Currently Posted Meetings

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. Presentation and Discussion on Cost of Health Care Mandates

IV. Adjournment

I. Call To Order

II. Approval of Meeting Minutes from 2/26/2025

III. HF 1419 (Schomacker) relating to human services; modifying elderly waiver rates and nursing facility reimbursement rates

IV. HF 500 (Zeleznikar) Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board repealed.

V. Adjournment

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator (megan.rossbach@house.mn.gov) by 12 p.m. (noon) the day prior to the hearing. Required testimony information includes name, organization and title (if applicable), email, phone number, and position on the bill. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

Agenda
I. Call to order

II. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes

III. HF550 (Torkelson) Bipartisan Redistricting Commission established, principles to be used in adopting legislative and congressional districts established, and constitutional amendment proposed.

IV. HF412 (Myers) Members of the legislative committees on education policy and education finance required to observe a teacher or administrator each year, house and senate required to adopt rules, and report required.

V. HF796 (Myers) Members of public safety policy and finance committees required to participate in ride alongs with law enforcement or fire departments, and adoption of legislative rules required.

VI. HF140 (Bahner) State-funded county and city cybersecurity grant program established, report required, and money appropriated.

VII. Adjournment

*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the day prior to the hearing. Required testimony information includes name, organization and title (if applicable), email, phone number, and position on the bill. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

I. H.F. 8 (Heintzeman) - expedited permitting process modified

State Agency Governor Bonding Requests:
Department of Administration

DHS Direct Care & Treatment / Children Youth and Family
Nancy Freeman, Chief Operating Officer, Direct Care and Treatment
Shana Morse, Legislative Director for Early Childhood, DCYF

The Committee will be starting to hear from local projects

These will be heard on an informational basis at this time with no formal actions taken on the bills.
Time will be limited generally to 5 minutes with no online Power Points

Local Community Projects:
HF919 (Van BinsBergen) Litchfield; wastewater industrial pretreatment facility funding provided, and money appropriated.
First District Association Dairy Cooperative - Litchfield

HF1192 (Dippel) Hastings; water treatment plant funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF212 (Hill) Stillwater; water treatment plan funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF214 (Hill) Oak Park Heights; water infrastructure improvement designs for PFAS treatment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

The Chair Reserves the Right to add additional items to agenda

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF 25 (Zeleznikar): Women's pregnancy centers and maternity homes grant program established, appropriations reduced, and money appropriated.
IV. HF 1(Anderson, P.E.): Office of the Inspector General established, powers provided, duties specified, fraud reporting tools required, grant oversight duties and powers transferred, executive Offices of Inspector General modified or repealed, and money appropriated.
V. HF 428 (Scott): Correspondence in government record retention law defined, and minimum three-year retention period for correspondence provided.
VI. Adjournment

*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

TESTIMONY: If you would like to testify on a bill, please email the Committee Administrator, marissa.manteufel@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Include the bill number, your name, title and/or organization where applicable, and whether your testimony will be in support of or opposition to the bill.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY & HANDOUTS: Please send electronically in accessible .pdf format to the Committee Administrator, marissa.manteufel@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.

I. Call to Order.
II. HF1277 (Davids) - Data centers sales and use tax exemption modified.
III. HF1006 (Norris) - Property tax abatement for land bank property allowed.
IV. Adjourn

Written testimony or requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to the Committee Administrator sam.moyer@house.mn.gov by 1:00 PM on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.

I. Call To Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Bills May Be Taken in Any Order

- HF29 (Kresha) - Social studies standards adoption suspended and review cycle modified, ethnic studies requirements repealed, and ethnic studies appropriations cancelled.
- HF921 (Kresha) - Aid and levy adjustments when a tax increment finance excess is received by a school district clarified.
- HF922 (Kresha) - Aid and levy amounts for community education programs clarified.
HF1048 (Youakim) - Charter school general education revenue calculation clarified.
HF1049 (Youakim) - School district eligibility for school library aid clarified.

Other bills may be added.

VI. Adjournment

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify should contact the Committee Administrator Jody Withers via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.

Note: HF 921, HF 922. HF 1048, HF 1049 are technical correction bills and public testimony will not be taken on these bills.

I. Call to Order

II. Minutes from February 25, 2025

III. HF 1040 (Scott) - Wind and solar infrastructure product stewardship program required, retail sales fee provided for wind and solar infrastructure, wind and solar energy infrastructure moratorium established in landfills, report required, and money appropriated.

IV. Adjournment

*All agenda items subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.

If you wish to testify or submit written testimony, please email aj.borowiak@house.mn.gov by 1:00 PM on 2/26/2025.

- HF 944 (Gillman) Trespass law modified to allow purple markings.
- HF 819 (Schultz) Minnesota Sustainable Foraging Task Force established, appointments provided, and report required.
BILL ADDED
**HF 28 (Mekeland) Data center energy generation redundancy.
**Other bills may be added**

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (amy.zipko@house.mn.gov) by 1 p.m. the day prior to the hearing. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

AMENDMENT DEADLINE: Amendments must be e-mailed to the committee administrator by 3 p.m. the day prior to the hearing.

Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee
Chair: Rep. Marion Rarick

Meeting: Thursday, February 27, 2025
1:00 – 2:45 p.m.
Capitol G23

Agenda:

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. University of Minnesota Presentation and Overview (cont.)

a. Agriculture and Research Overview
b. Public Safety Overview

IV. Adjournment

Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 4th, 2025

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator by 3 p.m. the day prior to the hearing. Testimony information must include name, organization and title (if applicable), email, phone number, and position on the bill. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.