Welcome to Minnesota House Live Webcast and Mobile Streaming

I.     Welcome/Introductions

II.    Review and approve August 23 and October 8 meeting minutes

III.   October 1 MMB memo: review of fiscal notes

        Britta Reitan, MMB Budget Director

IV.   Classified fiscal notes under Minnesota Government Data Practices Act

        Priyanka Premo, Senate Counsel, Research and Fiscal Analysis

        Nathan Hopkins, House Research

V.    LBO update and discussion items

          a. Information technology costs

          b. Costs associated with FTEs

          c. Absorbed costs

          d. Developing assumptions

       Michelle Weber, LBO Director

VI.  Draft future meeting topics

          a. Fiscal estimates

          b. Secondary costs and dynamic scoring

          c. Who may request a fiscal note

VII.  Potential future meeting dates

VIII. Other items as determined by the chair

Persons interested in testifying must contact Kathryn Ho (kathryn.ho@lbo.leg.mn, 651-297-7146) by end of day Thursday, December 12, 2019.

Joint informational hearing of the Judiciary and Public Safety Committees: a conversation on race, law and the criminal justice system.

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**Please note, this is a joint informational hearing with members of the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division and Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Committee. No official committee action will take place.**

For questions related to this hearing, please contact Committee Administrator, Rachel Ganani: Rachel.Ganani@house.mn

***CANCELED***

Joint informational hearing of the Judiciary and Public Safety Committees:
A conversation on race, law, and the criminal justice system.

**Please save the date and time, further details regarding the agenda will be out soon**

**Please note, this is a joint informational hearing with members of the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division and Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Committee. No official committee action will take place.**

Subcommittee on Legislative Process Reform
Chair: Rep. Gene Pelowski


Meeting:
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
200 State Office Building

Agenda:
I. Call To Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Discussion of Legislative Operations Training.
- Lead presenter: Patrick McCormack, Director, House Research

V. Consideration of prospective changes to House Rules and Joint Rules.
- House Rules: Mandatory Conference Committee Hearings and 12 Hour Rule at end of session for conference committee reports.
- Joint Rules: 12 Hour Rule at end of session for conference committee reports.
- Joint Rules: Mandatory conference committee hearings.
- House Rules: Timing of budget resolution
- House Rules: Separating policy and finance bills
- Joint Rules: Separating policy and finance bills

VI. Adjournment

1. Approval of meeting minutes
2. Appointment of the Commission’s new actuary.
    • Overview of the RFP process
    • Comments from the legislators who interviewed four actuarial firms
    • Commission action: approval of the recommended firm
2. Update on actuarial valuations, experience studies, and legislative proposals from the pension funds.
    • Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS)
    • Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA)
    • Teachers Retirement Association (TRA)
4. Update on interim projects
    • Legislation for St. Paul and the St. Paul School District regarding 
          contributions to multiemployer plans for trades employees
    • COLA study

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Subcommittee meeting minutes: November 12, 2019
3. Presentation: Irrigation- Pinelands Sands
    * Keith Olander, Dean of Agricultural Studies, Central Lakes College
    * Tim Nolte, Farmer, Irrigator
    * Brian Roth, Farmer, Irrigator
4. Director’s Report: Subcommittee Legislative Priorities ~ Jim Stark
5. Presentation: Keeping Water on the Land, Water Storage ~ Dr. Karen Gran, UMD
6. Presentation: Keeping Water on the Land, Water Storage ~ Rob Sip, Red River Watershed Management Board
7. Adjourn