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.
Markup and passage consideration of HF2476 (Pinto) Children and Families Budget Bill
**NOTE: The House Children and Families Finance budget bill is posted below as "HF2476 A24-0299 Budget Bill"
Agenda Items may be changed or added.
Accessibility: For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov. If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form. To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator, Colie Colburn, colie.colburn@house.mn.gov as soon as possible.
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 PDF Format (Optical Character Recognition) format for posting to the committee webpage; contact the Committee Administrator for more information about acceptable electronic formats.
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.
Bills Added:
HF2476
(Pinto) - Child protection, economic supports, housing and homelessness, child care licensing, and Department of Children, Youth, and Families provisions modified; reports required; and money appropriated.
- Presentation on Administration Early Education Budget Proposal
- Walk through and Public Testimony of HF2476 (Pinto) Child care assistance; obsolete language removed.
**NOTE: The House Children and Families Finance budget bill is posted below as "HF2476 A24-0299 Budget Bill"
Agenda Items may be changed or added.
Accessibility: For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov. If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form. To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator, Colie Colburn, colie.colburn@house.mn.gov as soon as possible.
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 PDF Format (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.
Bills Added:
HF2476
(Pinto) - Child protection, economic supports, housing and homelessness, child care licensing, and Department of Children, Youth, and Families provisions modified; reports required; and money appropriated.
Presentation on Administration Budget Proposal:
HF5267 (Pinto)Governor's budget bill for early childhood programs; child welfare and child care licensing provisions modified; technical changes to early childhood law made; Department of Children, Youth, and Families recodification updated; and money appropriated.
HF5021 (Edelson) Parental fees for out-of-home placements eliminated.
HF3689 (Hassan) Out-of-home placement plan summary requirement added.
HF4727 (Pinto) Child Protection Advisory Council created, and reports required.
Agenda Items may be changed or added
Accessibility: For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator, Colie Colburn, colie.colburn@house.mn.gov as soon as possible.
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.
Bills Added:
HF5267
(Pinto) - Governor's budget bill for early childhood programs; child welfare and child care licensing provisions modified; technical changes to early childhood law made; Department of Children, Youth, and Families recodification updated; and money appropriated.
HF3689
(Hassan) - Out-of-home placement plan summary requirement added.
HF4727
(Pinto) - Child Protection Advisory Council created, and reports required.
HF3699 (Lee,K.) Child care improvement grant program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3826 (Keeler) Child care services grants funding provided for staff training, and money appropriated.
HF4950 (Keeler) Pregnant and parenting homeless youth study required, report required, and money appropriated.
HF4697 (Pinto) Membership and requirements for child mortality review panel modified, review process for child fatalities and near fatalities related to maltreatment modified, Department of Human Services child systemic critical incident review team requirements modified, and critical incident public information portal established.
HF4192 (Hollins) Child welfare system fiscal analysis directed, report required, and money appropriated.
HF5036 (Finke) Emergency shelter for LGBTQIA+ youth experiencing homelessness needs analysis funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
Agenda Items may be changed or added
Accessibility: For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator, Colie Colburn, colie.colburn@house.mn.gov as soon as possible.
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.
Bills Added:
HF3699
(Lee) - Child care improvement grant program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3826
(Keeler) - Child care services grants funding provided for staff training, and money appropriated.
HF4192
(Hollins) - Child welfare system fiscal analysis directed, report required, and money appropriated.
HF4697
(Pinto) - Membership and requirements for child mortality review panel modified, review process for child fatalities and near fatalities related to maltreatment modified, Department of Human Services child systemic critical incident review team requirements modified, and critical incident public information portal established.
HF5036
(Finke) - Emergency shelter for LGBTQIA+ youth experiencing homelessness needs analysis funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
HF4950
(Keeler) - Pregnant and parenting homeless youth study required, report required, and money appropriated.
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.
Accessibility: For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator, Colie Colburn, colie.colburn@house.mn.gov as soon as possible.
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.
Bills Added:
HF4425
(Hemmingsen-Jaeger) - Home day care restrictions prohibited.
HF912
(Agbaje) - Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act established, child welfare provisions modified, African American Child Well-Being Advisory Council established, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF5017
(Pinto) - Child protection funding technical changes made.