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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 , 8:30 AM

Elections Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Mike Freiberg
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
HF3527 (Greenman); Minnesota Voting Rights Act established, legislative findings made, actions that result in voter suppression or vote dilution made by political subdivisions or officials/entities with responsibilities relating to election administration prohibited, civil cause of action established for violations, notice prior to a claim required, and remedies established.

HF4043 (Agbaje); Allocation of incarcerated persons based on their last known address in Minnesota required, Department of Corrections required to collect last residential address of an inmate before incarceration.

HF4411 (Greenman); Money transferred to voting operations, technology, and election resources account.

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

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

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 , 8:30 AM

Sustainable Infrastructure Policy

Chair: Rep. Erin Koegel
Location: State Office Building Room 10
Agenda:
1. HF 4025 (Koegel) Minnesota Advisory Council on Infrastructure established, office powers and duties specified, implementation provided, reports required, and money appropriated.*
2. HF 342 (Igo) Carbon capture and sequestration technology state policy established.

*Public testimony was taken on HF 4025 on February 21, 2024. No further public testimony will be taken.

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 Sustainable Infrastructure 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

Chair: Rep. Liz Olson
Location: 1200 Minnesota Senate Building
Agenda:
Presentation from Minnesota Management and Budget on the February Budget Forecast.

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.
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 , 8:30 AM

Workforce Development Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Jay Xiong
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF 3386 (Finke) Nonprofit grant funding provided to support LGBTQ people relocating
Aaron Zimmerman, Executive Director, PFund Foundation
Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd, Chief Education Officer and Medical Director of Gender Health at Children’s Minnesota

HF 3194 (Tabke) Workforce development scholarship pilot program established
Tim Zunker, President, Shakopee Chamber and Visitors Bureau

HF 3046 (Frazier) Sabathani Community Center grant funding
Scott Redd
Rondell Parker
Jacquelyn Carpenter

HF 3537 (Sencer-Mura) Bolder Options youth programming funding provided
Darrell Thompson, President & CEO, Bolder Options
Vienna Chang, participant of Bolder Options
Christian Gary, participant of Bolder Options

HF 3999 (Sencer-Mura) STEM training and career preparation program grant funding
Adrienne Dorn, Executive Director, GMCC (founded as Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches)
Deeq Abdi, Youth Program Manager, GMCC

If you would like to testify or submit materials to the committee, please submit them by Noon on Tuesday, March 5 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

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 , 10:30 AM

Economic Development Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Hodan Hassan
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF 3608 (Stephenson) Haven for Heroes campus renovations funding provided, prior appropriation cancelled, and money appropriated
Bard Ward, Haven for Heroes

HF 3934 (Norris) Minnesota Sports and Events grant funding provided, and money appropriated
Wendy Blackshaw, CEO of Minnesota Sports and Events
Fartun Osman, CEO and Founder of Girls Rock

HF 4105 (Sencer-Mura) GroundBreak capital access funding provided, report required
Tonya Allen, President of the McKnight Foundation
Jeanne Crain, President and CEO of Bremer Bank

HF 4039 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) New American Development Center grant funding provided
Asad Aliweyd, Executive Director, New American Development Center

If you would like to testify or provide materials for the committee, please contact Travis Reese by Noon on Tuesday, March 5 at 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 Removed

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 , 10:30 AM

Education Finance

Chair: Rep. Cheryl Youakim
Location: Basement Hearing Room, State Office Building
Agenda:
Approval of the Minutes from March 5th, 2024
HF 4518 (Youakim) Education finance forecast adjustments made, and money appropriated.
HF 4171 (Jordan) Energy efficiency projects authorized under long-term facilities maintenance revenue program, and maximum effort capital loan program restriction removed.
HF 3558 (Virnig) Roof projects authorized as part of long-term facilities maintenance program, and money appropriated.

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.
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.

Public Testimony:
If you are interested in providing testimony on the scheduled please contact the committee administrator at: polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov no later than 2pm on Tuesday, March 5th. Written testimony is encouraged. Testimony may be limited.

Bills Added

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 , 10:30 AM

Legacy Finance

Chair: Rep. Leon Lillie
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
Parks and Trails Presentations
*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:

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 , 10:30 AM

Property Tax Division

Chair: Rep. Dave Lislegard
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
BILL REMOVED: HF4301 (Gomez) Red Lake Nation property tax exemption authorized, and money appropriated.
HF3715 (Agbaje) Minneapolis downtown taxing area modified, and sales tax rate on food and alcoholic beverages modified.
HF4265 (Norris) Property tax abatement allowed for land bank property.
HF3585 (Bahner) Maple Grove tax increment financing district special rules authorized.
HF3604 (Klevorn) Plymouth; special tax increment financing authority provided.
HF3414 (Coulter) Local lodging tax provisions modified, and authority clarified for political subdivisions to impose and collect local lodging taxes.

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 5th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 1 PM on on Tuesday, March 5th. 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

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 , 1:00 PM

Capital Investment

Chair: Rep. Fue Lee
Location: Basement Hearing Room
Agenda:
State Agency Overviews of Governor's 2024 bonding recommendations:
Department of Natural Resources
Board of Water and Soil Resources
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Metropolitan Council

This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All 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.
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 , 1:00 PM

Commerce Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Zack Stephenson
Location: Room 10
Agenda:
HF3889 (Hicks); Amino acid-based elemental formula health insurance coverage required.

HF2301 (Tabke); Tests and procedures required to be classified as preventive for firefighters.

HF3339 (Koegel); Coverage for orthotic and prosthetic devices required, and rulemaking authorized.

HF2607 (Finke); Health plans clarified to require coverage of gender-affirming care, and medical assistance clarified to require coverage of gender-affirming care.

HF1658 (Brand); Insurance; infertility treatment coverage required.

HF4053 (Stephenson); Health plan coverage of abortion and related services required, medical assistance required, and conforming changes made.

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

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 , 1:00 PM

Human Services Policy

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

- 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.
a. Sue Abderholden, Executive Director, NAMI Minnesota
b. Jinny Palen, Executive Director, Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs
c. Ian Heath, Doctor, Hennepin Healthcare Psychiatry
d. Tarryl Clark, Commissioner, Stearns County
e. Danny Ackert, Director of State Government Relations, Minnesota Hospital Association

- Peer Recovery Services Presentation from Office of Addiction and Recovery & Department of Human Services
a. Jeremy Drucker, Director of the Office of Addiction and Recovery, Minnesota Management and Budget Office
b. Kristy Graume; Legislative Director for Behavioral Health, Housing, Deaf-Hard-of-Hearing and Disability Services; Minnesota Department of Human Services

- HF3397 (Edelson) Peer recovery support services and recovery peer requirements modified, tiered reimbursement rate structure for recovery peers development required, and money appropriated.
a. Wendy Jones, Executive Director, Minnesota Alliance of Recovery Community Organizations
b. Randy Anderson, Founder, Bold North Recovery
c. Brandy Brink, Founder, Beyond Brink

- HF4548 (Frederick) Ombudsman for mental health and developmental disabilities provisions modified, and classification of recovery peers as independent contractors prohibited.
a. Wendy Jones, Executive Director, Minnesota Alliance of Recovery Community Organizations
b. Jordan Hansen, Chief Executive Officer, YourPath
c. Randy Anderson, Founder, Bold North Recovery
d. Brandy Brink, Founder Beyond Brink
e. Beth Elstad, Governor’s Advisory Council on Opioids, Substance Use, and Addiction
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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

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 , 1:00 PM

Taxes

Chair: Rep. Aisha Gomez
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
Corporate Profits and the Corporate Tax Revenue Forecast
Dr. Laura Kalambokidis, Minnesota State Economist

HF4513 (Greenman) Department of Revenue required to make corporate franchise tax information available.
HF4535 (Howard) Department of Revenue report on corporate tax base erosion required.


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 Tuesday, March 5th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 1 PM on on Tuesday, March 5th. 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.

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 , 3:00 PM

Climate and Energy Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Patty Acomb
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
HF3895 (Hansen) - Member access to cooperative documents and meetings improved, and electronic voting by mail for cooperative board directors required.
HF4155 (Kraft) - Utilities required to accept an individual taxpayer identification number when new customers apply for utility service.
*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
Attachments:

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 , 3:00 PM
Time Note: Extended hearing time till 6pm.

Education Policy

Chair: Rep. Laurie Pryor
Location: Basement Hearing Room B2
Agenda:
HF4501 (Rep. Pryor) Obsolete language pertaining to personal learning plans stricken.

HF4512 (Rep. Berg) School counselor ratios recommended, and school counselor duties established.

HF 1220 (Rep. Clardy) World's best workforce performance measures modified.

HF3660 (Rep. Robbins) Minnesota High School League required to provide coaches with eating disorder prevention education resources.

HF3780 (Rep. Hicks) Special education; developmental adapted physical education assessment requirements modified, and report required.

Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) Presentation on Consistent Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism

HF3827 (Rep. Keeler) Student attendance reporting required.

*Agenda items may be added or removed at the discretion of the chair.

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 by 4pm, 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 questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov or 651-296-1913.

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.

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

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 , 3:00 PM
Time Note: The meeting is scheduled until 5:30pm

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Rick Hansen
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3455 (Norris) Citizen oversight committees modified, and report required.
HF3320 (Kraft) Boat wrap product stewardship program established to promote recycling.
HF3566 (Hollins) Program established to collect and recycle electronic waste established, account created, report required, rulemaking required, and money appropriated.
HF3738 (Lee, F.) Community tree planting grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF945 (Fischer) Trapping without permission prohibited on private lands.
HF3596 (Vang) Natural resources; rulemaking authority clarified.
HF3731 (Jordan) Recovering waste heat from wastewater provided.
HF3417 (Jordan) Environment; waste composition studies required.
HF3911 (Hansen) Grant terms modified for a previous appropriation for a grant to Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center.

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 5, 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

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 , 3:00 PM

Housing Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Michael Howard
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
HF685 (Agbaje) Corporate entities, developers, and contractors prohibited from converting single-family home into rental property unit.

HF1094 (Agbaje) Tenants provided with right to repair violations in a residential rental unit.

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.

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