STATE OF MINNESOTA TWELFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-NINTH SESSION
PUBLIC SAFETY & CRIME PREVENTION POLICY & FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Cornish, Chair of the Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance Committee, called the meeting to order at 10:16 A.M. on February 11, 2015 in Hearing Room 10 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Cornish, Chair
Johnson, B, Vice Chair
Considine
Dehn
Hertaus
Hilstrom
Howe
Lohmer
Lucero
Newberger
O’Neill
Quam
Schoen
Ward
Winkler
Zerwas
Members excused
Rosenthal
Representative Cornish called the meeting to order at 10:16 A.M. A quorum was present.
Representative Considine moved that the minutes of the February 10, 2015 meeting be approved.
THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF 0191 (Kresha): Maltreatment of minors governing report provisions modified.
Representative Howe moved HF 0191 be referred to the Health and Human Services Finance Committee.
Representative Howe moved amendment A5.
Representative Johnson moved to orally amend HF0191A5 amendment as follows:
Page 1, line 1.1, strike “first” and insert “second.”
THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Testimonies on HF 0191 presented by:
Terese Amazi, Mower County Sherriff
Jim Koppel, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Human Services
Representative Howe renewed motion to move HF 0191, as amended, to pass and be referred to Health and Human Services Finance Committee.
THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Overview budget presentation of Department of Public Safety.
Presenting the overview:
Mona Dohman, Commissioner of Department of Public Safety
Mark Dunaski, Deputy Commissioner of Department of Public Safety
Dana Gotz, Executive Director for MN Justice for Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Cathy Knutson, Forensic Science Services Director of Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Drew Evans, Assistant Superintendent of Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Joe Kelly, Director of MN Homeland Security and Emergency Management
The meeting was adjourned at 11:37 A.M.
Representative Tony Cornish, Chair
Simon Gottlieb, Committee Legislative Assistant