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JOINT HEARING OF THE CORRECTIONS & THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM COMMITTEE

Presentation by the Office of the Legislative Auditor on Their Report on Prison Safety and Security

HF 3029 (Ecklund) Broadband development grant program annual statutory appropriation provided, and money appropriated.

Please contact Owen Wirth at owen.wirth@house.mn if you would like to testify on HF 3029.

HF1 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Early childhood; additional funding and opportunities for children ages birth to three created; programs and funding for prenatal care services, home visiting, early childhood education, and child care assistance governed; and money appropriated.

HF3128 (Becker-Finn) - Outdoor heritage funding appropriated, Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council provisions modified, motorized vehicles in wildlife management areas provisions modified, and previous appropriations modified.

Presentation on the Clean Water Fund

JOINT HEARING OF THE CORRECTIONS & THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM COMMITTEE

Presentation by the Office of the Legislative Auditor on Their Report on Prison Safety and Security

HF 3397 (Dehn) Real property ownership definitions clarified, and record owner required to be listed as a grantee in tax-forfeited land sales.

HF 3126 (Huot) Gambling Control Board annual report filing required.

HF 3341 (Huot) Appraisal management company licensure fees modified.

HF 3627 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Reverse mortgage loan notices required.

If you would like to testify please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn or (651) 296-7175

*Note: Other bills may be added*

HF1940 (Huot) - Student receiving specialized instructional services programs allowed to participate in service area outside individualized education program.

*HF1868 (Youakim) - Student journalists in grades 6 through 12 speech and press rights clarified.

HF3580 (Youakim) – Teacher licensure provisions modified, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board composition modified, rulemaking authorized, and technical changes made.

HF3186 (Youakim) - Prekindergarten through grade 12; policy and technical changes made to provisions including general education, schools, teachers, definitions, and timelines; and reports required.

More agenda items may be added.

All testifiers will be asked to limit their comments to two minutes apiece.

*Pursuant to House Rule 4.20, HF1868 was returned to the Education Policy Committee at the end of the 2019 session. The committee will vote to send the bill back to the General Register but will not take further public testimony as this bill received a hearing and was voted out of committee on March 6, 2019.

Testifiers should contact Alyssa Fritz (alyssa.fritz@house.mn) to be added to the testifier list or submit written materials.

Materials must be submitted 24 hours prior to the hearing start time in order to be included in committee member folders. Materials can be submitted electronically to Alyssa Fritz (alyssa.fritz@house.mn) or by dropping off 75 hard copies at Megan Arriola’s desk outside of Room 591.

HF3032 (Halverson): Tobacco; flavored product sale or furnishing prohibited, selling or furnishing administrative penalties modified, persons under age 21 who sell or distribute flavored products alternative civil penalties provided, and criminal penalties provided.

HF3072 (Moran): Smoking prohibited in passenger vehicles and public transportation vehicles with persons under age 18 present, and violation fine established.

HF2467 (Sundin) - Contractor recovery fund modified to include solar installer claims.
HF3433 (Cantrell) - Subminimum wage eliminated, task force on subminimum wage elimination created, statutes and rules allowing payment to employees with disabilities repealed, and money appropriated.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

HF1512* (Sandell): Early education teacher licensure requirements established.

HF 3222 (Becker-Finn): State Building Code; baby diaper changing station installation in public restrooms required.

HF 3311 (Richardson): Birth to Age Eight Pilot Project modified.

HF2319** (Pinto) - Human services program integrity modified, criminal penalties created, and money appropriated.

More agenda items may be added.

NOTES:
* No public testimony will be taken on HF1512 as the bill received a hearing in the Early Childhood Division on March 12, 2019.

**An author’s DE amendment to HF2319 will be posted when it is available from House Research.

If you wish to testify or submit materials on any of these bills, please contact the Committee Administrator, Alyssa Fritz (alyssa.fritz@house.mn), by 10:00 am on Wednesday, February 26.

HF3404 (Stephenson) - Occupational employment statistic survey information sharing required by employers.
HF3600 (Noor) - New American workforce training funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3629 (Xiong) - Minnesota Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

Bills may be added to the agenda.

I. HF 3616 (Lee) Increasing limit on state contracts that may be awarded to targeted businesses

II. HF 3631 (Freiberg) Creating grant program for making buildings more accessible to individuals with an autism spectrum disorder or other sensory issues

III. HF 1358 (Elkins) Website Accessibility Grants established enabling visually impaired individuals improved access to local government websites

Additional bills will likely be added

I. HF 3561 (Fischer) Construction materials for public safety facilities tax exemption provided
II. HF 3278 (L. Carlson) Tax exemption for certain construction materials provided
III. HF 2955 (O'Neill) Buffalo; fire station construction materials exempted from sales and use tax
IV. HF 3280 (Layman) Grand Rapids; fire station refundable construction exemption provided
V. HF 3320 (Huot) Elementary or secondary school student organization fund-raising sales exemption provided if conditions are met
VI. HF 3362 (Sandstede) Elementary or secondary school student organization fund-raising sales tax exemption provided
VII. HF 2980 (Gruenhagen) Automated storage and retrieval equipment purchase sales tax exemption provided

I. MN Dept. of Agriculture: Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation (AGRI) Value report
II. HF 3030 (Brand) Restaurants required to serve specified drinks as default beverage for children's meals.

Note: HF 3421 and HF 3464 have been removed from the agenda.

HF 3201 (Kunesh-Podein) Increase Teachers of Color Act
HF 448 (Her) English Language Learner cross-subsidy

Other items may be added to the agenda.

HF3368 (Long) - Community solar garden program modified. ***(If necessary, the committee will continue hearing this bill from Tuesday’s meeting)***

HF3438 (Bierman) - Electricity rate schedule posting on websites by utilities required.
HF3055 (Lee) - Climate change impact on state capital funding need assessment funding provided, and money appropriated.

Bills may be added to the agenda

HF3202 (Christensen) Hairstyling and makeup application exempted from licensing.

HF3228 (Morrison) Prescription Drug Affordability Act established, prescription drug affordability commission and prescription drug affordability requirements created, and report required.

HF3268 (Persell) Environment; PFAS Task Force created, and money appropriated.

HF3356 (Sauke) State Register publication provisions changed, and Capitol building event annual report date changed.

HF3357 (Sauke) State-owned land and property, general services revolving fund, and central motor pool provisions modified; and Office of Collaboration and Dispute Resolution established.

TESTIFYING: Testimony will be limited. Please plan accordingly. If you would like to testify, please inform the committee administrator.

HANDOUTS: Handouts must be in PDF format and emailed by 3 p.m. the day before the meeting to the committee administrator. If you are bringing hard copies, please bring 60 copies and email the handout.

*Bills may be added or removed from the agenda.

o **PENDING REFERRAL** HF 998 (ecklund) Sentencing veterans for criminal offenses related to a service-related disorder court guidance provided.
o **HF 3749 (Edelson) Reproductive health service and facilities access interference prohibited, and criminal penalties established
o HF 3274 (Carlson): Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act amended, and court approval process for proposed amendments to common interest community governing documents created


*Bills may be added to, or removed from, the agenda. Bills may be taken in any order.
**HF 3749 (Edelson) is a duplicate of HF 3041(Edelson)**

**If you have questions, or wish to testify on an agenda item, please contact Committee Administrator, Rachel Ganani: rachel.ganani@house.mn

HF3524 (Morrison) Lawns to legumes program funding provided, previous appropriation canceled, and money appropriated.

Overview and update on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)

HF3431 (Tabke) State incentives for conservation reserve program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2957 (Hansen) Conservation Reserve Program state incentive funding provided, and money appropriated.

Attorney General's Advisory Task Force on Lowering Pharmaceutical Drug Prices Recommendations:
Dr. Stephen Schondelmeyer, Advisory Task Force Member
HF1246 (Morrison) Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act established, and report required.
HF4 (Lesch) Drug manufacturer or distributor prohibited from charging unconscionable prices for prescription drugs; Board of Pharmacy, commissioner of human services, and health plan companies required to notify the attorney general of certain prescription drug price increases; attorney general authorized to take action against drug manufacturers and wholesalers related to price increases; and civil penalties imposed.
HF1257 (Cantrell) Prescription drug benefit transparency and disclosure required.

Redemption Day

*HF 40 (Dehn) Civil right to vote of an individual restored upon release from incarceration or upon sentencing if no incarceration is imposed, and notice required.

HF 2806 (Long) Clemency Review Commission established, Board of Pardons procedures modified, and clarifying changes made.

**HF XXX (Long) Clean Slate Act

Last Year Bills
***HF 982 (Long) Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act proposed for adoption by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, law regarding collateral consequences and criminal offenders rehabilitation conformed with the uniform act, and money appropriated.

Re-Referrals without Recommendations
****HF 3174 (Noor) Human services background studies; disqualification of individuals with expunged criminal records prohibited.
****HF 3603 (Moller) Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic-Violence Protection Orders Act eneacted.

Notes:
*The Committee will be giving HF 40 a brief informational hearing, as the bill is in possession of the Ways and Means Committee
**HF XXX is pending referral. The bill language is attached.
***Bills that have been heard last year. Testimony was taken at that time. No testimony will be taken during this hearing on these bills. Technical amendments will be provided for these bills to update certain dates.
**** We will be passing these bills without recommendation. The committee does not intend to hear these bills. Therefore, no testimony will be taken.
*****Bills will be added to the agenda

*Bills may be added or removed from the agenda.*

**Bills added, 2/24: HF1739 (Lueck), HF2965 (Hansen), and HF3251 (Richardson) have been added to the agenda**

If you would like to testify on a bill, please email john.howe@house.mn.

If you plan to bring handouts with your testimony, please email them in PDF format by 1:00 p.m. the day before the meeting. If you are bringing hard copies of your handout, please bring 40 copies and email the handout in advance.

HF3499 (Nelson) Help America Vote Act appropriation purpose transferred, and money appropriated.

TESTIFYING: Testimony will be limited. Please plan accordingly. If you would like to testify, please inform the committee administrator.

HANDOUTS: Handouts must be in PDF format and emailed by 3 p.m. the day before the meeting to the committee administrator. If you are bringing hard copies, please bring 40 copies and email the handout.

*Bills may be added or removed from the agenda.

TBD

HF2243* (Mariani) - Pupil Fair Dismissal Act amended, nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices required, and money appropriated. (INFORMATIONAL ONLY)

HF1761* (Her) - Pupil nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices provided, and report required. (INFORMATIONAL ONLY)

HF3396** (Her) - Student discipline and nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices modified.

HF55 (Jurgens) – School meal provisions modified.

HF575*** (Huot) - Unclaimed drugs or medications in schools disposal provided.

HF1901 (Carlson, A.) - Student death school board policy required.

HF244*** (Claflin) - School districts required to conduct radon testing.

HF 3123 (Christensen) - Student athlete concussion and sudden cardiac arrest information and training required.

HF250 (Kunesh-Podein) - Sexual assault; affirmative consent instruction in schools required, and money appropriated.

HF1422 (Baker) - Seizure training required in schools.

More agenda items may be added.


NOTES:

*HF 2243 and HF1761 will be heard on an informational basis only; no official action or outside testimony will be taken.

**Testimony for HF3396 will be limited to 30 minutes total for those in support and 30 minutes for those with concerns.

***No public testimony will be taken on HF575 and HF244 as the bills received hearings in the Education Policy Committee in 2019 and were included in HF1711, the Committee’s 2019 policy bill.

If you wish to testify on any of these bills, please contact Committee Administrator Alyssa Fritz (alyssa.fritz@house.mn) by 12:00pm on Thursday, February 27.

Testifiers should reference the bill for which they wish to testify and if they will be testifying for or against the legislation. Testimony may be limited due to time constraints at the discretion of the Chair, so please prepare remarks of 1 to 2 minutes.

Materials must be submitted by 9 AM on Thursday, February 27 in order to be included in committee member folders. Materials can be submitted electronically to Alyssa Fritz (alyssa.fritz@house.mn) or by dropping off 75 hard copies at Megan Arriola’s desk outside of Room 591.

**Bills may be added. Bills may be taken up in any order based on authors’ availability.**

NOTE: For the purpose of making a corrective referral, the following bill will be moved to the Early Childhood Finance and Policy Division without recommendation:
HF3678 (Bahner) Income and asset exclusion expiration date extended for public assistance program eligibility as part of the income and child development in the first three year of life demonstration project.

AGENDA:
HFXXXX (Olson) Opiate Epidemic Response Advisory Council modified, licensure fees modified, prescription requirements for controlled substances modified, and opiate epidemic response account technical changes made.
HF2772 (Olson) Home and community-based services employee scholarship program expanded to also repay qualified educational loans of employees.
HF3322 (Kunesh-Podein) Medical assistance requirement for persons needing breast or cervical cancer treatment modified.
HF2971 (Cantrell) Vocational services for individuals with disabilities provided, and reports required.
HF1732 (Kresha) Child maltreatment and neglect sections reorganized and clarified, and technical changes made.
HF2044 (Klevorn) Birth and death record access changed.
HF3445 (Morrison) Psychiatric residential treatment facility services determination and documentation requirement to involve state medical review agent eliminated, per diem rate per youth psychiatric residential treatment services provider establishment required, and facilities or licensed professionals permitted to submit billing for arranged services. **PENDING RE-REFERRAL**
HF2179 (Huot) Casket and urn sale license exception clarified.
HF771 (Moran) Cultural and ethnic communities leadership council governing provisions modified.
HF3276 (Moran) Child out-of-home placement cost of care, examination, and treatment governing provisions modified.

OLA will present the report Department of Human Rights:  Complaint Resolution Process

Bill hearing:

HF 3232 (Pelowski) Career and technical education teacher training pilot project created, and money appropriated

HF3595 (Torkelson) Minnesota River basin water quality and storage program established, and money appropriated.

*Additional bills may be added.

HF3271 (Christensen) Explore Minnesota Tourism funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3425 (Wolgamott) Wastewater infrastructure planning funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3590 (Edelson) Carbon sequestration report funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3649 (Lee) Emerald ash borer addressing grant appropriation extended
HF3064 (Becker-Finn) Chronic wasting disease adopt-a-dumpster program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3221 (Becker-Finn) No child left inside grant program funding provided, and money appropriated.

TBD

Law Enforcement Excellence Week

Presentation by The Minnesota Sheriffs Association on the LEXIPOL System

HF 3243 (Pinto) Law enforcement hiring information access expanded.

HF 3229 (Persell) Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe; concurrent state law enforcement jurisdictional authority requirements modified.


Last Year Bills
*HF 1149 (Christensen) Conservation officer authority under DWI law expanded

Notes:
*Bills that have been heard last year. Testimony was taken at that time. No testimony will be taken during this hearing on these bills. Technical amendments will be provided for these bills to update certain dates.
**Bills may be added to the agenda

Bill Hearings:

HF 135 (Daniels) Motor vehicles; establishing military ready reserve special license plates
HF 3176 (Pryor) Establishing an Air Medal special veterans license plate
HF 3552 (Bahner) Motor Vehicles bearing Purple Heart medal plate fee exemptions provided
HF 3204 (Fabian) High School Diplomas awarded to veterans who actively served in military conflicts
HF3618 (Ecklund) Military Department building rental authorized and rental terms specified
HF3324 (Persell) Veteran retreat funding provided, money appropriated

Bills may be taken in any order.

Please contact Owen Wirth at Owen.Wirth@House.mn if you would like to testify on any of these bills.

1. Approval of December 18, 2019, meeting minutes.

2. Introduction of new LCPR actuary and 2020 actuarial work plan.
3. Approval of motions related to actuarial assumptions and reporting requirements:
   • Motion LCPR20-M1 to waive 30-year projection requirement for one year for MSRS General, PERA General, and TRA
   • Motion LCPR20-M2 to approve actuarial assumptions for MSRS, PERA, and TRA
   • Motion LCPR20-M3 to approve actuarial assumptions for Bloomington Fire Department Relief Association
4. Presentation by State Board of Investment:
   • Update on investment returns
   • Overview of Climate Change Risk Investment Discussion report

Mansco Perry, Executive Director, State Board of Investment

5. HF3272 (Albright): State Board of Investment; Authorizing certain investments; exempting liquid alternatives from restriction.

6. Revisor document 20-7199: Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) 2020 administrative bill.

7. HF3752 (Her): Teachers Retirement Association (TRA) 2020 administrative bill.

8. Revisor document 20-7158: State Auditor's investment disclosure and reporting bill; Revising reporting requirements.
9. Supplemental plan contributions by St. Paul city and school district.
   a. Revisor document 20-7248: Authorizing contributions by the City of St. Paul and Independent
       School District No. 625, St. Paul, to multiemployer plans.
   b. Revisor document 20-7249: PERA; Revising the exclusions from PERA General plan coverage.

TBD

Law Enforcement Excellence Week

Presentation on the Police-Involved Deadly Force Encounters Working Group Report

HF 2709 (Mariani) Peace officer training reimbursement funding provided, and money appropriated

HF 2460 (Howard) Peace Officer Excellence Task Force established.

Evening Hearing Bills:
HF 741 (Noor) Limiting the use of money bail for certain offenses
HF 1909 (Lesch) Direct shippers of wine regulation; sales and use, liquor gross receipts, and excise taxes imposition; licensing and reporting requirements; data classification; bootlegging prohibition
HF 739 (Mariani) - Court time limit for hearing petitions for post-conviction relief modified.
HF 2023 (Moller) Adultery crime repealed.
HF 3069 (Pinto) Assault by strangulation
HF 3730 (Long) Coroner or medical examiner given access to criminal justice data communications network for unknown deceased person identification.

Notes:
*Bills may be added to the agenda
*The committee will recess and reconvene at 6:00 pm in the Basement Hearing Room. Expect for this committee to meet until Midnight.

HF3543 (Cantrell) Chaska; Minnesota River dredge spoil sites 2019 appropriation modified.
HF2946 (Acomb) Raptor protection from lead poisoning funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3220 (Becker-Finn) Fishing; lead tackle trade-in program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3063 (Becker-Finn) Nontoxic ammunition vouchers funding provided, and money appropriated
HF3605 (Sundin) Local government roads wetland replacement credit funding provided, and money appropriated.

TBD

Law Enforcement Excellence Week - POST Board Day

Presentation by the POST Board on Recent Activity

HF 3630 (Dehn) Peace officer autism training development and implementation required, and money appropriated.

HF 2934 (Youakim) Dementia and Alzheimer's disease; crime alert categories increased to include dementia and Alzheimer's disease categories, law enforcement training on associated issues grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

Bills from Last Year
*HF 627 (Pinto) Eyewitness identification best practices policies required.
*HF 334 (Mariani) Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training membership expanded

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