HF2281 (Hill) Early education teachers required to be licensed, and definition of teacher modified under Public Employment Labor Relations Act.
HF2478 (Hill) Way to Grow program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1994 (Pryor) ParentChild+ program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2514 (Hassan) YWCA Minneapolis grant established for early childhood and youth programming, and money appropriated.

Children and Families will recess and take up the following bills at 6:30 PM in Room 200 of the State Office Building:
HF1806 (Clardy) Assessment of school readiness required for children entering kindergarten.
HF2330 (Coulter) Provisions dealing with child care safety and correction orders, human services licensing qualifications, infant safety, and foster care and child care training modified.
HF993 (Coulter) Education finance; developmental screening aid increased, and money appropriated.
HF2573 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Early childhood apprenticeship program established; funding provided for apprenticeship program, early childhood workforce compensation task force, early childhood workforce development scholarships, and grants to postsecondary institutions to improve early childhood program curricula; reports required; and money appropriated.
HF2665 (Hicks) Diaper distribution grant program established, reports required, and money appropriated.
*HF2292 (Pinto) Obsolete language removed from voluntary prekindergarten statutes.
*HF2293 (Pinto) Obsolete language removed from early childhood family education statutes.
*HF2476 (Pinto) Child care assistance; obsolete language removed.
*HF2698 (Pinto) Child care assistance; obsolete language removed.
*Vehicle bills only.
Agenda items may be added or changed

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Amendments: All amendments that are substantive must be given to the CA by 1:00PM on the day prior to the committee hearing. This deadline may be waived at the discretion of the Chair

Meeting Materials: Presenters or members of the public are encouraged to provide all materials to be offered in Committee to the CLA 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.

1. HF 855 (Frazier) Public safety innovation board established, community safety grants provided, law enforcement grants and policy provided, reports required, rulemaking provided, and money appropriated. (pending referral)
2. HF 1234 (Her) Peace officer disability provisions modified, report required, and money appropriated.
3. HF 922 (Becker-Finn) Statewide Office of Appellate Counsel and Training established, State Board of Appellate counsel and Training established, head appellate counsel and program administrator established, attorneys provided to serve as counsel, counties required to utilize services of the office to provide appellate counsel for parents of juveniles, and Department of Administration directed to support the establishment of the office.
4. HF 1262 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) Utility requirements modified, and restrictions on use of residential solar energy systems prohibited.
5. HF 1181 (Norris) Open discussion process created by which parties of a health care adverse incident may discuss potential outcomes.


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 Chairs' 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.
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HF 348 (Howard) Cost-sharing limited for prescription drugs and related medical supplies to treat chronic disease.
HF 2555 (Klevorn) Number of copies of a mandated report that a department or agency must file with the Legislative Reference Library modified.
HF 2446 (Nadeau) Hennepin County; Municipal Building Commission dissolved; transfer of property, assets, and obligations of commission to the city of Minneapolis authorized.
HF 1723 (Freiberg) Secretary of state funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 1835 (Nash) State chief information officer required to establish metrics to assess the progress of cloud computing projects, terms in contracts involving state agency's use of licensed software applications prohibited, and report to the legislature required to include information on cloud computing projects within state agencies.

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.
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*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

HF100 (Stephenson) Omnibus cannabis bill.

HF1600 (Tabke) Pattern bargaining precluded for law enforcement officers.

HF1153 (Burkel) Definition of qualifying agricultural products amended for special farm products permits.

HF949 (Koegel) Safety education required and water craft operators permitted, and motorboat rental business obligations imposed.

HF2092 (Hornstein) Metropolitan Council member election provided.


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1. Welcome and Call to Order

2. Approval of the Minutes – Thursday, March 9th

3. Re-referral of Governor’s budget bills
HF2847 DHS human services budget bill (Noor)
HF2755 Dept of Labor budget bill (Nelson, M.)
HF2754 Dept of Commerce budget bill (Acomb)

NOTE: The jurisdiction of the Rules Committee for HF2847, HF2755, and HF2754 only extends to their recommendation for a re-referral for a substantive hearing, pursuant to Joint Rule 2.03. No public testimony or amendments will be accepted in this hearing on these bills.

4. Calendar for the Day – Thursday, March 16th

5. Adjournment

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Approval of the Minutes from March 9th, 2023
HF 995 (Berg) Student admission provisions modified.
HF 2010 (Hassan) Junior Achievement North grant funding provided for expansion of student financial literacy activities, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF 2056 (Her) Education partnership program modified, and money appropriated.
HF 562 (Edelson) Due process special education aid created for school districts, and money appropriated.
HF 2134 (Kresha) Independent School District No. 482, Little Falls aeronautics and commercial over-the-road technical pilot program authorized; report required; and money appropriated.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
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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 bills please contact the committee administrator at: polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov no later than 2pm on Monday, March 13th. Written testimony is encouraged. Testimony may be limited.

HF1700 (Feist): The Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act of 2023

If you wish to testify on HF1700, you must contact the Committee Administrator at Josh.Sande@house.mn.gov by 5:00PM Monday, March 13. Testimony will be limited to 2 minutes.

HF2749 (Wolgamott): Commissioner of health required to award grants to health care entities for staff training on self-defense and de-escalation, infrastructure improvements, and IT system improvements; and money appropriated.

HF2090 (Reyer): Summer health care intern program funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF2081 (Acomb): Medical assistance required to cover recuperative care services.

HF1574 (Bierman): Medical assistance coverage of tobacco and nicotine cessation treatment modified and expanded.

HF1883 (Smith): Medical assistance hospice service coverage expanded to include room and board.

HF2077 (Bierman): Medical assistance required to cover seizure detection devices.

Other bills may be added.

This hearing has been approved for extra time and will adjourn at 12:30PM

PUBLIC TESTIMONY: 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 contact the Committee Administrator by 5pm the day prior to the hearing in order to sign up to testify in person. In person testimony may be limited as time allows. Written testimony should also be submitted by 5pm the day prior, in Word or PDF format.

Remote or virtual testimony is not available.

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HF467 (Noor) Income tax subtraction provided for grants, emergency assistance for postsecondary students program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1339 (Koegel) Hennepin County Medical Center addiction medicine graduate medical education fellowship program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1340 (Wolgamott) Allied health technician scholarship program established, report required, and money appropriated.
HF2613 (Lislegard) Permanent university fund for mineral research modified.

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HF 81 (Jordan) Fish kills reporting and protocol development for state response required, and money appropriated. *

*Discussion to HF 81 will be confined to the fiscal appropriation to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

HF 181 (Vang) Reporting of crimes motivated by bias expanded; crimes of assault, property damage, and harassment motivated by bias amended; Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training required to update training in recognizing, responding to, and reporting crimes of bias; and money appropriated.*

*No public testimony will be taken on HF 181. Public testimony was heard on Jan. 17th, 2023. Written testimony is encouraged.

HF 1877 (Becker-Finn) Definition of park zone modified in controlled substances law.

HF 1524 (Curran) Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's questioned identity process modified.*

HF 1648 (Curran) Outdated statutory language regarding duty of Office of Justice Programs clarified and removed to designate services to domestic abuse victims.*

HF 1647 (Curran) Prosecutors required to notify victims of plea, sentencing, and sentencing modification hearings.*

HF 1713 (Hollins) Ability of crime victims to access reimbursement program improved, and name of reparations program changed to reimbursement act.*

HF 1510 (Moller) Commissioner of public safety authorized to accept donations, nonfederal grants, bequests, and other gifts of money.*

HF 1777 (Curran) Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Advisory Group provided with more comprehensive use in its review of Bureau of Criminal Apprehension issues.*

HF 1759 (Huot) Minnesota Hazardous Materials Incident Response Act modified, bomb disposal cost reimbursement modified, and technical changes made related to smoke alarms.*

HF 2205 (Feist) Crime of computer theft modified to include copies of data.

* HF 1524, HF 1648, HF 1647, HF 1713, HF 1510, HF 1777, HF 1759 and HF 2205 will be combined into a DE amendment to HF 1510.

HF 1182 (Novotny) Grounds required for a peace officer to use deadly force modified.

Anyone who would like to provide public testimony must sign up in advance by 10:30 AM on 3/13. Email the Committee Administrator to sign up. 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. Written Testimony is encouraged and must be submitted in word or PDF form to the Committee Administrator by 10:30 AM, 3/13.

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

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HF1747 (Pursell) Next generation farmer development program established, report required, and money appropriated.
HF 1057 (Vang) Agriculture; down payment assistance grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 1361 (Vang) Community development financial institutions technical assistance grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2718 (Cha) Grain indemnity account established, and money appropriated.
HF 2278 (Vang) Board of Animal Health funding provided, and money appropriated.

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.
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*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

I. HF1067 (Hanson) - Personal care assistance program modified.

II. HF1512 (Hanson) - Remote supervision of personal care assistance services permitted.

III. HF1695 (Nelson) - Service Employees International Union (SEIU) healthcare agreement ratified.

IV. HF2516 (Hicks) - Component values and payment rates for personal care assistance services and community first services and supports modified.

*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.

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HF 406 (Berg) Carbon monoxide alarm requirements modified for hotels and lodging houses, and safety warning for violation required.
Leslie L. Lienemann
Jill Sims, Hospitality Minnesota
Ken Wieber, Director of Property Operations, Morrissey Hospitality

HF 1996 (Lislegard) Career pathways program supported and strengthened, and money appropriated.
Jenny Winkelaar, IUOE Local 49 Director of Workforce and Community Development
Mary Morem, Superintendent of ISD 294
Akeethia Lloyd, IUOE Local 49 Career Navigator

HF 10 (Lislegard) Skilled and trained contractor workforce use provided at petroleum refineries.
Kate Perushek, Deputy Commissioner, Dept of Labor and Industry
Christopher DeLaForest, MN Building and Construction Trades Council
Ben Weideman, LiUNA of MN and ND
Ryan Beierman, Teamsters Local 120
Lucas Franco, Local Jobs North
Jon Boesche, Associated Builders and Contractors of MN/ND
Jake Reint, VP Public Affairs for Flint Hills Resources
Lynn Granger, American Petroleum Institute
Mitch Horn, Turner Industries

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 5pm on Monday, March 13, 2023

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HF0300 (Lislegard) Individual income tax provisions modified, and public pension benefit subtraction established.
HF1040 (J. Hanson) Individual income tax provisions modified, and Social Security benefits subtraction expanded.
HF2581 (Gomez) Income, estate, and property tax refunds; Internal Revenue Code incorporated, as amended through March 1, 2023.
HF1419 (Howard) Local government aid provisions modified, local affordable housing aid program established, and money appropriated.
HF2558 (Norris) Liquor taxation; excise tax on prepackaged cocktails reduced.

The Committee will finish the final two public testifiers on HF300/HF1040 from the 3/9 hearing and will not take additional public testimony on those two bills. Additional items may be added/removed to the agenda.

Materials will be posted to the Committee website when they are available Public testifiers for HF2581, HF1419 and HF2558 should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and preferred title to the Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) by 5 PM on Monday, March 13th. . Testimony will be limited to two minutes per testifier. The number of testifiers may be limited due to time constraints.Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 5 PM on Monday, March 13th to the Committee Administrator and the Committee Legislative Assistant Lauren Sabes (Lauren.Sabes@house.mn.gov). 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.

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HF1135 (Lee) - Research funding provided to integrate weather trends in designing and operating public buildings to reduce operational costs and prevent damage from extreme weather events, and report required, and money appropriated.
HF2035 (Bierman) - Energy; utilities governing provisions modified.
HF2169 (Stephenson) - Anoka; Rum River Dam repair and replacement studies and work funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF413 (Stephenson) - Electric vehicles purchase preference for state fleet established, certification of training of motor vehicle dealer employees required, rebates for electric vehicle purchases provided, utilities required to file plans to promote electric vehicles, grants awarded to automobile dealers to defray cost of manufacturer certification, and money appropriated.
*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.

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HF2097 (Rep. Frazier) - Active shooter drill standards provided.

HF160 (Rep. Freiberg) - Service-learning integrated into Minnesota's education system, evidence-based service-learning technical assistance and grant program established, reports required, and money appropriated.

HF2297 (Rep. Kraft) - School districts and charter schools required to provide climate justice instruction, and report required.

Notes:
HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT and emailed to the committee administrator before 12p.m. (noon), Monday, March 13th. If you are bringing hard copies on the day of, bring 40 copies.

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 in PDF format, please email the committee administrator before 12 p.m. (noon), Monday, March 13th.

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*Agenda Change: Bill Added. Bill removed.

HF637 (Lee) Requirement modified to analyze and consider cumulative pollution before issuing air quality permit, environmental justice areas identification provided, environmental permitting and review demographic analysis required, and technical corrections made.
HF674 (Lee) Community air-monitoring systems pilot grant program established, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF2076 (Pursell) Pollution Control Agency citizen membership reinstated.
HF1338 (Fischer) Legislative Water Commission reestablished, and appointments provided.

The Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee will recess at 4:30pm and reconvene at 6:30pm in Room 10 of the State Office Building to take up the following bills:

HF1973 (Acomb) State greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals amended.
HF2193 (Feist) Funding provided for scope of work for a plan to promote and protect clean water in Minnesota for the next 50 years, and money appropriated.
HF638 (Freiberg) Inflow and infiltration program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2457 (Lislegard) Applied research in water and mineral resources funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2528 (Brand) Water safety plans for cities funding provided, and money appropriated.
*HF2324 (Hansen) Drill core library funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF2178 (Hornstein) has been removed from the agenda.

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HF 917 (Agbaje) Residential housing eviction provisions amended, and residential housing eviction summons and complaint provisions amended.*

*A DE Amendment has been posted for HF917 with the Landlord & Tenant Omnibus bill. As all parts of the bill have been previously heard in committee public testimony will be limited. Written testimony is encouraged. Please email adam.kopel@house.mn.gov if you wish to testify or provide materials to the committee by 5PM on Monday 3/13/23.

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HF1315 (Pursell); Biodegradable or compostable item labeling requirements modified.

HF1176 (Reyer); Third-party payer and dental provider provisions specified.

HF1532 (Reyer); Insurers prohibited from discriminating based on breed of dog owned.

HF2249 (Stephenson); Insurance; Coverage exclusions regulated.

HF2064 (Tabke); Telecommunications; state government pricing plans modified.

HF1650 (Davis); Commerce; reporting dates modified.

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

**Public testimony may be limited at the Chair’s discretion**

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