Elections Finance and Policy

FOURTEENTH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Wednesday, March 29, 2023

STATE OF MINNESOTA FOURTEENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-THIRD SESSION

ELECTIONS FINANCE AND POLICY MEETING MINUTES

Representative Mike Freiberg, Chair of the Committee on Elections Finance and Policy, called the meeting to order at 8:30am on March 29, 2023, in Room 200 of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members Present:
FREIBERG, Mike, Chair
GREENMAN, Emma, Vice Chair
TORKELSON, Paul, Republican Lead
AGBAJE, Esther
BAHNER, Kristin
BLISS, Matt
DAVIS, Ben
FREDERICK, Luke
PURSELL, Kristi
QUAM, Duane
STEPHENSON, Zack

Excused:
ALTENDORF, Pam
COULTER, Nathan

A quorum was present.

House Research and Fiscal staff provided a walkthrough of the H1723DE1 amendment (Elections Omnibus bill).

Presentation on the Secretary of State Budget:
• Steve Simon, Secretary of State, Minnesota
• Nicole Freeman, Government Relations, Secretary of State of Minnesota

The meeting was adjourned at 9:58 AM.

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Representative Mike Freiberg, Chair

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Mike Hermanson, Committee Legislative Assistant

More Info On This Meeting..

Bills Added:

HF1723 (Freiberg) - Elections finance and policy bill.

Documents:

H1723DE1-17084381765825494526.pdf - 3/26/2023
Elections Chairs Recs March 25 Appropriation Tracking.pdf - 3/26/2023
2023 testimony HF 1723.pdf - 3/28/2023
HF 1723 House Policy and Finance Omnibus.docx - 3/28/2023
MCF_House_Elections_OmnibusBill_3.30.23.pdf - 3/28/2023
NPV MN Coalition Letter 03.29.23.pdf - 3/28/2023
Elections annotated 3-29-23.pdf - 3/28/2023
HF 1723 DE Metro Cities Letter .pdf - 3/28/2023

Audio:
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01:40 - HF1723 (Freiberg) Elections finance and policy bill (as amended by the DE amendment).
14:50 - Office of the Secretary of State budget presentation.
25:26 - Continued consideration of HF1723 (Freiberg) Elections finance and policy bill (as amended by the DE amendment).
Runs 1 hour, 27 minutes.

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Budget Presentation - Office of the Secretary of State

HF1723 (Freiberg); Secretary of state funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF1723 will be the vehicle for the elections finance and policy omnibus bill.
The bill will be posted early the week of March 27.
Public testimony to **new provisions** will be taken on Wednesday, March 29. **no testimony will be taken to provisions already heard**
Markup and passage will take place on Friday, March 31.

Items may be added, removed, or taken up in any order at the Chair’s discretion

If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email simon.brown@house.mn.gov no later than 5pm the night before.

**Testimony may be limited at the Chair's discretion**

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

The hearing will be broadcast through House Information Services, for more information visit: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/hinfo.asp