Presentation on the evaluation, Southwest Light Rail Transit Construction:  Metropolitan Council Decision Making

This meeting will be streamed via YouTube.

HF2746 (Hicks); Grant funding provided to improve access to polling places, and money appropriated.

HF2337 (Greenman); Electioneering communications regulated, statements of electioneering communications required to be submitted to Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, and relevant definitions adopted.

HF1776 (Coulter); Lobbying provisions expanded to include all political subdivisions, and money appropriated.

HF2394 (Freiberg); Campaign finance; economic interest statement provisions modified.

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

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HF 1098 (Jordan) Individuals with disabilities employment assistance funding provided, report required, and money appropriated

HF 555 (Jordan) East Side Neighborhood Services funding provided, and money appropriated.
Paul May-Kramer, Employment Program Developer

HF 2303 (Wolgamott) Boys and Girls Club of Central Minnesota grant funding provided, and money appropriated
Deborah J. Nebosis, Vice President of Resource Development, BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA

HF 2194 (Agbaje) Black Women's Wealth Alliance grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF 1573 (Sencer-Mura) YMCA of the North funding provided, and money appropriated.
Ethan Balikalaba, Career Pathways Intern in Summer 2022

HF 1939 (Sencer-Mura) Workforce development funding provided in the fields of construction, clean energy, and energy efficiency
Dr. Kate Knuth, Managing and Research Director, 100% Campaign

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THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business

HF 1920 (Kozlowski) Redevelopment grants and demolition loans funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 1631 (Kozlowski) Boundary waters area economic relief program created, and money appropriated.
HF 1289 (Hassan) Emerging developer fund program created
HF 2072 (Xiong) African Economic Development Solutions funding provided for a loan fund, and money appropriated.
HF 2631 (Hanson) MNSBIR, Inc., grant funding provided to secure federal research and development funding, and money appropriated.
HF 2263 (Koznick) Small business growth acceleration funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

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Approval of the Minutes from March 14th, 2023
HF 2497 (Youakim) Prekindergarten through grade 12 education funding provided; general education, education excellence, teacher, special education, facilities, nutrition, libraries, early childhood, community education, and state agencies provisions modified; reports required; and money appropriated.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
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HF470 (Bierman) - Minnesota Zoological Garden funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1247 (Pérez-Vega) - Science Museum of Minnesota funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2120 (Jordan) - Appetite for Change Community Cooks program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1676 (Hussein) - Somali arts programs funding provided, and money appropriated.
*Items may be added to the agenda.

Removed:
HF2091 (Kozlowski) - Indigenous cultural heritage exhibits and programming funding provided, and money appropriated.

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HF2012 (Lislegard) Taconite production tax provisions modified, and distribution of taconite production tax modified.
HF2725 (Norris) Property tax refunds; additional targeting refund expanded, and temporary change to additional refund calculation for 2023 provided.
HF2495 (L. Lee) Ramsey County; property tax provisions modified, and county allowed to expand period for redeeming lands sold to state at tax judgement sale.
HF1342 (Elkins) Property tax provisions modified, and cities authorized to create land-value taxation districts.
HF1535 (Acomb) Wayzata; sales and use tax provisions modified, and food and beverage tax imposition authorized.

Bills 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 title to the Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) and Committee Legislative Assistant (Faith Privett Faith.Privett@house.mn.gov) by 2:30 PM on Tuesday, March 14th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due to the (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) and Committee Legislative Assistant (Faith Privett Faith.Privett@house.mn.gov) by 2:30 PM on Tuesday, March 14th. 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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HF2112 (Kozlowski) - Duluth International Airport capital improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2370 (Wolgamott) - St. Cloud Regional Airport approach systems funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF139 (Newton) - Coon Rapids Boulevard trail and pedestrian bridge funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2188 (Newton) - Coon Rapids; East River Road interchange at marked Trunk Highway 610 project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF998 (Hornstein) - Minneapolis; Capital improvement funding provided to bring public right-of-way facilities in compliance with ADA requirements, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF948 (Kiel) - Polk County; local bridge replacement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF960 (Lislegard) - St. Louis County; new solid waste landfill funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1212 (Smith) - Rochester; park-and-ride parking facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1692 (Finke) - Ramsey County Historical Society; Gibbs Farm Museum: Pathways to Dakota and Pioneer Life improvement funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1010 (Lee) - St. Paul Port Authority funding provided for improvements at former Hillcrest Golf Course site, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2265 (Kozlowski) - Duluth; regional behavioral health crisis facility funding provided, prior appropriation canceled, and money appropriated.
HF1675 (Finke) - Como Zoo funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1649 (Skraba) - International Wolf Center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1792 (McDonald) - Delano; water and sewer infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2180 (Jacob) - Goodhue County; new regional wastewater treatment facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1544 (Hill) - Stillwater; downtown riverfront park improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1139 (Hicks) - Olmsted County; Graham Park Regional Exhibition Center construction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

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HF742 (Norris); Firefighting foam use prohibited, exemptions allowed, reports required, and money appropriated.

HF1978 (Reyer); Health plans required to provide coverage for biomarker testing.

HF544 (Freiberg); Pharmacy benefit manager and health carrier requirements established related to clinician-administered drugs.

HF2371 (Bierman); Commercial health plan coverage of treatment at psychiatric residential treatment facilities required.

HF1935 (Stephenson); Commissioner of commerce required to conduct an evaluation of existing statutory health benefit mandates under process set forth in Minnesota Statutes, section 62J.26; and money appropriated.

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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*Items may be added*

- HF 1596 (Reyer) PACE program funding mechanism established, and money appropriated
a. Wayne Olson, Presbyterian Homes
b. Dr. Joe Gaugler; Professor & Endowed Robert L Kane Chair, Long-Term Care & Aging; University of Minnesota School of Public Health

- HF 1298 (Edelson) Essential community supports modified, respite service grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
a. Sam Smith, Manager of State Affairs, Alzheimer's Association

- HF 2552 (Edelson) Eligibility for recovery community organizations modified, Minnesota Board of Recovery Services created, rulemaking authority provided, and application fee established.

- HF 2709 (Curran) Exception to size limitation required for customized living and 24-hour customized living services for certain settings.
a. Josh Berg, Director of Minnesota Services & Strategic Growth, Accessible Space, Inc.

- HF 1494 (Frederick) Human services provider workplace safety grants established, and money appropriated.
a. Michelle SanCartier, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, Minnesota Social Service Association
b. Mason Schlief, Community Human Services Provider and MSW Student
c. Beth Ringer, Executive Director, Minnesota Social Service Association

AMENDMENTS: Deadline for amendments is 1pm on Tuesday, March 14th, 2023.
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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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The Chair has canceled the 3/15 hearing.

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HF2524 (Kraft) - Minnesota Energy Alley funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2627 (Carroll) - Solar on closed landfills funding provided, feasibility analysis required, and money appropriated.
HF2269 (Kraft) - Owners of certain buildings required to enter energy use data into benchmarking tool, public disclosure of energy use data required, grants provided, and money appropriated.
HF2432 (Acomb) - Maximum capacity of community solar gardens increased, location restriction removed, and new type of solar garden authorized.
*Items may be added to the agenda.

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HF2685 (Rep. Hornstein) - Holocaust and genocide education required in social studies curriculum for middle and high school students, Holocaust and Genocide Education Task Force created, report required, and money appropriated.

HF2206 (Rep. Urdahl) - Civics course required as graduation requirement.

Notes:
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*Agenda Change: Bill Added. Bills Removed.

HF2693 (Hollins) Zero-waste grant program established, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF1828 (Hansen) Water and soil conservation provisions modified.
*HF2368 (Hansen) Minnesota Swan Protection Act established, swan resting areas designation allowed, criminal penalties provided, rulemaking required, and money appropriated.
HF2774 (Hansen) Sustainable Forest Resources Act extended.
HF2761 (Hansen) Monitoring of biofuel, air emissions, wastewater, and coproducts for presence of chemicals required; voluntary biomonitoring of biofuel plant employees provided; and money appropriated.

*HF2571 (Hollins), HF2778 (Hansen) and HF1900 (Hollins) have been removed from the agenda.

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HF 2492 (Norris) Economic development and housing challenge program; schools added as eligible recipients, and funding requirements added.

HF 2477 (Agbaje) Minneapolis Public Housing Authority grant funding provided to rehabilitate deeply affordable family housing units, and money appropriated.

HF 2415 (Noor) High-rise sprinkler system grant program established, cities required to report buildings that do not have sprinkler system, report required, and money appropriated.

HF 2022 (Norris) Manufactured home park revolving loan funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.*

HF 2335 (Howard) Minnesota Housing Finance Agency budget established, childhood housing stability provided, community stabilization program established, first-generation homebuyers down payment assistance fund established, and money appropriated.

HF 1874 (Kozlowski) Minnesota Housing Finance Agency policy provisions adopted, agency debt limit increased, authority to issue bonds expanded, eligibility requirements and uses for agency funding expanded, and housing infrastructure bond uses expanded.

*DE Amendment posted

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HF2736 (Becker-Finn): Requirements for licensure and license renewal of ambulance services modified, permits from municipalities required to provide service in primary service area, rulemaking to modify primary service areas required, and establishment of performance standards required.

HF0141 (Huot): Ambulance services; Maximum amount reimbursed modified to ambulance services for volunteer education costs.

HF0196 (Huot): Fuel adjustment provided for nonemergency medical transportation and ambulance service reimbursement.

HF0643 (Huot): Ambulance provider assessment program established, supplemental medical assistance payments provided for ambulance services, and ambulance services exempted from MinnesotaCare provider tax.

HF0621 (Huot): Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board funding: grants to regional EMS programs

HF0449 (Huot): Medical resource communication center grant established, and money appropriated.

Bills may be added or removed at the discretion of the Chair.

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HF 2465 (Huot) Retired police officers permitted to be eligible to participate in state insurance program, program established for college degree holders to complete peace officer education and training, and money appropriated.

HF 2290 (Curran) No-knock search warrants prohibited.

HF 1836 (Hollins) Prosecutorial and law enforcement training funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF 2322 (Pinto) Children's cabinet modified; Department of Children, Youth, and Families established; responsibilities of Department of Education, Department of Human Services, and Department of Public Safety transferred to Department of Children, Youth, and Families; reports required; rulemaking authorized; and money appropriated.

*Discussion of HF 2322 will be confined to the provisions in the bill related to the Department of Public Safety.

HF 1415 (Curran) Funding provided for development of a curriculum to assist licensed therapists to gain skills to provide services to first responders, and money appropriated.

HF 2173 (Becker-Finn) Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians law enforcement modified, and requirements for Tribes to exercise concurrent law enforcement jurisdictional authority modified.

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HF 1236 (Koegel) Getting to work program created, reports required, and money appropriated.
LaToya Whitfield, Ramsey County Clerk and Program Participant

HF 1025 (Smith) Bridges to Healthcare funding provided, and money appropriated.
Jinny Rietmann, Executive Director, Workforce Development Inc

HF 813 (Hicks) Home and community-based workforce incentive fund grants established, awareness-building campaign for recruitment of direct care professionals established, and money appropriated.
Sue Schettle, CEO, ARRM

HF 1042 (Hicks) Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina (COPAL) funding provided for worker center programming
Francisco Segovia, Executive Director, COPAL

HF 2664 (Hassan) Twin Cities R!SE funding provided for the Empowerment Institute, and money appropriated
Emma Corrie, President and CEO, Twin Cities R!se

HF 2085 (Sencer-Mura) Pillsbury United Communities funding provided, and money appropriated
Jhadiya Steele, Student, Career Pathways Program

HF 1704 (Schomacker) Southwestern Minnesota workforce development scholarship pilot program established, report required
Scott Marquardt, President, Southwest Minnesota Initiative Foundation

HF 1944 (Petersburg) Owatonna and Steele counties; workforce training funding provided, and money appropriated.
Jinny Rietmann, Executive Director, Workforce Development, Inc.

HF 1011 (Petersburg) Steele County; Owatonna Learn to Earn Coalition grant funding provided to help Owatonna and Steele County region grow and retain a talented workforce
Brad Meier

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