HF0912 (Agbaje) Minnesota African American Family Preservation Act established, African American Child Welfare Council established, child welfare provisions modified, reports required, and money appropriated.

HF 4425 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) Home day care restrictions prohibited. (This bill was previously heard on 03/07/24. No further public testimony will be taken.

HF5017(Pinto) Child protection funding technical changes made. (Vehicle Bill)

Agenda Items may be changed or added


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

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

1. HF 3872 (Becker-Finn) Judiciary Finance and Civil Law policy bill*
2. HF 4100 (Reyer) Debt collection, garnishment, and consumer finance governing provisions modified; debtor protections provided; and statutory forms review required.
3. HF 3591 (Agbaje) Landlord-tenant policy bill*

*Delete-everything amendments to HF 3872 and HF 3591 have been posted.

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 chair's 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.
DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law webpage.
LIVESTREAM: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
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HF 2000 (Stephenson) Sports betting authorized and provided, licenses established, local restrictions prohibited, sports betting taxation provided, civil and criminal penalties provided, amateur sports grants provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF 4738 (Huot) Office of Emergency Medical Services established to replace Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board, duties specified and transferred, advisory council established, alternative EMS response model pilot program established, and conforming changes made.
HF 4904 (Greenman) Statutory cities authorized to create wards for election of city council members.

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 State and Local Government Finance and Policy webpage.
VIEWING: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

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March 19, 2024 evening hearing minutes

HF3436 (Tabke) Transportation; various policies modified, including but not limited to legislative routes, driving rules, small business contract preferences, nondivisible loads, and greater Minnesota transit programs; technical corrections made; and money appropriated.


Agenda items may be added or changed.

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1. Welcome and Call to Order
2. Approval of the Minutes – Thursday, March 14th, 2024
3. Calendar for the Day – Monday, March 25th, 2024
4. Adjournment

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Approval of the Minutes from March 19th, 2024
HF 4008 (Huot) Cardiac emergency response plans required, and money appropriated.
HF 3803 (Norris) Stipends required to paid to student teachers, and money appropriated.
HF 3401 (Urdahl) Student teaching grants provided, and money appropriated.
HF 4615 (Clardy) Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement grant funding authorized to conduct a survey of Minnesota principals, and money appropriated.
HF 3595 (Sencer-Mura) Special education aid for unreimbursed costs to resident school districts modified.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
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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 Wednesday, March 20th. Written testimony is encouraged. Testimony may be limited.

HF4247 (Liebling): Markup and passage of the Health Scope & Licensure Policy Bill.

The committee will construct the omnibus, consider amendments, and vote to advance the bill. To receive consideration, amendments to the DE must be received by the Committee Administrator by 5:00PM Tuesday, March 19.

HF4600 (Huot): Ambulance staffing requirements and emergency medical responder registration modified, authority to reinstate ambulance service personnel certifications extended, requirements for approval and reapproval of education programs modified, and appropriation modified.

HF4849 (Backer): Basic life support ambulance staffing variances provided under emergency circumstances.

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

NOTE: The Health Committee will not have possession of HF4853 until Thursday afternoon’s floor session. The committee plans to hear the bill language informationally and take public testimony. No formal action will be taken on the bill at this hearing and it will be rescheduled for a subsequent hearing.

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

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.

This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

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Rollout, Testimony, Markup and Passage of HF4024 (Pelowski) Higher Education Policy Bill.

The DE2 Amendment is the Higher Education Policy bill.

Public Testimony: If you would like to testify to the bill you must send the request to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov by 2pm Wednesday, March 20.

Written Testimony: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov and Christopher.Olendorf@house.mn.gov by 2pm Wednesday, March 20.

Amendments: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov by 2pm, Wednesday, March 20.

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HF 2609 (Berg) Regulation of machine guns modified.
*DE Forthcoming

HF 3725 (Wolgamott) Local correctional officers provided in Peace Officers Discipline Procedures Act

HF 3304 (Wiens) Public safety; report regarding sentencing of military veterans required.

HF 3757 (Demuth) Felony offense established for reporting a fictitious emergency and directing the emergency response to the home of other individuals, and conforming change made.

HF 4793 (Nash) Child maltreatment reporting modified, and criminal penalty for preventing report created. Pending referral from Children and Families

HF 310 (Nash) Residency provisions modified for level III predatory offenders.

Items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.

Written Testimony: The deadline to submit written testimony for all bills on the agenda will be 10:30 AM, March 20th. All written testimony must be submitted in a PDF document without clickable links. All testimony should be sent to the committee administrator, ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov.

Testimony: 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 10:30 AM, March 20th.
This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

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HF 4323 (Vang) Minnesota Rural Finance Authority provisions modified. Bill was previously heard. No additional testimony will be taken.
Emerging farmers data presentation -- Dan Lofthus, State Statistician, Upper Midwest Region - MN, USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Emerging farmers report presentation -- Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
HF 4908 (Vang) Limited-resource farmer defined, farm down payment assistance grants reporting requirements modified, beginning farmer tax credit and certain grants eligibility and priority modified, and social equity applicants definition modified for purposes of cannabis licensing.

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.
VIEWING: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page.  All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
ACCESSIBILITY: To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access.  If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.
*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

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I. HF2666 (Hollins) - Minnesota basic income grant program established, report required, and money appropriated.

II. HF4883 (Clardy) - Dakota County; mental health crisis services funding provided, and money appropriated.

III. HF4940 (Virnig) - Dakota County; funding provided to address workforce shortage in disability services, report required, and money appropriated.

*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 4994 (Coulter) Prevailing wage required for financial assistance
Jake Schwitzer, Executive Director, North Star Policy Action
Jon Boesche, Director of Government & Public Affairs, Associated Builders and Contractors of MN/ND

HF 3275 (Hansen) A resolution memorializing Congress that the Legislature of the State of Minnesota reaffirms its ratification of the Child Labor Amendment to the United States Constitution.

HF 4818 (Berg) Metropolitan Airports Commission; health and welfare benefits required, penalties imposed, and civil action created
Faduma Hirsi, SEIU – Local 26
Osman Sheik, SEIU – Local 26
Jeff Davidman, Delta Airlines
Nilay Shaw, Delta Airlines
Jonathan Weinhagen, President & CEO, Minneapolis Regional Chamber
Kerry Warren, Executive Director, MSP Small Business Concessions Alliance
Mitchell Kilian, VP Governmental Affairs, Metropolitan Airports Commission
Jill Sims, Hospitality Minnesota
Todd Hill, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Hailu Mulugeta, UNITE HERE
Tedros Habtes, UNITE HERE

HF 3947 (Nelson, M) Construction codes and licensing provisions policy and technical changes
Sean O’Neil, Assistant Director of Construction Codes and Licensing, Dept of Labor and Industry

The Committee is no longer accepting requests for testifying in-person for this hearing. If you would like to submit materials or written testimony please send them to travis.reese@house.mn.gov

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Homelessness Aid Implementation

2024 Governor’s Tax Supplemental Budget Recommendations
Commissioner Paul Marquart, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Revenue

Items may be added/removed from the agenda. Materials will be posted to the Committee website when they are available.

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THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business

HF3782 (Rep. Pryor) - Provisions related to prekindergarten through grade 12 education including general education, education excellence, teachers, literacy, charter schools, nutrition, health and safety, early learning, and education partnerships and compacts modified; and reports required.
-Markup & Passage

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
AMENDMENTS: Amendments must be emailed to the committee administrator by 7pm Wednesday.

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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o This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page . All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.