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House Television Webcast and Mobile Streaming Schedule

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 10:30 AM, HTV 1

House Health Finance and Policy Committee

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.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 10:30 AM, HTV 2

House Education Finance Committee

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.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 10:30 AM, HTV 4

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee

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.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:00 PM, HTV 1

House Taxes Committee

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.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:00 PM, HTV 2

House Labor and Industry Finance and Policy Committee

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.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:00 PM, HTV 4

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee

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.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:00 PM, HTV 5

House Human Services Policy Committee

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.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 3:00 PM, HTV 1

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee

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.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 3:00 PM, HTV 2

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee

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.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 3:00 PM, HTV 4

House Education Policy Committee

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.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 3:00 PM, HTV 5

House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee

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.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 6:30 PM, HTV 1

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee - part 2*

* If needed, the committee will reconvene to finish their morning agenda.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 6:30 PM, HTV 2

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee - part 2

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, March 20, 2024 12:05 PM, HTV 1

WEDNESDAY: Session Daily Update

Updates from the House.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 12:10 PM, HTV 1

WEDNESDAY: House Floor Session

House Floor Session

House Upcoming Meeting Schedule

Monday, March 18, 2024, 3/18/2024 8:30:00 AM

Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement

Chair: Rep. Kaohly Vang Her
Location: 120 State Capitol
Agenda:

  1. Approval of March 11, 2024, meeting minutes.
  2. HF 3675 (Wolgamott); SF 3822 (Kupec): Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) General Plan; Unreduced early retirement annuity for select Department of Corrections employees if the employee is at least 62 years old or has at least 30 years of service.
    • Amendment H3675-1A
    • HF3675-SF3822 Summary
    • Testifiers:
      • Erin Leonard, Executive Director, MSRS
      • Katie Marek, Intensive Supervised Release Agent, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE)
      • Janene Altman, Ramsey County Probation Officer
      • Jim Hawkins, Ramsey County Probation Officer
      • Doug Anderson, Executive Director, PERA
      • Amy Strenge, Policy Director, PERA
         
  3. HF 4081 (Stephenson); SF 4092 (Gustafson): Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) Correctional Plan; Increasing the benefit multiplier from 1.9% to 2.2% for prospective service; increasing employee and employer contributions.
    • HF4081-SF4092 Summary
    • Testifiers:
      • Doug Anderson, Executive Director, PERA
      • Amy Strenge, Policy Director, PERA
      • Anoka County Sheriff Brad Wise
    • Submitted Testimony:
  4. HF 4933 (Nadeau); SF 4968 (Pappas): Teachers Retirement Association (TRA), St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association (SPTRFA); Extending the suspension of the earnings limitation for retired teachers who return to teaching.
    • HF4933-SF4968 Summary
    • Testifiers:
      • Holly Dayton, Legislative Liaison, TRA
      • Phillip Tencick, Executive Director/CIO, SPTRFA
      • Kate Lynne Snyder, Lobbyist, Education Minnesota
         
    HF 4899 (O'Driscoll); SF 5073 (Westlin): PERA Defined Contribution Plans; Defined contribution plan federal compliance.
  5. HF xxxx; SF 5062 (Rasmusson): PERA Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Plan (SVF); Adding a defined contribution plan and making administrative changes.  
    • SF5062 Summary
    • Testifiers:
      • Doug Anderson, Executive Director, PERA
      • Amy Strenge, Policy Director, PERA

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

TESTIFYING: The deadline to request to testify or submit written testimony was 12:00 noon on March 14.

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 will be posted both here and on the Commission meeting page as soon as they are available.

Monday, March 18, 2024, 3/18/2024 10:30:00 AM

Ways and Means

Chair: Rep. Liz Olson
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
HF3071 (Tabke) Plain language standards incorporation required for written driver's examinations, report required, and money appropriated.

HF4237 (Lislegard) Marked U.S. Highway 169 portion between taconite and Virginia designated as Senator David J. Tomassoni Memorial Cross Range Expressway.

Written Testimony: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov and Leah.Killian@house.mn.gov by 3pm Friday, March 15.

Amendments: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov by 3pm, Friday, March 8.

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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Monday, March 18, 2024, 3/18/2024 1:00:00 PM

Capital Investment

Chair: Rep. Fue Lee
Location: Basement Hearing Room
Agenda:
State Agency Overviews of Governor's 2024 bonding recommendations:
Department of Human Services
Department of Administration
Minnesota Department of Education - with update on ARP Capital Project Funds for Community Facilities
Amateur Sports Commission
Minnesota Zoo
Minnesota State Academies
Perpich Center for Arts Education

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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Monday, March 18, 2024, 3/18/2024 1:00:00 PM

Commerce Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Zack Stephenson
Location: Room 10
Agenda:
HF4100 (Reyer); Debt collection, garnishment, and consumer finance governing provisions modified; debtor protections provided; and statutory forms review required.
No testimony will be taken on this bill since the bill was heard previously by the committee.

HF3692 (Hassan); Contract requirements for deeds between investor sellers and purchasers of residential real property modified, recording provisions modified, disclosures required, right to cancel provided, and civil remedies authorized.

HF1930 (Freiberg); End-of-life option established for terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less, criminal penalties provided, data classified, reports required, immunity provided, and enforcement authorized.
Discussion and testimony limited to Article 1 Sec. 11 and Article 2 Sec. 1

HF4960 (Tabke); Insurers authorized to use weather-related losses for purposes of underwriting and rating.

HF4348 (Freiberg); Nonbank data security law established.

HF4034 (Cha); Consumer protections with respect to residential real estate established.

HF3330 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger); Health carriers required to provide coverage for rapid whole genome sequencing.

HF4557 (Klevorn); Health plans required to cover scalp hair prosthetics for hair loss caused by cancer treatment.

Bills may be added, removed, or taken up in any order at the Chair's discretion

If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email simon.brown@house.mn.gov, preferably 24 hours prior to the hearing.

The hearing will be broadcast through House Information Services, for more information visit: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/hinfo.asp

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.

Bills Added
Bills Removed
Monday, March 18, 2024, 3/18/2024 1:00:00 PM

Human Services Policy

Chair: Rep. Peter Fischer
Location: State Office Building, Room 200
Agenda:
Items may be added

- HF4528 (Hicks) Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing membership modified.
a. Alicia Lane, Government Relations Director, Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing
b. Michele Isham, Board Member, Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing

- HF4552 (Virnig) Minnesota Statutes language concerning expired human services reports to the legislature removed.
a. Matt Burdick, Director of State Government Relations, Minnesota Department of Human Services

- HF4075 (Virnig) Lifeworks Services, Inc., payment provided for disability inclusion pilot project, and money appropriated.
a. Mamady Konneh, Founder and Executive Director, WeNetworkNow

- HF4563 (Vang) Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Education Center and youth care professional training program established, and rules for mental health providers modified.
a. Sue Abderholden, Executive Director, NAMI Minnesota

- HF4360 (Noor) County-provided adult mental health targeted case management requirements modified.

- HF4392 (Fischer) Minimum wage protections established for people with disabilities, person care assistance and community first services and supports remote reassessment requirements modified, disability waiver services provisions modified, and Deaf and Hard-of Hearing Services Act language modernized.
a. Kristy Graume; Legislative Director of Behavioral Health, Housing, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Administration; Minnesota Department of Human Services
b. Danielle Mahoehney, Community Living and Employment Specialist at Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota
c. Heidi Maghan, Executive Director, EpicEnterprise, Inc.
d. Dupree Edwards, Self-Advocate & Board Member, The Arc Minnesota
e. Matthew Bergeron, Minnesota Alliance of Rural Addiction Treatment Programs
f. Sue Hankner, President, A-Team Minnesota, Inc.
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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by 8:30am the day of each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

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

Accommodations:
- 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.
- If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send you 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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Monday, March 18, 2024, 3/18/2024 1:00:00 PM

Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Jerry Newton
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
HF837 (Garofalo) - State veterans cemetery burial fee removed for spouses and dependents of eligible veterans.

HF4769 (Hudella) - Commissioner of veterans affairs funding provided for Eagle's Healing Nest grant, and money appropriated.

HF1666 (Hudella) - Veteran service officers authorized to receive vital records without a fee.

HF3677 (Elkins) - Counties authorized to appropriate money to organizations to defray expenses of Veterans Day exercises.

HF4742 (Rehm) - University of Minnesota landscape Arboretum requested to provided free access to disabled veterans.

HF4038 (Wiens) - Property tax exemption provided for land owned by congressionally chartered veterans service organizations, special classification removed for land owned by congressionally chartered veterans service organizations.

HF4134 (Wiens) - Veteran designation on drivers' licenses or Minnesota identification cards and burial in state veterans cemeteries eligibility amended, and money appropriated.

HF4976 (Wiens) - Tuition-free postsecondary educational program for veterans who have received Purple Heart and the veterans' dependents established, and money appropriated.

HF3454 (Norris) - Adjutant general authorized to establish referral bonus program for referrals leading to enlistment in or commissioning into the Minnesota National Guard.

HF4334 (Olson, B.) - Making a veteran, former service member, or their spouse/dependent not eligible for state-funded benefits, services, or programs if the veteran or former service member has forfeited federal benefits.

All agenda items subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.

TESTIMONY: If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email jack.dockendorf@house.mn.gov no later than 5pm the day before the hearing. Written testimony received after this time may not be included in members' packets.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Housing Finance and Policy Committee webpage.

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, Jack Dockendorf (jack.dockendorf@house.mn.gov).

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

Bills Added
Bills Removed
Monday, March 18, 2024, 3/14/2024 3:30:00 PM

Floor Session

Location: House Floor
Agenda:
THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 8:30:00 AM

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Dave Pinto
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
Morning Agenda (8:30 - 10:00 AM - SOB Rm 200):
HF4176 (Pérez-Vega)Early learning programs modified. (This bill was previously heard on 2/29/24. No further public testimony will be taken.)
HF4459 (Hanson, J.) 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.
HF4537 (Pinto) Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General executive bill on children's licensing issues.

Evening Agenda (6:30 - 7:20 PM - SOB Rm 10):
HF4980 (Pinto)Human services forecast adjustments made, and money appropriated.
HF 5033 (Pinto) Welfare data technical corrections made. (vehicle bill)
HF4732 (Pinto) Payment of developmental screening aid clarified. (early learning vehicle bill)
HF4898 (Hanson, J.) Family assets modified for independence program
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 (Optical Character Recognition) format for posting to the committee webpage; contact the Committee Administrator for more information about acceptable electronic formats.

TESTIMONY: Bill authors must arrange their own testifiers and provide each testifier’s name, position title, and email address to the CA 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Written testimony is also encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage prior to the meeting.

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.
Note:
The committee will meet from 8:30 - 10:00 AM in SOB Rm 200 and will reconvene at 6:30 - 7:20 PM in SOB Rm 10.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 8:30:00 AM

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Chair: Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn
Location: State Office Building Room 5
Agenda:
1. HF 4853 (Bierman) Health maintenance organization transactions oversight provided, and nonprofit conversion transactions regulations and prohibitions established.
2. HF 3410 (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.
3. HF 4104 (Tabke) Release of information on leased motor vehicles to licensed motor vehicle dealers authorized, and technical changes made.
4. HF 3577 (Jordan) Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act established, and rulemaking authorized.
5. HF 1718 (Huot) Appointment, licensing, and compensation of railroad peace officers provided; civil liability issues addressed; and rulemaking required.
6. HF 4347 (Norris) Coerced debt governing provisions modified.
7. HF 3443 (Liebling) Release of patient health records requirements modified.
8. HF 4569 (Howard) Wage theft prevented and use of responsible contractors required when Minnesota Housing Finance Agency provides financial assistance for development of multiunit residential housing.
9. HF 4410 (Hansen) Enforcement authority modified, and money appropriated.
10. HF 4822 (Feist) Distribution of excess proceeds from sales of tax-forfeited property modified, grants for environmental remediation of tax-forfeited property provided, and money appropriated.
11. HF 4854 (Klevorn) Administrative Procedure Act and Office of Administrative Hearings technical and policy provisions modified.
12. HF 4387 (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.
13. HF 4276 (Curran) Revisor of statutes directed to update terms used in statute.
14. HF 3830 (Hollins) Antenuptial contract process clarified to include any two individuals.
15. HF 3567 (Hollins) Uniform Parentage Act enacted.
16. HF 3204 (Moller) Domestic relations; parenting time provisions modified.
17. HF 2895 (Scott) Judiciary; spousal maintenance modified.

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.
Note:
The committee will reconvene at 6:30pm in Room 5 if needed to finish the agenda.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 8:30:00 AM

State and Local Government Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Ginny Klevorn
Location: Room 10
Agenda:
Pending referral HF 4043 (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.
HF 3182 (Olson, L) Public employees insurance program modifications; Minnesota insurance pool committee created, report required, and money appropriated.
HF 4553 (Tabke) State Patrol retirement plan new section added to codify the right to return to employment and continue receiving an annuity.

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
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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 8:30:00 AM

Transportation Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Frank Hornstein
Location: Basement Hearing Room
Agenda:
March 14, 2024 hearing minutes

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.

HF4652 (Sencer-Mura) Crash reporting requirements modified.

HF4649 (Sencer-Mura) Child passenger restraint provisions modified.



Agenda items may be added or changed.

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 or 651-296-3208.

Public Testimony:
Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator matt.baumann@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM the day before each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

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

Please note that this list serv notification email is not monitored. If you wish to reply, please email me directly at: matt.baumann@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
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.
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 10:30:00 AM

Education Finance

Chair: Rep. Cheryl Youakim
Location: Basement Hearing Room, State Office Building
Agenda:
Approval of the Minutes from March 14th, 2024
HF 3744 (Edelson) Read Act amended, working group established, supplemental funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF 4912 (Sencer-Mura) Onetime aid to improve student attendance created, and money appropriated.
HF 4827 (Youakim) Aid payment schedule for state school nutrition programs clarified.
HF 4828 (Youakim) Definition of adjusted general revenue modified.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
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.

Public Testimony:
If you are interested in providing testimony on the scheduled bills please contact the committee administrator at: polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov no later than 2pm on Monday, March 18th. Written testimony is encouraged. Testimony may be limited.
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 10:30:00 AM

Health Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Tina Liebling
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
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.

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.

HF4187 (Bierman): Alternate hospital inpatient payment rate specified.

HF4396 (Liebling): Health plan companies required to include essential community providers in all health plans, and contract payment rates modified.

HF4571 (Liebling): Commissioner of health appropriation corrected.
Bills may be taken up in any order, added, or removed at the discretion of the Chair.

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.

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.
Note:
This hearing has been approved for extra time and will adjourn at 12:30PM
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 10:30:00 AM

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Gene Pelowski, Jr.
Location: Room 10
Agenda:
HF4565 (Hanson, J) Higher education students with a disability documentation and other requirements specified.

Bill Added:
HF1630 (Pelowski) One-third user financing requirement eliminated for future capital improvement projects at public postsecondary institutions.

HF1630 was previously heard on Tuesday, March 12. The bill will be moved before the committee to process to the committee on Capital Investment.

Written Testimony: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov and Christopher.Olendorf@house.mn.gov by 3pm Monday, March 18.

Amendments: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov by 10:30am, Monday, March 18.

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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 10:30:00 AM

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Kelly Moller
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
HF 4370 (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.

HF 4753 (Pelowski) General fund surplus dollars required to be allocated to the disaster assistance contingency account.

HF 3063 (Fischer) Law regarding collection of DNA data without a conviction removed, and removal of biological specimens and records from DNA index system provided. *Amendment forthcoming.

HF 4417 (Kozlowski) Task Force on Preventing Violence Against Latina Women established, report required, and money appropriated.

HF 4118 (Hanson, J) Use of excited delirium term and similar terms to describe mental health status of persons by law enforcement prohibited. *Amendment forthcoming.

HF 4244 (Becker-Finn) Earned incentive release savings funds reallocation redistributed.

Items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.

Written Testimony: The deadline to submit written testimony for all bills on the agenda will be 10:30 AM, March 18th. All written testimony must be submitted in a PDF document without clickable links. All testimony should be sent to the committee administrator, ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov.

Testimony: 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 10:30 AM, March 18th.

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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 1:00:00 PM

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Samantha Vang
Location: Basement Hearing Room
Agenda:
HF 4989 (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. See attachment for bill language.
HF 4163 (Norris) Farm to institutions funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 4065 (Anderson, PH) Live Cervidae importation to accredited facilities allowed.
HF 4044 (Jacob) Property tax credit established for acres certified under Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, and money appropriated. Testimony was previously heard. No additional testimony will be taken.

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 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
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Bills Added
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 1:00:00 PM

Human Services Policy

Chair: Rep. Peter Fischer
Location: State Office Building, Room 200
Agenda:
Items may be added

- HF1683 (Bierman) Mental health services eligibility and rates modified.
a. Ellie Skelton, Chief Executive Officer, Touchstone Mental Health
b. Michelle Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Nexus Family Healing

- 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.
a. Carrie Briones, Legislative Director for Direct Care and Treatment, Minnesota Department of Human Services
b. Matt Freeman, Executive Director, Minnesota Association of County Social Service Administrators

- HF4839 (Reyer) PACE program implemented.

- HF4981 (Her) Establishing Medical Assistance rate adjustments for physician and professional services, increasing rates for certain residential services, requiring a statewide reimbursement rate for behavioral health home services, appropriating money
a. Jessica Brisbois, Manager of Acute Mental Health, Children’s Minnesota
b. Trevor Johnson, Executive Director, Tasks Unlimited, Inc.

- HF4671 (Fischer) Respite care grants modified, youth care professional training program created, adult and children's mobile transition units modified, and money appropriated
a. Leslie Yunker, Supervisor in Children’s Mental Health, Dakota County
b. Michelle Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Nexus Family Healing

- HF4568 (Virnig) State disability determination procedures modified, and consumer-directed community supports governing provisions modified
a. Justin Smith, Consumer-Directed Community Supports Recipient
b. Kris Erickson, Consumer-Directed Community Supports Parent

- 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
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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by 8:30am the day of each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

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

Accommodations:
- 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.
- If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send you comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
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Bills Added
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 1:00:00 PM

Labor and Industry Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Michael Nelson
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF 4761 (Stephenson) Cannabis; workplace testing provided

HF 4508 (Jordan) Public employee definition amended, and University of Minnesota employee bargaining units modified
Heather Holcombe, Ph.D., Vice President of the University of Minnesota chapter of the American Association of University Professors
Jeff Ettinger, Interim President, University of Minnesota
Ian Ringgenberg
Mani Vang, Senior Director of Employee and Labor Relations, University of Minnesota
Zachary Shaheen, M.D./ Ph.D.
Tyler Blackmon
Sandra Shahriar, UMN Graduate Labor Union: UE Local 1105

HF 4242 (Kraft) State Building Code; residential energy code adoption standards and timelines modified, residential energy rating rebate program created, reports required, and money appropriated
Eric Fowler, Senior Policy Associate, Buildings at Fresh Energy
Barbara Morehead
Michael Morehead
Nick Erickson, Senior Policy Director, Housing First Minnesota
Sam Friesen, Wood works Homes
Jamie Fitzke, Director of Legislative Affairs, CenterPoint Energy

HF 4661 (Wolgamott) Technical and policy changes made to workers' compensation hearing provisions
Jessica Stimac, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Labor and Industry

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please send them to travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 4pm on Monday, March 18

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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 1:00:00 PM

Taxes

Chair: Rep. Aisha Gomez
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
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.


Items may be added/removed from the agenda. Materials will be posted to the Committee website when they are available. Public testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and preferred title to the Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) and the CLA (Lauren Sabes Lauren.Sabes@house.mn.gov) by 1 PM on Monday, March 18th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 1 PM on on Monday, March 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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 3:00:00 PM

Climate and Energy Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Patty Acomb
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
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.
*Items may be added to the agenda

If you wish to submit written testimony or testify in person, please send the written testimony or the request to testify to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn.gov by 1 p.m. the day before the meeting. Written testimony is preferred and will be accepted after the deadline. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

This hearing may be viewed in person or via the House webcast schedule page

-To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access or email the LCC Accessibility Coordinator
-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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 3:00:00 PM

Education Policy

Chair: Rep. Laurie Pryor
Location: Basement Hearing Room B2
Agenda:
**INFORMATIONAL ONLY** HF3782 (Rep. Pryor) - Provisions related to prekindergarten through grade 12 education including general education, education excellence, teachers, literacy, charter schools, nutrition, health and safety, early learning, and education partnerships and compacts modified; and reports required.
-Education Policy Bill Walk-through

HF4159 (Rep. Hicks) - Teacher preparation programs required to provide instruction on ableism and disability justice, teacher license renewal requirements modified, and money appropriated.

HF4451 (Rep. Bennett) - Purple Star School designation established.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
AMENDMENTS: Amendments must be emailed to the committee administrator by 12pm (Noon) Monday.

HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT and emailed to the committee administrator before 4p.m., Monday. If you are bringing hard copies to the committee, please bring 40 copies and check-in with the committee administrator before distribution.

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. Remote testimony is available. Written testimony is encouraged and is accounted as official committee record - to be distributed to committee members and public. If you would like to testify or submit written testimony (in PDF format), please email the committee administrator by 4pm, Monday.

For any other questions or concerns, please reach out to the Committee Administrator at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov or 651-296-1913.
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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 This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page . All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 3:00:00 PM

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Rick Hansen
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
*Agenda Change: Bill Added. Bill Removed.

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. *(Please note that amendments, testimony and discussion will be limited to Section 14.)

If you would like to sign up to testify or submit written testimony, please email Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov by 5:00pm, Monday, March 18, 2024. Submitted written testimony is public and will be posted on the committee website and included in the committee record.

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.
Bills Added
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 3:00:00 PM

Housing Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Michael Howard
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
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.

All agenda items subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.

TESTIMONY: If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email jack.dockendorf@house.mn.gov no later than 5pm the day before the hearing. Written testimony received after this time may not be included in members' packets.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Housing Finance and Policy Committee webpage.

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, Jack Dockendorf (jack.dockendorf@house.mn.gov).

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

Bills Added
Bills Removed
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3/19/2024 6:30:00 PM

Transportation Finance and Policy

Hearing Canceled
Chair: Rep. Frank Hornstein
Location: Basement Hearing Room
Agenda:



Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
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Public Testimony:
Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator matt.baumann@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM the day before each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

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

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Bills Removed
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/20/2024 8:30:00 AM

Elections Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Mike Freiberg
Location: Room 200 for the morning hearing. Room 5 when we reconvene.
Agenda:
HF4068 (Kraft); Voter registration application and reporting requirements amended for school districts.

HF4679 (Coulter); Certain activities exempted from definition of lobbyist, and Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board required to conduct study.

HF4243 (Freiberg); Local election provisions modified, and absentee voting provisions modified.

HF4772 (Freiberg); Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board authority to impose civil penalty and late fees modified, electioneering communication definition expanded to include communications disseminated digitally online or by electronic means to a recipient's telephone or other personal device, and major political party definition modified.

This bill will be the vehicle for the omnibus elections policy bill. The bill will be laid over during our morning hearing. When the committee reconvenes at 6:00pm, a DE will be adopted with the policy omnibus bill.

The committee will recess at this point and will reconvene at 6:00pm in Room 5.

HF4772 (Freiberg); Omnibus elections policy bill
DE to be posted

Bills may be taken up in any order, added, or removed at the Chair’s discretion

If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email simon.brown@house.mn.gov no later than 5pm the night before. Anything sent to the CA will be posted publicly unless specifically asked otherwise.

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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Note:
The committee will recess after HF4772 and reconvene in Room 5 at 6:00pm.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/20/2024 8:30:00 AM

Health Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Tina Liebling
Location: Room 10
Agenda:
Walkthrough and public testimony on Scope of Practice & Licensing policy omnibus.

HF4247 (Liebling) is the base vehicle for the omnibus. A DE "Delete Everything" amendment to HF4247 will be circulated and posted to the committee page on Monday, March 18. To receive consideration, amendments to the DE must be received by the Committee Administrator by 5:00PM Tuesday, March 19. Markup and passage of the omnibus will take place on Thursday, March 21.

HF4412 (Greenman) - Veterans home provisions modified.

HF4993 (Liebling) - Human services forecast adjustments made, and money appropriated.

HF4391 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger): Department of Human Services disability services and substance use disorder services policy bill.

HF4393 (Fischer): Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General policy bill; and provisions relating to human services licensing, background studies, provider notifications, substance use disorder medications, and electronic signatures modified.

Bills may be added or removed at the discretion of the Chair.

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.

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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/20/2024 8:30:00 AM

Workforce Development Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Jay Xiong
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF 4170 (Hassan) Inspire Change Clinic grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 3849 (Frazier) Jobs Foundation funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 3850 (Frazier) Hired funding provided for employment assistance training
HF 4131 (Sencer-Mura) Grant program funding provided for employment support services to persons with mental illness, and money appropriated
Robert Reedy, Senior Director Vocational Services, Rise
Sam Monson, Employment Consultant, Rise
Samantha “Sam” Manthe, Client, Rise

HF 3708 (Sencer-Mura) Equaspace grant funding provided, and money appropriated
Sarah Clyne, Executive Director, Equaspace
Anne Leland, Executive Director, Exodus Lending

HF 4080 (Olson, B) Child care program capacity expansion funding provided

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please do so by Noon on Tuesday, March 19 and send them to travis.reese@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
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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/20/2024 10:30:00 AM

Economic Development Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Hodan Hassan
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF 4249 (Lee, K) Explore Minnesota Film established.
HF 2821 (Sencer-Mura) Economic development equity; process for requesting racial equity impact note for legislation established, and money appropriated

HF 3847 (Hassan) Small business assistance partnerships grant program, Minnesota expanding opportunity fund program, Minnesota emerging entrepreneur program, and community wealth-building grant program pilot project technical changes made.
Trish DeAnda, Chief Financial Officer, MCCD
Zamzam Mohammed, Business Advisor, MCCD
Ger Thao, Economic Prosperity Director, Hmong American Partnership

HF 3448 (Hassan) Energy transition advisory committee membership modified

Presentation on Governor's Bonding Requests from DEED

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please send them to travis.reese@house.mn.gov by Noon on Tuesday, March 19

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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Bills Added
Bills Removed
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/20/2024 10:30:00 AM

Legacy Finance

Chair: Rep. Leon Lillie
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Presentations
*Items may be added to the agenda

If you wish to submit written testimony or testify in person, please send the written testimony or the request to testify to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn.gov by 10:30 a.m. the day before the meeting. Written testimony is preferred and will be accepted after the deadline. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

This hearing may be viewed in person or via the House webcast schedule page

-To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access or email the LCC Accessibility Coordinator
-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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/20/2024 10:30:00 AM

Property Tax Division

Chair: Rep. Dave Lislegard
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
HFXXXX (Davids) Modifying tier limits for homestead resort properties (Revisor #24-07177/Attached)
HF4973 (Pinto) St. Paul; tax increment financing district five-year rule extension provided.
HF2436 (R. Hansen) Property tax provisions modified, redevelopment area homestead credit established, and money appropriated.
HF4942 (Youakim) Edina; tax increment financing districts five-year rule extensions and duration extensions provided.

Items may be added/removed from the agenda. Materials will be posted to the Committee website when they are available. Public testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and preferred title to the Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) and the CLA (Carl Kaase Carl.Kaase@house.mn.gov) by 1 PM on Tuesday, March 19th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 1 PM on on Tuesday, March 19th. 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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/18/2024 12:10:00 PM

Floor Session

Location: House Floor
Agenda:
THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/20/2024 1:00:00 PM

Capital Investment

Chair: Rep. Fue Lee
Location: Basement Hearing Room
Agenda:
MN Historical Society 2024 bonding request
State Auditor Report on Infrastructure Stress Transparency Tool
HF 3584 (Lee) Debt capacity reporting by political subdivisions required in capital budget submissions – Informational only
HF 3582 (Lee) Local governments required to establish replacement fund to maintain and replace capital projects that receive state funding – Informational only
HF 3870 (Olson B) Armory provisions modified – Formal action will be taken.

AMENDMENTS
For HF 3870 amendments are due to the CA jenny.nash@house.mn.gov by 1:00 pm on Tuesday, March 19.

For HF 3584 and HF 3582: amendments are for reference only and due to the CA jenny.nash@house.mn.gov by 1:00 pm on Tuesday, March 19. HF 3484 and HF 3582 will be heard on an informational only basis - no formal action will be taken.

TESTIMONY To testify on any bill, please contact the CA at jenny.nash@house.mn.gov to sign up to testify by 2 pm on Tuesday, March 19.

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.
Bills Removed
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/20/2024 1:00:00 PM

Commerce Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Zack Stephenson
Location: Room 10
Agenda:
HF3566 (Hollins); Electronic waste collection and recycling program established, accounts created, report required, and money appropriated.

HF3858 (Rehm); Requirements related to active transportation, including regulation of electric-assisted bicycles and sales, requirements on complete streets, driver's education, and authority to issue certain citations amended.

HF3529 (Reyer); Health maintenance organizations required to be nonprofit corporations organized under chapter 317A.

HF3989 (Coulter); Flame resistant public assembly tents and sleeping bags changes made.

HF3836 (Kraft); Disability income coverage required to apply the same standards and provide the same benefits for disability due to mental illness and substance use disorders as for other medical disabilities.

Bills may be added, removed, or taken up in any order at the Chair's discretion

If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email simon.brown@house.mn.gov, preferably 24 hours prior to the hearing.

The hearing will be broadcast through House Information Services, for more information visit: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/hinfo.asp

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.

Bills Added
Bills Removed
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/20/2024 1:00:00 PM

Human Services Policy

Chair: Rep. Peter Fischer
Location: State Office Building, Room 200
Agenda:
Items may be added
- Primary amendment deadline will be 1:00PM on Tuesday, March 19th
- Secondary amendment deadline will be 9:00AM on Wednesday, March 20th

- HF4949 (Fischer) Long-term care consultation services modified.

- HF4392 (Fischer) Human Services Policy Bill

- HF3495 (Fischer) Comprehensive Solutions to Mental Health Act
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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by 8:30am the day of each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

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

Accommodations:
- 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.
- If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send you 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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/18/2024 2:30:00 PM

Legislative Audit Commission - Evaluation Subcommittee

Chair: Rep. Emma Greenman
Location: 120 State Capitol
Agenda:

Working session to narrow the list of possible program evaluation topics from 16 to 10; the selected 10 topics will be placed on a survey to gauge legislative interest.

A quorum is needed for this meeting to occur; therefore, this will be a hybrid meeting.


PUBLIC VIEWING INFORMATION:  This meeting will also be live-streamed via YouTube.

TESTIFYING:  The Legislative Audit Commission and its subcommittees typically do not take public testimony. 

ACCESSIBILITY/ACCOMMODATION:

  • For information on or to request an accommodation, please visit 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, please contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator as soon as possible. 
  • 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.

MEETING DOCUMENTS will be posted here and on the Office of the Legislative Auditor website as soon as they are available.

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/20/2024 3:00:00 PM

Climate and Energy Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Patty Acomb
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
HF4700 (Long) - Minnesota Energy Infrastructure Permitting Act established, certificates of need governing provisions modified, conforming and technical changes made, and administrative rulemaking authorized.
HF4423 (Stephenson) - Pilot thermal energy network projects provided and governed, administrative rulemaking authorized, and report required.
*Items may be added to the agenda

If you wish to submit written testimony or testify in person, please send the written testimony or the request to testify to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn.gov by 1 p.m. the day before the meeting. Written testimony is preferred and will be accepted after the deadline. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

This hearing may be viewed in person or via the House webcast schedule page

-To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access or email the LCC Accessibility Coordinator
-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.
Note:
The Committee may meet until 5:30 p.m. if necessary.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/20/2024 3:00:00 PM

Education Policy

Chair: Rep. Laurie Pryor
Location: Basement Hearing Room B2
Agenda:
**INFORMATIONAL ONLY** HF3782 (Rep. Pryor) - Provisions related to prekindergarten through grade 12 education including general education, education excellence, teachers, literacy, charter schools, nutrition, health and safety, early learning, and education partnerships and compacts modified; and reports required.
-Public Testimony

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT and emailed to the committee administrator before 4p.m., Tuesday. If you are bringing hard copies to the committee, please bring 40 copies and check-in with the committee administrator before distribution.

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. Remote testimony is available. Written testimony is encouraged and is accounted as official committee record - to be distributed to committee members and public. If you would like to testify or submit written testimony (in PDF format), please email the committee administrator by 4pm, Tuesday.

For any other questions or concerns, please reach out to the Committee Administrator at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov or 651-296-1913.
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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 This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page . All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/20/2024 3:00:00 PM

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Rick Hansen
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
*Agenda Change: Bill Added.

HF4214 (Hansen) Water quality monitoring at state fish hatcheries required, and previous appropriations modified.
HF3624 (Hansen) Planting corn on state lands prohibited, and use of prior appropriations authorized.
HF4625 (Hansen) Report on state agency nitrogen fertilizer purchases required and reduction goal established. (pending referral)
HF4420 (Hansen) Provisions for aquatic farm licenses, taxidermy, taking and possessing game and fish, designating certain waters, and elk management modified.
HF3418 (Hansen) Investment accounts provided, transfer or sale of bison provided, enhanced restitution values for mistreatment of wild animals provided, protection of threatened species clarified, releaf program modified, water use general permit fee corrected, Mineral Coordinating Committee extended, and money appropriated.
*HF4698 (Pursell) Rulemaking to require environmental impact statement for large animal projects required.

*Additional bills may be added.

If you would like to sign up to testify or submit written testimony, please email Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov by 5:00pm, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Submitted written testimony is public and will be posted on the committee website and included in the committee record.

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.
Note:
The meeting is scheduled until 5:30pm.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/20/2024 3:00:00 PM

Housing Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Michael Howard
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
HF4010 (Kozlowski) Multifamily residential developments in cities requirements established.

HF4613 (Pursell) Landlords required to test for radon and provide disclosures, and remedies and penalties provided.

HF4735 (Howard) Housing provisions modified.

HF3800 (Norris) Organization and operation of housing cooperatives for seniors, low and moderate income people, limited equity cooperatives and leasing cooperatives for designated members provided.

All agenda items subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.

TESTIMONY: If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email jack.dockendorf@house.mn.gov no later than 5pm the day before the hearing. Written testimony received after this time may not be included in members' packets.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Housing Finance and Policy Committee webpage.

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, Jack Dockendorf (jack.dockendorf@house.mn.gov).

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

Bills Added
Bills Removed
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3/20/2024 6:00:00 PM

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Kelly Moller
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
HF 3966 (Wolgamott) Public safety telecommunicator training and continuing education requirements established, Public Safety Telecommunicator Training and Standards Board established, rulemaking authorized, report required, and money appropriated.

HF 3697 (Koegel) Requirement to participate in ignition interlock program limited to individuals whose driver's license is revoked, canceled, or denied for an incident involving alcohol; intensive testing program established for individuals whose license was revoked, canceled, or denied for a controlled substance or intoxicating substance related incident. *Pending referral from Transportation Committee

HF 2319 (Hollins) Admission in judicial proceeding of custodial statements prohibited. *Pending referral from Judiciary Committee

HF 4657 (Curran) Criminal defenses and authorization for the use of force relating to a victim's sexual orientation or identity limited.

HF 3991 (Feist) Restorative practices restitution program created, ability of court to order fine in delinquency proceeding or juvenile major water or traffic offender proceeding eliminated, and conforming and technical changes made. *Pending referral from Judiciary Committee

HF 1832 (Frazier) Authority limited for peace officers to stop or detain drivers for motor vehicle equipment violations.* See DE Author’s Amendment (posted)

HF 1829 (Newton) Silver Alert system created to aid in locating missing persons who are senior citizens with cognitive impairments, and criminal penalty provided.

Items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.

Written Testimony: The deadline to submit written testimony for all bills on the agenda will be 10:30 AM, March 19th. All written testimony must be submitted in a PDF document without clickable links. All testimony should be sent to the committee administrator, ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov.

Testimony: 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 10:30 AM, March 19th.

The amendment deadline for all bills will be 12PM, March 19th

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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 3/21/2024 8:30:00 AM

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Dave Pinto
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
HF 4425 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) Home day care restrictions prohibited. (This bill was previously heard on 03/07/24. No further public testimony will be taken.
HF0912 (Agbaje) Minnesota African American Family Preservation Act established, African American Child Welfare Council established, child welfare provisions modified, reports required, and money appropriated.

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 (Optical Character Recognition) format for posting to the committee webpage; contact the Committee Administrator for more information about acceptable electronic formats.

Testimony: Bill authors must arrange their own testifiers and provide each testifier’s name, position title, and email address to the CA 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Written testimony is also encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage prior to the meeting.

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.
Note:
There will be no longer be an evening hearing scheduled for 3/21/24
Bills Added
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 3/21/2024 8:30:00 AM

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Chair: Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn
Location: State Office Building Room 5
Agenda:
1. HF 1452 (Becker-Finn) Judiciary Finance and Civil Law policy package*
2. HF 3872 (Becker-Finn) Judiciary Finance and Civil Law policy package*
3. HF 4100 (Reyer) Debt collection, garnishment, and consumer finance governing provisions modified; debtor protections provided; and statutory forms review required. [pending referral]
4. HF 3591 (Agbaje) Landlord-tenant policy package*

*Delete-everything amendments to HFs 1452, 3872, and 3591 will be posted.

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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 3/21/2024 8:30:00 AM

State and Local Government Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Ginny Klevorn
Location: Room 10
Agenda:
HF 2000 (Stephenson) Sports betting authorized and provided, licenses established, local restrictions prohibited, sports betting taxation provided, civil and criminal penalties provided, amateur sports grants provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF 4738 (Huot) Office of Emergency Medical Services established to replace Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board, duties specified and transferred, advisory council established, alternative EMS response model pilot program established, and conforming changes made.
HF 4904 (Greenman) Statutory cities authorized to create wards for election of city council members.

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
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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Bills Added
Bills Removed
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 3/21/2024 8:30:00 AM

Transportation Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Frank Hornstein
Location: Basement Hearing Room
Agenda:
March 19, 2024 evening hearing minutes

HF3436 (Tabke) Transportation; various policies modified, including but not limited to legislative routes, driving rules, small business contract preferences, nondivisible loads, and greater Minnesota transit programs; technical corrections made; and money appropriated.


Agenda items may be added or changed.

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 or 651-296-3208.

Public Testimony:
Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator matt.baumann@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM the day before each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

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

Please note that this list serv notification email is not monitored. If you wish to reply, please email me directly at: matt.baumann@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
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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 3/21/2024 10:30:00 AM

Education Finance

Chair: Rep. Cheryl Youakim
Location: Basement Hearing Room, State Office Building
Agenda:
Approval of the Minutes from March 19th, 2024
HF 4008 (Huot) Cardiac emergency response plans required, and money appropriated.**pending referral
HF 3803 (Norris) Stipends required to paid to student teachers, and money appropriated.
HF 3401 (Urdahl) Student teaching grants provided, and money appropriated.
HF 4615 (Clardy) Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement grant funding authorized to conduct a survey of Minnesota principals, and money appropriated.
HF 3595 (Sencer-Mura) Special education aid for unreimbursed costs to resident school districts modified.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
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.

Public Testimony:
If you are interested in providing testimony on the scheduled bills please contact the committee administrator at: polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov no later than 2pm on Wednesday, March 20th. Written testimony is encouraged. Testimony may be limited.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 3/21/2024 10:30:00 AM

Health Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Tina Liebling
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
HF4247 (Liebling): Markup and passage of the Health Scope & Licensure Policy Bill.

The committee will construct the omnibus, consider amendments, and vote to advance the bill. To receive consideration, amendments to the DE must be received by the Committee Administrator by 5:00PM Tuesday, March 19.

HF4600 (Huot): Ambulance staffing requirements and emergency medical responder registration modified, authority to reinstate ambulance service personnel certifications extended, requirements for approval and reapproval of education programs modified, and appropriation modified.

HF4849 (Backer): Basic life support ambulance staffing variances provided under emergency circumstances.

HF4853 (Bierman): Health maintenance organization transactions oversight provided, and nonprofit conversion transactions regulations and prohibitions established.

Bills may be added or removed at the discretion of the Chair.

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.

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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 3/21/2024 10:30:00 AM

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Gene Pelowski, Jr.
Location: Room 10
Agenda:
Rollout, Testimony, Markup and Passage of HF4024 (Pelowski) Higher Education Policy Bill.

The DE2 Amendment is the Higher Education Policy bill.

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, March 20.

Written Testimony: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov and Christopher.Olendorf@house.mn.gov by 2pm Wednesday, March 20.

Amendments: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov by 2pm, Wednesday, March 20.

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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 3/21/2024 10:30:00 AM

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Kelly Moller
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
HF 2609 (Berg) Regulation of machine guns modified.
*DE Forthcoming

HF 3304 (Wiens) Public safety; report regarding sentencing of military veterans required.

HF 3757 (Demuth) Felony offense established for reporting a fictitious emergency and directing the emergency response to the home of other individuals, and conforming change made.

HF 4793 (Nash) Child maltreatment reporting modified, and criminal penalty for preventing report created. Pending referral from Children and Families

HF 310 (Nash) Residency provisions modified for level III predatory offenders.

Items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.

Written Testimony: The deadline to submit written testimony for all bills on the agenda will be 10:30 AM, March 20th. All written testimony must be submitted in a PDF document without clickable links. All testimony should be sent to the committee administrator, ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov.

Testimony: 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 10:30 AM, March 20th.
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.
Bills Removed
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 3/21/2024 1:00:00 PM

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Samantha Vang
Location: Basement Hearing Room
Agenda:
HF 4323 (Vang) Minnesota Rural Finance Authority provisions modified. Bill was previously heard. No additional testimony will be taken.
Emerging farmers data presentation -- Dan Lofthus, State Statistician, Upper Midwest Region - MN, USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Emerging farmers report presentation -- Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
HF 4908 (Vang) Limited-resource farmer defined, farm down payment assistance grants reporting requirements modified, beginning farmer tax credit and certain grants eligibility and priority modified, and social equity applicants definition modified for purposes of cannabis licensing.

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 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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 3/21/2024 1:00:00 PM

Human Services Finance

Chair: Rep. Mohamud Noor
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
I. HF2666 (Hollins) - Minnesota basic income grant program established, report required, and money appropriated.

II. HF4883 (Clardy) - Dakota County; mental health crisis services funding provided, and money appropriated.

III. HF4940 (Virnig) - Dakota County; funding provided to address workforce shortage in disability services, report required, and money appropriated.

*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
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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 3/21/2024 1:00:00 PM

Labor and Industry Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Michael Nelson
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF 4818 (Berg) Metropolitan Airports Commission; health and welfare benefits required, penalties imposed, and civil action created.
HF 4994 (Coulter) Prevailing wage required for financial assistance.
HF 3275 (Hansen) A resolution memorializing Congress that the Legislature of the State of Minnesota reaffirms its ratification of the Child Labor Amendment to the United States Constitution.
HF 3947 (Nelson, M) Construction codes and licensing provisions policy and technical changes

If you would like to testify or submit materials, please contact travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 4pm on Wednesday, March 20

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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 3/21/2024 1:00:00 PM

Taxes

Chair: Rep. Aisha Gomez
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
Homelessness Aid Implementation

Items may be added/removed from the agenda. Materials will be posted to the Committee website when they are available.

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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 3/21/2024 6:00:00 PM

Education Policy

Chair: Rep. Laurie Pryor
Location: Ground Level Room 5
Agenda:
HF3782 (Rep. Pryor) - Provisions related to prekindergarten through grade 12 education including general education, education excellence, teachers, literacy, charter schools, nutrition, health and safety, early learning, and education partnerships and compacts modified; and reports required.
-Markup & Passage

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
AMENDMENTS: Amendments must be emailed to the committee administrator by 7pm Wednesday.

For any other questions or concerns, please reach out to the Committee Administrator at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov or 651-296-1913.
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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 This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page . All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Friday, March 22, 2024, 3/22/2024 8:30:00 AM

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Rick Hansen
Location: 5 State Office Building
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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Friday, March 22, 2024, 3/22/2024 8:30:00 AM

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Chair: Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn
Location: State Office Building Room 200
Agenda:
1. HF 4558 (Hollins) Single-metered utility service in residential buildings provided for and regulated.
2. HF 4286 (Berg) Labor standards policy and technical changes made.
3. HF 685 (Agbaje) Corporate home owner residential rentals restricted.

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.
Bills Removed
Friday, March 22, 2024, 3/22/2024 9:30:00 AM

Commerce Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Zack Stephenson
Location: Room 10
Agenda:
HF4077 (Stephenson); Commerce omnibus policy bill
The DE amendment will be posted Wednesday morning.

HF4757 (Stephenson); Cannabis regulations modified.
Informational hearing

HF3488 (Stephenson); Compensation provided for minors appearing in Internet content creation.

HF4991 (Lislegard); Manufacturers and wholesale distributors prohibited from limiting pharmacy access to 340B drugs.

Bills may be added, removed, or taken up in any order at the Chair's discretion

If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email simon.brown@house.mn.gov, preferably 24 hours prior to the hearing.

The hearing will be broadcast through House Information Services, for more information visit: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/hinfo.asp

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.

Note:
Please note the hearing will start at 9:30am and run to noon.
Bills Removed
Friday, March 22, 2024, 3/22/2024 10:30:00 AM

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Kelly Moller
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
HF 3614 (Moller) Statutory citation related to obscene or harassing telephone calls corrected, reference to minimum term of imprisonment clarified, organized retail theft clarified, statutory citation reference related to expungement corrected, and eligibility standard applicable to retroactive relief for persons convicted of aiding and abetting felony murder clarified.

Note: A DE for HF 3614 containing the contents of the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee Policy Bill will be posted.

Items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.

Written Testimony: The deadline to submit written testimony for all bills on the agenda will be 10:30 AM, March 21st. All written testimony must be submitted in a PDF document without clickable links. All testimony should be sent to the committee administrator, ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov.

Testimony: 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 10:30 AM, March 21st.
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.
Bills Added
Bills Removed
Monday, March 25, 2024, 3/18/2024 8:30:00 AM

Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement

Chair: Rep. Kaohly Vang Her
Location: 120 State Capitol
Agenda:
  1. Approval of March 18, 2024, meeting minutes.
     
  2. Presentation by the National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA) (30 min.)
    • Keith Brainard, Research Director
    • Alex Brown, Research Manager
       
  3. Presentation by The Pew Charitable Trusts (15 min.)
    • Presenters from the Pew Public Sector Pensions Team
       
  4. HF 3972 (Wolgamott); SF 4196 (Gustafson): Teachers Retirement Association (30 min.)
    (TRA); Modifying the early retirement reduction factors; increasing employer
    contributions; increasing pension adjustment revenue for school districts.
    • Staff review: Susan Lenczewski, Executive Director 
    • TRA staff:
      • Jay Stoffel, Executive Director, TRA
      • Holly Dayton, Legislative Liaison, TRA
    • Public Testimony (the limit of three testifiers has been met):
      • Rodney Rowe, Secretary-Treasurer, Education Minnesota
      • Ryan Fiereck, Business Education Teacher, Education Minnesota St. Francis President, Education Minnesota Pension Advisory Group Chair
      • Blaine Novak, Superintendent, New York Mills
         
  5. HF 3808 (Nadeau); SF 4348 (Pratt): TRA; providing for an unreduced retirement (30 min.)
    annuity upon reaching age 62 with 30 years of service; increasing the employee
    contribution rate.
    • Staff review:  Sean Kelly, Deputy Director
    • Actuary review:  Emily M. Knutson, Consulting Actuary, VIA Actuarial Solutions
    • TRA staff:
      • Jay Stoffel, Executive Director, TRA
      • Holly Dayton, Legislative Liaison, TRA
    • Public Testimony (the limit of three testifiers has been met):
      • Lisa Olson, Licensed Teacher, Elk River Education Association President, Education Minnesota Pension Advisory Group Vice Chair
      • Mike Sievert, 5th Grade Teacher, Frazee-Vergas Public Schools
      • Jenn Roos, English Language Arts Instructor, Fergus Falls Public Schools

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 12:00 noon on Thursday, March 21, identifying the specific item on which you would like to testify.  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 and is subject to change.

  • In-person testimony is limited to three testifiers per bill.  NOTE: The limit of three testifiers has been met. The commission is no longer accepting requests to testify in person.
  • Submitted testimony (in Word or PDF format) must also be received by the deadline above. Late submissions will not be accepted. Submitted testimony is public and will be posted on the website.

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 will be posted on both the Commission website and the legislative calendar as soon as they are available.

Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 3/18/2024 11:00:00 AM

Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council

Chair: David Hartwell
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:

This meeting will include discussion of the February 2024 fiscal forecast.  Additional agenda information can be found by clicking the link below.

If you would like to provide public comment - either in person or in writing - please contact Amanda Schnabel at amanda.schnabel@lsohc.mn.gov or 651-284-6430 no later than 4:00pm Monday, March 25, 2024.

This is a remote hearing and may be viewed live via the following method:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpJfIRbmwRZ0N8BuzQtf0IQ/?guided_help_flow=5


If you have questions about accessibility, or to request an accommodation, please contact Amanda Schnabel at:

 amanda.schnabel@lsohc.mn.gov or 651-284-6430

To provide feedback on digital accessibility of meeting information, please submit comments through the Minnesota Legislature Accessibility & Usability Comment Form. To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access.

Notice: This is a remote hearing. Members may be participating remotely in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 13D.015.  There is a conference room available for use, should members of the public wish to observe in person on the capitol campus.  Please contact Amanda Schnabel at:  amanda.schnabel@lsohc.mn.gov or 651-284-6430 for more information.  This meeting is being held in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 13D.

Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 3/18/2024 6:30:00 PM

Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement

Chair: Rep. Kaohly Vang Her
Location: 120 State Capitol
Agenda:

TBA

**Please note that public access to the Capitol at that time will be limited to the front portico entrance under the main stairs.

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