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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Thursday, March 19, 2009
Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Jean Wagenius
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
Board of Water and Soil Resources budget presentation
HF1031 (Wagenius) Comprehensive statewide sustainable water resources detailed framework funding provided, and money appropriated.
Thursday, March 19, 2009

K-12 Education Policy and Oversight

Chair: Rep. Carlos Mariani
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1665 (Swails) Education; Best practices center for shared services established.
HF1630 (Kalin) Schedule established for aligning assessments to academic standards.
Chair: Rep. Michael Paymar
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
Federal stimulus funding
Any group or individual wishing to testify should contact the committee legislative assistant at Libby.Wyrum@house.mn
Chair: Rep. Gene Pelowski
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF817 (Kahn) Postsecondary institution requirements expanded to report resident student information to the secretary of state for voter registration purposes, and enhanced access required to voter registration records of returned absentee ballots on the World wide Web.
HF1053 (Simon) Public officials required to provide additional data to the secretary of state for use in maintaining the voter registration system, and automatic voter registration of applicants for a driver's license, instruction permit, or identification card provided.
HF13 (Juhnke) State designer selection board abolished.
Thursday, March 19, 2009

Floor Session

Location: House Chamber
Agenda:
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Time Note: Please note earlier start time and that committee will not meet at 6:15 pm unless the committee doesn't finish the afternoon agenda.

Public Safety Policy and Oversight

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Debra Hilstrom
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
Reports from Crime Victims/Criminal Records Division:
HF1273 (Rosenthal) Domestic abuse arrest time expanded;
HF1546 (Rosenthal) Eliminating the requirement that a previous conviction be against a family or household member to enhance a domestic assault conviction;
HF1245 (Simon) Domestic abuse provisions modified, definitions expanded, and no contact orders expanded to apply throughout the state;
HF1349 (Hilstrom) Victims of criminal sexual conduct required to receive information regarding orders for protection and restraining orders;
HF1199 (Lesch) Felony domestic assault and domestic assault by strangulation defined as crimes of violence;
HF1392 (Lesch) Omnibus sexual conduct technical review bill provided;
HF1120 (Kath) Comprehensive incident-based reporting system data use delineated;
HF1119 (Kath) Bureau of Criminal Apprehension; statutes amended to reflect organizational changes.
HF1509 (Hilstrom) Challenge incarceration program expanded.
HF1145 (Bigham) Investment an
Time Changed Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Thomas Huntley
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
Governor's supplemental budget proposal for health and human services
Chair: Rep. Tom Rukavina
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF925 (Sertich) Official measure of unemployment expanded
HF1326 (Rukavina) Emergency employment development program established, wage subsidies provided, and money appropriated.
HF1081 (Mahoney) Small growth business growth acceleration program eligibility expanded, matching funds required, and money appropriated.
HF1374 (Buesgens) Stable tuition rate guarantee
Thursday, March 19, 2009

Capital Investment Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Alice Hausman
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
Bonding recommendations from Finance Divisions
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Time Note: The committee will meet until 6:30 PM

Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Paul Thissen
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1345 (Abeler) Claims processing practices by third-party administrators of health coverage plans prohibited, health claims clearinghouses regulated, and insurer audits of health claims payments time limit provided
HF176 (Emmer) Death record replacement required when ordered by the court
HF1114 (Pelowski) Adult foster home capacity requirement changed
HF1565 (Kelly) Goodhue County; Nursing facility beds consolidated and relocated to a new site
HF453 (Fritz) MFIP and food stamp provisions modified
HF646 (Seifert) MFIP electronic benefit transfers modified, and commissioner directed to apply for demonstration project to give bonus for buying Minnesota-grown foods
HF730 (Thao) Health plans required to cover formulary-based wound care required
HF842 (Olin) Emergency medical services technical changes made
HF665 (Swails) Hospital construction moratorium exception provided
HF1219 (Kahn) Health insurance benefit availability required for domestic partners of state employees if they
Thursday, March 19, 2009

K-12 Education Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Mindy Greiling
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1001 (Demmer) K-12 education state grants authorized to leverage quality improvements, and money appropriated.
HF1188 (Winkler) E-16 reforms pursued to improve and expand opportunities for all students to attain educational success, and E-16 advisory subcommittees established. - information only
Thursday, March 19, 2009

State Government Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Phyllis Kahn
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
Departments of Revenue, Finance, and Administration, proposed budget changes.
Thursday, March 19, 2009

Commerce and Labor

Chair: Rep. Joe Atkins
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF357 (Falk) Community-based energy development project tariff and contract provisions modified.
HF1619 (Atkins) Minnesota No-Fault Automobile Act's funeral and burial expense benefits increased.
HF818 (Hilstrom) Financial records disclosure in connection with financial exploitation investigations authorized, procedures for reporting and investigating maltreatment modified, duties of financial institutions in cases of financial exploitation specified, and penalties imposed.
HF1149 (Juhnke) Telecommunications promotion activities provisions modified.
HF1418 (Nelson) Plumbing regulated.
HF705 (Loeffler) Preventive health care promoted by requiring high deductible health plans used with a health savings account to cover preventive care with no deductible as permitted by federal law.
HF908 (Urdahl) Shared work employer plans extended by one year.

HF690 (Hortman), HF1214 (Davnie) and HF 326 (Clark) have been removed from the agenda.
Thursday, March 19, 2009

Environment Policy and Oversight

Chair: Rep. Kent Eken
Location: 5 State Office Building
Bills Added
Thursday, March 19, 2009

Environment Policy and Oversight

Chair: Rep. Kent Eken
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1675 (Atkins) Pollution Control Agency directed to adopt rules to limit emissions of high global warming potential gases
HF877 (Hortman) Idling reduction technology purchases grant program established, and money appropriated
HF353 (Olin) Lake of the Woods; Lake of the Woods Water Sustainability Foundation referred by the Minnesota Legislature to the International Joint Commission for examination and report
HF671 (Dettmer) Residency requirements eliminated for veterans obtaining complimentary state park passes
HF1648 (Sailer) Video display device manufacturer and retailer reporting requirements amended, and recycled electronic product amounts limited that can be applied to future recycling obligations
HF487 (Hackbarth) Nonresident all-terrain vehicle operators required to possess a state trail pass
HF924 (Hackbarth) North Shore Trail renaming
HF376 (Dill) Trails added to the grant-in-aid snowmobile trail system

HF1047 (Hornstein) has been removed from the agenda
Chair: Rep. Bernie Leider
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1467 (Nelson) Rail safe technology federal grant application directed.
HF1535 (Hausman) Metropolitan transit functions transferred, Minnesota Transit Authority established, sales tax increased and proceeds allocated to the authority, certain local sales tax authority abolished.
HF775 (Beard) Vehicle service fees credited to the vehicle services operating account.
HF1051 (Olin) Railroad crossing device installation funds allocated.
HF672 (Dettmer) Freeway shoulders use authorized by transit and metro mobility buses.
The following bills will be continued from the last hearing:
HF994 (Lieder) State hazardous materials registration and permit requirements abolished.
HF809 (Hornstein) Charitable organizations provided a metropolitan transit pass discount.
Location Changed Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Tom Rukavina
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF12 (Mahoney) Unemployment compensation definitions modified.
HF315 (Johnson) Ramsey County; Workforce development funding provided for adjudicated youth reentering the community and at-risk youth, and money appropriated.
HF567 (Gunther) Bioscience business development public infrastructure grant program expanded.
HF821 (Morrow) Rural Policy and Development Center funding provided, money appropriated.
HF848 (Brynaert) Employment support services funding provided for persons with mental illness, money appropriated.
HF868 (Mahoney) Bioscience business development public infrastructure grant program expanded.
HF869 (Rukavina) Midwest Higher Education Compact state membership funding provided and money appropriated.
HF871 (Rukavina) Minnesota Office of Higher Education report required on certain financial transactions.
HF1045 (Mullery) Summer youth employment funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1099 (Lanning) Perham; Northern Connections grant funding provided to implem