FORTY-FIRST MEETING

STATE OF MINNESOTA FORTY-FIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-THIRD SESSION


JUDICIARY FINANCE AND CIVIL LAW COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

Representative Cedrick Frazier, Vice Chair of the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law, called the meeting to order at 12:59 P.M. on April 29, 2024, in Room 5 of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members Present:
FRAZIER, Cedrick (Vice-Chair)
SCOTT, Peggy (Republican Lead)
CARROLL, Ned
CURRAN, Brion
FEIST, Sandra
FINKE, Leigh
FREDERICK, Luke
GROSSELL, Matt
JOHNSON, Brian
MOLLER, Kelly
NISKA, Harry
WIENS, Mark

Members Excused:
BECKER-FINN, Jamie (Chair)

A quorum was present.

Representative Curran moved that the minutes of April 18, 2024, be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF 5381 (Youakim) Department of Education Office of the Inspector General authority expanded.

Vice Chair Frazier moved that HF 5381 be recommended to be re-referred to the Education Finance Committee.

Vice Chair Frazier moved the H5381A1 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Youakim presented HF 5381 as amended.

Testifying on HF 5381 as amended:
• Maren Hulden, General Counsel, Minnesota Department of Education
• Roger Aronson, Attorney, Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals
• Terry Morrow, Director of Legal and Policy Services, Minnesota School Board Association
• Adosh Unni, Director of Government Relations, Minnesota Department of Education

Vice Chair Frazier renewed the motion that HF 5381, as amended, be recommended to be re-referred to the Education Finance Committee. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF 5363 (Frazier) Minnesota Paid Leave Law; paid leave provisions modified.

Vice Chair Frazier moved that HF 5363 be recommended to be re-referred to the Commerce Finance and Policy Committee.

Vice Chair Frazier presented HF 5363.

Testifying on HF 5363:
• Evan Rowe, Deputy Commissioner of Workforce Services and Transformation, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

Vice Chair Frazier renewed the motion that HF 5363 be recommended to be re-referred to the Commerce Finance and Policy Committee. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:32 P.M.

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Representative Jamie Becker-Finn, Chair


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Ella Schultz, Committee Legislative Assistant


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Representative Cedrick Frazier, Vice Chair


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Representative Peggy Scott, Republican Lead


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Representative Ned Carroll


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Representative Brion Curran


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Representative Sandra Feist


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Representative Leigh Finke


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Representative Luke Frederick


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Representative Matt Grossell


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Representative Brian Johnson


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Representative Kelly Moller


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Representative Harry Niska


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Representative Mark Wiens