HF3276 (Frazier); Ranked choice voting provided; jurisdictions authorized to adopt ranked choice voting for local offices; adoption, implementation, and use procedures established; and use of electronic voting systems with reallocation feature allowed.

We will be limiting testimony as this concept was heard in the Elections Committee last year. Submitting an intent to testify will not guarantee an opportunity to testify orally.

HF4728 (Bahner); Commissioner of revenue required to establish online system to claim the political contribution refund, political contribution refund program amended to allow electronic transfer, and money appropriated.

HF4287 (Virnig); Requirements to fill a vacancy in the office of school board member modified.

REMOVED: HF4843 (Virnig); Ballot language relating to school district referenda amended.

PLEASE NOTE ANY BILLS NOT FINISHED WILL BE PUSHED TO THE EVENING HEARING.

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. IF YOU INTEND TO TESTIFY ON HF3276 PLEASE SEE THE DISCLAIMER ABOVE.

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HF3626 (Vang): Social worker provisional licensure modified and recodified.

HF3741 (Edelson): Licensing requirements for behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts established, criminal penalties provided, and money appropriated.

HF2466 (Curran): Pharmacists authorized to prescribe, dispense, and administer drugs to prevent acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus; pharmacists authorized to order, conduct, and interpret laboratory tests necessary for therapy that uses drugs to prevent acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus.

HF1197: (Bahner): Licensed pharmacist authority expanded to initiate, order, and administer vaccines and medical and laboratory tests; and medical assistance coverage required.

HF3612 (Reyer): Specialty dentistry licensure practice limitation modified.

HF4247 (Liebling): Marriage and family therapy guest licensure established, and fees established.

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.

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HF 3446 (Berg) Unemployment insurance eligibility modified under conditions for applicants involved in a labor dispute
Bart Andersen, Interim Executive Director, AFSCME Council 5
Jake Schwitzer, Executive Director, North Star Policy Action
Todd Dahlstrom, Minnesota AFL-CIO
John Kontzelmann, United Auto Workers Local 125
Alexia Hitchings, Minnesota Nurses Association
Jay Chatleain, United Steelworkers
Sarah Gallett, Hastings Food Service Worker
Dr. Terrance Morrow, Minnesota School Boards Association
Hunter Cantrell
Dean Benson, Teamsters Local 120

HF 3709 (Sencer-Mura) International Institute of Minnesota grant funding provided, and money appropriated
Jane Graupman, Executive Director
Sandra Salinas, Business Pathway program graduate

HF 3475 (Mueller) Water operator and wastewater operator training development funding provided, and money appropriated
Steve King, Mayor, City of Austin

The committee is no longer accepting requests to testify in-person during committee. If you would like to submit materials to the committee, please contact travis.reese@house.mn.gov by Noon on Tuesday, March 12

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HF 3768 (Lislegard) Public Facilities Authority; maximum grant amount increased for the water
Douglas Gregor, Mayor, City of Aurora, & Chair of East Range Joint Water Board

HF 4532 (Lislegard) Entrepreneur Fund grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Shawn Wellnitz, President & CEO of Entrepreneur Fund
Adelle Starin from Baby's On Broadway in Little Falls

HF 4545 (Sencer-Mura) Propel Nonprofits grant funding provided, and money appropriated
Henry Jiménez, President and CEO, Propel Nonprofits
Ellie O’Brien, VP and CFO, Propel Nonprofits

HF 2881 (Sencer-Mura) Headwaters community food and water economic resiliency program established, and money appropriated
Lisa Shutz, indigenous food producer, Founder, and Director of Southeast Minnesota Food Rescue and Redistribution
Jason Montgomery-Reis, Farm Director for Dream of Wild Health
Marita Bujold, founder and director of Just Food and Water

HF 3846 (Hassan) Community wealth building grant program pilot project modified
Electra Skrzydlewski, Director of Shared Ownership, MCCD

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Presentations on Unemployment Insurance
HF 4500 (Clardy) Increase Teachers of Color Act strengthened, pilot scholarship program for aspiring teachers of color made permanent, special revenue fund account established, and money appropriated.
HF 4453 (Newton) School endowment fund apportionment amended.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
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Public Testimony:
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Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Presentations
*Items may be added to the agenda

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UPDATE: HF4771 has been added to Wednesday's agenda.

Overview of Property Tax Refund Provisions in 2023 Tax Bill
House Research

HF4301 (Gomez) Red Lake Nation property tax exemption authorized, and money appropriated.
HF4494 (Wolgamott) St. Cloud; special tax increment financing authority provided.
HF3460 (Coulter) Property tax refund reforms study required.
HF4771 (Acomb) Minnetonka, special tax increment financing authority provided. (BILL ADDED)

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 12th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 1 PM on on Tuesday, March 12th. 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.

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THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business

****BILL ADDED:****
HF 4763 (Lee F) Date changed for a required report to senate Committee on Finance and house Committees on Ways and Means and Capital Investment. Formal action will be taken.
BILL ADDED:
HF 3631 (Lee F) Previous appropriations for capital projects amended.
Formal action will be taken.

AMENDMENTS For HF 3631: Secondary amendments to the HF 3631 DE amendment (attached below) are due to the CA jenny.nash@house.mn.gov by 1:00 pm on Tuesday, March 12.

For HF 4763: Amendments are due to the CA jenny.nash@house.mn.gov by 1:00 pm on Tuesday, March 12.

TESTIMONY For HF 3631 and HF 4763, please contact the CA at jenny.nash@house.mn.gov to sign up to testify by 2 pm on Tuesday, March 12. Testimony may be limited and written testimony is encouraged.

State Agency Overviews of Governor's 2024 bonding recommendations:
Public Facilities Authority
Department of Health (Emerging Contaminants Grant Program and Lead Service Line Replacement Grant Program with PFA)
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Minnesota Historical Society

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HF4746 (Hassan); Transportation network companies regulated, civil cause of action provided, and criminal penalties imposed.

Discussion and testimony will be limited to insurance provisions of the bill. When signing up, please indicate if you will be speaking to the insurance portion.

HF4745 (Long); MinnesotaCare public option established, eligibility expanded, premium scale established for public option enrollees, state-funded cost-sharing reductions provided, contingent health insurance premium tax credit established, commerce commissioner required to seek section 1332 waiver, and money appropriated.

Testimony may be limited pending committee capacity. Submitting an intent to testify will not guarantee an opportunity to testify orally.

HF3320 (Kraft); Boat wrap product stewardship program established to promote recycling.

HF4717 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger); Virtual currency terms defined, and additional disclosure requirements added for virtual currency transactions.

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

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

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Items may be added

- HF4014 (Acomb) Rule on opioid treatment program medication dispensing for take-home uses modified.
a. Dr. Gavin Bart, Director of Addiction Medicine Division, Hennepin Healthcare
b. Jessica Shortall, Coalition Manager, Safer from Harm

- HF4391 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) Department of Human Services disability services and substance use disorder services policy bill.
a. Kristy Graume, Legislative Director for the Behavioral Health, Housing, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Division, Minnesota Department of Human Services

- HF3486 (Freiberg) Substance use disorder treatment; licensed alcohol and drug counselors continuing education requirements modified, religious objections to placements in substance use disorder treatment programs allowed, and report required.
a. Steven Kind, Minnesota Outreach Coordinator, SMART Recovery
b. John Capesius, Facilitator, SMART Recovery & Business Owner
c. Juneal Colbern, Qualified Rehabilitation Consultant

- HF4362 (Edelson) Application of bloodborne pathogen testing expanded to nonsecure direct care and treatment programming, and priority admissions task force member name corrected.
a. Carrie Briones, Legislative Director of Direct Care and Treatment, Minnesota Department of Human Services

- HF4289 (Hanson, J.) Licensed graduate social workers temporarily allowed to engage in clinical practice without supervision if providing crisis response services and to provide treatment supervisions to individuals on crisis teams.
a. Michelle Gross, Mental Health Work Group Chair, Communities United Against Police Brutality
b. Jay Sykes, Step-Father of Brent Alsleben

- HF4106 (Noor) Timelines for medical assistance eligibility determinations for hospital patients modified, supplemental payments for disability waiver services provided, and additional permissible circumstances for the appointment of an emergency guardian provided.
a. Dr. Ryan Greiner, Medical Director, North Memorial Health
b. Heather Kelly, Manager of Care Management, Fairview Health Services (M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center, Bethesda, and Fairview)
c. Evan Henspeter, Social Services Director, Dakota County

- HF4393 (Fischer) Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General policy bill; and provisions relating to human services licensing, background studies, provider notifications, substance use disorder medications, and electronic signatures modified.
a. Ari Didion, Legislative Director of the Office of Inspector General, Minnesota Department of Human Services
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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.

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HF4558 (Hollins) - Single-metered utility service in residential buildings provided for and regulated.
*Items may be added to the agenda

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HF4611 as amended (Rep. Pryor) A bill for an act relating to libraries; directing the commissioner of education to amend rules relating to regional libraries.

HF3372 as amended (Rep. Clardy) A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing and indexing English learner program revenue; supporting innovative English learner program revenue; supporting innovative English learner programs; creating a statewide English learner parent and community advisory council; encouraging local advisory councils; establishing microcredentials for teachers and administrators of English learners; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money.

HF3682 (Rep. Kotyza-Witthuhn) A bill for an act relating to education; requiring state academic standards in health education; requiring rulemaking; appropriating money.

HF4363 (Rep. Hassan) A bill for an act relating to education; requiring mental health instruction starting in the 2026-2027 school year.

HF3546 (Rep. Berg) A bill for an act relating to education; modifying sexually transmitted infections and diseases program requirements.

HF 4008 (Rep. Huot) A bill for an act relating to education; requiring cardiac emergency response plans; appropriating money.

HF4083 (Rep. Youakim) A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying speech and press rights of student journalists in grades 6 through 12.

HF4373 (Rep. Frazier) A bill for an act relating to libraries; prohibiting book banning by public libraries and school libraries; creating a private right of action and providing for attorney general enforcement.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

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

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

TESTIFYING: Testimony is limited. The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair, and is subject to change. Remote testimony is available. Written testimony is encouraged and is accounted as official committee record - to be distributed to committee members and public. If you would like to testify or submit written testimony (in PDF format), please email the committee administrator by 4pm, Tuesday.

For any other questions or concerns, please reach out to the Committee Administrator at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov or 651-296-1913.
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*Agenda Change: Bill added. Bill removed.

HF3508 (Hansen) State land transfer fee provisions modified, land added to state parks, surplus state land sales and conveyances authorized, Upper Sioux Agency State Park deauthorized, and money appropriated.
HF4320 (Hansen) Feedlot permit provisions modified to require manure management plans.
HF4410 (Hansen) Enforcement authority modified, and money appropriated.
*HF3550 (Hansen) Watersheds, soil and water conservation districts, and wetland management provisions modified; wetland banking program and conservation easement programs modified; riparian protection and water quality jurisdiction clarified; beaver damage control grants eliminated; Board of Water and Soil Resources authority and duties modified; and rulemaking required.
HF4028 (Jordan) Metropolitan Council; environmental and public health considerations required in comprehensive development guide.
HF4844 (Hansen) Fur farm data classified, domestic hog release prohibited, agency jurisdiction clarified, civil penalties established, outreach required, voluntary fur farm registration repealed, fur farm licensing provisions modified, and money appropriated.

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record.

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HF4271 (Howard) - Housing and redevelopment authorities authorized to create public corporations for the purpose of purchasing, owning, and operating properties converted under the federal Rental Assistance Demonstration program.

HF4735 (Howard) - Housing provisions modified.

HF4555 (Howard) - Maintenance of effort condition for receipt of local affordable housing aid imposed.

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.

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HF4598 (Long); Independent Redistricting Commission established, Applicant Review Panel established, principles to be used in adopting legislative and congressional districts established, legislative members lobbying activity prohibited, and constitutional amendment proposed.

HF4593 (Klevorn); Advisory citizens' redistricting commission established, redistricting principles and redistricting requirements established, constitutional amendment to establish an independent citizen's redistricting commission proposed, and money appropriated.

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

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