STATE OF MINNESOTA FIFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETIETH SESSION
Civil Law and Data Practices Policy Committee
MINUTES
Representative Peggy Scott, Chair of the Civil Law and Data Practices Policy Committee, called the meeting to order at 8:17 AM, on January 26th, 2017, in Hearing Room Ten of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
SCOTT, Peggy, Chair
SMITH, Dennis, Vice Chair
LESCH, John, DFL Lead
CARLSON, Andrew
DEHN, Raymond
HILSTROM, Debra
HOWE, Jeff
JOHNSON, Sheldon
LOONAN, Bob
LUCERO, Eric
OMAR, Ilhan
O’NEILL, Marion
PUGH, Cindy
VOGEL, Bob
WHELAN, Abigail
Representative Scott called the Meeting to order at 8:17 AM. A quorum was present.
Representative Vogel moved to approve the minutes from January 24th, 2017. THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED.
HF251 (Loonan) Admissibility of Seat Belt use for evidentiary purposes modified.
Representative Loonan moved that HF251 be referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Security Policy Finance Committee.
Testifying on HF251:
Paul Godfrey, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
John Hausladen, President, Minnesota Trucking Association
Cedar Abadie, Minnesota for Law Suit Reform
Bob Johnson, Insurance Federation of Minnesota
Joel Carlson, Minnesota Association for Justice
Representative Loonan renewed his motion that HF251 be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Security Policy Finance Committee.
Representative Lesch requested a roll call. The results were as follows:
AYES
SCOTT, Peggy
SMITH, Dennis
HOWE, Jeff
LOONAN, Bob
LUCERO, Eric
O’NEILL, Marion
PUGH, Cindy
VOGEL, Bob
WHELAN, Abigail NAYS
LESCH, John
CARLSON, Andrew
DEHN, Raymond
HILSTROM, Debra
JOHNSON, Sheldon
OMAR, Ilhan
There being 9 AYES and 6 NAYS, THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Representative Smith assumed the Gavel at 9:32AM.
HF291 (Scott) Convention center data classification clarified.
Representative Scott moved that HF291 be referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Testifying on HF291:
Matt Ehling, Minnesota Collation on Government Information
Representative Scott renewed her motion that HF291 be re-referred to the Committee on State Government Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:59 AM
Representative Peggy Scott, Chair
Nicole Reineke, Committee Legislative Assistant