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Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

FORTY-EIGHTH MEETING

2021-2022 Regular Session - Tuesday, April 5, 2022

STATE OF MINNESOTA FORTY-EIGHTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND SESSION



JUDICIARY FINANCE AND CIVIL LAW MINUTES

Representative Jamie Becker-Finn, Chair of the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law, called the virtual meeting to order at 8:30 AM on April 5, 2022 pursuant to House rule 10.01. The meeting was broadcast via Zoom and House Public Information Services.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:
Becker-Finn, Jamie, Chair
Moller, Kelly, Vice Chair
Scott, Peggy, Republican Lead
Feist, Sandra
Frazier, Cedrick
Grossell, Matt
Her, Kaohly
Hollins, Athena
Johnson, Brian
Liebling, Tina
Long, Jamie
Mortensen, Erik
Novotny, Paul
Pfarr, Brian
Robbins, Kristin
Vang, Samantha
Xiong, Tou

A quorum was present.

Representative Hollins moved that the minutes of March 31, 2022 be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Chair Becker-Finn moved HF4125 to be laid over for potential inclusion in an omnibus bill.

Representative Nelson presented HF4125, a bill for an act relating to the financing of state government; appropriating money for certain constitutional offices, state agencies, and Veterans Affairs; modifying data practices provisions; establishing the Office of Enterprise Translations and the language access service account; establishing county and local cybersecurity grants; modifying provisions governing burial grounds and cemeteries; modifying provisions governing military veterans; establishing a Veterans Service Organization grant program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 13.04, subdivision 4; 13.072, subdivision 1; 16A.126, subdivision 1; 16A.1286, subdivision 2; 197.608, subdivisions 4, 6; 197.79, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 10; 307.08, as amended; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 12, article 5, section 2, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16B; 16E; 197.

Testifying on HF4125:
• Taya Moxley-Goldsmith, Director, Data Practices Office, Department of Administration

Chair Becker-Finn renewed the motion that HF4125 be laid over for potential inclusion in an omnibus bill.

John Walz and Ben Johnson from House Research walked through the H3920DE amendment for the committee.

Testifying on HF3920:
Jeff Shorba, Minnesota Judicial Branch
Judge Lois Conroy, President, Minnesota District Judges Association
Commissioner Rebecca Lucero, Minnesota Department Human Rights
Geetanjali Mittal, Coalition of Asian American Leaders
Kendal Takeshita, Coalition of Asian American Leaders
Jim Rubenstein, Jewish Community Action
Rebecca Chang, Organizing Director, Minnesota 8
Shambrie Lesniak, Official Court Reporter, Minnesota Association of Verbatim Captioners and Reporters (MAVRC)
Brooke Beskau Warg, Equal Justice Works Fellow with the Institute to Transform Child Protection

The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 AM.







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Representative Jamie Becker-Finn, Chair


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Mikayla Brunner, Committee Legislative Assistant

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01:54 - HF4125 (Nelson, M.) State government financing; constitutional offices, state agencies, and Veterans Affairs funding provided; data practice provisions modified; Office of Enterprise Translation and language access service account established; burial grounds and cemetery governing provisions modified; Veterans Service Organization grant program established; and money appropriated.
11:58 - HF3920 (Becker-Finn) Omnibus judiciary supplemental finance bill.
-Walk-through of the delete-all amendment.
-Public testimony.
-No action was taken.
Runs 1 hour, 6 minutes.

HF 4125 (Nelson, M.) State government financing; constitutional offices, state agencies, and Veterans Affairs funding provided; data practice provisions modified; Office of Enterprise Translation and language access service account established; burial grounds and cemetery governing provisions modified; Veterans Service Organization grant program established; and money appropriated.

HF 3920 (Becker-Finn) Judiciary Finance Omnibus Bill

[HF3920 AND DE AMENDMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO A WALKTHROUGH AND PUBLIC TESTIMONY. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN]

*An author’s Delete-All amendment to House File 3920 (Becker-Finn) will be posted by April 1st, 2022. The deadline to submit amendments to the DE is 10am on Wednesday, April 6th, 2022. Action will be taken on the bill, Thursday April 7th, 2022.
**Agenda items may be added, deleted and/or taken in any order.
***If you are interested in providing written testimony, oral testimony, or a handout, please email the Committee Administrator and copy the Committee Legislative Assistant by 10am the day before the hearing. Public oral testimony may be limited.

CA: Brynn.Sias@house.mn
CLA: Mikayla.Brunner@house.mn

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