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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 8:30 AM

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Dave Pinto
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
Presentation on Impact of 2023 Funding to Address Food Insecurity
HF3426 (Hicks) Supplemental food assistance program established for persons with a disability.
HF3469 (Keeler) SNAP established as medicine program, and money appropriated.
HF3855 (Gomez) Commissioner of Human Services directed to implement Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program restaurant meals program.


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.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 8:30 AM

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Chair: Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn
Location: State Office Building Room 5
Agenda:
1. Presentation from the Judicial Branch
2. HF 3872 (Becker-Finn) Court actions regarding possession of property, suspension of license for uninsured vehicle, and debts subject to revenue recapture amended; definition of court examiner modified; electronic service of order for protection or restraining order provided; various judicial provisions modified; and money appropriated.
3. HF 1989 (Moller) Ticket sales regulated to places of entertainment, and civil penalties imposed.
4. HF 3461 (Finke) Forest industry data classified.
5. HF 2400 (Frazier) Standard for petition amended for postconviction relief based on newly discovered evidence.

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.
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

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 8:30 AM

State and Local Government Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Ginny Klevorn
Location: Room 10
Agenda:
HF 3582 (Lee, F.) Local governments required to establish replacement fund to maintain and replace capital projects that receive state funding.
HF 3584 (Lee, F.) Debt capacity reporting by political subdivisions required in capital budget submissions.
HF 3346 (Stephenson) Anoka County authorized to build jail and criminal justice center in location outside county seat, and county sheriff authorized to keep office in city outside county seat.
HF3352 (Huot) Civil penalty imposed on persons who disrupt or interfere with youth athletic activity, youth officiating account established, and grants provided.
HF 3431 (Huot) Department of Administration governance technical changes made.

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.

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

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 8:30 AM

Transportation Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Brad Tabke
Location: Basement Hearing Room
Agenda:
February 15, 2023 Hearing Minutes

HF3437 (Klevorn) Plymouth; Michael Gau Memorial Bridge on U.S. Highway 169 over Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 9 designated.

HF3071 (Tabke) Plain Language Driver's Manual and Written Examination Working Group created, report required, and money appropriated.

HF3467 (Koegel) Commissioner of transportation authorized to convey property for and promote the use of passenger rail services.



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. Testimony may be limited.

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

Accomodations:
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
Attachments:

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 10:30 AM

Education Finance

Chair: Rep. Cheryl Youakim
Location: Basement Hearing Room, State Office Building
Agenda:
Approval of the Minutes from February 20th, 2024
Presentations from School Districts

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
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 For questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator, Polly Cerkvenik, at polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov or 651-296-5524.
o No public testimony will be taken at this hearing as no bills are being heard.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 10:30 AM

Health Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Tina Liebling
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
Department of Commerce Presentation of Milliman Public Option Report

• Peter Brickwedde, Assistant Commissioner for Government and External Affairs
• Julia Dreier, Deputy Commissioner of Insurance

PUBLIC TESTIMONY: This is an informational hearing, no piece of legislation is before the committee and no formal action will be taken. Therefore, the committee will not be taking public testimony at this time. The committee will solicit public testimony when a specific piece of legislation is scheduled for a hearing.

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

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.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 10:30 AM

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Gene Pelowski, Jr.
Location: Room 10
Agenda:
Continuing the Presentation from the Office of Higher Education on the implementation of the 2023 Higher Education Budget Bill.

Presentation from Minnesota State Colleges and Universities on its budget and updates on the 2023-2024 academic year.

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.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 10:30 AM

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Kelly Moller
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
HF 3805 (Norris) Funding provided to develop digital geographic information system mapping data for school facilities.

HF 3599 (Tabke) Victim notice and input in end-of-confinement review process provided.

HF 229 (O’Driscoll) Public agents provided notice required on presence of level II sex offenders.

HF 472 (Huot) Enhanced penalties provided for assaulting a sports official.

* HF 3489 (Frazier) School Resource Officers; public safety provided, grounds for use of reasonable force in schools modified, school resource officer duties defined and minimum training requirements established, school resource officer model policy development required, and money appropriated. RESCHEDULED FOR FEB.22nd

*Public Testimony on HF 3489 was taken on Feb. 13th. We will not be taking additional public testimony. Written testimony will still be permitted and must be submitted to the Committee Administrator, ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM, Monday, Feb. 19th.

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

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

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 Removed

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 1:00 PM

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Samantha Vang
Location: Basement Hearing Room
Agenda:
Presentations by:
Office of Broadband Development
Board of Animal Health

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.

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.
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.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 1:00 PM

Human Services Finance

Chair: Rep. Mohamud Noor
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
I. Department of Human Services Presentation of Priority Admissions Task Force Recommendations.

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

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.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 1:00 PM

Labor and Industry Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Michael Nelson
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF 3522 (Nelson, M) Private sector employee personnel records review and access expanded.
Rich Neumeister

HF 3428 (Jordan) Technical changes made to Bureau of Mediation Services provisions.
Johnny Villarreal, Commissioner

HF 3415 (Jordan) Technical and policy changes made to public employee labor relations provisions, and rulemaking required.

If you would like to testify or share any materials with the committee, please send them to Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 5pm Monday, February 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.
Attachments:

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 1:00 PM

Taxes

Chair: Rep. Aisha Gomez
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
Child Tax Credit Implementation
House Research Overview of the Taxes Committee Items in the 2023 Tax Bill

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.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 3:00 PM

Climate and Energy Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Patty Acomb
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
Presentations on Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Minnesota
*Items may be added to the agenda

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.
Attachments:

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 3:00 PM

Education Policy

Chair: Rep. Laurie Pryor
Location: Basement Hearing Room B2 of State Office Building
Agenda:
HF2208 (Rep. Norris) - Academic acceleration pilot program established, report required, and money appropriated.

HF3363 (Rep. Clardy) - Hours of instruction requirements modified, definition of credit amended, and money appropriated.

HF3360 (Rep. Clardy) - Driver education program access expanded for low-income students, driver education work group established, report required, and money appropriated.

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: 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 upon request. 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 (PDF format), please email the committee administrator before 4p.m., 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
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

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 3:00 PM

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Rick Hansen
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3326 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) Environment; mercury-containing lighting banned.
HF3577 (Jordan) Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act established, and rulemaking authorized.
HF3368 (Hansen) Notification and local approval required before use of money from closed landfill investment fund and metropolitan landfill contingency action trust account.

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

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
Attachments:

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 , 3:00 PM

Housing Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Michael Howard
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
HF4009 (Kraft) Minimum allowable densities established on residential lots in cities, authorization of middle housing types to be built on residential lots required, subdivision of residential lots authorized, parking requirements established by cities limited, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency required to create model ordinance and city aesthetic mandates limited.

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