Commerce Finance and Policy

TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING

2021-2022 Regular Session - Tuesday, April 6, 2021

STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND SESSION

COMMERCE FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE

Representative Zack Stephenson, Chair of the Commerce Finance and Policy Committee, called the virtual meeting to order at 3:00 PM on April 6, 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
LEE, Fue
LILLIE, Leon
LISLEGARD, Dave
LUCERO, Eric
OLSON, Liz
PFARR, Brian
RASMUSSON, Jordan
RICHARDSON, Ruth
THEIS, Tama

Members absent:
KOEGEL, Erin

A quorum was present.

Representative Kotyza-Witthuhn moved to approve the minutes from the committee meeting on March 26, 2021. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF1031 (Stephenson); Governor's budget for Department of Commerce and Public Utilities Commission activities established, commerce and energy policy governing provisions modified, and money appropriated.

Larie Ann Pampuch, House Research Department, presented the provisions in the commerce omnibus bill.

Solveig Beckel, House Fiscal Analysis, presented the fiscal appropriations in the commerce omnibus bill.

The following testified on HF1031:

Peter Brickwedde, Department of Commerce
Anna Boroff, Minnesota Cable and Communications Association
Joyce Peppin, MN Rural Electric Association
Ron Elwood, Legal Services Advocacy Project
Joe Doherty, Self-Storage Association
Alexi Madon DoorDash
Jeremy Estenson, Scrap Metal Dealers Association
Paul Cassidy, Payday America
Ryan Hamilton, Catholic Conference
Sara Nelson-Pallmeyer, Exodus Lending
Peter Fjelstad, PhRMA
Steffany Stern, MS Society
Kenza Hadj-Moussa TakeAction MN
Sherry Munyon, Volunteer Driver Coalition

The meeting was adjourned at 4:08 PM.

Representative Zack Stephenson, Chair

Simon Brown,
Committee Legislative Assistant

More Info On This Meeting..

Bills Added:

HF1031 (Stephenson) - Omnibus commerce bill.

Documents:

21.04.05 Com SS Base Gov House 10.28AM.pdf - 4/5/2021
Commerce Minutes - 24 - 3.24.21.pdf - 4/5/2021
HF 1031 - DE9.pdf - 4/5/2021
DoorDash Supporting Doc - PPI Price Controls Report.pdf - 4/5/2021
HF 1031 - Letter Opposing - BIO.pdf - 4/5/2021
HF 1031 DE9 Summary - HRD.pdf - 4/5/2021
HF 1031 - Letter Opposing - PhRMA.pdf - 4/6/2021
HF 1031 - Letter Supporting - GLCCA.pdf - 4/6/2021
HF 1031-Letter Supporting - MMA & 7 Others.pdf - 4/6/2021
PhRMA Supporting Doc 3 - Correcting AHIP's Dollar Graphic.pdf - 4/6/2021
PhRMA Supporting Doc 1 - 10 Facts.pdf - 4/6/2021
PhRMA Supporting Doc 2 - IQVIA.pdf - 4/6/2021
PhRMA Supporting Doc 4 - MeetMAT.pdf - 4/6/2021
PhRMA Supporting Doc 5 - Supply Chain Slide.pdf - 4/6/2021
Payday America Supporting Doc - APR Calculation.pdf - 4/6/2021
HF 1031 - Letter Opposing - UberEats.pdf - 4/6/2021
HF 1031 - Letter Supporting - AARP.pdf - 4/6/2021
MNCCA Supporting Doc 1 - Decision Tree.pdf - 4/6/2021
HF1031 - Letter Opposing - MNCCA.pdf - 4/6/2021
HF 1031 - Letter - MN Chamber.pdf - 4/6/2021
HF 1031 - Letter Supporting - EdMN.pdf - 4/6/2021
HF 1031 - Letter - MAA.pdf - 4/8/2021
HF 1031 - Letter - Hospitality MN.pdf - 4/8/2021
HF 1031 - Letter - AFP-MN.pdf - 4/8/2021

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02:10 - HF1031 (Stephenson) Omnibus commerce finance bill.
- Walk-through of the delete-everything amendment.
- Public testimony.
Runs 1 hour, 9 minutes.

Show Full Schedule Agenda:

HF 1031 (Stephenson) - The DE 9 Amendment to HF 1031 will be the Commerce Omnibus Finance Bill - Governor's budget for Department of Commerce and Public Utilities Commission activities established, commerce and energy policy governing provisions modified, and money appropriated.

Note: HF 1031 serves as the vehicle bill for the Commerce Omnibus Finance Bill, the text of which is encompassed in the DE 9 amendment.

SCHEDULE: A walk-through of the bill and public testimony will be taken on Tuesday, April 6th from 3-4:30 PM. Mark-up and committee vote on the bill will be on Wednesday, April 7th from 3-4:30 PM.

TESTIMONY: To request to testify, please email the Committee Administrator as soon as possible (no less than 24 hours ahead of time strongly preferred, but not required) at adeline.miller@house.mn. To submit written testimony to be included in the official record, please email the Committee Administrator no later than 24 hours after the hearing adjourns. To have materials included in the members’ digital folders and posted online before committee, they must be submitted to the Committee Administrator by 2:00 pm the day of the hearing.

VIEWING: 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.

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

ACCESSIBILITY: 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. Please do not contact Jenny regarding agenda items, testimony, or the substance of the hearing.

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