Welcome to Minnesota House Live Webcast and Mobile Streaming

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

BILL ADDED: HF 5304 (Burkel) Kennedy; underground water storage tanks funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF XXXX (Keeler) Clay Co Youth Transitional Housing

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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.

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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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HF5181 (Newton) Department of Military Affairs and Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations modified, maximum bonded indebtedness allowed increased for State Armory Building Commission, and Gopher Gunners Memorial Bridge designated.
HF4124 (Lillie) Outdoor heritage, clean water, parks and trails, and arts and cultural heritage funds money appropriated; and prior appropriations modified and extended.
HF4194 (Howard) Housing; prior appropriations modified, new programs established and existing programs modified, housing infrastructure bond eligible uses expanded, housing infrastructure bond issuance authorized, working group and task force established, reports required, and money appropriated.
*HF601 (Her) Lost and stolen firearms required to be reported promptly to law enforcement.
*HF4300 (Becker-Finn) Firearm safe storage standards established and criminal penalties provided for failing to meet those standards.

Ways and Means will not take official action on HF5181, HF4124 or HF4194. They will be heard and laid over, with official action occurring on Thursday, April 25.

*HF601 and HF4300 have been added to the agenda.

Written Testimony: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov and Leah.Killian@house.mn.gov by 12pm on Tuesday, April 23.

Amendments: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov by 12pm on Tuesday, April 23.

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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THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

1. Welcome and Call to Order

2. Approval of the Minutes – Thursday, April 18th

3. Deadline Waivers
HF5040 (Her) Pensions Bill (Pending Referral)
HF4975 (Acomb) Renewable development account report repealed. (Pending Referral)

4. Adjournment


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House Conferees: Pryor; Hill; Bennett
Senate Conferees: Cwodzinski; Maye Quade; Abeler

Agenda to be announced.

*Senate has gavel and Senator Steve Cwodzinski will preside as Chair.
*Senate File 3567 - Education Policy Bill.
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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
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o Television production will, generally, coincide with the legislative body that holds the gavel for a given hearing:
*If the House holds the gavel, go to the House webcast schedule page: House Public Information Services
*If the Senate holds the gavel, go to the Senate webcast schedule page: Senate Media Services

For any other questions or concerns, please reach out to the House Committee Administrator at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov or the Senate Committee Administrator at danna.elling@mnsenate.gov.

HF 5363 (Frazier) Minnesota Paid Leave Law; paid leave provisions modified
Matt Varilek, Commissioner, Department of Employment and Economic Development
Evan Rowe, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Employment and Economic Development
Devin K. Bruce, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees
Brad Lehto, AFL-CIO

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please contact travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 5pm on Tuesday, April 23

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.

House Conferees: Pryor; Hill; Bennett
Senate Conferees: Cwodzinski; Maye Quade; Abeler

Agenda to be announced.

*House has gavel.
*Senate File 3567 - Education Policy Bill.
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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.
o Television production will, generally, coincide with the legislative body that holds the gavel for a given hearing:
*If the House holds the gavel, go to the House webcast schedule page: House Public Information Services
*If the Senate holds the gavel, go to the Senate webcast schedule page: Senate Media Services

For any other questions or concerns, please reach out to the House Committee Administrator at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov or the Senate Committee Administrator at danna.elling@mnsenate.gov.

Agenda to be announced.

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.

SF 3852 (McEwen) Labor and Industry policy bill

Introductions of Conference Committee Members
Walk-through of Side-by-sides Motions to adopt Articles or Sections
Potential Adoption of Conference Committee Report

The Senate has the gavel Testimony may be submitted to Fabian Bean at fabian.bean@mnsenate.gov by 6:00pm on Wednesday, April 24th. Please send written materials in PDF format. All materials submitted to the committee will be posted on the Senate website.

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.

SF5116 (Lillie) Outdoor heritage, clean water, parks and trails, and arts and cultural heritage funds money appropriated; and prior appropriations modified and extended. (Pending referral. Procedural motion to insert House Language of HF4124, previously heard on April 24)
HF5217 (Nelson, M) Labor Supplemental Budget Bill. (Pending Referral)
HF4194 (Howard) Housing Supplemental Budget Bill. (Procedural motions only. Previously heard on April 24)
HF5242 (Hornstein) Transportation Supplemental Budget Bill. (Pending Referral)
HF2476 (Pinto) Children & Families Supplemental Budget Bill. (Pending Referral)
HF5237 (Youakim) Education Finance Supplemental Budget Bill. (Pending Referral)
HF3911 (Hansen, R) Environment and Natural Resources Supplemental Budget Bill. (Pending Referral)
HF5181 (Newton) Veterans Supplemental Budget Bill. (Procedural motions only. Previously heard on April 24)
HF3431 (Klevorn) State and Local Government Supplemental Budget Bill. (Pending Referral)
HF5040 (Her) Pensions Supplemental Budget Bill. (Pending Referral)
HF5295 (Stephenson) Commerce Supplemental Budget Bill. (Pending Referral)
HF3763 (Vang) Agriculture Supplemental Budget Bill. (Pending Referral)
HF4177 (Acomb) Climate & Energy Supplemental Budget Bill. (Pending Referral)
*HF4975 (Acomb) Renewable development account report repealed. (Pending Referral)
HF5247 (Gomez) Taxes Supplemental Budget Bill. (Pending Referral)

Bills on the agenda that are not considered by the committee on this date will be added to the agenda for Friday, April 26. The order of bills listed above reflects the intended order of committee action, which is subject to change.

Note: HF4194, HF5217 and HF5242 will be merged into one Housing, Labor and Transportation budget bill package, using HF5242 as the primary vehicle.
Note: HF4177, HF3763 and HF5295 will be merged into one Climate & Energy, Agriculture and Commerce budget bill package using HF4975 as the primary vehicle.
Note: HF3431 and HF5181 will be merged into one State and Local Govt and Veterans Supplemental budget bill package, using HF3431 as the primary vehicle.
Note: Article 6 of HF2476 will be deleted and inserted into HF5237 via amendment.

*HF4975 is a vehicle bill to move the Climate & Energy, Agriculture and Commerce Supplemental Budget Bill. A DE amendment will replace the underlying bill language.

Written Testimony: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov and Leah.Killian@house.mn.gov by 12pm on Wednesday, April 24.

Amendments: There is no amendment deadline for any bill on the agenda. Amendments must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov and Leah.Killian@house.mn.gov.

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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Conferees:
Representatives Tabke, Hornstein, Petersburg
Senators Dibble, Morrison, Jasinski

Walk-through of side-by-sides

*The House holds the gavel
*HF3436 - Transportation Policy Bill
*Side-by-sides are posted at: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/side_by_sides/


Notes:
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.
For questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator, Matt Baumann, at Matt.Baumann@house.mn.gov
No public testimony will be taken. Letters can be submitted to the conference committee members or Committee Administrator. Letters may not be posted publicly.

Television production will, generally, coincide with the legislative body that holds the gavel for a given hearing.
If the House holds the gavel, go to the House webcast schedule page: House Public Information Services
If the Senate holds the gavel, go to the Senate webcast schedule page: Senate Media Services



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.

TBA - Any bills not acted upon during the Thursday, April 25 meeting will be added to the agenda.

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.

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 (VIA SF 1386 Cost Estimate)
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.
   • 2024 Interim Projects

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PUBLIC VIEWING INFORMATION: This meeting will be streamed live by the House (webcast schedule).

TESTIFYING: To testify or submit written testimony on an agenda item, please contact the Commission staff at lisa.diesslin@lcpr.mn.gov by 5:00 PM on Thursday, April 25, identifying the specific item on which you would like to testify.  Testimony will be taken as time allows. Requesting to testify does not guarantee the Commission will get to everyone who signs up.  Testimony is limited to the items listed on the agenda. The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair.

ACCESSIBILITY/ACCOMMODATION: To comment on digital accessibility to meeting information, please submit comments using the Accessibility Comment Form. To request an accommodation, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov.

MEETING DOCUMENTS are posted under each agenda item here and on the Commission website as soon as they are available.

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

- Memo on 2025 RFP evaluation and decision-making process
- Capital Project Questionnaire
- Capital Project Budget Addendum

7. Update: Strategic Planning / upcoming listening sessions

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

9. LCCMR Other Business

- LCCMR Member communications memo

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.

- Rick Heller, unofficially representing Twice Exceptional and Print disabled life long learners - voicemail on April 9, 2024

11. Adjourn

1. HF 5363 (Frazier) Minnesota Paid Leave Law; paid leave provisions modified. [pending referral]

Committee discussion of all bills will be limited to the provisions within the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee. 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.