and Human Services Finance Committee Agenda: Implementation status and update from Department of Human Services on the following topics: Personal care assistants relative care 20 percent reduction; Corporate foster care moratorium; Low needs reduction • If you would like to testify on any of the agenda items, e-mail Christine Kiel at christine.kiel@house.mn 3 p.m. - (live) House floor session CALENDAR FOR THE DAY: HF1766 (Lohmer) Child care assistance fund payments modified; HF1515 (Holberg) Late fee provisions modified, and provisions clarified relating to eviction from property subject to foreclosure; HF300 (Erickson) Early childhood development screening comprehensive eye exams recommended; HF1585 (Anderson, P.) Minnesota State High School League; time period reduced for good faith effort before interscholastic conference membership arrangement; HF1770 (Kieffer) Teacher candidates required to pass basic skills exam SENATE WEBCAST (www.senate.mn/media): 8:30 a.m. - (live) Senate Committee on Finance Agenda: S.F. 1527 (Dahms) Commercial feed and feed ingredients voluntary good manufacturing practices certificate establishment; H.F. 1467 (Hoffman) Defense of Dwelling and Person Act of 2011: firearms regulation provisions modifications; S.F. 1600 (Daley) Federal insolvency contingency planning state agencies budget requirement *Please note: H.F. 1467 was heard as S.F. 1357 and passed by the Finance Committee last year. After adjournment of the 2011 regular session, the identical bill was returned to the Committee as H.F. 1467. Public testimony on this bill has already taken place during committee consideration of this bill in the 2011 session. 11 a.m. - (live) Senate floor session 1 p.m. - (live) Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Agenda: S.F. 1620 (Kruse) Eminent domain relocation assistance eligibility or assistance amount administrative law judge hearing; S.F. 1371 (Gazelka) Forfeited firearms sale by law enforcement agencies to federally licensed firearms dealers at auction authorization; S.F. 1123 (Harrington) Gang activity definition expansion to include unlawful possession of a firearm by a minor 3 p.m. - (live) Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Agenda: Overview from Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on Semiannual Permitting Efficiency Report; Update and overview from Department of Natural Resources on aquatic invasive species; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • Legislative television programming is produced and created by the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate. • *************************************************************************** The Minnesota Legislature provides broadcasts of legislative television coverage live from the Minnesota State Capitol. 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