STATE OF MINNESOTA SEVENTEENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
Chair, Representative Steve Simon
MINUTES
Representative Simon, Chair of Committee on Elections, called the meeting to order at 12:30pm on March 14, 2013 in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Simon, Chair
Halverson, Vice Chair
Sanders, Lead
Bernardy
Daudt
Huntley
Johnson, B.
Laine
Mariani
O'Driscoll
Urdahl
Winkler
A quorum was present
HF894 (Simon) Polling place challengers training required, and additional requirements imposed.
Rep. Simon moved HF894 be recommended to pass and be referred to Committee on Government Operations.
Rep. Simon moved
H0894DE1 amendment. The motion prevailed.
Testimony heard from:
Rep. Bob Gunther
Jill Franzen, Jackson Co. Board
Rick Anderson, Lyon Co. Board
Gwen Myers, League of Women Voters
Dan McGrath, President, Minnesota Majority
David Maeda, Minnetonka City Clerk
Janet Beihoffer, Citizen
Cathy Heying, St. Stephens Human Services
Ellie Krueger, MPRIG Augsburg Co-Chair
Kevin Magnuson, Citizen
Rep. Simon moved
H0894A9 amendment.
Rep. Simon moved amendment to the amendment (MG-A99). The motion prevailed.
Rep. Simon renewed motion that H0894A9, as amended, be recommended to pass. The motion prevailed.
Rep. Simon moved that
H0894A2 amendment be adopted.
Testimony heard from:
Beth Frazer, Office of Minnesota Secretary of State
Rep. Simon renewed motion that H0894A2 amendment be adopted. The motion prevailed.
Rep. Simon moved that
H0894A3 amendment be adopted. The motion prevailed.
Rep. Simon moved that
H0894A4 amendment be adopted. The motion prevailed.
Chair Halverson moved that
H0894A6 be adopted.
Chair Halverson offered oral amendment that page 1, line 4 through line 7 be deleted. The motion prevailed.
Chair Halverson moved that H0894A6, as amended, be adopted. The motion prevailed.
Chair Halverson moved that
H0894A5 amendment be adopted. The motion prevailed.
Rep. Simon moved that
H0894A7 amendment be adopted.
Rep. Simon laid over H0894A7 amendment.
Chair Halverson moved that
H0894A10 amendment be adopted. The motion prevailed.
Rep. O’Driscoll moved that
H0894A14 amendment be adopted. The motion prevailed.
Rep. Sanders moved that
H0894A11 amendment be adopted.
Rep. Sanders withdrew H0894A11 amendment.
Rep. Urdahl moved that
H0894A12 amendment be adopted. The motion prevailed.
Rep. O’Driscoll moved that
H0894A13 amendment be adopted.
Rep. O’Driscoll withdrew H0894A13 amendment.
Rep. Simon renewed motion that
H0894A7
Rep. Johnson moved that H0894A20 be adopted.
Rep. Johnson withdrew amendment H0894A20.
Rep. Sanders offered oral amendment on page 8, line 26 delete “…” and insert “eight”. The amendment was adopted.
Rep. Simon renewed motion that HF894, as amended, be recommended to pass be referred to State Government Operations. The motion prevailed.
Rep. Simon moved that HF1497 be recommended to pass and be placed on the General Register.
The motion prevailed.
Rep. Simon moved that HF1498 be recommended to pass and be placed on the General Register.
The motion prevailed.
Rep. Urdahl moved approval of minutes from the March 7, 2013 meeting. The motion prevailed.
Rep. Urdahl moved approval of minutes from the March 12, 2012 meeting, The motion prevailed.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:25pm.
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Representative Steve Simon, Chair
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Andrew Virden, Committee Legislative Assistant