Meetings are listed by date with the most recent meeting at the top. If there is a television recording of the meeting links to that format will be available below.
We will have informational hearings on the following bills. No amendments will be allowed. We are limiting testimony to 5 minutes per bill with an aggressive agenda to hear member road and transportation projects.
HF640 (Lien) Moorhead provided funding for grade separated rail crossings: may be heard on Wed due to schedule conflict on Thursday
See attached agenda for proposed bill order
Bills Added:
HF78
(Sundin) - Trunk Highway 73 realignment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF168
(Johnson) - New Ulm; U.S. Highway 14 interchange funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF169
(Johnson) - Nicollet; U.S. Highway 14 expansion funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF201
(Lucero) - Wright County; I-94 lane expansion and black iron overpass replacement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF249
(Lenczewski) - I-35W and I-494 interchange improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF259
(O'Driscoll) - Benton County; County State-Aid Highway 3 expansion funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF286
(Petersburg) - Trunk Highway 14 reconstruction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF311
(Erhardt) - Trunk Highway 62 expansion funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF313
(Lenczewski) - I-35W and I-494 interchange improvement funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF481
(Newberger) - Watab; trunk highway interchange and frontage road construction funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1029
(Cornish) - St. James; infrastructure improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1040
(Winkler) - Golden Valley; street and highway intersection improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1564
(Theis) - St. Cloud; road and infrastructure improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1576
(O'Driscoll) - Benton County; road construction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1577
(O'Driscoll) - Sartell; road construction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1926
(Kahn) - Minneapolis; 5th Street Southeast bridge replacement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2065
(Baker) - Trunk Highway 23 four-lane divided highway construction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2116
(Torkelson) - New Ulm and Nicollet; U.S. Highway 14 reconstruction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2176
(Newton) - Blaine; Trunk Highway 65 underpass funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF640
(Lien) - Moorhead; grade separated rail crossings funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2252
(Howe) - Cold Spring; roundabout construction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2221
(Slocum) - Richfield; 77th Street underpass at Highway 77/Cedar Avenue funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
This is the Omnibus House Transportation Policy and Finance Bill as amended by the DE2 amendment and which will be marked up and amendments offered to this bill during this hearing by the committee. Amendments are now due no later than 3 pm on Friday April 10 to the committee staff. Amendments will be posted by shortly after that time.
Bills Added:
HF4
(Kelly) - Omnibus transportation policy and finance bill.
Public testimony will be received on the delete all amendment version of HF4 which will make up the House Omnibus Transportation bill. This amendment will be posted by noon on Tuesday April 7th on the House website. Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes per testifier and no more than 2 testifiers per organization.
Please contact Natalie Cecchihi, Committee Legislative Assistant at 651-296-5999 or natalie.cecchini@house.mn or Joe Marble, Commitee Administrator at 651-296-7185 or joe.marble@house.mn to be added to the list to testify on this bill
Bills Added:
HF4
(Kelly) - Omnibus transportation policy and finance bill.
An amendment for HF4 will be posted by noon on Tuesday April 7th. The remainder of the meeting will be spent by the committee going through the bill as amended.
Bills Added:
HF4
(Kelly) - Omnibus transportation policy and finance bill.
HF97 (Hamilton) and HF98 (Clark) will be heard at the same time. THESE BILL WILLNOW BE HEARD AS AN INFORMATIONAL HEARING ONLY. No vote will be taken in this hearing on these bills.
HF1495 and HF1744 will be heard and laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus finance bill
The Committee will meet at its normal time 12:45-2:30 in the basement hearing room of and then will be meeting in Room 10 in State Office Building at 6:00pm to hear additional bills. That agenda for 6pm meeting is posted online as well.
Bills Added:
HF97
(Hamilton) - Driver's license and Minnesota identification card governing requirements amended.
HF98
(Clark) - Driver's license and Minnesota identification card governing requirements amended.
HF1495
(Green) - State Patrol trooper funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1744
(Ward) - Commercial motor vehicles prohibited from operating in Minnesota while a federal out-of-service order is effective.
HF620 has been previously heard in the committee and laid over (An amendment has been filed for this bill) Note time change: The time has been moved to 6pm start There are several amendments posted for HF920 and another bill HF944 has been added to the agenda and has a DE amendment as well.
Bills Added:
HF899
(Runbeck) - Transitway development and finance governed, legislative authorization requirements established, and permissible use specified and uses of revenue from a metropolitan transportation area sales tax prioritized.
HF920
(Drazkowski) - Rail project expenditure and other powers restricted.
HF1822
(Drazkowski) - Public funding for aesthetic enhancement in road projects prohibited.
HF620
(McNamara) - Overweight vehicle annual permits established.
HF944
(Kelly) - State-aid street design and construction national standard use provided.