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State and Local Government Finance and Policy

THIRTY SIXTH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Tuesday, March 26, 2024

STATE OF MINNESOTA THIRTY SIXTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-THIRD SESSION


STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE MINUTES

Representative Ginny Klevorn, Chair of the State and Local Government Finance and Policy Committee, called the meeting to order at 8:33 A.M. on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Room 10 of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members Present:
KLEVORN, Ginny (Chair)
HUOT, John (Vice Chair)
NASH, Jim (GOP Lead)
BAHNER, Kristin
BERG, Kaela
FREIBERG, Mike
HARDER, Bobbie
HANSEN, Rick
HER, Kaohly Vang
JOY, Jim
KOZNICK, Jon
NADEAU, Danny

Members Excused:
NEWTON, Jerry

A quorum was present.

Representative Huot moved to approve the minutes from March 21, 2024. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF3345 (Jordan); Prohibition on banning merchant bags removed.

Chair Klevorn moved HF3345 be laid over for possible inclusion in the State and Local Government omnibus bill.

Representative Jordan presented HF3345.

Testifying on the bill:
- Avonna Starck, Minnesota State Director, Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund
- Bruce Nustad, President, Minnesota Retailors Association
- Steve Steuber, Coalition for Plastic Reduction
- Jamie Pfuhl, President, Minnesota Grocers Association

Chair Klevorn renewed the motion that HF3345 be laid over for possible inclusion in the State and Local Government Finance and Policy omnibus. The bill was laid over.

HF4744 (Jordan); Hennepin County; majority vote required to approve budget.

Chair Klevorn moved HF4744 be re-referred to the General Register.

Representative Jordan presented HF4744.

Testifying on the bill:
- Irene Fernando, Commissioner, Hennepin County
- Elizabeth Songalia, Registered Nurse, Hennepin County Medical Center
- Jeremy Olson-Ehlert, Registered Nurse, Hennepin County Medical Center

Chair Klevorn renewed the motion that HF4744 be re-referred to the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF4025 (Koegel); Minnesota Advisory Council on Infrastructure established, office
powers and duties specified, implementation provided, reports required, and money
appropriated.

Chair Klevorn moved HF4025 be re-referred to the Ways and Means Committee.

Chair Klevorn moved the H4025A5 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Koegel presented HF4025 as amended.

Testifying on the bill as amended:
- Michelle Stockness, Chair, Minnesota Infrastructure Alliance

Chair Klevorn renewed the motion that HF4025 as amended be re-referred to the Ways and Means Committee.

Representative Nash requested a roll call on HF4025.

The Clerk took the roll on HF4025.

AYES
Klevorn
Huot
Bahner
Berg
Freiberg
Her

NAYS
Nash
Harder
Joy
Koznick
Nadeau

EXCUSED
Hanson
Newton

There being 6 ayes, 5 nays and 2 excused. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:03 A.M.




Representative Ginny Klevorn, Chair




Jonah Westerman, Committee Legislative Assistant

More Info On This Meeting..
Bills Added:
  • HF3345 (Jordan) - Prohibition on banning merchant bags removed.
  • HF4025 (Koegel) - Minnesota Advisory Council on Infrastructure established, office powers and duties specified, implementation provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
  • HF4744 (Jordan) - Hennepin County; majority vote required to approve budget.
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00:42 - HF3345 (Jordan) Prohibition on banning merchant bags removed.
29:13 - HF4744 (Jordan) Hennepin County; majority vote required to approve budget.
54:44 - HF4025 (Koegel) Minnesota Advisory Council on Infrastructure established, office powers and duties specified, implementation provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.

HF 4025 (Koegel) Minnesota Advisory Council on Infrastructure established, office powers and duties specified, implementation provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF 3345 (Jordan) Prohibition on banning merchant bags removed.
HF 4744 (Jordan) Hennepin County; majority vote required to approve budget.

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DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the State and Local Government Finance and Policy webpage.
VIEWING: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

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