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Commerce

2/26/2020
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HF 3397 (Dehn) Real property ownership definitions clarified, and record owner required to be listed as a grantee in tax-forfeited land sales.

HF 3126 (Huot) Gambling Control Board annual report filing required.

HF 3341 (Huot) Appraisal management company licensure fees modified.

HF 3627 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Reverse mortgage loan notices required.

If you would like to testify please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn or (651) 296-7175

*Note: Other bills may be added*
Bills Added:
HF3341 (Huot) - Appraisal management company licensure modified.
HF3126 (Huot) - Gambling Control Board annual report filing required.
HF3126 (Huot) - Gambling Control Board annual report filing required.
HF3341 (Huot) - Appraisal management company licensure modified.
HF3397 (Dehn) - Real property ownership definitions clarified, and record owner required to be listed as a grantee in tax-forfeited land sales.
HF3397 (Dehn) - Real property ownership definitions clarified, and record owner required to be listed as a grantee in tax-forfeited land sales.
HF3627 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) - Reverse mortgage loan notices required.
HF3627 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) - Reverse mortgage loan notices required.
Attachments:
A20-0606.pdf (2/25/2020)
H3627DE1.pdf (2/25/2020)
H3341A3.pdf (2/25/2020)
2020.02.22 TFL Record Owner A1 Amendment.pdf (2/26/2020)

Education Policy

2/26/2020
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HF1940 (Huot) - Student receiving specialized instructional services programs allowed to participate in service area outside individualized education program.

*HF1868 (Youakim) - Student journalists in grades 6 through 12 speech and press rights clarified.

HF3580 (Youakim) – Teacher licensure provisions modified, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board composition modified, rulemaking authorized, and technical changes made.

HF3186 (Youakim) - Prekindergarten through grade 12; policy and technical changes made to provisions including general education, schools, teachers, definitions, and timelines; and reports required.

More agenda items may be added.

All testifiers will be asked to limit their comments to two minutes apiece.

*Pursuant to House Rule 4.20, HF1868 was returned to the Education Policy Committee at the end of the 2019 session. The committee will vote to send the bill back to the General Register but will not take further public testimony as this bill received a hearing and was voted out of committee on March 6, 2019.

Testifiers should contact Alyssa Fritz (alyssa.fritz@house.mn) to be added to the testifier list or submit written materials.

Materials must be submitted 24 hours prior to the hearing start time in order to be included in committee member folders. Materials can be submitted electronically to Alyssa Fritz (alyssa.fritz@house.mn) or by dropping off 75 hard copies at Megan Arriola’s desk outside of Room 591.
Bills Added:
HF1868 (Youakim) - Student journalists in grades 6 through 12 speech and press rights clarified.
HF3580 (Youakim) - Teacher licensure provisions modified, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board composition modified, rulemaking authorized, and technical changes made.
HF3186 (Youakim) - Prekindergarten through grade 12 policy and technical changes made to provisions including general education, schools, teachers, definitions, and timelines; and reports required.
HF1940 (Huot) - Students allowed to participate in alternative delivery of specialized instructional services program.
Attachments:
H1940DE2.pdf (2/26/2020)
H3580A1.pdf (2/26/2020)
H1868DE1.pdf (2/26/2020)
MDE Bill Letters of Support.pdf (2/26/2020)
Public 2020 Summary of Governors Education Policy Bill.pdf (2/26/2020)
Governors Policy Bill Highlights.pdf (2/26/2020)
Graduation requirements leg 2020.pdf (2/26/2020)

Health and Human Services Policy

2/26/2020
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HF3032 (Halverson): Tobacco; flavored product sale or furnishing prohibited, selling or furnishing administrative penalties modified, persons under age 21 who sell or distribute flavored products alternative civil penalties provided, and criminal penalties provided.

HF3072 (Moran): Smoking prohibited in passenger vehicles and public transportation vehicles with persons under age 18 present, and violation fine established.
Bills Added:
HF3032 (Halverson) - Tobacco; flavored product sale or furnishing prohibited, selling or furnishing administrative penalties modified, persons under age 21 who sell or distribute flavored products alternative civil penalties provided, and criminal penalties provided.
HF3072 (Moran) - Smoking prohibited in passenger vehicles and public transportation vehicles with persons under age 18 present, and violation fine established.
Attachments:
H3032A1.pdf (2/21/2020)
H3072A1-1.pdf (2/24/2020)

Labor

2/26/2020
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Information Hearing on HF2467 (Sundin) - Contractor recovery fund modified to include solar installer claims.

HF3433 (Cantrell) - Subminimum wage eliminated, task force on subminimum wage elimination created, statutes and rules allowing payment to employees with disabilities repealed, and money appropriated.
Bills Added:
HF2467 (Sundin) - Contractor recovery fund modified to include solar installer claims.
HF3433 (Cantrell) - Subminimum wage eliminated, task force on subminimum wage elimination created, statutes and rules allowing payment to employees with disabilities repealed, and money appropriated.
Attachments:
H2467A2.pdf (2/25/2020)
H2467A1.pdf (2/25/2020)
2-25 2.pdf (2/25/2020)
2-25 1.pdf (2/25/2020)
2-25 3.pdf (2/25/2020)
2-25 4.pdf (2/25/2020)
2-25 5.pdf (2/25/2020)
2-25 6.pdf (2/25/2020)
2-25 7.pdf (2/25/2020)
2-25 8.pdf (2/25/2020)

Rules and Legislative Administration

2/25/2020
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Rules and Legislative Administration
Chair: Rep. Ryan Winkler


Meeting:
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
9:30 AM to 9:45 AM
400 South State Office Building

Agenda:
I. Call To Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes for February 24, 2020

IV. Calendar for the Day for February 27, 2020

V. Adjournment

Education Policy

2/25/2020
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Informational presentation on trauma-informed schools

Book discussion on The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Dr. Bruce Perry

*HF3556 (Moran) – Trauma-informed school incentive aid funding provided, and money appropriated. (*INFORMATIONAL ONLY)

More agenda items may be added.


NOTE: All presentations during the Tuesday, February 25 hearing will be informational only and no outside testimony will be taken.
Bills Added:
HF3556 (Moran) - Trauma-informed school incentive aid funding provided, and money appropriated.
Attachments:
Trauma Informed Practices Slides.pdf (2/25/2020)
ISD 287 Trauma Informed Practice Handouts.pdf (2/25/2020)
Written Testimony_ Peter Eckhoff_Robbinsdale Federataion of Teachers.pdf (2/25/2020)

Government Operations

2/25/2020
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HF3429 (Dehn) Elections; various technical and policy changes made.

HF3006 (Freiberg) Eliminate required legislative approval for spending federal Help America Vote Act funding.

HF2766 (Bahner) Gender-neutral terms provided, and constitutional amendment proposed.

TESTIFYING: Testimony will be limited. Please plan accordingly. If you would like to testify, please inform the committee administrator.

HANDOUTS: Handouts must be in PDF format and emailed by 3 p.m. the day before the meeting to the committee administrator. If you are bringing hard copies, please bring 60 copies and email the handout.

*Bills may be added or removed from the agenda.
Bills Added:
HF3429 (Nelson) - Elections; special procedures provided for the safe and secure conduct of the 2020 state primary and state general elections; funding provided for various election-related purposes, including administration, security, accessibility, training, public health and safety, and public outreach; local grants authorized; report required; money transferred and appropriated for purposes of the Help America Vote Act, the federal CARES Act, and the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act; and money appropriated.
HF3006 (Freiberg) - Help America Vote Act account money appropriated to the secretary of state.
HF2766 (Bahner) - Gender-neutral terms provided, and constitutional amendment proposed.
Attachments:
2020.02.25 Gov Ops Agenda.pdf (2/20/2020)
H3429A2 Nash.pdf (2/21/2020)
HF3429 HRD.pdf (2/22/2020)
HF3006 HRD.pdf (2/22/2020)
H3429A3.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3429A1.pdf (2/24/2020)
HF2766 HRD.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3006A1.pdf (2/25/2020)

Early Childhood Finance and Policy Division

2/25/2020
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Presentation by the Children's Cabinet

Update on the Preschool Development Grant
Attachments:
PDG Update for Legislative Testimony - February 2020.pdf (2/25/2020)
Children's Cabinet Executive Order.pdf (2/25/2020)
Children's Cabinet One Pager.pdf (2/25/2020)

Agriculture and Food Finance and Policy Division

2/25/2020
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I. MN Department of Agriculture update on meat processing/meat inspectors
- Dr. Nicole Neeser, Dairy & Meat Inspection Division Director

II. University of Minnesota report on Kosher and Halal meat
-Anne Dybsetter, Executive Director, Southwest Regional Sustainable Development Partnership
-Ariel Kagan, MDA Strategy & Innovation Specialist
-Maryan Abdinur, Food, Land and Community Program Lead at Hope Community Inc.

III. HF 3420 (Lippert) Poultry processing plant and associated industrial park planning grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
-Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, CEO, Regenerative Agriculture Alliance
-Stu Lourey, MN Farmers Union
-Felipe Illescas, Legislative & Policy Director, MN Council on Latino Affairs

IV. HF 3458 (Petersburg) Farmamerica grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
-Jessica Rollins, Farmamerica


Other bills may be added
Bills Added:
HF3420 (Lippert) - Poultry processing plant and associated industrial park planning grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
HF3458 (Petersburg) - Farmamerica grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Attachments:
Halal and Kosher Report.pdf (2/20/2020)
House Committee Feb. 25 SFA Halal_Kosher Presentation_.pdf (2/24/2020)
Neeser - Meat Inspection and Processing 2020 Session.pdf (2/24/2020)
A20-0650.pdf (2/24/2020)

Capital Investment Division

2/25/2020
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Governor's bonding recommendations:
MN Housing Finance Agency
Metropolitan Council
Bills Added:
HF2959 (Poppe) - Rural Finance Authority funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF3309 (Vang) - Minnesota Department of Agriculture and Health Laboratory Building renovation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Taxes

2/25/2020
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I. Presentation of Tax Expenditure Budget from the Department of Revenue
Attachments:
2020 Tax Expenditure Budget_0.pdf (2/21/2020)
House_2020_TEB_Presentation Print version.pdf (2/24/2020)

Energy and Climate Finance and Policy Division

2/25/2020
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HF3368 (Long) - Community solar garden program modified.

Bills may be added to the agenda.
Bills Added:
HF3368 (Long) - Distributed solar generation tariff established, community solar garden program modified, and money appropriated.
Attachments:
H3368DE2.pdf (2/21/2020)
H3368A1.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A2.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A3.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A4.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A5.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A6.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A7.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A8.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A9.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A10.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A11.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A12.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A13.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A14.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A15.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A17.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A18.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368A19.pdf (2/24/2020)
H3368DE3.pdf (2/24/2020)

Jobs and Economic Development Finance Division

2/25/2020
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HF3325 (Claflin) - Displaced homemaker program language modernized.
HF3323 (Sauke) - Independent living center funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3375 (Ecklund) - Workforce training pilot project funding provided, and money appropriated.

Bills may be added to the agenda.
Bills Added:
HF3325 (Claflin) - Displaced homemaker program language modernized.
HF3323 (Sauke) - Independent living center funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3375 (Ecklund) - Workforce training pilot project funding provided, and money appropriated.

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division

2/25/2020
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o HF 1530(Poppe): relating to veterinary medicine; providing immunity for animal cruelty reporting
o HF 3008 (Lesch) : A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article I, section 2; prohibiting slavery or involuntary servitude as criminal punishment for a crime


*Bills may be added to, or removed from, the agenda. Bills may be taken in any order.

**If you have questions, or wish to testify on an agenda item, please contact Committee Administrator, Rachel Ganani: rachel.ganani@house.mn
Bills Added:
HF3008 (Lesch) - Slavery or involuntary servitude as criminal punishment for a crime prohibited, and constitutional amendment proposed.
HF1530 (Poppe) - Animal cruelty reporting immunity provided.
Attachments:
MN House handout - Prof Lehman.pdf (2/20/2020)
H1530A1 [author tech amendment].pdf (2/24/2020)
DOC handout.pdf (2/24/2020)

State Government Finance Division

2/25/2020
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I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. HF 1303 (Persell) Community Service and Equipment Grants for Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations

IV. HF 2490 (Wolgamott) Skate Park Construction Grant Program established

V. HF 1372 (Long) Voters allowed to request being placed on list for permanent receipt of absentee ballots for all federal, state and local elections (pending receipt of fiscal note)

Additional Bills May Be Added

V. Adjournment
Bills Added:
HF1303 (Persell) - Radio station grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2490 (Wolgamott) - Skate park construction throughout the state grant program established, Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission authorized to build skate parks, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1372 (Long) - Voters allowed to join permanent absentee voter list, and absentee ballots required to automatically be sent to voters on permanent absentee list before election.
Attachments:
hf1372e1.pdf (2/19/2020)
Ampers State Gov Finance Handout Rev 2-23-20 FINAL.pdf (2/24/2020)
H1372_A2.pdf (2/24/2020)
HF1372-1A Completed FN.pdf (2/24/2020)
H2490A1.pdf (2/24/2020)
House Resaerch Summary for HF 2490.pdf (2/24/2020)

Greater Minnesota Jobs and Economic Development Finance Division

2/24/2020
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HF 3633 (Pelowski) Disaster Contingency Account money transferred.

Please contact Owen Wirth at owen.wirth@house.mn if you would like to testify on HF 3633.
Bills Added:
HF3633 (Pelowski) - Disaster contingency account money transferred.
Attachments:
H3633A1.pdf (2/21/2020)

Water Division

2/24/2020
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Overview of Governor’s Water Quality and Infrastructure Bonding Recommendations.

Presentation on 2020 Legislative Coordinating Commission (LCC) Subcommittee on Minnesota Water Policy Recommendations.
Attachments:
Water Division 2-24-2020 Agenda.pdf (2/24/2020)
PFA Handout.pdf (2/24/2020)
MPCA.pdf (2/24/2020)
BWSR.pdf (2/24/2020)
DNR.pdf (2/24/2020)
Met Council.pdf (2/24/2020)
Met Council Handout.pdf (2/24/2020)
LCC Subcommittee on Minnesota Water Policy Presentation.pdf (2/24/2020)
LCC Subcommittee on Minnesota Water Policy Handout.pdf (2/24/2020)

Long-Term Care Division

2/24/2020
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NOTE: For the purpose of making a corrective referral, the following bill will be moved to the Health and Human Services Policy Committee without recommendation:

HF3445 (Morrison) Psychiatric residential treatment facility services determination and documentation requirement to involve state medical review agent eliminated, per diem rate per youth psychiatric residential treatment services provider establishment required, and facilities or licensed professionals permitted to submit billing for arranged services.

Presentation from the Office of the Ombudsman for Long-Term Care

Presentation of Alzheimer's Disease Working Group Legislative Report

HF3074 (Lippert) Self-directed caregiver grant provision changed

HF3077 (Lippert) Caregiver support program and service provisions modified, essential community support modified, and money appropriated.
Bills Added:
HF3074 (Lippert) - Self-directed caregiver grant provision changed.
HF3077 (Lippert) - Caregiver support program and service provisions modified, essential community support modified, and money appropriated.
HF3445 (Morrison) - Psychiatric residential treatment facility service determination and documentation requirement to involve state medical review agent eliminated, per diem rate per youth psychiatric residential treatment services provider establishment required, and facilities or licensed professionals permitted to submit billing for arranged services.
Attachments:
Alzheimer's Disease Working Group Leg Report.pdf (2/18/2020)
A20-0639.pdf (2/21/2020)
A20-0640.pdf (2/21/2020)
MN House Long-Term Care Division 2242020 (002).pdf (2/21/2020)

Property and Local Tax Division

2/24/2020
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I. HF 3403 (Persell) Bemidji authorized to impose a local sales and use tax
II. HF 3546 (Lien) Moorhead; local sales and use tax authority modified
III. HF 3559 (Layman) Itasca County; local sales and use tax authority modified
IV. HF 3560 (Brand) St. Peter; local sales and use tax authority modified
V. HF 3594 (Edelson) Edina; local sales and use tax authority modified
VI. HF 3617 (Backer) Breckenridge; local sales and use tax authority modified
Bills Added:
HF3403 (Persell) - Bemidji; local sales and use tax authorized.
HF3546 (Lien) - Moorhead; local sales and use tax authority modified.
HF3559 (Layman) - Itasca County; local sales and use tax authority modified.
HF3560 (Brand) - St. Peter; local sales and use tax authority modified.
HF3594 (Edelson) - Edina; local sales and use tax authority modified.
HF3617 (Backer) - Breckenridge; local sales and use tax authority modified.
Attachments:
Local Option Sales Tax letter to House City of Edina 1-24-2020.pdf (2/21/2020)
Edina Resolution No. 2020-15 Local Option Sales Tax 1-22-2020.pdf (2/21/2020)
Bemidji Sales Tax Request2020 bonding request.pdf (2/21/2020)
SALES TAX REQUEST LTR MARQUART.pdf (2/21/2020)
Sales and Use Tax Request Packet Feb 20.pdf (2/21/2020)
Sales and Use Tax Request Packet.pdf (2/21/2020)
Resolution - City of Breckenridge - Local Sales Tax for TRAC.pdf (2/21/2020)
Letter to Legislators - TRAC.pdf (2/21/2020)
H3546A1.pdf (2/23/2020)

Ways and Means

2/24/2020
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I. Presentation on Inflationary Increases in Forecast
- Bill Marx, Chief Fiscal Analyst

II. Informational hearing on HF 150 (Schultz) Rate of inflation inclusion in state forecast required.
- Jane Leonard, President, Growth & Justice
-Scott Croonquist, Executive Director, Association of Metropolitan School Districts
-Clark Biegler Goldenrod, Deputy Director, Minnesota Budget Project, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
- Mark Haveman, MN Center for Fiscal Excellence
-John Phelan, Center for the American Experiment

III. *HF 1424 (Stephenson) Student loan advocate established, licensure of student loan servicers required, certain practices prohibited in student loan servicing, and report required.

IV. *HF998 (Ecklund) Sentencing veterans for criminal offenses related to a service-related disorder court guidance provided.

V. **HF 2182 (Klevorn) Direct Care Service Corps established, report required, and money appropriated.

VI. HF 2053 (Cantrell) Office of Enterprise Sustainability created.

VII. HF 689 (Long) Probation length for certain offenses modified, and court-granted early termination and discharge of probation clarified.

VIII. ***HF 492 (Dettmer) Traffic violations that cause great bodily harm or death to another misdemeanor established.

*HF1424 and HF 998 will be procedural motions to re-refer the bills without recommendation to the Judiciary and Civil Law Finance Division. A more complete hearing of the bills will occur when they return to Ways and Means for final consideration.

**Pursuant to Joint Rule 3.02(b), HF 2182 was returned to Ways and Means. There will be procedural motion to re-refer HF 2182 without recommendation to the Long Term Care Division. A more complete hearing of the bill will occur when it returns to Ways and Means for final consideration.

***Pursuant to House Rule 4.20, HF 492 was returned to Ways and Means from the General Register. It was heard and debated on the merits during the 2019 legislative session and there is no fiscal impact. The committee will be taking a procedural vote to move the bill out of committee and back to the General Register.
Bills Added:
HF1424 (Stephenson) - Student loan advocate established, licensure of student loan servicers required, certain practices prohibited in student loan servicing, report required, and money appropriated.
HF998 (Ecklund) - Sentencing veterans for criminal offenses related to a service-related disorder court guidance provided.
HF2182 (Klevorn) - Direct Care Service Corps established, report required, and money appropriated.
HF2053 (Cantrell) - Office of Enterprise Sustainability created.
HF689 (Long) - Probation length for certain offenses modified, and court-granted early termination and discharge of probation clarified.
HF492 (Dettmer) - Traffic violations that cause great bodily harm or death to another misdemeanor established.
HF150 (Schultz) - Inflation rate inclusion in state forecast required.
Attachments:
HF2053_1A.pdf (2/21/2020)
HF689_0.pdf (2/21/2020)
HF492_2A.pdf (2/21/2020)
HF 0492 DE1 Amendment.pdf (2/21/2020)
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