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Commerce Finance and Policy

FIRST MEETING - FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 2021

2021-2022 Regular Session - Tuesday, June 15, 2021

STATE OF MINNESOTA FIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 2021

COMMERCE FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE

Representative Zack Stephenson, Chair of the Commerce Finance and Policy Committee, called the virtual meeting to order at 8:30 AM on June 15, 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
CARLSON, Andrew
DAVNIE, Jim
ELKINS, Steve
KOEGEL, Erin
LEE, Fue
LISLEGARD, Dave
LUCERO, Eric
OLSON, Liz
PFARR, Brian
RASMUSSON, Jordan
RICHARDSON, Ruth
THEIS, Tama

Members absent:
BAHR, Cal
HALEY, Barb
LILLIE, Leon

A quorum was present.

HF **** (Stephenson); Omnibus commerce finance and policy bill.

Solveig Beckel, House Fiscal Analysis Department, explained the omnibus budget spreadsheet.

Larie Ann Pampuch, House Research Department, explained the omnibus bill language.

The following testified on this bill:
Commissioner Grace Arnold, Dept. of Commerce
Bentley Graves, MN Chamber of Commerce
Sarah Rother, teacher, Chaska School District
Aaron Cocking, Insurance Federation of Minnesota
Michelle Weber, Legislative Coordinating Commission
Scott Reimer, Federal Electric Co-operative
Ron Elwood, Legal Services Advocacy Project
Jeremy Estenson, Institute of Scrap Metal Recycling Industries
Senior Commander Kurt Hallstrom, St. Paul Police Dept.
Tiffany Collins, MN Public Transit Association
Dawn Simonson, Volunteer Driver Coalition
Jon Dukich, Dept. of Transportation

The meeting was adjourned at 9:39 AM.



Representative Zack Stephenson, Chair




Simon Brown,
Committee Legislative Assistant
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01:51 - HF6 (Stephenson) Special Session omnibus commerce, climate, and energy finance and policy bill.
Runs 1 hour, 9 minutes.

HF **** (Stephenson) - Commerce & Energy Omnibus Bill (SF 972)
**This will be an informational hearing only - no formal action will be taken on the bill.
**Review and discussion will be limited to the provisions within the Commerce committee’s jurisdiction.

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.

TESTIMONY: To sign up to testify, please email the Committee Administrator at adeline.miller@house.mn as soon as possible, no later than 4:00pm Monday afternoon. There will be a 2 minute limit per testifier. 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 4:00pm Monday afternoon.

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