Commerce Finance and Policy

FORTY-FIRST MEETING

2021-2022 Regular Session - Wednesday, March 16, 2022

STATE OF MINNESOTA FORTY-FIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND SESSION

COMMERCE FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE

Representative Zack Stephenson, Chair of the Commerce Finance and Policy Committee, called the virtual meeting to order at 3:00 PM on March 16th, 2022 pursuant to House rule 10.01. The meeting was broadcast via Zoom and House Public Information Services.

Members present:

STEPHENSON, Zack, Chair
O’DRISCOLL, Tim, GOP Lead
BAHR, Cal
CARLSON, Andrew
DAVNIE, Jim
ELKINS, Steve
HALEY, Barb
KOEGEL, Erin
LEE, Fue
LILLIE, Leon
LISLEGARD, Dave
LUCERO, Eric
OLSON, Liz
PFARR, Brian
RASMUSSON, Jordan
RICHARDSON, Ruth
THEIS, Tama

EXCUSED
KOTYZA-WITTHUHN, Carlie, Vice Chair

A quorum was present.

Representative Davnie moved to approve the minutes from the committee meeting on March 15th, 2022. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Testimony from AG Keith Ellison and MFU President Gary Wertish on anti-trust legislation.

HF 4143 (Elkins); Monopoly and monopsony power regulated.

Representative Elkins moved that HF4143 be laid over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill.

Representative Elkins moved the HF4143DE2 (Elkins) amendment. THE MOTION
PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

The following testified on HF4143:
Elizabeth Odette, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Enforcement
Brad Kluver

Public testimony:
Beth Kadoun, MN Chamber of Commerce
Chris Marchese, NetChoice

Representative Elkins renewed his motion that HF4143 be laid over. The bill was laid over.

HF4142 (Elkins); Commercial transaction price discrimination prohibited.

Representative Elkins moved HF4142 be laid over.

The following testified on HF4142:
Elizabeth Odette, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Enforcement
Ren Olive
Chuck Lindner

Testifiers:
Beth Kadoun, MN Chamber of Commerce
Chris Marchese, NetChoice

Zach Biesanz, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Enforcement was present for questions.

Representative Elkins renewed his motion that HF4142 be laid over. The bill is laid over.

HF1184 (Wolgamott); App stores prohibited from requiring developers to use specific app store or in-app payment system, and penalties provided.

Representative Stephenson moved that HF1184 be laid over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill.

The following testified on HF1184:
Rick VanMeter, Coalition for App Fairness
Shaid Naeem, American Economic Liberties Project
Sumit Sharma, Consumer Reports
Will Cunningham, Match Group

Testifiers:
Jennifer Huddleston, NetChoice
Adam Kovacevich, Chamber of Progress
Morgan Reed, The App Association
Karl Quackenbush, Valve Software
Tyler Diers, TechNet
Sarah Richard, Developer’s Alliance

Representative Stephenson renewed his motion that HF1184 be laid over. The bill was laid over.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:37 PM.

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Representative Zack Stephenson, Chair

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Jack Dockendorf, Committee Legislative Assistant

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Bills Added:

HF1184 (Wolgamott) - App stores prohibited from requiring developers to use specific app store or in-app payment system, and penalties provided.
HF4142 (Elkins) - Commercial transaction price discrimination prohibited.
HF4143 (Elkins) - Monopoly and monopsony power regulated.
HF4144 (Stephenson) - Trade regulation abuse of dominance prohibited.

Documents:

H4144A1-4907778769351348624.pdf - 3/15/2022
NetChoice Opposition to MN HF 1184 v2.pdf - 3/15/2022
NetChoice Opposition to MN HF 4142.pdf - 3/15/2022
NetChoice Opposition to MN HF 4143.pdf - 3/15/2022
NetChoice Opposition to MN HF 4144.pdf - 3/15/2022
R-Street-State-App-Store-Letter-2022.pdf - 3/15/2022
3.15.22 ACT Written Testimony MN.pdf - 3/15/2022
Mar 2022 Vemos MN Letter .pdf - 3/15/2022
March 10 Coalition Letter.pdf - 3/15/2022
App Store States Letter - MN House 2022.pdf - 3/16/2022
Commerce minutes - 40 - 3.15.2022.docx - 3/16/2022
HF1184 Testimony - Alan Smith.pdf - 3/16/2022
MN HF 3724.TechNet.Oppose.pdf - 3/16/2022
Valve Minn House Commerce HF 1184.pdf - 3/16/2022
H4143DE2-9471059615130491852.pdf - 3/16/2022
2022.03.15 Minn Businesses Ltr re HFs 4142, 4143, 4144.pdf - 3/16/2022
MN-Abuse-of-Dominance-Testmony-Mar-202268.pdf - 3/16/2022
Commerce Agenda 3-16-22.pdf - 3/16/2022

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Introductory comments.
22:44 - HF4143 (Elkins) Monopoly and monopsony power regulated.
54:41 - HF4142 (Elkins) Commercial transaction price discrimination prohibited.
1:12:18 - HF1184 (Wolgamott) App stores prohibited from requiring developers to use specific app store or in-app payment system, and penalties provided.
Runs 1 hour, 37 minutes.

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HF1184 (Wolgamott); App stores prohibited from requiring developers to use specific app store or in-app payment system, and penalties provided.

HF4142 (Elkins); Commercial transaction price discrimination prohibited.

HF 4143 (Elkins); Monopoly and monopsony power regulated.

HF 4144 (Stephenson); Trade regulation abuse of dominance prohibited.

Items may be taken up in any order, items may be added or removed at the Chairs' discretion.

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