STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-SECOND MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
COMMITTEE ON LABOR, WORKPLACE, AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES
MINUTES
Representative Sheldon Johnson, Chair of the Labor, Workplace, and Regulated Industries Committee, called the meeting to order at 8:20 A.M. on March 19, 2014, in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
JOHNSON, Sheldon (Chair)
SUNDIN, Mikael (Vice-Chair)
BENSON, Mike
FISCHER, Peter
HOPPE, Joe
KIEFFER, Andrea
LAINE, Carolyn
MASIN, Sandra
METSA, Jason
NELSON, Michael
O’DRISCOLL, Tim
O’NEILL, Marion
SAVICK, Shannon
SIMONSON, Erik
UGLEM, Mark
A quorum was present.
Representative Metsa moved that the minutes of March 13, 2014 be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF 2447 (Falk) Employers required to provide veterans time off for Veterans Day.
Chair Johnson moved that HF 2447 be re-referred to the General Register.
The following people testified on HF 2447:
Andrew Falk, Representative
Chair Johnson moved that HF 2447 be re-referred to the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF 2926 (Carlson) Public Employment Relations Board created.
Chair Johnson moved that HF 2926 be re-referred to the Committee on Ways & Means.
Chair Johnson moved the
A14-0923 amendment. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
The following people testified on HF 2926:
Lyndon Carlson, Representative
Russ Stanton, Inter Faculty Organization
Julie Bleyhl, AFSCME Council 5
John Thorson, Education MN
Nicole Blissenbach, Education MN
Chair Johnson moved that HF 2926, as amended, be re-referred to the Committee on Ways & Means.
Representative Benson requested a roll call and the Committee Legislative Assistant took the roll as follows:
The following members voted in the affirmative:
JOHNSON
FISCHER
LAINE
MASIN
METSA
NELSON
SAVICK
SIMONSON
SUNDIN
The following members voted in the negative:
BENSON
HOPPE
KIEFFER
O’DRISCOLL
O’NEILL
UGLEM
Being 9 votes in the affirmative and 6 in the negative: THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:08 A.M.
Rep. Sheldon Johnson, Chair
Connor McNutt, Committee Legislative Asst.