State and Local Government Finance and Policy

TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Thursday, March 23, 2023

STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-FOURTH 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 8:30 A.M. on Thursday, March 23, 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 Newton moved to approve the minutes from March 21, 2023. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF1826 (Klevorn); State government; interagency transfer reports repealed.

Chair Klevorn moved that HF1826 be re-referred to the General Register.

Chair Klevorn moved the H1826DE1 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Chair Klevorn presented HF1826 as amended.

Chair Klevorn moved the H1826A1 amendment.

Representative Nash requested a roll call on H1826A1.

The clerk took the roll on H1826A1.

AYES
Klevorn
Huot
Bahner
Berg
Freiberg
Hansen
Her
Newton

NAYS
Nash
Harder
Joy
Koznick
Nadeau

There being 8 ayes and 5 nays, THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Nadeau moved the H1826A2 amendment.

Representative Nadeau withdrew the H1826A2.

Representative Koznick moved the H1826A3 amendment.

Representative Koznick requested a roll call on H1826A3.

The clerk took the roll on H1826A3.

AYES
Nash
Harder
Joy
Koznick
Nadeau

NAYS
Klevorn
Huot
Bahner
Berg
Freiberg
Hansen
Her
Newton

There being 5 ayes and 8 nays, THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.

Representative Nash moved the H1826A4 amendment.

Representative Nash requested a roll call on H1826A4.

The clerk took the roll on H1826A4.

AYES
Nash
Harder
Joy
Koznick
Nadeau

NAYS
Klevorn
Huot
Berg
Freiberg
Hansen
Her
Newton

EXCUSED
Bahner

There being 5 ayes, 7 nays, and 1 excused. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.

Representative Nash moved the H1826A5 amendment.

Representative Nash requested a roll call on H1826A5.

The clerk took the roll on H1865A5.

AYES
Nash
Harder
Joy
Koznick
Nadeau

NAYS
Klevorn
Huot
Berg
Freiberg
Hansen
Her
Newton

EXCUSED
Bahner

There being 5 ayes, 7 nays, and 1 excused. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.

Representative Nadeau moved the H1826A6 amendment.

Representative Nadeau requested a roll call on H1826A6.

The Clerk took the roll on H1826A6.

AYES
Nash
Harder
Joy
Koznick
Nadeau

NAYS
Klevorn
Huot
Berg
Freiberg
Hansen
Her
Newton

EXCUSED
Bahner

There being 5 ayes, 7 nays, and 1 excused. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.

Representative Nash moved the H1826A8 amendment.

Testifying on H1826A8:
- John Eichten, Deputy Commissioner, Minnesota Informational Technology Services

Representative Nash renewed the motion to adopt the H1826A8. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Nash moved the H1826A7 amendment.

Representative Nash withdrew the H1826A7 amendment.

Testifying on the bill as amended:
- Stacie Christensen, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Administration
- Tom Brice, Former Minnesota State Fire Marshall, Minnesota Chapter National Fire Sprinkler Association and State Fire Museum

Chair Klevorn renewed the motion that HF1826 as amended be re-referred to the General Register.

Representative Nash requested a roll call on HF1826 as amended.

The clerk took the roll on HF1826 as amended.

AYES
Klevorn
Huot
Berg
Freiberg
Hansen
Her
Nadeau
Newton

NAYS
Nash
Harder
Joy
Koznick

EXCUSED
Bahner

There being 8 ayes, 4 nays, and 1 excused. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The committee was recessed at 9:36 A.M.

The committee was adjourned at the end of the legislative day.

Representative Ginny Klevorn, Chair

Jonah Westerman, Committee Legislative Assistant

More Info On This Meeting..

Bills Added:

HF1826 (Klevorn) - State and local government policy bill.
HF2204 (Freiberg) - Metropolitan Council redistricting provided.
HF2677 (Kraft) - Metropolitan Council; greenhouse gas emissions benchmarks required, capacity expansion impact assessment required for projects, climate action plan required as a part of comprehensive plan content, land use study and report to legislature required by the council, and money appropriated.
HF2950 (Her) - Pension policy bill.
HF2092 (Hornstein) - Metropolitan governance task force created.

Documents:

HF 1826 -- Amendment DE1.pdf - 3/20/2023
HF 2204 -- Amendment A3.pdf - 3/21/2023
Preserving the Santity of Burials -- Curtis Dahlin.pdf - 3/21/2023
HF1826 -- League of MN Cities.pdf - 3/22/2023
HF 1826 -- Amendment A3.pdf - 3/22/2023
HF 1826 -- Amendment A4.pdf - 3/22/2023
HF 1826 -- Amendment A5.pdf - 3/22/2023
HF 1826 -- Amendment A6.pdf - 3/22/2023
HF 1826 -- Amendment A7.pdf - 3/22/2023
HF 1826 -- Amendment A8.pdf - 3/22/2023
HF 1826 -- Amendment A2.pdf - 3/22/2023
HF 1826 -- Amendment A1.pdf - 3/22/2023
State Gov 3-23-2023 Agenda.pdf - 3/22/2023
HF 2092 -- Amendment A2.pdf - 3/22/2023
HF 1826 -- DE1 Summary.pdf - 3/22/2023
HF 1826 -- DE1 Table.pdf - 3/22/2023
HF 1826 -- DE1 MICA (Supports).pdf - 3/22/2023
HF 2677 -- Amendment A7.pdf - 3/22/2023
HF 2092 -- MICA (Supports).pdf - 3/22/2023
HF 2950 -- Pensions Policy Omnibus Bill A23-0097.pdf - 3/23/2023
HF 2950 -- Pension Policy Omnibus Bill A23-0097 Summary.pdf - 3/23/2023

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00:11 - HF1826 (Klevorn) State and local government policy bill.
-- Walkthrough, public testimony, markup and passage.
The committee recessed.
Runs 1 hour, 5 minutes.

Show Full Schedule Agenda:

HF 1826 (Klevorn) State government; interagency transfer reports repealed. (Delete everything amendment DE1: State & Local Gov policy omnibus bill.)
HF 2950 (Her) Eligible employees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities who are members of higher education individual retirement account plan authorized to elect coverage by Teachers Retirement Association and receive retroactive service credit. (HF 2950 -- Pensions Policy Omnibus Bill A23-0097)
HF 2204 (Freiberg) Metropolitan Council districts redistricting provided.
HF 2677 (Kraft) Metropolitan Council; greenhouse gas emissions benchmarks required, capacity expansion impact assessment required for projects, climate action plan required as a part of comprehensive plan content, land use study and report to legislature required by the council, and money appropriated.
HF 2092 (Hornstein) Metropolitan governance task force created.

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