State of Minnesota Twelfth Meeting
House of Representatives Ninety- First Session
Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Division
Minutes
Representative Rob Ecklund, Chair of the Veterans and Military Affairs Finance & Policy Division, called the meeting to order at 2:31 P.M. on April 2nd, 2019 in Capitol Room 120.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Ecklund Rob, Chair
Xiong, Jay, Vice Chair
Dettmer, Bob
Becker-Finn, Jamie
Brand, Jeff
Heinrich, Jim
Miller, Tim
Persell, John
Grossell, Matt
A quorum was present at 2:32p.m.
Representative Brand moved approval of the minutes, motion prevailed.
Chair Ecklund moved HF 2086 before the committee.
Chair Ecklund moved the H2086 DE 3 amendment.
Helen Roberts, non-partisan fiscal analyst, gave an overview of the fiscal spreadsheet of HF 2086.
Jeff Diebel, non-partisan research analyst, walked through the bill language of HF 2086.
Chair Ecklund moved adoption of the A3 amendment.
Representative Dettmer moved A4 amendment to the DE3 amendment, motion prevailed.
Chair Ecklund moved that the DE3 amendment, as amended, be adopted, motion prevailed.
Public Testimony:
Jon Jensen, Adjutant General, Minnesota National Guard
Don Kerr, Executive Director, Minnesota Department of Military Affairs
Brock Hunter, Veterans Defense Project
Andru Peters, American Legion
Chair Ecklund renewed motion that HF 2086, as amended, be re-referred to Ways and Means, motion prevailed.
Meeting concludes at 3:12.
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Rep. Rob Ecklund, Chair
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Prepared by Grace Doyle,
Committee Legislative Assistant