Public Safety Finance and Policy

EIGHTEENTH MEETING

2025-2026 Regular Session - Tuesday, April 8, 2025

STATE OF MINNESOTA EIGHTEENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FOURTH SESSION

PUBLIC SAFETY FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

Representative Kelly Moller and Representative Paul Novotny, Co-Chairs of the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee, called the meeting to order at 3:01 PM on April 8th, 2025, in Room 120 of the State Capitol Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll

Members Present:
MOLLER, Kelly (Chair)
NOVOTNY, Paul (Chair)
FEIST, Sandra (Vice Chair)
WITTE, Jeff (Vice Chair)
BERG, Kaela
BLISS, Matt
CURRAN, Brion
DURAN JR, Bidal
ENGEN, Elliott
GREENMAN, Emma
HARDER, Bobbie
HOLLINS, Athena
HUDSON, Walter
JOHNSON, Pete
PINTO, Dave
REHM, Lucy
REPINSKI, Aaron
SCHWARTZ, Erica
STIER, Terry
TABKE, Brad

Members Excused:

A quorum was present.

Vice Chair Feist moved the minutes of April 2nd, 2025, to be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF2432 (Novotny) Protection from report of fictitious emergency extended to all state or local correctional employees; Tribal Nation access and use of community supervisions services subsidy clarified; post-incarceration supervision provisions codified; obsolete administrative rules repealed; various other public safety, judiciary, and corrections provisions modified; and money appropriated.

Chair Moller moved to re-refer HF2432 to the Ways and Means Committee.

Chair Novotny moved the HF2432DE2 Amendment.

Testifiers on the HF2432DE2

• Bob Jacobson, Commissioner, Dept. of Public Safety
• Paul Schnell, Commissioner, Dept. of Corrections
• Nicole Matthews, Executive Director, Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition
• Devin Bruce, Director of Legislative and Political Affairs, MAPE
• Emilio Lamba, Public Safety & Corrections Policy Analyst, Association of Minnesota Counties
• Ethan Vogel, Legislative Director, AFSCME Council 5

Chair Moller laid over HF2432

The meeting adjourned at 3:42 PM.

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Representative Kelly Moller, Chair

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Representative Paul Novotny, Chair

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Christian Lohrenz, Committee Legislative Assistant

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Mary McNamara, Committee Legislative Assistant

More Info On This Meeting..

Bills Added:

HF2432 (Novotny) - Public safety policy and finance bill.

Documents:

HF 2432 DE2 Public Safety Finance Bill Language.pdf - 4/5/2025
HF 2432 House Public Safety Finance Bill Agreement - Spreadsheet.pdf - 4/5/2025
HF 2432 DE2 Dept of Public Safety Written Testimony.pdf - 4/7/2025
HF 2432 DE2 League of Minnesota Cities Letter of Support.pdf - 4/7/2025
HF 2432 DE2 Metro Cities Letter.pdf - 4/7/2025
HF 2432 DE2 MN Board of Firefighter Training and Education Letter of Support.pdf - 4/7/2025
HF 2432 DE2 Victim Services Coalitions Letter of Support.pdf - 4/7/2025
HF 2432 Worth Rises Written Testimony.pdf - 4/7/2025
HF 2432 DE2 Amendment Bill Summary.pdf - 4/7/2025
Committee Agenda 4.8.25.pdf - 4/7/2025
HF 2432 Association of Minnesota Counties Letter.pdf - 4/7/2025
HF 2432 DE2 Dept of Corrections Letter.pdf - 4/8/2025
HF 2432 DE2 MN Chiefs of Police Association Letter of Support.pdf - 4/8/2025

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Show Full Schedule Agenda:

HF 2432 (Novotny) Protection from report of fictitious emergency extended to all state or local correctional employees; Tribal Nation access and use of community supervisions services subsidy clarified; post-incarceration supervision provisions codified; obsolete administrative rules repealed; various other public safety, judiciary, and corrections provisions modified; and money appropriated. *

*HF 2432 will be used as the vehicle for the House Public Safety Finance bill. A DE amendment and spreadsheet will be posted when it is available.

TESTIMONY: Requests for in-person testimony must be submitted to the Committee Administrator of this hearing, Ellen.McDaniel@house.mn.gov, by 5:00 PM, April 7th, 2025. Testimony is limited. The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair, and is subject to change. Please plan accordingly.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY: Requests to submit written testimony must be submitted to the Committee Administrator of this hearing, Ellen.McDaniel@house.mn.gov, by 5:00 PM, April 7th, 2025. All written testimony must be submitted in PDF format and not include hyperlinks.

Items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.