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About the House Public Information Services Office

Mission Statement

The mission of Minnesota House of Representatives Public Information Services department is to provide credible and timely nonpartisan services that inform the general public of legislative actions, educate the public about the legislative process, and encourage public participation in the Minnesota Legislature.

About the department

We meet our mission by providing services in four main areas: Information and Outreach, Photography, Publications and Television.

Information and Outreach

House Public Information Services serves as the general information contact point for the House of Representatives. Answers to hundreds of questions are provided weekly to the public, such as who their representatives are, what district they live in, when and where legislative meetings are held, the status of bills and where to find how members voted on specific legislation. Services include:

  • Workshops and presentations to organizations regarding the House
  • Schedules of committee hearings and floor sessions
  • A House of Representatives booth at the Minnesota State Fair
  • Educational materials about the Legislature and the legislative process

Photography

House Public Information Services photographers document House activities, including floor sessions, committee hearings, press conferences and special events. They accept assignments from House political caucuses, staff and other departments. Services provided by the photographers include:

  • House member "official" and candid photographs
  • Photographs of members with constituents who come to the State Capitol
  • Photographs for a variety of printed and online publications

Publications

Publication staff produces a variety of publications for all ages that cover issues before the Legislature; provide education about the legislative process; and offer information for those who want to participate in the process. Some of the publications produced include:

  • Legislative directories and rosters of elected officials
  • Session Daily-electronic alerts when news from the House warrants
  • Alerts through Facebook and Twitter when news from the House warrants
  • Nonpartisan news releases regarding new laws and other general House information

Television

Television staff provides video coverage of select House activities. Streaming online is an important way for residents to access live video of significant happenings at the House. Services provided include:

  • Live and taped unedited coverage of floor sessions and select committee hearings
  • Coverage of issue-oriented press conferences and special events
  • Video interviews with House members
  • Broadcast, cable, mobile and Internet delivery of all programming
  • Educational programming available on-demand
  • Access to video archives

House Public Information Services seeks to serve as an informational resource for the public, legislators and staff.


Nonpartisan Code of Ethics

House Public Information Services staff are public servants and have obligations and responsibilities to the general public, legislators and fellow staff members. Responsibilities are expected to be performed with the highest level of integrity and honesty.
House Public Information Services staff should be mindful that the public views them as representatives of the Legislature as an institution. In keeping with their responsibility to build and uphold the public's trust, staff should provide accurate, useful and timely information.
House Public Information Services staff should always be vigilant to avoid any conflicts of interest that may interfere with the work of the institution or be contrary to the nonpartisan mission of the department. (The following are examples of conduct that could impair a staff member's nonpartisan status: serving as a campaign official for a candidate for partisan political office, writing a letter to the editor in support of or in opposition to a candidate for partisan political office, acting as a spokesperson for a special interest group or performing freelance work in partisan political activities.)
Because of the position of responsibility, House Public Information Services staff are expected to uphold the law and all applicable regulations. Resources should always be used for the public good, not private gain.
This code is intended to supplement existing policies under which House staff members are employed. These guidelines do not constitute any legal obligation. These guidelines are subject to periodic review by the House Public Information Services director.

Adapted from National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and NCSL Legislative Information and Communications Staff guidelines

Live Video


Event Schedule

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee - part 1*
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 8:30 AM
Watch: Live Event
* If needed, the committee will recess and reconvene at 6:30 p.m.
HF4853 (Bierman) Health maintenance organization transactions oversight provided, and nonprofit conversion transactions regulations and prohibitions established.
HF3410 (Freiberg) Classification of commercial dog and cat breeder data collected and maintained by Board of Animal Health amended; kennel and dealer advertising requirements modified; and Board of Animal Health required to post kennel, dealer, and commercial breeder information.
HF4104 (Tabke) Release of information on leased motor vehicles to licensed motor vehicle dealers authorized, and technical changes made.
HF3577 (Jordan) Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act established, and rulemaking authorized.
HF1718 (Huot) Appointment, licensing, and compensation of railroad peace officers provided; civil liability issues addressed; and rulemaking required.
HF4347 (Norris) Coerced debt governing provisions modified.
HF3443 (Liebling) Release of patient health records requirements modified.
HF4569 (Howard) Wage theft prevented and use of responsible contractors required when Minnesota Housing Finance Agency provides financial assistance for development of multiunit residential housing.
HF4410 (Hansen) Enforcement authority modified, and money appropriated.
HF4822 (Feist) Distribution of excess proceeds from sales of tax-forfeited property modified, grants for environmental remediation of tax-forfeited property provided, and money appropriated.
HF4854 (Klevorn) Administrative Procedure Act and Office of Administrative Hearings technical and policy provisions modified.
HF4387 (Pinto) Personal service of orders for protection, restraining orders, and related notices provided; law enforcement officers required to make reasonable efforts to locate respondents; certain orders for protection and harassment restraining orders allowed to be served by mail; and other protection order provisions modified.
HF4276 (Curran) Revisor of Statutes directed to update terms used in statute.
HF3830 (Hollins) Antenuptial contract process clarified to include any two individuals.
HF3567 (Hollins) Uniform Parentage Act enacted.
HF3204 (Moller) Domestic relations; parenting time provisions modified.
HF2895 (Scott) Judiciary; spousal maintenance modified.


House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 8:30 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF2717 (Kraft) Excavation notice system governing provisions modified.
HF3900 (Kraft) High-voltage transmission lines siting and relocation governing provisions modified.
HF3594 (Sencer-Mura) All cities authorized to designate lands for pedestrian malls on city rights-of-way.
HF4649 (Sencer-Mura) Child passenger restraint provisions modified.
HF4652 (Sencer-Mura) Crash reporting requirements modified.


House State and Local Government Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 8:30 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF4043 (Agbaje) Allocation of incarcerated persons based on their last known address in Minnesota required, and Department of Corrections required to collect last residential address of an inmate before incarceration.
HF3182 (Olson, L.) Public employees insurance program modifications; Minnesota insurance pool committee created, report required, and money appropriated.
HF4553 (Tabke) State Patrol retirement plan new section added to codify the right to return to employment and continue receiving an annuity.


House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee - part 1*
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 8:30 AM
Watch: Live Event
* The committee will recess and reconvene at 6:30 p.m.
HF4176 (Pérez-Vega) Early learning programs modified.
HF4459 (Hanson) Department of Human Services child placement and safety executive bill.
HF4793 (Nash) Child maltreatment reporting modified, and criminal penalty for preventing report created.
HF367 (Freiberg) Child care center and family child care provider allowed to adopt policy regarding immunizations.


House Health Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 10:30 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF4366 (Edelson) Civil commitment priority admission requirements modified, prisoner in a correctional facility specified to not be responsible for co-payments for mental health medications, county co-payment expense reimbursement allowed, and money appropriated.
HF4556 (Howard) Workgroup on Expediting Rental Assistance recommendations for improving application approval times for family homelessness prevention and assistance program, emergency assistance program, and emergency general assistance implemented; and reports required.
HF4106 (Noor) Timelines for Medical Assistance eligibility determinations for hospital patients modified, supplemental payments for disability waiver services provided, and additional permissible circumstances for the appointment of an emergency guardian provided.
HF3992 (Lislegard) Onetime aid program established for licensed ambulance services, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF4187 (Bierman) Alternate hospital inpatient payment rate specified.
HF4571 (Liebling) Commissioner of Health appropriation corrected.
HF4396 (Liebling) Health plan companies required to include essential community providers in all health plans, and contract payment rates modified.


House Education Finance Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 10:30 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF3744 (Edelson) Read Act amended, working group established, supplemental funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF4912 (Sencer-Mura) Onetime aid to improve student attendance created, and money appropriated.
HF4827 (Youakim) Aid payment schedule for state school nutrition programs clarified.
HF4828 (Youakim) Definition of adjusted general revenue modified.


House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 10:30 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF4565 (Hanson) Higher education students with a disability documentation and other requirements specified.
HF1630 (Pelowski) One-third user financing requirement eliminated for future capital improvement projects at public postsecondary institutions.


House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 10:30 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF4370 (Gomez) Recipients of 2023 public safety aid required to report on use of that aid, and Commissioner of Public Safety required to submit compiled data to legislature.
HF3063 (Fischer) Law regarding collection of DNA data without a conviction removed, and removal of biological specimens and records from DNA index system provided.
HF4417 (Kozlowski) Task Force on Preventing Violence Against Latina Women established, report required, and money appropriated.
HF4118 (Hanson) Use of excited delirium term and similar terms to describe mental health status of persons by law enforcement prohibited.
HF4244 (Becker-Finn) Earned incentive release savings funds reallocation redistributed.
HF4753 (Pelowski) General Fund surplus dollars required to be allocated to the disaster assistance contingency account.


House Taxes Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF4486 (Brand) Sales and use tax exemption provided for prepared food sold by certain sellers.
HF4575 (Davids) Coin-operated amusement device gross receipts tax established, and conforming changes provided.


House Labor and Industry Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF4761 (Stephenson) Cannabis; workplace testing provided.
HF4508 (Jordan) Public employee definition amended, and University of Minnesota employee bargaining units modified.
HF4242 (Kraft) State Building Code; residential energy code adoption standards and timelines modified, residential energy rating rebate program created, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF4661 (Wolgamott) Technical and policy changes made to workers' compensation hearing provisions.


House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF4989 (Pursell) Clean water, climate-start, and soil-healthy farming goals established; pilot program to provide financial incentives for farming practices in southeastern Minnesota created; fertilizer fee extended; data collection required; and money appropriated.
HF4163 (Norris) Farm to institutions funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF4065 (Anderson, Paul) Live Cervidae importation to accredited facilities allowed.
HF4044 (Jacob) Property tax credit established for acres certified under Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, and money appropriated.


House Human Services Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF1683 (Bierman) Mental health services eligibility and rates modified.
HF4839 (Reyer) PACE program implemented.
HF4981 (Her) Medical Assistance rate adjustments for physician and professional services established, residential services rates increased, statewide reimbursement rate for behavioral health home services required, and money appropriated.
HF4568 (Virnig) State disability determination procedures modified, and consumer-directed community supports governing provisions modified.
HF4877 (Clardy) Qualifications for positive support providers modified.
HF4675 (Noor) Commissioner of Human Services directed to expand reimbursement for overtime, overnight asleep services, and consecutive shifts for personal care assistants and community-first services and supports workers.
HF4692 (Noor) Direct Care and Treatment agency established, date for transfer of authority and responsibility modified, board membership qualifications, procedures, powers, and duties established, chief executive officer powers and duties established; accounts established, and other agency provisions modified.
HF4671 (Fischer) Respite care grants modified, youth care professional training program created, adult and children's mobile transition units modified, and money appropriated.


House Housing Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF4194 (Howard) Housing infrastructure bonds eligible uses expanded, and additional housing infrastructure bonds issuance authorized.
HF4819 (Howard) Eligible uses of housing infrastructure bonds expanded, recapitalization provided, housing infrastructure program prior appropriation amended, task forces established, and reports required.


House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF4322 (Vang) Sustainable aviation fuel definition amended.
HF4932 (Hornstein) Management of wasted food provided.
HF4409 (Agbaje) Grant program established for pilot projects to encourage and increase composting in multifamily buildings, report required, and money appropriated.
HF3457 (Kraft) Deadline established for state agencies to issue permits for a large electric power facility that has been granted a site or route permit.
HF4135 (Hansen) Agricultural fertilizer research fee and program extended by one year, drinking-water fee established for nitrogen fertilizer and private well drinking-water assistance program, testing of biosolids for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances required, reports required, and money appropriated.


House Education Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF3782 (Pryor) Education policy bill.
HF4159 (Hicks) Teacher preparation programs required to provide instruction on ableism and disability justice, teacher license renewal requirements modified, and money appropriated.
HF4451 (Bennett) Purple Star School designation established.


House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 3:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF4659 (Berg) Safety standards for broadband industry installers required; and Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program implemented.
HF4688 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) Utility thermal energy network deployment work group established, and report required.
HF4689 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) Geothermal heat exchange system rebate program established, account established, and money appropriated.


House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee - part 2*
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 6:30 PM
Watch: Live Event
* If needed, the committee will reconvene to finish their morning agenda.

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee - part 2
Tuesday, March 19 2024 3/19/2024 6:30 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF4980 (Pinto) Human services forecast adjustments made, and money appropriated.
HF5033 (Pinto) Welfare data technical corrections made.
HF4732 (Pinto) Payment of developmental screening aid clarified.
HF4537 (Pinto) Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General executive bill on children's licensing issues.
HF4898 (Hanson) Family assets modified for independence program.


WEDNESDAY: Session Daily Update
Wednesday, March 20 2024 3/20/2024 12:05 PM
Watch: Live Event
Updates from the House.

WEDNESDAY: House Floor Session
Wednesday, March 20 2024 3/20/2024 12:10 PM
Watch: Live Event
House Floor Session

News and Notes

Bill Introductions: HF4977-HF5035

2024 Session

The 2024 legislative session must end by May 20. The 2025 session will begin Jan. 14, 2025.

2024 religious recesses

  • Easter: 5 p.m. March 27 until noon on April 2
  • Eid: 5 p.m. April 9 until noon on April 11
  • Passover: April 22-23, activity to resume at noon on April 24 

2024 committee deadlines

  • March 22: Committees in both bodies must act favorably on bills that are not major appropriation or finance bills
  • April 19: Committees in both bodies must act favorably on major appropriation and finance bills

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