Currently Posted Meetings

1. Approval of February 12, 2024, meeting minutes
    
2. MOTION LCPR24-M2: Approval of actuarial assumption changes for the Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) General and Legislators Plans, Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) General Plan, and Teachers Retirement Association (TRA)
   • Testifiers:
     • Erin Leonard, Executive Director, MSRS
     • Doug Anderson, Executive Director, PERA
     • Jay Stoffel, Executive Director, TRA
        
3. HFxxxx/SFxxxx (Revisor #24-06717): IRAP to TRA Work Group bill
   • Amendment 24-06717-1A
   • Revisor #24-06717 Summary, with links to attachments
   • Testifiers:
     • Richard Kaspari, Benefits & Equity Representative, Inter Faculty Organization
     • Chris Dale, Senior System Director for Labor Relations, Minnesota State
     • Holly Dayton, Legislative Liaison, Teachers Retirement Association
     • Devin Bruce, Director of Legislative and Political Affairs, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees
     • Josh M. Lease, Legislative Chair, Minnesota State University Association of Administrative and Service Faculty
        
4. HFxxxx/SFxxxx (Revisor #24-06830): Minnesota State Retirement System Administrative bill 
   • Revisor #24-06830 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Jenkins Vangehn, Agency Policy Specialist - Legislative Liaison, MSRS
     • Erin Leonard, Executive Director, MSRS

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PUBLIC VIEWING INFORMATION:  This meeting will be streamed live by the House (webcast schedule).

TESTIFYING: To testify or submit written testimony on an agenda item, please contact the Commission staff at lisa.diesslin@lcpr.mn.gov by 12:00 noon on Thursday, February 15, identifying the specific item on which you would like to testify.  Testimony is limited to the items listed on the agenda. The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair and is subject to change.

ACCESSIBILITY/ACCOMMODATION: To comment on digital accessibility to meeting information, please submit comments using the Accessibility Comment Form. To request an accommodation, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov.

MEETING DOCUMENTS will be posted here and on the Commission meeting page as soon as they are available.

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Federal Infrastructure Funding Overview, MMB
University of Minnesota bonding request and HEAPR update
MN STATE bonding request and HEAPR update

This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

o For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
o If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
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For questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator, Jenny Nash, at jenny.nash@house.mn.gov

HF2021 (Kraft); Activities prohibited by Internet service providers serving Minnesota customers and those under contract to state or political subdivisions, and monetary fines authorized.

HF3679 (Kraft); Prohibited practices added, missed repair appointments credit provided, and municipal and local telecommunications service governing provisions modified.

HF2409 (Greenman); Minneapolis; liquor license modified.

HF3336 (Virnig); Eagan; on-sale liquor license authorized.

HF3490 (Becker-Finn); Sale of human remains for commercial purposes prohibited, and felony offense established.

Bills may be added, removed, or taken up in any order at the Chair's discretion

If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email simon.brown@house.mn.gov, preferably 24 hours prior to the hearing.

The hearing will be broadcast through House Information Services, for more information visit: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/hinfo.asp

o For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
o If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
o To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.

Items may be added

- HF3533 (Fischer) County-Administered Rural Medical Assistance Model
a. Steve Gottwalt, Executive Director, Minnesota Association of County Health Plans
b. Brad Anderson, Commissioner, Goodhue County
c. Matt Freeman, Policy Analyst, Association of Minnesota Counties

- HF3098 (Hicks) Somali mental health pilot project funding provided, and money appropriated
a. Mohamed Jama, Administrative Assistant and After-School Activities Coordinator
b. Omar Nur, Executive Director, Somali American Social Service Association
c. Ahmed Osman, Family Services Manager, Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association

- HF3419 (Hicks) Medical assistance for employed persons with disabilities program modified
a. Jillian Nelson, Community Resource and Policy Advocate, Autism Society of MN
b. Bobby Brown, Self-Advocate
c. Trevor Turner, Director of Public Policy, Minnesota Council on Disability
d. Thabiso Rowan. Self-Advocate

- HF3445 (Hicks) Commissioner of human services required to issue request for proposals for a continuous improvement study of access to disability services, report required, and money appropriated.
a. Jillian Nelson, Community Resource and Policy Advocate, Autism Society of MN
b. Trevor Turner, Director of Public Policy, Minnesota Council on Disability
c. Milena Bates, Parent
d. Fatima Molas, Founder, Multicultural Autism Action Network
e. Jonathan Murray. Self-Advocate
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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by 8:30am the day of each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

Accommodations:
- To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov.
- If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send you comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
- To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.

Staff Introductions

Overview of session priorities by the Department of Military Affairs

HF 3454 (Norris); Adjutant general authorized to establish referral bonus program for referrals leading to enlistment in or commissioning into the Minnesota National Guard.

HF 3470 (Clardy); Criminal justice agencies definition modified.

HF 3473 (Coulter); National Guard provisions amended, and types of data regarding service members that the adjutant general may request modified.

HF 3869 (Hudella); Adjutant general powers provisions modified.

HF 3870 (Olson, B.); Armory provisions modified.

HF 3871 (Olson, B.); Crime of unauthorized presence at Camp Ripley modified to include any campground, military reservation, armory, instillation, or facility owned or controlled by the state or federal government for military purposes; and criminal penalties provided.

HF 3677 (Elkins); Counties authorized to appropriate money to organizations to defray expenses of Veterans Day exercises.

Items may be added or removed from the agenda at the discretion of the Chair.

TESTIMONY: If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email jack.dockendorf@house.mn.gov no later than 5pm the day before the hearing. Written testimony received after this time may not be included in members' packets.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Housing Finance and Policy Committee webpage.

ACCESSIBILITY: To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator, Jack Dockendorf (jack.dockendorf@house.mn.gov).

LIVESTREAM: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business