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Housing Finance and Policy

FORTIETH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Wednesday, April 17, 2024

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



HOUSING FINANCE AND POLICY MINUTES

Representative Michael Howard, Chair of the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy, called the meeting to order at 3:02 P.M. on April 17, 2024, in Room 5 of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members Present:
HOWARD, Michael (Chair)
AGBAJE, Esther (Vice Chair)
JOHNSON, Brian (GOP Lead)
CHA, Ethan
DOTSETH, Jeff
HASSAN, Hodan
HUSSEIN, Samakab
KOZLOWSKI, Liish
MYERS, Andrew
NASH, Jim
NORRIS, Matt
PEREZ-VEGA, Maria Isa
PETERSBURG, John

A quorum was present.

Lead Johnson moved that the minutes of April 16, 2024, be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Chair Howard moved that HF4194 be re-referred to the Ways and Means Committee.

Chair Howard moved the HF4194DE1 amendment for adoption.

Chair Howard moved the HF4194A2 amendment to the DE1 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Nash moved the HF4194A4 amendment to the DE1 amendment.

Representative Nash requested a roll call on HF4194A4.

Testifiers:
• Nick Erickson, Housing First Minnesota
• Daniel Lightfoot, League of Minnesota Cities

The clerk took the roll.

AYES
JOHNSON, Brian (GOP Lead)
DOTSETH, Jeff
KOZLOWSKI, Alicia
MYERS, Andrew
NASH, Jim

NAYS
HOWARD, Michael (Chair)
AGBAJE, Esther (Vice Chair)
CHA, Ethan
HASSAN, Hodan
HUSSEIN, Samakab
NORRIS, Matt
PEREZ-VEGA, Maria Isa

ABSTAIN
PETERSBURG, John

There being 5 AYES, 7 NAYS, and 1 ABSTENTION, THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.

Representative Nash moved the HF4194A5 amendment to the DE1 amendment.

Representative Nash requested a roll call on HF4194A5.

The clerk took the roll.

AYES
JOHNSON, Brian (GOP Lead)
DOTSETH, Jeff
KOZLOWSKI, Alicia
NASH, Jim

NAYS
HOWARD, Michael (Chair)
AGBAJE, Esther (Vice Chair)
CHA, Ethan
HASSAN, Hodan
HUSSEIN, Samakab
MYERS, Andrew
NORRIS, Matt
PEREZ-VEGA, Maria Isa

ABSTAIN
PETERSBURG, John

There being 4 AYES, 8 NAYS, and 1 ABSTENTION, THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.

Representative Myers moved the HF4194A6 amendment to the DE1 amendment. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.

Lead Johnson moved the HF4194A7 amendment to the DE1 amendment. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.

Representative Nash moved the HF4194A9 amendment to the DE1 amendment. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.

Lead Johnson moved the HF4194A10 amendment to the DE1 amendment.

Lead Johnson requested a roll call on HF4194A10.

The clerk took the roll.

AYES
JOHNSON, Brian (GOP Lead)
DOTSETH, Jeff
MYERS, Andrew
NASH, Jim
PETERSBURG, John

NAYS
HOWARD, Michael (Chair)
AGBAJE, Esther (Vice Chair)
CHA, Ethan
HASSAN, Hodan
HUSSEIN, Samakab
KOZLOWSKI, Alicia
NORRIS, Matt
PEREZ-VEGA, Maria Isa

There being 5 AYES and 8 NAYS, THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.

Lead Johnson moved the HF4194A11 amendment to the DE1 amendment. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.

Vice Chair Agbaje renewed the motion that HF4194DE1 as amended, be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Vice Chair Agbaje renewed the motion that HF4194 as amended, be re-referred to the Ways and Means Committee. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:21 P.M.


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Representative Michael Howard, Chair


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Emma Erdahl, Committee Legislative Assistant
More Info On This Meeting..
House TV Video:
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00:37 - HF4194 (Howard) Housing supplemental budget bill.
Runs 1 hour, 19 minutes.


HF4194 (Howard) Housing infrastructure bonds eligible uses expanded, and additional housing infrastructure bonds issuance authorized.

**NOTE: a delete-all amendment to HF4194 that will serve as the House Housing Finance bill has been posted.

Testimony to the Finance bill was taken on 4/16/24. Additional written testimony will be accepted.

All agenda items subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Housing Finance and Policy Committee webpage.

ACCESSIBILITY: 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, Jack Dockendorf (jack.dockendorf@house.mn.gov).

LIVESTREAM: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.