TWENTIETH MEETING

STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTIETH 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 8:31 A.M. on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, 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
HANSEN, Rick
HARDER, Bobbie
HER, Kaohly Vang
JOY, Jim
KOZNICK, Jon
NADEAU, Danny
NEWTON, Jerry

A quorum was present.

Representative Huot moved to approve the minutes from March 9, 2023. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF2555 (Klevorn); Number of copies of a mandated report that a department or agency must file with the Legislative Reference Library modified.
Chair Klevorn moved that HF2555 be re-referred to the General Register.

Chair Klevorn presented HF2555.

Testifying on the bill:
- Elizabeth Lincoln, Director, Minnesota Legislative Reference Library

Chair Klevorn renewed the motion that HF2555 be re-referred to the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF348 (Howard); Cost-sharing limited for prescription drugs and related medical supplies to treat chronic disease.
Chair Klevorn moved that HF348 be re-referred to the Ways and Means Committee.

Representative Howard presented HF348.

Testifying on the bill:
- None

Chair Klevorn renewed the motion that HF348 be re-referred to the Ways and Means Committee. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF2446 (Nadeau); Hennepin County; Municipal Building Commission dissolved; transfer of property, assets, and obligations of commission to the city of Minneapolis authorized.
Representative Nadeau moved that HF2446 be laid over for possible inclusion in the State and Local Government Policy and Finance Omnibus bill.

Representative Nadeau presented HF2446.

Testifying on the bill:
- Marion Greene, Commissioner, Hennepin County
- Lisa Goodman, Council Member, City of Minneapolis
- Kyle Makarios, Lobbyist, Building Trades

Representative Nadeau renewed the motion that HF2446 be laid over for possible inclusion in the State and Local Government Policy and Finance Omnibus bill. The bill was laid over.

HF1723 (Frieberg); Secretary of state funding provided, and money appropriated.
Representative Frieberg moved that HF1723 be re-referred to the Elections Finance and Policy Committee.

Representative Frieberg presented HF1723.

Testifying on the bill:
- Steve Simon, Secretary of State, Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State
- Rick Heller
- Nicole Freeman, Government Relations Director, Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State

Representative Frieberg renewed the motion that HF2446 be re-referred to the Elections Finance and Policy Committee. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF1835 (Nash); State chief information officer required to establish metrics to assess the progress of cloud computing projects, terms in contracts involving state agency's use of licensed software applications prohibited, and report to the legislature required to include information on cloud computing projects within state agencies.
Representative Nash moved that HF1835 be laid over for possible inclusion in the State and Local Government Finance and Policy Omnibus bill.

Representative Nash presented HF1835.

Testifying on the bill:
- John Eichten, Deputy Commissioner, Minnesota Informational Technology Services

Representative Nash renewed the motion that HF1835 be laid over for possible inclusion in the State and Local Government Finance and Policy Omnibus bill. The bill was laid over.

Representative Freiberg moved to reconsider the motion that HF1723 be re-referred to the Elections Finance and Policy Committee. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Representative Freiberg moved that HF1723 be re-referred to the Ways and Means Committee. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:23 A.M.





Representative Ginny Klevorn, Chair




Jonah Westerman, Committee Legislative Assistant