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Thursday, March 15, 2007

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Thursday, March 15, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 8:00 AM
Time Note: Committee will recess at 9:30 a.m. and reconvene in 200 State Office Building at 6 p.m.

E-12 Education

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Calros Mariani
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF549 (Davnie) Charter school qualifying special education costs funding provided.
HF990 (Norton) Parent and family involvement school district policies required.
HF2021 (Brynaert) Office of Educational Accountability funding provided through the University of Minnesota, and measurement experts convened to consider how school performance report card data are most usefully displayed.
HF1888 (Dittrich) Academic rigor and 3R high schools provided.
HF1700 (Hornstein) Parent and community involvement in learning funding provided.
HF482 (Hortman) School year length increased, and school start before Labor Day prohibition repealed.
HF443 (Peterson, S.) Alternative school year calendar program grants provided.
HF835 (Demmer) Alternative school calendar pilot program established to examine the impact of school calendar arrangements on student learning.
HF2011 (Hornstein) Expansion of the rites of passage program funding authorized; program evaluation required.

HF1092 (Anzelc) has been moved to the Friday agenda.
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 8:00 AM
Time Note: The committee will recess at 9:30 a.m. and reconvene at 6:30 p.m. in 500N State Office Building.

Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Jean Wagenius
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF299 (Dill) Timber permit extension, cancellation, and terminations provided.
HF602 (Dill) International Wolf Center renovations funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF364 (Olin) Bovine tuberculosis disease transmission prevention funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF328 (Hosch) Stearns County grant provided to purchase land for Kraemer Lake Park, and money appropriated.
HF1126 (Eken) Red River mediation implementation funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF733 (Lieder) Red River Valley flood protection farmstead ring levees construction funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1522 (Lillie) Gateway Trail tunnel funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1373 (Hansen) Roadsides for wildlife program funding provided and money appropriated.
Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Gene Pelowski
Location: 200 State Office Building 200 State Office Bldg.
Agenda:
HF1155 (Madore) Statewide self-advocacy network project established relating to intellectual and developmental disabilities, money provided.
HF1267 (Morgan) State employees technical and housekeeping changes provided.
HF1670 (Morgan) Election procedures and terminology clarified, requirements and duties modified, and penalties imposed.
HF790 (Moe) Minnesota Public Facilities Authority Act provisions modified, technical and housekeeping changes made, and Pollution Control Agency project priority rule modified.
HF779 (Bly) Office of Indigenous Languages established
HF524 (Peterson, N.) Campaign Finance disclosure requirements modified, independent expenditures by political party units limited, electiioneering communications regulated, and work group established
HF729 (Emmer) Competitive bidding contracts prohibited with companies or entities that have certain criminal or civil judgments.
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 8:00 AM

Public Safety Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Michael Paymar
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1496 (Johnson) Appropriating money for a pilot project for Ramsey County's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
HF1864 (Hilstrom) Appropriating grants to supervised parenting time service providers.
HF1454 (Peterson, S.) Appropriating money to neighborhood youth organization.
HF1761 (Lesch) Appropriating money for emergency preparedness coordinator *** bill added ***
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 10:00 AM

Floor Session

Location: House Chamber
Agenda:
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 12:00 PM

Health Care and Human Services Finance Division

Time Changed Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Thomas Huntley
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF305 (Huntley) Freedom to Breathe Act of 2007 adopted establishing public policy to protect employees and the public from hazards of secondhand smoke and prohibiting persons from smoking in specified areas.
HF1807 (Huntley) Inpatient hospital services payment required on a fee-for-services basis for the general assistance medical care program.
HF842 (Huntley) Child care, children and family, licensing, health care, continuing care, mental health, health insurance and Department of Health provisions modified. Public testimony on Articles 1,3,5,6,7,9

HF1811 (Huntley) Removed from the agenda.
Chair: Rep. Tom Rukavina
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1142 (Atkins) modifying the state grant program for post-secondary student financial aid
HF675 (Rukavina) Governor's recommendations for higher education - focus will be on financial aid programs in Article 2
HF1508 (Moe) creating a textbook pricing and access act; establishing a pilot textbook rental program
HF 1484 (Dittrich) requiring information and skills training in personal financial management
HF626 (Nornes) establishing the academic competitiveness highlighting individual excellence and valuing education scholarship program
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 12:30 PM

Public Safety and Civil Justice

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Joe Mullery
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF272 (Haws) Clarifying that a statute ensuring the continuation of state licenses and certificates of registration for any trade, employment, occupation, or profession while soldiers and certain essential employees are engaged in active military service applies to licenses and certificates of registration requiring firearms safety and usage training;
HF1130 (Nelson) Making it a crime to falsely report police misconduct to an attorney or other person whose responsibilities include investigating or reporting police misconduct; prescribing penalties;
HF1396 (Madore) A bill for an act relating to guardians and conservators; changing certain requirements and procedures;
SF302 (Foley) Phlebotomists blood sample from DWI offenders authorization; criminal vehicular operation law modification;

HF1046 (Hornstein) Has been removed from the agenda.
HF243 (Walker) Has been removed from the agenda.
HF1737 (Atkins) Has been removed from the agenda.
HF700 (Eastlund) Has been removed from the agenda.
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 2:15 PM

Capital Investment Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Alice Hausman
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF978 (Hortman) Independent School District No. 11, Anoka-Hennepin, authorized to purchase and restore native prairie and wetland adjacent to Riverview Elementary School; bonds issued; and money appropriated.
HF1120 (Sailer) Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake, maximum effort capital loan provided; bonds issued; and money appropriated.
HF1690 (Clark) Minneapolis; East Phillips Cultural and Community Center improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1563 (Cornish) Cooperative secondary facilities program eligibility expanded, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF891 (Nelson) Hennepin Technical College Brooklyn Park campus asset preservation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF132 (Mahoney) Minnesota Biomedical Sciences Research Facilities Authority and funding program established, University of Minnesota authorized to apply for funds, and bonds issued.
HF348 (Haws) St. Cloud State University National Hockey Center improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Bills that are not heard during this meeting will be continued on the agenda for the March 16 meeting at 12:30pm in the Basement Hearing Room.
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 2:15 PM

Health and Human Services

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Paul Thissen
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1276 (Thissen) Health Records Act adopted
HF1169 (Walker) A bill for an act relating to Human Services; changing child welfare provisions
HF1285 (Walker) A bill for an act relating to Indian child welfare; modifying child placement provisions for Indian children
HF1286 (Walker) A bill for an act relating to Indian child welfare; modifying a child maltreatment reporting provision
HF601 (Walker) A bill for an act relating to Human Services; establishing a crisis nursery grant program; appropriating money
HF1290 (Slawick) A bill for an act relating to Human Services; establishing a child safety system and child safety fund; requiring reports; appropriating money
HF1406 (Otremba) A bill for an act relating to child care; exempting preschool programs operated by schools from child care licensure
HF795 (Walker) has been removed from the agenda
FOR RE-REFERRAL ONLY:
HF368 (Peterson) A bill for an act relating to health; eliminating the statewide hospitality fee
HF369 (Peterson) A bill for an act relating to health; eliminating the statewide hospitality fee
HF450 (Peterson) A bill for an act relating to Human Services; authorizing a planned closure rate adjustment for a nursing facility in Big Stone County
HF586 (Bly) A bill for an act relating to Human Services; designating certain nursing facilities in Rice County as metro for purposes of determining reimbursement rates
HF781 (Loeffler) A bill for an act relating to Human Services; authorizing the licensure of two intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities to replace one larger facility
HF1583 (Nelson) A bill for an act relating to Human Services; authorizing the licensure of four intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities to replace one larger facility; establishing a transition period rate; establishing the payment rate for the new facilities
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 2:15 PM
Time Note: The committee will recess at 3:45 p.m. and reconvene at 6 p.m. as needed.

K-12 Finance Division

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Mindy Greiling
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF983 (Ward) Career academies and workplace connection three-year pilot project established, and money appropriated.
HF752 (Hornstein) Career and college counseling pilot program established for high school students, program evaluation and reporting provided, research consortium established, and money appropriated.
HF1410 (Anzelc) Technical and vocational revenue program for collaborative high school and postsecondary vocational programs established.
HF808 (Tillberry) Licensed student services personnel aid provided, and money appropriated.
HF1699 (Peterson, S) Student counseling services in high-need public high schools grant program established, and money appropriated.
HF1701 (Peterson, S) School counselors revenue established as a component of general education revenue.
HF984 (Norton) Student ACT and SAT entrance test fees reimbursed, and money appropriated.
HF1850 (Simon) Minnesota Urban Debate League programs grant provided, and money appropriated.
HF196 (Greiling) Mental health provisions modified, inmate assessments required, children's mental health grants and training established, medical assistance covered services modified, Crisis Intervention Team State Council created, and money appropriated.
HF1321 (Bunn) World languages provided as a required academic standard, and money appropriated.
HF1424 (Paulsen) World language academic standards, proficiency, resources, and capacity development provided; and money appropriated.
HF1792 (Garofalo) Successful schools aid provided for schools succeeding in reading and mathematics or prekindergarten through grade 2 schools, and money appropriated.
HF1798 (Morrow) Kindergarten space needs additional lease levy authorized.
HF1196 (Slawik) Prekindergarten children with disabilities special instruction provided.
HF1423 (Anzelc) Independent School District No. 361, International Falls, authorized to purchase property with its building lease levy.
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 2:15 PM

State Government Finance Division

State Government Finance

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Phyllis Kahn
Location: 5 State Office building
Agenda:
Minnesota Lottery, budget overview;
Minnesota Racing Commission, change items;
Minnesota Gambling Control Board, change items;
State Board of Investment, agency overview and budget presentation;
Legislative Commission on Pensions, overview.
HF0147 (Johnson) Mississippi River Parkway Commission expiration date extended to 2012
HF0621 (Johnson) Mississippi River parkway Commission funding provided, and money appropriated
HF1246 (Bigham) Kids Voting Minnesota funding provided, and money appropriated
SF0463 (Betzold)/HF0144 (Hortman) Notaries public fees increase
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 4:00 PM

Commerce and Labor

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Joe Atkins
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1314 (Atkins) Truth in Music Advertising Act adopted regulating the advertising of live musical performances.
HF740 (Mahoney) Price gouging prohibited on essential consumer good and services including food, water, fuel, gasoline, medical supplies, and other items; and enforcement authority provided.
HF0556 (Beard) Airport safety zones transfers of real property disclosure requirements clarified.
HF1656 (Thissen) Jewelry products containing lead manufacture and sale regulated.
Hf1013/SF112* (Otremba) Body piercing regulation.
HF1844 (Walker) Hair braiding registration required.
HF1364 (Atkins) Building contractors insurance requirements modified.
HF712 (Fritz) Safe Patient Handling Act adopted, programs and committees established, and money appropriated.
HF1359 (Atkins) Auto insurance medical expense and other benefits modified.
HF464 (Sertich) School employee statewide health insurance plan established, and money appropriated.

HF991 (Thissen) and HF1571 (Lesch) have been removed from the agenda.
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 4:00 PM

Early Childhood Learning Finance Division

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Nora Slawik
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF894 (Davnie) Head Start funding increased, and money appropriated
HF796 (Murphy, E) Family, friend, and neighbor grant program established to promote children's early literacy, healthy development, and school readiness, and to foster community partnerships; and money appropriated
HF1089 (Peterson, S) Child care quality improved and professional development of child care practitioners expanded, and money appropriated
HF1325 (Peterson, S) High five kindergarten program authorized
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 4:00 PM

Environment and Natural Resources

Chair: Rep. Kent Eken
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF 1316 (Hortman) Mercury; certain mercury-containing products sales prohibited; sales, use, and disposal requirements modified; consumer information required; lamp recycling requirements modified; and mercury reduction at crematoriums provided
HF 1476 (Knuth) Individual sewage treatment systems provisions modified
HF 1663 (Moe) Wild rice; genetically-engineered organisms regulation provisions modified
HF 1662 (Moe) Wild rice management plan required
HF1418 (Eken) Natural resources rulemaking authority state park permit, and other provisions modified; and Mineral Coordinating Committee expiration extended
HF 1674 (Eken) Environmental review rules relating to biofuel production facilities adoption required
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 4:00 PM

Transportation Finance Division

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Bernie Lieder
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
Presentation of omnibus transportation finance bill
HF311 (Hornstein) Cell phones; moving violation fines doubled when committed while operating mobile phone.
HF1058 (Thissen) Automatic enforcement of official traffic-control devices authorized.
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 6:00 PM

Early Childhood Learning Finance Division

Location Changed Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Nora Slawik
Location: 400S State Office Building
Agenda:
HF916 (Thissen) Child care centers and homes inspections and reports required
HF1187 (Laine) Minnesota Learning Resource Center money appropriated
HF580 (Dominguez) After-school enrichment program reinstated; grants provided to improve academic achievement, reduce crime, improve community involvement, and increase character development; and money appropriated
HF1839 (Slawik) Child care provider standards study and reports required, and money appropriated
HF779 (Bly) has been removed from the agenda
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 6:00 PM

Taxes

Chair: Rep. Ann Lenczewski
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
Agenda continued from March 14
HF930 (Dean) Health insurance premiums income tax subtraction authorized.
HF69 (Mullery) Health insurance premiums federal taxable income subtraction provided.
HF1245 (Eken) Volunteer ambulance personnel longevity awards income tax subtraction provided.
HF81 (Paulsen) Long-term capital gains income tax exclusion provided.
HF1378 (Paulsen) Minnesota college savings plan contributions income tax subtraction provided.
HF435 (Cornish) Alternative fuel vehicle conversion income tax credit provided has been added.
HF433 (Cornish) Alternative fuel vehicle federal taxable income subtraction provided.
HF1537 (Gunther) Education loans principal and interest payments income tax subtraction provided.
HF1541 (Thissen) Tuition savings plan federal taxable income subtraction provided.
HF1963 (Thissen) Income tax credit provided for donations to qualified scholarship-granting organizations.

HF1301 (Moe) has been removed from the agenda
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 6:30 PM

Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Jean Wagenius
Location: 500N State Office Building
Agenda:
Bills that were not heard during the earlier Environment & Natural Resources Finance Division hearing today are continued on the agenda for this meeting.
HF1788 (Ward) Silvicultural research funding provided to improve the quality and quantity of timber fiber, and money appropriated.
HF1903 (Sailer) Conservation officer position funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1045 (Dominguez) State lottery gross proceeds in lieu of sales tax distribution for metropolitan parks and open space clarified, and parks and open space commission member compensation modified.
HF1035 (Solberg) Itasca County; tax-forfeited land assurance fee exemptions provided for certain exchanged land.—not in Env. Fin. yet
HF278 (Hansen) Deer license surcharge imposed for deer management and reimbursing the cost of processing deer donated for charitable purposes, and money appropriated.
HF631 (Anzelc) Natural resources department sales authority modified, forest resource assessment products and services account established, decorative boughs provisions modified, sustainable resources provision expiration removed, and money appropriated.
HF1666 (Eken) Terrestrial and geologic carbon sequestration reports and studies required, and money appropriated.
HF632 (McNamara) Vermillion Highlands Wildlife Management Area designated.
HF325 (Demmer) Lake Zumbro restoration funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF152 (Nornes) Senior citizen resident fishing license provided.
HF516 (Cornish) Blue Earth County Rapidan Dam study provided, and money appropriated.

HF299 (Dill) and HF602 (Dill) have been removed from the agenda
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 6:30 PM

Health and Human Services

Location Changed Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Paul Thissen
Location: 118 Capitol
Agenda:
HF1577 (Lesch) Human Services licensing and policy provisions modified.
HF1621 (Bunn) Environmental health tracking and biomonitoring program established.
HF1444 (Bigham) Health risk limits established for perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorobutanoic acid.
HF1622 (Clark) Lead-containing children's items sale prohibited, and paint retailers requirements established.
HFXXXX (Bunn) creation of ahealth risk advisory committee, appropriating funds for PFBA study, appropriating funds for scientific panel to set PFBA standards

HF1078 (Huntley) has been removed from the agenda
HF501 (Thissen) has been removed from the agenda
HF1402 (Thissen) has been removed from the agenda
HF1403 (Thissen) has been removed from the agenda
HF1404 (Thissen) has been removed from the agenda
HF1885 (Huntley) has been removed from the agenda
HF175 (Erickson) has been removed from the agenda
Thursday, March 15, 2007 , 6:30 PM

Public Safety and Civil Justice

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Joe Mullery
Location: 500S State Office Building
Agenda:
HF34 (Kahn) Establishing state policy for stem cell research; providing criminal penalties; appropriating money;
HF611 (Anzelc) Protecting certain communication in the workplace between labor organizations and employees; prohibiting certain employer conduct; providing civil remedies;
HF999 (Mahoney) Requiring consideration of a child's residence in a foreign country when deviating from the presumptive child support amount;
HF1041 (Abeler) Establishing a controlled substances prescription electronic reporting system;
HF1242 (Mullery) Requiring the Board of Public Defense to allocate and distribute funds based on weighted caseload;
HF1342 (Smith) Defining qualified domestic-related offenses and crimes of violence; making technical changes;
HF1500 (Smith) Making child support policy clarifications and improvements;
HF1621 (Bunn) Establishing an environmental health tracking and biomonitoring program; appropriating money;
HF1907 (Clark) Specifying additional facilities that must comply with state rules and federal regulations regarding hazardous substances.
HF821 (Smith) Adjusting the monetary thresholds for certain property offenses;
HF211 (Zellers) Prohibiting sale of information provided on a mortgage application.

HF345 (Severson) Has been removed from the agenda.
HF1281 (Erickson) Has been removed from the agenda.
HF1046 (Hornstein) Has been removed from the agenda.
HF1019 (Olin) Has been removed from the agenda.