STATE OF MINNESOTA TWELFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-THIRD SESSION
COMMERCE FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE MINUTES
Representative Stephenson, Chair of the Commerce Finance and Policy Committee, called the meeting to order at 1:00PM on February 20, 2023 in Room 10 of the State Office Building. It was broadcast via House Public Information Services.
Members Present:
STEPHENSON, Zack, Chair
KOTYZA-WITTHUHN, Carlie, Vice-Chair
O’DRISCOLL, Tim, GOP Lead
BIERMAN, Robert
CHA, Ethan
DAUDT, Kurt
DOTSETH, Jeff
FREIBERG, Mike
KLEVORN, Ginny
KOEGEL, Erin
KRAFT, Larry
LIEBLING, Tina
NEU BRINDLEY, Anne
NISKA, Harry
PERRYMAN, Bernie
PFARR, Brian
TABKE, Brad
A quorum was present.
Representative Kotyza-Witthuhn moved approval of the minutes from February 15, 2023. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF1520 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger); Direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies required to provide disclosure notices and obtain consent.
Chair Stephenson moved that HF1520 be recommended to be referred to the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee.
Chair Stephenson moved the H1520A1 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Hemmingsen-Jaeger presented HF1520, as amended.
The following testified on HF1520, as amended:
Ritchie Engelhardt, Senior Director of Government Affairs, Ancestry
Rich Neumeister
Natasha Chernyasvsky, Legislative and Policy Specialist, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF)
Chair Stephenson renewed the motion that HF1520 be recommended to be referred to the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee, as amended. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF156 (Feist); Manufactured home park utility billing practice provisions amended.
Chair Stephenson moved that HF156 be recommended to be placed on the General Register.
Chair Stephenson moved the H0156DE2 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative O’Driscoll offered an oral amendment to HF156, as amended:
Page 3, line 6, delete “park”
“electrician, or licensed manufactured home installer.”
THE AMENDMENT WAS INCORPORATED.
Representative Feist presented HF156, as amended:
The following testified on HF156, as amended:
Ron Elwood, Supervising Attorney, Legal Aid
Mark Brunner, Executive Vice President, Minnesota Manufactured and Modular Home Associations (MMHA)
Chair Stephenson renewed the motion that HF156 be recommended to be placed on the General Register, as amended. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF1790 (Liebling); Health insurance; preexisting condition limitations prohibited in Medicare supplement insurance policies.
Representative Liebling moved that HF1790 be recommended to be referred to the Health Finance and Policy Committee.
Representative Liebling moved the H1790DE1 amendment.
Representative Liebling renewed the motion of the HF1790 amendment, as amended. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED, AS AMENDED.
Represented Liebling presented HF1790, as amended:
The following testified on HF1790, as amended:
Dana Bacon, Senior Director of State Government Affairs, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)
Representative Liebling offered an oral amendment to HF1790, as amended:
Page 7, Line 15, delete “guarantee”, add “guaranteed”.
“guaranteed issue period.”
The amendment was incorporated.
Representative Liebling renewed the motion that HF1790 be recommended to be referred to the Health Finance and Policy Committee, as amended. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF1726 (Wolgamott); Commerce; definition of cost modified, and prohibition on below cost sales of gasoline eliminated.
Chair Stephenson moved that HF1726 be recommended to be placed on the General Register.
Representative Wolgamott presented HF1726.
The following testified on HF1726:
Meagan Forbes, Director of Legislation and Senior Legislative Council, Institute for Justice (IJ)
Tim Gross, Executive Director, Minnesota Petroleum Marketers Association (MPMA)
Lance Klatt, Executive Director, Minnesota Service Station & Convenience Store Association (MSSA)
Martha Njolomole, Economist, Center for the American Experiment
Chair Stephenson renewed the motion that HF1726 be recommended to be placed on the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:27 PM.
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Representative Zack Stephenson, Chair
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Jack Dockendorf, Committee Legislative Assistant