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Markup and passage consideration of HF2476 (Pinto) Children and Families Budget Bill

**NOTE: The House Children and Families Finance budget bill is posted below as "HF2476 A24-0299 Budget Bill"
Agenda Items may be changed or added.


Accessibility: For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov. If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form. To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator, Colie Colburn, colie.colburn@house.mn.gov as soon as possible.

Meeting Materials: Presenters or members of the public are encouraged to provide all materials to be offered in Committee to the CA at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Distribution of such materials is subject to approval by the Chair; a copy will be kept by Committee staff. These materials should be in accessible PDF Format (Optical Character Recognition) format for posting to the committee webpage; contact the Committee Administrator for more information about acceptable electronic formats.

Amendments: All amendments that are substantive must be given to the CA by 1:00 PM on the day prior to the committee hearing. This deadline may be waived at the discretion of the Chair.

1. HF 5245 (Becker-Finn) Judiciary budget bill.*

*A delete-everything amendment to HF 5245 has been posted.

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

HANDOUTS: Handouts in Word or PDF format should be emailed to the committee administrator by 10am the business day before the hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It will be posted to the committee webpage if received by deadline.
TESTIFYING: The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair and is subject to change. If you would like to testify, please email the committee administrator by 5pm the business day before the hearing.
DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law webpage.
LIVESTREAM: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
ACCESSIBILITY: To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov. To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the committee administrator as soon as possible.

HF 3431 (Klevorn) State and Local Government Bill
Monday, April 15, 2024: DE4 to HF 3431 (Klevorn) will be posted
Tuesday, April 16, 2024: Walk through and testimony
Wednesday, April 17, 2024: Amendments due at 12 pm, noon
Thursday, April 18, 2024: Mark up and move to Ways and Means Committee

AGENDA
DE4 to HF 3431 (Klevorn) State and Local Government Bill -- Mark up and move to Ways and Means Committee.
DE to HF 5040 (Her) Eligible employees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities who are members of higher education individual retirement account plan authorized to elect coverage by Teachers Retirement Association and purchase past service credit, funding provided to offset service credit purchases, and money appropriated.
HF 5374 (Stephenson) Horse racing; advance deposit wagering conduct, card playing, and pari-mutel betting provided; historical horse racing and other games authorization prohibited; definitions provided; and clarifying and conforming changes made.

HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT and emailed to the committee administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 40 copies. Note: submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It may be posted to the committee webpage if received by deadline.
TESTIFYING: Testimony is limited. The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair, and is subject to change. Please plan accordingly. If you would like to testify, please email the committee administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the State and Local Government Finance and Policy webpage.
VIEWING: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

o For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
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Rollout, testimony, markup and vote of HF5242 (Hornstein) Transportation Supplemental Budget Bill.

H5242DE1 is the Transportation Supplemental Budget Bill (Linked Below).

Public Testimony: If you would like to testify you must email the request to Matt.Baumann@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM Wednesday, April 17. Testifier time may be limited.

Written Testimony: Encouraged, and must be submitted to Matt.Baumann@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM Wednesday, April 17.

Amendments: Must be submitted to Matt.Baumann@house.mn.gov by 1:00PM Wednesday, April 17.

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov

If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form

To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.


For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
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1. Welcome and Call to Order
2. Approval of the Minutes – Wednesday, April 17th
3. Calendar for the Day – Wednesday, April 24th
4. Adjournment

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
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HF4738 (Huot): Office of Emergency Medical Services established to replace Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board, etc.

HF4571 (Liebling): the Health Budget bill.

A DE “Delete Everything” amendment to HF4571 has been posted to the committee page.

The Committee will do a walkthrough of the DE amendment and spreadsheet, then take public testimony on the DE. No formal action will be taken.

If you would like to submit written testimony or sign up to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator at Josh.Sande@house.mn.gov. Testifiers must sign up to testify by contacting the Committee Administrator by 5pm the day prior to the hearing. Public testimony may be limited as time allows. Written testimony is encouraged, and should also be submitted by 5pm the day prior, in Word or PDF format. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It may be posted to the committee webpage.

Markup and passage of the Health Budget Bill will take place on Friday, April 19.

AMENDMENTS: To receive consideration, amendments to the DE must be received by the Committee Administrator by 5:00PM, Thursday, April 18.

This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.

Rollout, testimony, markup and passage consideration of HF5299 (Pelowski) Higher Education Supplemental Budget Bill.

The H5299DE1 is the Higher Education Budget Bill (Linked Below).

Public Testimony: If you would like to testify to the bill you must send the request to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov by 2pm Wednesday, April 17.

Written Testimony: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov and Christopher.Olendorf@house.mn.gov by 2pm Wednesday, April 17.

Amendments: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov by 2pm Wednesday, April 17.

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov

If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form

To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.

DE1 HF 3763 (Vang) Agriculture Bill
Monday, April 15, 2024: DE1 to HF 3763 (Vang) will be posted
Tuesday, April 16, 2024: Walk through and testimony
Wednesday, April 17, 2024: Amendments due at 12 pm, noon
Thursday, April 18, 2024: Mark up and move to Ways and Means Committee

AGENDA
DE1 HF 3763 (Vang) Agriculture Bill -- Mark up and move to Ways and Means Committee.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Agriculture Finance and Policy webpage.
VIEWING: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page.  All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
ACCESSIBILITY: To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access.  If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.
*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

o For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
o If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
o To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.

I. HF5280 (Noor) - Human Services Budget Bill.

A delete-all amendment and spreadsheet to HF5280 will be posted on Monday, April 15. Walkthrough and public testimony on the DE Amendment will be taken on Tuesday, April 16. No action will be taken on the bill during the April 16 meeting.

Action will be taken on amendments and the bill on Thursday, April 18.

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

HANDOUTS: All handouts must be provided electronically to the Committee Administrator and Committee Legislative Assistant at least 12 hours prior to the start of a committee meeting. Handouts should be in accessible (Optical Character Recognition) format for posting to the committee webpage. Contact the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov to submit handouts or for more information about acceptable electronic formats.

TESTIFYING: In-person public testimony will be taken as time allows. Testifiers must contact the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov by 5pm the day prior to the hearing in order to sign up to testify. Written testimony is encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Human Services Finance webpage.

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov

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HF 5217 (Nelson, M) Labor and Industry Finance and Policy Bill

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DE to HF5247 2024 House Tax Bill (DE will be posted on Tuesday, April 16th

Public Testimony on the 2024 House Tax Bill

Items may be added/removed from the agenda. Public testifiers will be taken on Thursday, April 18th. Public Testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable), preferred title, and Article/Section or topics they are planning on testifying on to the Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) and the CLA (Lauren Sabes Lauren.Sabes@house.mn.gov) by 3 PM on Wednesday, April 17th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 3 PM on on Wednesday, April 17th. Please note: submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It may be posted to the committee webpage if received by deadline. Testimony may be limited to two minutes per testifier.

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
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THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

HF 5205 (Hassan) Department of Employment and Economic Development supplemental budget adjustments made, and money appropriated.
Apichart Klaysingha, United Senior Lao-American Association
Teshite Wako, HIRPHA International
Tim Zunker, Shakopee Chamber of Commerce
Scott Redd, Sabathani Community Center
Anh Thu Pham, Managing Director, Theater Mu
Janssen Hang, Executive Director, Hmong American Farmers Association
Isxaq Ahmed, Riverside Plaza Tenant Association
Jaliia Abdul-Brown, Executive Director, Change Starts With Community
Eh Tah Khu, Co-Executive Director, Karen Organization of Minnesota
Sara Johnson. Program Director, Karen Organization of Minnesota
Heather Walch, CEO, Repowered
Sarah Clyne, Executive Director, EquaSpace
Jane Graupman, Executive Director, International Institute of Minnesota
Darrell Thompson, President & CEO, Bolder Options
Andy Eilers reading for Jean Keenan, MFRP
Julie Brekke, Executive Director, Hired
LeeAnn Rasachak, Chief Executive Officer, WomenVenture
Rena Moran, Commissioner, Ramsey County
Ling Becker, Workforce Solutions Director, Ramsey County
Nichole Klonowski, City Councilmembers, Brooklyn Park
Aaron Zimmerman, Executive Director, Pfund
Pachia Thao, Executive Director, MN Zej Zog
Nelima Sitati Munene, Executive Director, African Career Education and Resource, Inc
Adrienne Dorn, Executive Director, GMCC
Dan Ryan, InspireMSP

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
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Markup and passage of HF4571 (Liebling): the Health Budget bill.

The committee will consider amendments and vote to advance the bill. No public testimony will be taken.

AMENDMENTS: To receive consideration, amendments to the DE must be received by the Committee Administrator by 5:00PM, Thursday, April 18.

This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
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HF5237 (Youakim) Prekindergarten through grade 12 education supplemental funding provided; general education, education excellence, American Indian education, teachers, charter schools, special education, facilities, nutrition, libraries, early childhood education, and state agencies provisions modified; forecast adjustments made; and money appropriated. (Pending re-referral) BILL ADDED

DE to HF5247 2024 House Tax Bill (DE will be posted on Tuesday, 4/16)
Mark-Up of the 2024 House Tax Bill

Items may be added/removed from the agenda. Public testifiers will be taken on Thursday, April 18th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 1 PM on on Thursday, April 18th. Please note: submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It may be posted to the committee webpage if received by deadline. Testimony may be limited to two minutes per testifier.

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.

All bills will be heard on an informational only basis. Amendments may be offered for reference.

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
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HF5350 (Lislegard) Carbon sequestration and oil and gas exploration and production leases on state-owned land facilitated, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.
*Amendments are due for this bill by 4:30pm, Friday, April 19, 2024.

Written Testimony must be submitted to Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov by 12:00pm, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Submitted written testimony is public and will be posted on the committee website and included in the committee record.

If you would like to sign up to testify, please email Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov by 12:00pm, Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
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Public viewing is available on YouTube.

1. Roll call attendance

2. Approve minutes for February 5, 2024

3. Members report potential conflicts of interest regarding today's business

4. Introduction for new LCCMR member (if applicable)

5. Director's report

6. Action: Proposal evaluation / selection process for 2025 LCCMR recommendations

7. Update: Strategic Planning / upcoming listening sessions

8. Action: Election of Citizen Executive Committee Members (if applicable)

9. LCCMR Other Business

10. Public Testimony
The public is asked to keep their comments brief. If you would like to testify, please contact Diana Griffith at diana.griffith@lccmr.mn.gov by 4:00 pm the day before the meeting. Please specify to which agenda item your testimony relates and the form of your testimony (oral or written). The chair will accommodate testimony at the requested agenda item as time allows.

11. Adjourn

1. Approval of April 8, 2024, meeting minutes.
2. Update from the State Board of Investment:
   • Presentation by Jill Schurtz, Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer
     **no public testimony will be taken on this item**
3. Informational Item: SF 1386 (McEwen); Restoring augmentation to retirement annuities for members who left public employment before January 1, 2019, when vested but not yet at retirement age.
   • Mark W. Schulte, FSA, EA, Consulting Actuary, VIA Actuarial Solutions
4. Action Item: Resolution directing the executive directors of MSRS, PERA, TRA, and St. Paul Teachers to correct errors as provided in current law, as amended by Article 8, Section 12, of the 2024 Pension and Retirement Policy and Supplemental Budget Bill.
   • Resolution LCPR24-R1
5. Discussion: Pension options for public safety and public safety adjacent positions in the PERA General Plan such as 911 telecommunicators, probation and parole officers, and county child support agents.
   • 911 Telecommunicator Working Group Report from 2022
6. Projects and work groups for the 2024-2025 legislative interim.

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