STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-NINTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY FINANCE AND POLICY
Chair, Representative Debra Hilstrom
MINUTES
Representative Hilstrom, Chair of the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Policy, called the meeting to order at 2:19 p.m. on Wednesday March 5, 2014 in Room 10 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Hilstrom, Chair
Melin, Vice Chair
Drazkowski, Lead
Bly
Cornish
Hortman
Johnson, B.
Johnson, S.
Lesch
Lien
McNamar
O'Neill
Paymar
Pugh
Scott
A quorum was present.
Rep. Melin moved HF 2576 (Melin), criminal record expungement governing provisions modified, business screening services required to delete expunged records, and eviction record expungement allowed in some cases, be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Rep. Melin moved to amend HF 2576 (Melin) with the
A14-0813 amendment. THE MOTION PEVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. Melin moved to amend HF 2576 (Melin), as amended, with the A14-0812 amendment.
Ben Gerber, Manager of Labor Policy for the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, testified in support of the A14-0812 amendment.
Rep. Melin renewed her motion to amend HF 2576 (Melin), as amended, with the
A14-0812 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. Melin moved to amend HF 2576 (Melin), as amended, with an oral amendment. The amendment went as follows: on lines 3.7 - 3.8, delete “Subject to paragraph ©,”. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
HF 2576 (Melin), as amended, criminal record expungement governing provisions modified, business screening services required to delete expunged records, and eviction record expungement allowed in some cases.
The following people testified regarding HF 2576 (Melin) as amended:
Mark Haase, Vice President of the Council on Crime and Justice
Brandon Meuleners, YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities
John Kingrey, Executive Director of the Minnesota County Attorneys Association
Tami McConkey, Assistant Ramsey County Attorney
Caroline Palmer, Public Policy Manager at Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Sue Watlov-Phillips, President and CEO of Integrated Community Solutions
Joel Carlson, Minnesota Association for Justice
David McGee, Community Member
Katie Engler, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Ryan Erdman, Legislative Liaison for the Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act Counties
Joel Carlson, Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women
Rep. Drazkowski assumed the gavel at 2:44 p.m.
Rep. Hilstrom assumed the gavel at 2:46 p.m.
Rep. Drazkowski moved to amend HF 2576 (Melin), as amended, with the
H2576A2 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. Drazkowski moved to amend HF 2576 (Melin), as amended, with the
H2576A3 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. Drazkowski moved to amend HF 2576 (Melin), as amended, with the
H2576A4 amendment.
The following people testified regarding the H2576A4 amendment:
Tami McConkey, Assistant Ramsey County Attorney
Jim Franklin, Executive Director of the Minnesota Sheriff’s Association
THE AMENDMENT WAS WITHDRAWN.
Rep. Hilstrom moved that HF 2576 (Melin) criminal record expungement governing provisions modified, business screening services required to delete expunged records, and eviction record expungement allowed in some cases, be re-referred as amended to the Committee on Civil Law.
Rep. Melin renewed her motion that HF 2576 (Melin) criminal record expungement governing provisions modified, business screening services required to delete expunged records, and eviction record expungement allowed in some cases, be re-referred as amended to the Committee on Civil Law. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE BILL WAS RE-REFERRED AS AMENDED.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:26 p.m.
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Representative Debra Hilstrom, Chair
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Dusty Thelen, Committee Legislative Assistant