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Audio/Video Archives - 2015-2016 Regular Session

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Higher Education Policy and Finance

4/6/2016
HF3789 (Nornes)
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities two-year college program administration provided, and money appropriated.
Bills Added:
HF3601 (Norton) - Greater Minnesota internship program modified, grant program established, tax credit repealed, and money appropriated.
HF3526 (Heintzeman) - Open textbook usage encouraged, and money appropriated.
HF2925 (Hortman) - State grant amount and availability increased.
HF2500 (Thissen) - Student support services program support funding provided, and money appropriated.
Attachments:

Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance

4/6/2016
Audio Available: Download Mp3
Bills Added:
HF3308 (Pugh) - Family law case alternative dispute resolution information required to be provided by the court.
HF2014 (Petersburg) - Driveway permit denial or revocation appeal process provided.
HF1291 (Nash) - County attorney considered as attorney for any town in which a violation occurs for purposes of court fines, penalties, and forfeitures.
HF3622 (Lesch) - Test refusal provisions for driving while impaired amended.
HF3369 (Lohmer) - Sensory testing service alcohol use allowed.
HF2803 (Zerwas) - Clinical drug trial participation prohibited by persons subject to emergency admission or apprehend and hold orders, and notice requirement for early termination of an emergency admission specified.
HF3517 (Newberger) - Unmanned aerial vehicle use prohibited near public safety helicopters.
Attachments:
H1765A2.pdf (4/4/2016)
H3308A2.pdf (4/4/2016)

Taxes

4/6/2016
Audio Available: Download Mp3
Bills Added:
HF3774 (Isaacson) - Income tax; 7.05 percent rate reduced to 6.45 percent.
HF1368 (Kresha) - Prekindergarten educational program credit for donations provided, districts required to accept scholarships funded by donations, and report required.
HF3785 (Davids) - Nonprofit snowmobile club building material purchase exemption provided.
HF3787 (Davids) - Remote sellers without a physical presence in the state required to collect and remit sales and use tax.

State Government Finance

4/6/2016
Bills Added:
HF3168 (Anderson) - State government supplemental appropriations and reductions bill.
HF3211 (Hoppe) - Advance deposit wagering authorized, horse racing revenue provided, and money appropriated.
HF3129 (Kresha) - School district group health insurance coverage regulated.
HF2789 (Sanders) - Minnesota Cycling Center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Attachments:

Transportation Policy and Finance

4/6/2016
Audio Available: Download Mp3
Pending referral from floor: HF3325 (Hamilton) Autonomous vehicles task force and demonstration project to serve mobility needs of people with disabilities established, support for task force provided, terms defined, and money appropriated.

Pending referral from Veterans Division: HF2624 (Newton) Military personnel on active duty outside Minnesota retaking of failed road test before termination of practice period allowed.

Pending referral from Mining and Outdoor Recreation: HF3339 (Ecklund) Lifetime game and fish license information placement on a driver's license or Minnesota identification card authorized. ADDED TO AGENDA

The following two bills have been added from Monday April 4th agenda:
HF3723 (Drazkowski) temporary use of right-of-way permit requirements modified -this bill was heard and laid over for further discussion today
HF1780 (Bernardy) Transportation commissioner required to develop a performance, stewardship, and sustainability plan for the trunk highway system

Bills Added:
HF3652 (Backer) - Trunk Highway 28 segment designated as Staff Sergeant Kevin Witte Memorial Highway.
HF963 (Kiel) - Railroad crossing rights-of-way by utilities requirements established, and money appropriated.
HF3698 (Hornstein) - Rail transportation governed; rail inspection requirements amended; railroads transporting oil, ethanol, and other hazardous substances requirements established; and technical changes made.
HF2690 (Kelly) - Ignition interlock required for repeat offenders in order to reinstate driving privileges, and ignition interlock program limited to alcohol related offenses.
HF3723 (Drazkowski) - Temporary use of rights-of-way permit requirements modified.
HF1780 (Bernardy) - Transportation commissioner required to develop a performance, stewardship, and sustainability plan for the trunk highway system; and performance reports, assessment of the department's organizational structure, and achievement of performance targets required.
Attachments:

Property Tax and Local Government Finance Division

4/6/2016
Audio Available: Download Mp3
Bills Added:
HF3176 (Kelly) - Metropolitan area transit and paratransit capital expenditure additional financing provided, and issuance of certain obligations authorized.
HF3459 (Erickson) - Aitkin, Crow Wing, and Mille Lacs Counties; special property tax abatement aid authorized.
HF3383 (Gunther) - Property tax exemption, aid adjustments, and sales tax exemption provided.
HF3602 (Murphy) - Newly incorporated city base year formula aid provided.

Subcommittee on Metropolitan Council Accountability and Transparency

4/5/2016
Audio Available: Download Mp3
Bills Added:
HF3644 (Wagenius) - Sewer availability charges imposed on eating and drinking establishments that add or expand outdoor seating regulated.

State Government Finance

4/5/2016
Review of Federal Funds Request, Minnesota Department of Human Rights
Bills Added:
HF2841 (McNamara) - Electronic waste management provisions modified, and metropolitan landfill contingency action trust account management provided.
HF2913 (Yarusso) - Arden Hills; new State Emergency Operations Center and Homeland Security and Emergency Management Office funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF3068 (Metsa) - Northeast Regional Corrections Center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Taxes

4/5/2016
Audio Available: Download Mp3
Bills Added:
HF2564 (Zerwas) - Ambulance and emergency services exemption modified.
HF3725 (Vogel) - Elko New Market; water treatment facility sales tax exemption provided, refund provided, and money appropriated.
HF3205 (Smith) - Tax treatment parity for food sold through vending machines provided.
HF2989 (Loon) - Qualified small business investor certification requirements modified.

Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance

4/5/2016
Bills Added:
HF3385 (Heintzeman) - Driving without a valid license repeat violation penalties enhanced and minimum fines established.
HF71 (Swedzinski) - Criminal vehicular homicide enhanced penalty created for offenses occurring within ten years of qualified offense.
HF2845 (Hackbarth) - Trophy animal gross overlimit penalties modified, and enforcement provided.
HF3370 (Miller) - Registered predatory offender written statement for change of information required, and access to registration data by child protection workers for determination of child residence with predatory offender authorized.
HF1333 (Scott) - Spousal maintenance based on the cohabitation of the obligee modification allowed.
HF2976 (Pinto) - Attempting to hire a minor for prostitution penalties increased.
HF2554 (Howe) - Military member clarified, and veterans added to offense of impersonation.
HF3590 (Cornish) - Earned compliance credit program for persons under correctional supervision establishment study required, and report required.
HF2344 (Zerwas) - Orthotics, prosthetics, and pedorthics regulated; licensure required; and fees established.
Attachments:
H0071DE1.pdf (4/1/2016)
H2344DE1.pdf (4/1/2016)
H2845DE2.pdf (4/1/2016)
H3370A1.pdf (4/1/2016)
H3590DE1.pdf (4/1/2016)
H1333A3_1.pdf (4/4/2016)

Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy

4/5/2016
Audio Available: Download Mp3
The bills the Committee will hear during this meeting met first deadline in the Senate.

Additional bills may be added.
Bills Added:
HF3339 (Ecklund) - Lifetime game and fish license information authorized to be placed on a driver's license or Minnesota identification card.
HF3303 (Metsa) - Abandoned mine safety measures modified.
HF3757 (Hoppe) - Amateur Sports Commission snow angel fund established, and money appropriated.
Attachments:
H3303DE1.pdf (4/4/2016)

Higher Education Policy and Finance

4/5/2016


HF2865 (Whelan)
University of Minnesota appropriations in fiscal year 2017 modified, University of Minnesota fiscal year 2018 funding provided, and legislative findings related to the disposal of fetal tissue use in academic research made.
Bills Added:
HF3553 (Pugh) - Mental health and developmental disabilities ombudsman required to monitor drug trials.
HF3378 (Dean) - University of Minnesota Board of Regents institutional review board activity enhancement funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3733 (Nornes) - State grant amounts recalculated.
HF3326 (Nornes) - Continuing education program establishment authorized, report required, and money appropriated.
HF3371 (Nornes) - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities online early childhood teacher preparation program development funding provided, and money appropriated.

Health and Human Services Reform

4/5/2016
Additional bills may be added.
Bills Added:
HF3241 (Albright) - Health professional training site grant program established, and money appropriated.
HF3199 (Albright) - Ombudsman office for long-term care, mental health treatment services, and miscellaneous policy provisions modified.
HF3170 (Pierson) - Human services positive support strategies and restrictive intervention rules approved.
HF3486 (Peterson) - Disability waiver rate system modified.
HF3429 (Pierson) - Early preventive dental intervention and care for infants and toddlers pilot program developed, and money appropriated.
HF3228 (Murphy) - MNsure 2016 open enrollment operations and performance evaluation requested.
HF2703 (Zerwas) - Human services commissioner required to develop a process to allow federally qualified health centers to determine presumptive eligibility.
HF2661 (Baker) - Children's mental health collaboratives funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3044 (Zerwas) - Interactive video for targeted case management and mental health case management allowed.
Attachments:

Health and Human Services Finance

4/5/2016
Audio Available: Download Mp3
Additional bills may be added.

If you would like to testify, please contact Chris Stolarzyk, Committee Legislative Assistant, at chris.stolarzyk@house.mn
Bills Added:
HF3248 (Dean) - White Earth Band of Ojibwe child welfare service funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3249 (Dean) - White Earth Band of Ojibwe grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3277 (Zerwas) - Food stamp employment and training program reimbursement requirements changed, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program appropriation requirements modified.
HF978 (Zerwas) - Genetic counselors licensed.
Attachments:

Agriculture Finance

4/5/2016
Minnesota Department of Agriculture Urban Ag Report presentation
Bills Added:
HF2408 (Hansen) - Minnesota emerald ash borer suppression program established, and money appropriated.
HF3358 (Simonson) - Duluth; Deep Winter Greenhouse funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2818 (Clark) - Indoor urban farm planning and development funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF3324 (Clark) - Urban agriculture development pilot program established, and money appropriated.

Capital Investment

4/5/2016
Overview on local road and bridges by the Transportation Alliance
Bills Added:
HF3380 (Flanagan) - Golden Valley; Douglas Drive and Highway 55 intersection improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1564 (Theis) - St. Cloud; road and infrastructure improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1719 (Sanders) - Blaine; 105th Avenue reconstruction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Commerce and Regulatory Reform

4/5/2016
Audio Available: Download Mp3
Additional bills may be added to the agenda.
Bills Added:
HF3257 (Hilstrom) - Commerce Fraud Bureau authority to apply for or execute search warrants clarified.
HF2990 (Swedzinski) - Tax time savings grant program created and funding provided, existing appropriation for the taxpayer assistance grants program increased, and money appropriated.
HF3252 (Newberger) - Qualified active duty military members and veterans and spouses granted waiver for licensing experience requirement for broker's examination.
HF3554 (Sanders) - Wireless communications service provider added to the statute allowing use of public roads by other utilities, task force established to study and make recommendations on deployment of small wireless telecommunications facilities, and report required.

Education Finance

4/5/2016
More bills may be added to the agenda. Bills may be heard in any order.

Those wishing to testify on any of the bills listed, contact the Committee Administrator via email at jody.withers@house.mn.
Bills Added:
HF2750 (Fenton) - School board authority to reallocate school district revenue granted, authority to reallocate money among school district accounts and funds made permanent.
HF3129 (Kresha) - School district group health insurance coverage regulated.
HF3387 (Peterson) - Compensatory revenue use modified, and school boards granted additional flexibility to allocate compensatory revenue.
HF3500 (Slocum) - State-generated special education paperwork reduced.
HF3522 (Loon) - School district early learning programs continuity increased.
HF3679 (Loon) - Summary student disciplinary data involving assaults on district employees publication required, teachers' interest in receiving prior notice about students placed in their classroom who have a history of violent behavior and authority to manage student behavior affirmed, state fund for district and school employees harmed by student violence established, and money appropriated.
HF3166 (Loon) - Educator licensure account in the special revenue fund created, duties clarified, and money appropriated.
Attachments:
H3129A2.pdf (4/4/2016)
H3679A1.pdf (4/4/2016)

Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance

4/5/2016
***Other bills may be added***
Bills Added:
HF3726 (Metsa) - Sulfate effluent permit compliance provided.
HF3685 (Hackbarth) - Dry cleaner response and reimbursement account provisions modified, prior appropriation modified, and rulemaking required.
HF3409 (Fabian) - Wastewater treatment technology incentive provided.
HF2946 (Kiel) - Game and fish resident licenses for nonresident National Guard members provided.
Attachments:
H3409DE1.pdf (4/4/2016)
H3685A1.pdf (4/4/2016)
H3726A1.pdf (4/4/2016)
H3726A2.pdf (4/4/2016)
H3726A3.pdf (4/4/2016)
H3726A4.pdf (4/4/2016)
H3726A5.pdf (4/4/2016)
H3726A6.pdf (4/4/2016)
H3726A7.pdf (4/4/2016)
H3726A8.pdf (4/4/2016)
H3726A9.pdf (4/4/2016)
H3726A10.pdf (4/4/2016)

Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance

4/4/2016
Additional bills may be added.
Bills Added:
HF3569 (Garofalo) - Renewable development account transfers capped.
HF3633 (Baker) - Latino Communities United in Service funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3444 (Moran) - St. Paul; career pathways and workforce development program support provided, and money appropriated.
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