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Commerce Finance and Policy

FOURTH MEETING

2021-2022 Regular Session - Wednesday, January 20, 2021

STATE OF MINNESOTA FOURTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND SESSION

COMMERCE FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE

MINUTES

Representative Zack Stephenson, Chair of the Commerce Finance and Policy Committee, called the virtual meeting to order at 3:00 PM on January 20, 2021 pursuant to House rule 10.01. The meeting was broadcast via Zoom and House Public Information Services.

Members present:
STEPHENSON, Zack, Chair
KOTYZA-WITTHUHN, Carlie, Vice Chair
O’DRISCOLL, Tim, GOP Lead
BAHR, Cal
CARLSON, Andrew
DAVNIE, Jim
ELKINS, Steve
HALEY, Barb
KOEGEL, Erin
LEE, Fue
LISLEGARD, Dave
LUCERO, Eric
PFARR, Brian
OLSON, Liz
RASMUSSON, Jordan
RICHARDSON, Ruth
THEIS, Tama

Members excused:
LILLIE, Leon

A quorum was present.

Representative Elkins moved to approve the minutes from the committee meeting on January 19th, 2021. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Presentations on the telecommunications industry by:

Brent Christensen, Minnesota Telecom Alliance
Bob Eleff, House Research Department
Dana Bailey, Lumen
Patrick Fucik, T-Mobile
Paul Weirtz, AT&T
Daniel Lightfoot, League of Minnesota Cities

Overview on liquor by House Research Analyst Chris Kleman.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:28 PM.




Representative Zack Stephenson, Chair




Simon Brown,
Committee Legislative Assistant



More Info On This Meeting..
House TV Video:
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02:22 - Informational overview - Telecom.
50:41 - Informational Overview - Liquor Laws in Minnesota.
Runs 1 hour, 28 minutes.


AGENDA
Informational Overview - Telecom
*no formal action will be taken*
Testifiers
-Brent Christensen, MN Telecom Alliance
-Dana Bailey, Lumen
-Patrick Fucik, TMobile
-Paul Weirtz, AT&T
-Daniel Lightfoot, League of Minnesota Cities

Informational Overview - Liquor Laws in Minnesota
*no formal action will be taken*
Testifiers
-Chris Kleman, House Research



This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

*NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122.

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01, which you may view here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/1001.htm

Any meeting documents will be posted on the House Commerce committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92003

To submit written testimony, please email the Committee Administrator no later than 4:00 pm on Thursday, January 21 at adeline.miller@house.mn