HF1661(Hicks) Informal kinship caregiver support grant program established; financial support expanded for adoptive, foster, and kinship families; and money appropriated.
HF3781 (Hicks) Commissioner of human services required to conduct review of child maltreatment reporting systems and make recommendations, and report required.
HF1898 (Hudson) Legislative task force on family foster care and adoption established, report required, and money appropriated.
HF3689 (Hassan) Out-of-home placement plan summary requirement added.
HF4561 (Pinto) - Education Forecast Bill Education forecast adjustments made, and money appropriated.**Discussion will be limited to the areas of the bill within the committee's jurisdiction, including section H (Early Childhood Education)**


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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.

1. HF 4153 (Curran) Landlords required to disclose that an assistance animal is not subject to a pet fee.
2. HF 3925 (Feist) Property insurance provided for grantee beneficiaries of transfer on death deeds; and technical, clarifying, and conforming changes to transfer on death deeds made.
3. HF 3456 (Greenman) Restrictive employment covenants prohibited in service contracts.
4. HF 2309 (Elkins) Rights given to consumers regarding personal data, obligations placed on businesses regarding consumer data, and enforcement by attorney general provided.
5. HF 3470 (Clardy) Criminal justice agencies definition modified.
6. HF 3473 (Coulter) National Guard provisions amended, and types of data regarding service members that the adjutant general may request 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.
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HF 3677 (Elkins) Counties authorized to appropriate money to organizations to defray expenses of Veterans Day exercises.
HF 3606 (Stephenson) Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design required to provide notice by email to license and certificate holders whose license or certificate is about to expire.
HF 4273 (Finke) Rainbow flag bans prohibited.
HF 3483 (Feist) Guardian immunity amended, guardianship task force created, and report required.

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.
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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.

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February 29, 2024 hearing minutes

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

HF4368 (Tabke) Criminal vehicular operation added to list of offenses requiring one-year waiting period for limited driver's license, requirement that invalidated licenses be physically clipped removed, and two-wheeled vehicle endorsements renamed to motorcycle endorsements.

HF4369 (Tabke) Driver and Vehicle Services policies clarified and modified, including but not limited to noncompliant driver's licenses and identification cards, recreational vehicles, and driver education program; and technical corrections made.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
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1. Welcome and Call to Order
2. Approval of the Minutes – Thursday, February 29th, 2024
3. Calendar for the Day – Thursday, March 7th
4. Adjournment

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Approval of the Minutes from February 29th, 2024
Student Voices Day

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Notes:
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HF4484 (Howard): Long-term safety net insulin program sunset repealed.

HF3700 (Smith): Notice and public hearings for hospital closures, curtailment of operations, relocation of services, and cessation in offering services governing requirements modified; penalties provided; and right of first refusal before the sale of hospital or hospital campus established.

HF2177 (Cha): Sale or offer for sale of flavored tobacco, nicotine, or lobelia products prohibited; and penalties authorized.

TESTIMONY: For HF2177, the committee will consider public testimony relating ONLY to the HEALTH aspects of the bill. Testimony related to the regulation of commerce and business practices is not germane to the work of the Health Committee. If the bill advances, other committees will address those aspects of the bill.

HF4098 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger): Opiate product manufacturer reporting requirements amended, and opiate product registration fee determination process amended.

HF4099 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger): Relocation and change of ownership fees established for persons registered with or licensed by the Board of Pharmacy.

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

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Continuing the informational overview of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities capital investment request.

Bill Hearings:
HF3985 (Wolgamott) Previous higher education appropriation modified.
HF4175 (Pelowski) Workforce development scholarships program eligibility expanded.

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HF 3539 (Edelson) Sales restrictions of aerosol dusters containing 1, 1-difluoroethane established, and criminal penalties provided.

HF 4048 (Tabke) Various Department of Corrections provisions modified, data sharing with prosecutor for petition for sentence adjustment modified, correctional officer use of deadly force modified, report to legislature discontinued, and probation report date modified.

HF 3490 (Becker-Finn) Sale of human remains for commercial purposes prohibited, and felony offense established.

HF 4215 (Mueller) Grant funding provided to train and make therapy dogs available to law enforcement officers who are suffering from job-related trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, report required, and money appropriated.

HF 4414 (Novotny) Ensuring Police Excellence and Improving Community Relations Advisory Council name changed to Public Safety Advisory Council.

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

*Testimony on HF 3599 was taken on Feb. 20th. No further testimony will be taken.

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

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HF 4044 (Jacob) Property tax credit established for acres certified under Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, and money appropriated.
HF 4547 (Vang) Modifying eligibility and applicant priority for farm down payment assistance grants. (See document below for language.)
HF 3763 (Vang) Base funding for agricultural growth, research, and innovation program increased.

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.
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I. Department of Human Services Presentation on Background Studies.

II. HF3907 (Virnig) - Own home services provider capacity-building grants established, and money appropriated.

III. HF3835 (Frederick) - Commissioner of human services directed to authorize indirect billing for individualized home supports.

IV. HF4219 (Pryor) - Minnetonka; property payment rate exception provided for a nursing facility.

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

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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.

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HF 4444 (Greenman) Misclassification of employees prohibited
Nicole Blissenbach, Commissioner, Department of Labor and Industry
Bernie Burnham, MN AFL-CIO
Paul Slattery, Teamsters Local 120
Mark Bradley, SAG-AFTRA
Charlie Cushing, IATSE Local 745
Jesse Madison, Purple Tally Productions
MIcayla Ter Wee
Ana Vergara, LIUNA GROC
Jose Alfredo Gomez Rosale, CTUL
Peter Coyle, Housing First MN
Tom Dicklich, Executive Director, MN Building and Construction Trades Council
Laura Ziegler, Director of Government Affairs, Associated General Contractors of MN
Jon Boesche, Associated Builders & Contractors
Tom Revnew, Littler
Richard Kolodziejski, North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters

The committee is no longer accepting names for testimony in person. If you would like to submit testimony in writing you can send it to travis.reese@house.mn.gov

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Trends in Corporate Profits and Tax Base Erosion Presentation
Niko Lusiani, Director, Corporate Governance, Roosevelt Institute

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HF3949 (Hollins) - Geothermal energy system construction funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3900 (Kraft) - High-voltage transmission lines siting and relocation governing provisions modified.
*Items may be added to the agenda

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HF3744 (Rep. Edelson) - Read Act amended, report required, and money appropriated.

HF4361 (Rep. Hill) - Teacher licensure provisions modified, and reports required.

HF3995 (Rep. Hill) - Working group on special education licensure reciprocity established, and report required.

HF3973 (Rep. Virnig) - Requirements for administration of drugs and medicine in schools modified.

HF3959 (Rep. Virnig) - Epinephrine auto-injector administration in schools requirements modified.

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.

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HF3416 (Bierman) Environment; rulemaking relating to solid waste disposal facilities required.
HF3376 (Greenman) Digital image use as proof of possession of game and fish licenses allowed.
HF3617 (Finke) Use of critical habitat private sector matching account modified, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF3461 (Finke) Forest industry data classified.
HF4015 (Jordan) Native rough fish provided, conforming changes made for aquatic farm licenses and taking and possessing fish, and rulemaking authorized.
HF3791 (Hansen) New electronic license system provided, and conforming changes made.

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 4, 2024. Submitted written testimony is public and will be posted on the committee website and included in the committee record.

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HF3350 (Stephenson) - Rent increases limited in low-income rental projects receiving low-income housing tax credits.

HF3591 (Agbaje) - Residential housing lease provisions amended; landlord and tenant rights and obligations amended; residential housing eviction provisions amended; new rights and obligations created for landlords and tenants; clarifying, technical, and conforming changes made to landlord and tenant provisions.

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.

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