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Thursday, March 7, 2024

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Thursday, March 7, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024 , 8:30 AM

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Dave Pinto
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
Presentation on Social Services Information System (SSIS), Minnesota Department of Human Services
HF4425 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) Home day care restrictions prohibited.
HF3856 (Hanson, J.) Notice requirements for foster children receiving benefits modified.
HF 3671 (Pinto) Definition of child in need of protection or services modified.
HF 4406 (Clardy) READ Act expanded to include early childhood education, professional development provided, curriculum revised, 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
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.

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.
Bills Removed

Thursday, March 7, 2024 , 8:30 AM

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Chair: Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn
Location: State Office Building Room 5
Agenda:
1. HF 3589 (Agbaje) In rem jurisdiction clarified for judicial proceedings.
2. HF 4483 (Becker-Finn) Miscellaneous technical corrections made to laws and statutes; erroneous, obsolete, and omitted text and references corrected; and redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions removed.
3. HF 4326 (Curran) Personal information of justices, judges, and judicial staff designated as private data on individuals; dissemination of personal information restricted; and penalty provided.
4. HF 4109 (Edelson) Competency attainment board name amended.
5. HF 671 (Lee) Administrative penalties for repeat or serious environmental violations required to be unforgiveable.
6. HF 3874 (Hansen, R.) Administrative penalty order authority modified for enforcing public water and drainage dich buffer requirements, and certain lawns to legumes program data made private.
7. HF 2509 (Huot) Transfer care specialists authorized to remove dead human bodies from place of death, registration of transfer care specialists by commissioner of health provided, and mortuary science fee added.

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

Thursday, March 7, 2024 , 8:30 AM

State and Local Government Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Ginny Klevorn
Location: Room 10
Agenda:
HF 4339 (Nelson, M) Hennepin County's authority to contract with entities employing persons eligible for public assistance or otherwise requiring rehabilitative services modified.
HF 4193 (Kozlowski) Cloquet Forestry Center state-owned land transferred to University of Minnesota, defeasance of outstanding debt on state bond financed property funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 4310 (Lillie) Compensation plans ratified.
HF 3938 (Curran) Residential programs licensing and zoning requirements modified.

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

Thursday, March 7, 2024 , 8:30 AM

Transportation Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Frank Hornstein
Location: Basement Hearing Room
Agenda:
March 5 Minutes

HF4104 (Tabke) Release of information on leased motor vehicles to licensed motor vehicle dealers authorized, and technical changes made.

HF4268 (Sencer-Mura) Metropolitan Council required to design, construct, and fund aspects of bus rapid transit projects.

HF3374 (Kiel) East Grand Forks; special permit issuance for hauling sugar beets authorized, and report required.

HF4350 (Petersburg) Roadable aircraft registration and operation requirements established, and criminal penalties established.



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 7, 2024 , 10:10 AM

Rules and Legislative Administration

Chair: Rep. Jamie Long
Location: Basement Hearing Room, State Office Building
Agenda:
1. Welcome and Call to Order
2. Approval of the Minutes – Tuesday, March 5th, 2024
3. Consent Calendar for the Day – Monday, March 11th, 2024
4. Calendar for the Day – Monday, March 11th, 2024
5. Adjournment


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.
Thursday, March 7, 2024 , 10:30 AM

Education Finance

Chair: Rep. Cheryl Youakim
Location: Basement Hearing Room, State Office Building
Agenda:
Approval of the Minutes from March 6th, 2024
Presentation on Career and Technical Education Consortiums
HF 3983 (Bennett) Special education teacher pipeline grant uses modified.
HF 3492 (Lee, L.) Computer science education advancement program modified, grants established to expand computer science education programs, reports required, 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 Wednesday, March 6th. Written testimony is encouraged. Testimony may be limited.

Bills Added

Thursday, March 7, 2024 , 10:30 AM

Health Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Tina Liebling
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
HF3533 (Fischer): Commissioner of human services required to develop county-administered rural medical assistance model, report required, and money appropriated.

HF4096 (Acomb): Groundwater thermal exchange device permit changes made.

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.

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

Thursday, March 7, 2024 , 10:30 AM

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Gene Pelowski, Jr.
Location: Room 10
Agenda:
Presentation from the Office of Higher Education on the State Grant Program and the program projections for FY24-25.

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.
Thursday, March 7, 2024 , 10:30 AM

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Kelly Moller
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
HF 3555 (Rarick) State predatory offender system data collection and analysis required, and report required.

HF 4020 (Moller) Registration and verification process for individuals required to register as predatory offenders modified.

HF 4019 (Moller) Victim-identifying supporting documentation submitted by medical service provider to sexual assault exam payment program ensured to be classified private data, consistent definition of crime victim provided in statutes, and voluntary donation or gift excluded as collateral source for crime victim reimbursement.

*HF 1930 (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 In-Person Testimony on HF 1930 will be limited to the provisions of the bill that fall within the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee’s jurisdiction, Sections 13 and 14 of the bill related to criminal penalties.

TESTIMONY HF 1930: We have reached capacity for in-person testimony on HF 1930.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY HF 1930: The committee will accept written testimony on the entire bill. All written testimony must be submitted in PDF format without clickable links and submitted to the committee administrator, ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov by 12pm, Wednesday, March 6th.

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

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

Thursday, March 7, 2024 , 1:00 PM

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Samantha Vang
Location: Basement Hearing Room
Agenda:
HF 3809 (Tabke) Elk provisions modified.
HF 3815 (Cha) Grain indemnity provisions modified.
HF 3821 (Sencer-Mura) Food Safety and Defense Task Force provision expiration amended.
HF 4035 (Cha) Food handler license provisions amended.
HF 3823 (Hansen, R) Fertilizer definitions amended.
HF 4082 (Hansen, R) Pesticide product discontinuing and canceling provisions modified.
HF 4164 (Rehm) Pest control provisions modified.
HF 4322 (Vang) Sustainable aviation fuel definition amended.
HF 4323 (Vang) Minnesota Rural Finance Authority provisions modified.

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

Thursday, March 7, 2024 , 1:00 PM

Human Services Finance

Chair: Rep. Mohamud Noor
Location: Room 200
Agenda:
I. Presentation on 1115 Waivers from Kathryn Costanza

II. HF3642 (Noor) - Short-term medical assistance enrollment assistance established, and medical assistance coverage for prerelease care transition services to incarcerated individuals established.

III. HF3639 (Noor) - Commissioner of human services required to apply for federal waiver to provide nutrition supports as a covered service under medical assistance.

**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

Thursday, March 7, 2024 , 1:00 PM

Labor and Industry Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Michael Nelson
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF 3587 (Bahner) Employers required to disclose salary ranges in job postings
Brian Smith
Jill Hasday

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.

HF 2364 (Tabke) Petroleum products transporting requirements amended
Dave Wager, Executive Director, Minnesota Propane Association

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please contact Travis Reese by Wednesday, March 6 by 5pm 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 Added

Thursday, March 7, 2024 , 1:00 PM

Taxes

Chair: Rep. Aisha Gomez
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
HF3769 (Lislegard) Corporate franchise tax provisions modified; effective date modified of a reduction in the limitation on the deductibility of net operating losses.
HF4463 (Tabke) Individual income and corporate franchise tax provisions modified, and Minnesota housing tax credit modified.
HF4449 (Youakim) Sales and use tax exemption removed for detachable units separately sold for landscaping equipment, land clearing services removed from definition of sale and purchase, and exemption modified for materials consumed in agricultural production.
HF4302 (Gomez) Individual income and corporate franchise taxes, sales and use taxes, property taxes and local government aids, and other miscellaneous taxes and tax-related provisions policy and technical changes made. (Minnesota Department of Revenue Policy Bill)

Additional 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 Wednesday, March 6th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 1 PM on on Wednesday, March 6th. 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

Thursday, March 7, 2024 , 3:30 PM

Floor Session

Location: House Floor
Agenda: