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.
Additional bills may be added. Any bills not done in our normal committee time frame will be taken up at 5:00 P.M.
HF2082 (Hornstein) Gross receipts motor fuels tax established, vehicle registration tax and metropolitan area transit sales tax amended, distribution of highway user fund and state-aid funding amended, fees and charges modified, fiscal policies modified, reports required, bonds issued, and money appropriated. *** Will be heard on an informational basis only***
Bills Added:
HF745
(Wills) - Coates; bridge over U.S. Highway 52 designated as Corporal Benjamin S. Kopp Bridge.
HF1244
(Petersburg) - Appeal process for denial or revocation of driveway permit provided.
HF1879
(Drazkowski) - Sales tax revenue allocated, small cities assistance program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1921
(Koznick) - Township aid reallocated to the town roads account.
HF2191
(Howe) - Local cost-share assistance account established, local road and bridge funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF204
(Runbeck) - Highway construction cost study and report required, and money appropriated.
HF1750
(Hausman) - Supplemental metropolitan transit service funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2168
(Cornish) - State Patrol trainee minimum salary amount set.
HF179
(Scott) - Ignition interlock performance standards amended, use of devices with location tracking capabilities prohibited, inmate case planning information ensured as private data, search warrant in DWI cases required to obtain blood or urine samples, license revocation provided, guidelines for license revocation hearings established, and rulemaking authority amended.
HF1866
(Albright) - Metropolitan Council governance modified, farebox recovery objective for Twin Cities metropolitan area transit established, Metropolitan Council prohibited from undertaking a light rail project without explicit legislative authority, consideration of reasonableness of system plans in Metropolitan Land Planning Act allowed, light rail transit project development governing requirements established, and Metropolitan Council required to revise transportation policy plan.
HF1922
(Koznick) - Electric vehicle registration additional fee imposed.
HF1133
(Garofalo) - Electric vehicle registration tax and operation in managed lanes amended.
HF1899
(Johnson) - Motor fuels tax increased.
HF2082
(Hornstein) - Gross receipts motor fuels tax established, vehicle registration tax and metropolitan area transit sales tax amended, distribution of highway user fund and state-aid funding amended, fees and charges modified, fiscal policies modified, reports required, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
The Chair will determine the order in which bills are heard. additional bills may be added
HF1725 (Drazkowski) Vehicles transporting milk weight limitations amended, and analysis of deficient bridges required, may be heard pending referral.
Bills Added:
HF1984
(Barr) - South St. Paul airport civil air patrol training and maintenance facility renovation and expansion funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1550
(Backer) - Municipal road funding provided, and allocation and distribution of funds amended.
HF1871
(Torkelson) - Transportation Department contract loan forgiveness provided.
HF976
(Layman) - Minnesota rail service improvement funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1990
(Albright) - Replacement transit service provider financial assistance amount modified.
HF1496
(West) - Blaine; Trunk Highway 65 congestion and safety improvement study required, and money appropriated.
HF859
(Torkelson) - Transportation Department unused or divided lands conveyance provided, highways on the trunk highway system removed and modified, and state-owned land conveyance in Koochiching County authorized.
HF861
(Torkelson) - Omnibus transportation finance bill.
Metropolitan Council Budget Hearing on response to Chair letter to get additional budget information Metropolitan Council Governors Budget Recommendations for FY18/19 and Committee Hearing on recent Fox 9 (Channel 9) TV Investigative Report on "Metro Mobility Drivers Putting Vulnerable Passengers At Risk?"
HF1241
(Petersburg) - Transportation commissioner required to consult, develop, adopt, and publicize best practices to improve objectivity and transparency in project selection process; and report required.
HF1434
(Whelan) - Trunk highway project selection governed, project selection processes amended and mandated, highway project information availability required, and legislative reporting amended.
HF1467
(Torkelson) - Tolling report to the legislature required.
HF1659
(Anselmo) - Transportation management organizations in the Twin Cities metropolitan area funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1822
(Petersburg) - Motor vehicle lease sales tax revenue deposits clarified to not include the constitutionally dedicated legacy amount.
HF1264
(Rarick) - Wilma; land transfer for use by Duxbury Volunteer Fire Department required.
HF122
(Nash) - Start Seeing Motorcycles special plates established, and allocation of the two-wheeled vehicle endorsement fee modified.
HF2061
(Swedzinski) - Purchases used in providing transportation and public transit services exemption provided.
HF1155
(Bernardy) - Transportation commissioner required to develop a performance, stewardship, and sustainability plan for the trunk highway system.
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) Governors Budget request overview
Bills Added:
HF1358
(Baker) - Special overweight permits for hauling construction materials authorized.
HF135
(Fenton) - Oakdale and Woodbury; I-94, I-494, and I-694 interchange safety improvement study required.
Department of Public Safety Governors Budget Recommendations for transportation
Bills Added:
HF800
(Nash) - Light rail transit operating costs governed.
HF1352
(Petersburg) - Aviation tax on gasoline used as a substitute for aviation gasoline revenue dedicated to the state airports fund, and aviation tax refund to commercial pesticide applicators allowed.
HF1336
(Petersburg) - Special fuels for off-road uses exempted.
HF257
(Anderson) - Retired law enforcement special license plates established.
HF1617
(Torkelson) - Local bridge replacement and rehabilitation provisions modified.