FIFTH MEETING

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



SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE PROCESS REFORM MINUTES

Representative Gene Pelowski, Chair of the Subcommittee on Legislative Process Reform, called the virtual meeting to order at 5:00 PM on February 16, 2021 pursuant to House rule 10.01. The meeting was conducted over Zoom and broadcast via House Public Information Services.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:
Pelowski, Gene, Chair
Wolgamott, Dan, Vice Chair
Daudt, Kurt, Republican Lead
Freiberg, Mike
Garofalo, Pat
Haley, Barb
Lislegard, Dave
Moran, Rena
O’Neill, Marion
Pinto, Dave
Sandstede, Julie

A quorum was present.

Representative Wolgamott moved that the minutes of February 12, 2021, be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Bills not introduced at the time of the meeting are indicated by the House Research or Revisor code.

Representative Baker continued to present AS025, a bill for an act relating to business operation; creating a timeline for ending restrictions on businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Testifying on AS025:
• Ken Jarka, President, Greater Minneapolis Hotel Association; General Manager, Hilton Minneapolis
• Liz Rammer, President & CEO, Hospitality Minnesota

Representative Sandstede presented CS043, a bill for an act relating to state government; defining public health emergency; clarifying governor's authority to declare a peacetime emergency for a public health emergency; terminating executive orders issued during a peacetime emergency lasting more than 30 days unless ratified by the legislature; modifying vote and quorum requirements during a peacetime emergency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 12.03, by adding a subdivision; 12.31, subdivision 2.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 PM.






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Representative Gene Pelowski, Chair


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Tara Schaefle, Committee Legislative Assistant