Currently Posted Meetings

Co-Chair Her holds the gavel

HF1672 (Reyer); Medical cannabis provisions modified.

HF1877 (Huot); Medical cannabis and cannabis provisions modified.

HF1735 (West); Liquor wholesalers authorized to purchase and sell lower-potency hemp edibles.

HF1734 (West); Cannabis license application requirements modified.

HF1271 (West); Provisions regarding the sale of cannabinoids derived from hemp modified, person selling edible cannabinoids permitted to convert the person's registration to a comparable hemp license, and hemp-derived topical product provisions modified.

HF1634 (Stephenson); Municipalities that establish, own, or operate a municipal cannabis store authorized to also hold a lower-potency hemp edible retailer license.

HF1615 (Stephenson); Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol limits in edible cannabinoid products and lower-potency hemp edible limits modified when intended to be consumed as beverages.

Bills may be added, removed, or taken up in any order at the discretion of the Co-Chairs

If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email simon.brown@house.mn.gov and jonathan.cotter@house.mn.gov no later than Monday, March 17, at 1:00pm.

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

*Items may be added*
*The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing*

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF1380 (Keeler) Commissioner of human services required to establish a minimum per diem rate for a specified psychiatric residential treatment facility, Clay County facility funding provided, facility start-up and capacity-building grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
a. Jenny Mongeau, Commissioner, Clay County

IV. HF1166 (Curran) Grant established to expand disability services technology and advocacy, reports required, and money appropriated.
a. Alaina Gallagher, Executive Project Manager, ARRM

V. HF487 (Weiner) Wellness in the Woods grant funding provided and money appropriated
a. Monica Yeadon, Director of Process Improvement & Communications, Wellness in the Woods
b. Isaiah Frandsen, Director of Culture & Community Engagement, Wellness in the Woods
c. Jode Freyholtz-London, CEO and Founder, Wellness in the Woods

VI. HF1553 (Skraba) Boundary Waters Care Center grant appropriation
a. Adam Masloski, Executive Director, Boundary Waters Care Center [Zoom]

VII. HF1472 (Momanyi-Hiltsley) Minnesota Board on Aging funding provided, and money appropriated.
a. Maureen Schneider, Chair, Minnesota Board on Aging [Zoom]

VIII. HF258 (Virnig) Legislative enactment of federal approval notice to revisor of statutes clarified
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IX. HF1911 (Virnig) County implementation of service delivery transformation requirements and information technology modernization project funding provided, and money appropriated.
a. Jenny Mongeau, Commissioner, Clay County
b. Dan Jensen, Associate Director for Family Support and Assistance, Olmsted County

X. Adjournment

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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format (with Optical Character Recognition) and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by Noon (12PM) the day before 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.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Previous Meeting Minutes

III. HF1458 (Van Binsbergen) Standards for required education and experience modified for certified public accountants, and reciprocity established for licensed public accountants.

IV. HF2063 (Schultz) Annual observance for 1st Minnesota Day established.

V. HF2164 (Schwartz) St. Peter designated as the honorary capital of Minnesota.

VI. HF1377 (Anderson, P.H.) Public television grants provided, and money appropriated.

VII. HF927 (Nash) Legislative Commission on Housing Affordability eliminated.

VIII. HF1059 (Nash) Legislative COVID-19 Response Commission eliminated.

IX. HF1910 (Klevorn) Vice-chair of Legislative Coordinating Commission provided to alternate between the senate and house of representatives every two years.

X. HF2232 (Klevorn) State contracts provisions changed.

XI. 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.

Co-Chair Dave Pinto will have the gavel

HF 339 (Agbaje) Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board funding provided for certified worker organization grants, and money appropriated
Travis Burth, SEIU Healthcare MN & IA

HF 1272 (Agbaje) Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board modified
Josiah Moore, Department of Labor and Industry

HF2121 (Agbaje) - Minneapolis; West Broadway Business and Area Coalition grant provided, and money appropriated
Kristel Porter, Executive Director, West Broadway Business and Area Coalition
Donna Sanders, Business Specialist, West Broadway

HF2122 (Agbaje) - Minneapolis; West Broadway Business and Area Coalition funding provided, and money appropriated
Kristel Porter, Executive Director, West Broadway Business and Area Coalition
Donna Sanders, Business Specialist, West Broadway

HF1216 (Berg) - Apprenticeship readiness programming funding provided, and money appropriated
Rick Martagon, Executive Director, Building Strong Communities
Keelan Nuemann, Apprentice, Heat and Frost Insulators Local 34
Dorlissa Squires, Apprentice, Operating Engineers Local 49
Natalie Pilrain, Apprentice, Operating Engineers Local 49

HF1003 (Schultz) - Career pathways program supported and strengthened, report required, and money appropriated
Jenny Winkelaar, Workforce Development Director, IUOE Local 49
Mary Morem, Superintendent, Houston Public Schools ISD 294
Marley Sherbon, IUOE Local 49 apprentice and crane operator for Lunda Construction

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee for this hearing, please submit them to Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 1pm Monday, March 17

Rep. Long holds the gavel for this hearing.

I. Welcome and Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes – Thursday, March 13th

III. Calendar for the Day – Thursday, March 20th

IV. Adjournment

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

Presentations:
• Update on Federal Infrastructure Funds (IIJA/IRA/CHIPs)
• Impact of Potential Elimination of Tax-Exempt Status for Municipal Bonds
• March 6, 2025, Debt Capacity Forecast

I. Call to Order
II. Review of Committee Rules
III. HF 1662 (Rehrauer) Human services data and veterans data provisions modified.
IV. HF 1224 (Freiberg) Due-on-sale clauses limited in certain instances, and private right of action provided.
V. HF 1836 (Klevorn) State government; changes made to data practices.
VI. HF 1367 (Pinto) Judicial review of child maltreatment occurring outside of Minnesota allowed, local welfare agency responsibility for assessing or investigating alleged maltreatment occurring outside of state provided.
VII. HF 1168 (Bahner) Commissioner of revenue required to establish an online system to claim the political contribution refund, political contribution refund program modified to allow for electronic information transfer between the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board and the Department of Revenue, data classified, and money appropriated.
VIII. HF 1999 (Greene) Restrictions on public data requests to a school district added.
IX. HF 1792 (Mahamoud) Contracts for deed; definition of investor seller modified, and technical changes made.
X. HF 102 (Curran) Circumstances under which the public authority must direct support to an obligee modified.
XI. HF 2127 (Curran) Judicial official real property records classified as private, access limited, and criminal penalties imposed.
XII. HF 104 (Feist) Confidentiality established for restorative justice practices participants, and data classified.
XIII. Adjournment

Committee discussion of all bills will be limited to the provisions within the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee. Items may be taken up in any order, items may be added or removed at the chair's discretion.

TESTIMONY: If you would like to testify on a bill, please email the Committee Administrator, anna.borgerding@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Monday, March 17, 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, anna.borgerding@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Monday, March 17, 2025.

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

ACCOMODATIONS:
- 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.

Provisions Included in the 2024 House Taxes Bill/HF2274 (Gomez) Individual income and corporate franchise taxes, property taxes, local government aids, sales and use taxes, tax increment financing, special local taxes, and other various taxes and tax-related provisions modified; various tax refunds and credits modified; reports required; and money appropriated.

HF1932 (Gomez) Taxpayer assistance grants and tax credit outreach grants funding provided, and money appropriated.

Items may be added/removed from the agenda. Public testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and preferred title to the DFL Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) and the DFL CLA (Shamat Abraha at Shamat.Abraha@house.mn) by 1 PM on Monday, March 17th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 1 PM on Monday, March 17th. Please note: submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It may be posted to the committee webpage if received by deadline. Testimony may be limited to two minutes per testifier. Testifiers may participate remotely at the Chair’s discretion.

To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed. To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed. To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed. For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions. If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form.

I. Call To Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Bills May Be Taken in Any Order

• HF 630 (Mueller) - Short-call substitute teacher pilot program extended.
• HF 1435 (Bakeberg) - Education innovation provided, innovation zone provisions modified, P-TECH approval process modified, and Education Innovation recodified and reorganized.
• HF 1607 (Clardy) - Hours of instruction requirements modified.
Additional Bills May Be Added.

V. Adjournment

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or submit written testimony, including handouts on HF 630, HF 1435, or HF 1607 should contact both Polly Cerkvenik, via email at polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM on Monday, March 17, 2025.

Amendments: Bill Authors or Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments via email to both Polly Cerkvenik, via email at polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers, via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM (Noon) on Monday, March 17, 2025.

HF1013 (Kraft) - Minnesota Energy Alley funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1598 (Hollins) - Air ventilation improvement and geothermal infrastructure for schools financing program established, and money appropriated.
HF1656 (Hollins) - Geothermal energy system construction funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2162 (Mahamoud) - Geothermal planning grants funding provided and money appropriated.

Items may be added or removed from the agenda.

If you wish to submit written testimony or testify, please send the written testimony or the request to testify to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn.gov by 1 p.m. the day before the meeting. Written testimony is preferred and will be accepted after the deadline. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

HF1355 (Baker) - Holders of permits to harvest or destroy aquatic plants required to safely use scuba diving equipment, and commercial diving operations requirements established.
HF78 (Davis) - Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area Citizens Advisory Council membership modified.
HF1846 (Burkel) - Feedlots; county feedlot program funding provided, and money appropriated.
*BILL ADDED* HF1225 (Skraba) - All-terrain vehicle registration fee eliminated for veterans with a total service-connected disability.

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.

Co-Chair Wolgamott holds the gavel

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. Presentation by Minnesota Education Equity Partnership

IV. HF2090 (Frazier) - Default living and miscellaneous expenses allowance increased for the state grant program, new State Grant Plus scholarship established to supplement state grant awards, Office of Higher Education grant programs created, and money appropriated.

V. HF982 (Clardy) - Education benefit established for dependents of disabled veterans.

VI. HF2229 (Perryman) - CentraCare residency programs at Rice Memorial Hospital and St. Cloud Hospital funding provided, and money appropriated.

VII. Adjournment

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

HANDOUTS: All handouts must be provided electronically to the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov by 3pm the day prior to the hearing. Handouts should be in PDF format with OCR (Optical Character Recognition) capability.

TESTIFYING: In-person public testimony will be taken as time allows. Requests to testify must be submitted electronically to the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov by 3pm the day prior to the hearing. Testimony information must include name, organization, and title (if applicable), email, phone number, and position on the bill. Written testimony is encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Higher Education Finance & Policy webpage.

I. Call to order
II. Roll Call
III. HF2135, Pinto, Fiscal analysis of child welfare system required; comprehensive
child welfare program, practice, and service evaluation required; reports required;
and money appropriated.
IV. HF776, Hanson J., Family assets for independence program funding provided, and
money appropriated.
V. HF1581, Hicks, Diaper distribution grant program funding provided, and money
appropriated.
VI. HF1158, Hicks, Diaper distribution program modified.
VII. HF2226, West, Background study requirements for child care providers modified.
VIII. Adjournment

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

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony for the hearing must email the committee administrator by 8:00 AM on the day of the hearing. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

I. Call To Order
II. Roll Call
III. Approval of Minutes
IV. Bills May Be Taken in Any Order

• HF 1124 (Youakim) School year allowed to start before Labor Day for two school years with approval by board vote, and report required.
• HF 1457 (Dippel) Construction of schools near former landfills prohibited.
• HF 1803 (Bakeberg) Individualized education program requirements modified, and rulemaking required.

Other bills may be added to the agenda.

V. Adjournment

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or provide written testimony/handouts on the scheduled bills should contact both Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 3:00 PM on Monday, March 17, 2025.

Amendments: Bill Authors and Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments via email to both Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM on Monday, March 17.

Items may be added/removed
- Amendment deadline will be 1:00PM on Monday, March 17th
- The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing


HF2296(Howard) Landlords required to provide an alternative payment method to a digital platform, prohibition on disclosure of victim information clarified, and rate for billing tenants for apportioned utility service limited.

HF1566 (Hussein) Additional accommodations to children with autism and rental properties provided.

HF1854 (Fischer) Homeowner renovation assistance nonrenewal prohibited relating to tenants in residential rental units.

HF1385 (Kozlowski) Statewide tenant education and hotline service funding provided, and money appropriated.


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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator Benjamin.Brinks@house.mn.gov and Committee Legislative Assistant Sowmya.Kannan@house.mn.gov by 3:00pm the day before each hearing. Public testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and preferred title. Testifiers may participate remotely at the Chair’s discretion. Testimony may be limited to two minutes per testifier. 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.

Chair Moller will have the gavel.

HF 1082 (Moller) Grant funding provided to organizations providing direct services and advocacy for crime victims, and money appropriated.

HF 1042 (Moller) Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit authority amended to investigate offenses that occur on state-owned military installations.

HF 1295 (Johnson, P) Children's advocacy centers included as a victim assistance program entitled to a portion of certain fines.

HF 1686 (Johnson, P) Training requirements for licensed security officers expanded.

HF 1998 (Rarick) Victim notification to order for protection and harassment restraining order violations not prosecuted extended, and victim notification requirements clarified and updated for law enforcement agencies and prosecutors.

HF 1775 (Pinto) Collection and reporting of specified information on criminal cases and the creation of a public dashboard for this information required, and money appropriated.

HF 1163 (Youakim) Scope of hometown heroes assistance program clarified.

Items may be taken up in any order, items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.

TESTIMONY: Requests for in-person testimony must be submitted to the Committee Administrator of this hearing, Ellen.McDaniel@house.mn.gov, by 3:00 PM, March 17th, 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 3:00 PM, March 17th, 2025. All written testimony must be submitted in PDF format and not include hyperlinks.

1. Approval of the March 11, 2025, meeting minutes.
2. Presentation by the State Board of Investment (SBI).
   • Presenters:
     • Jill Schurtz, Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer
     • Andy Christensen, Deputy Executive Director
     • John Mulé, General Counsel
   • Presentation: SBI Overview
3. Update from the Commission Actuary, including an overview of the recently published 2022-2023 Public Retirement Plan Portability Assumptions Study.
   • VIA Actuarial Solutions presenters:
     • Mark Schulte, President, Consulting Actuary, VIA Actuarial Solutions
     • Emily Knutson, Consulting Actuary, VIA Actuarial Solutions
   • Presentation: VIA 2025 LCPR Actuarial Update
   • 2022-2023 Public Retirement Plan Portability Assumptions Study
4. Mandatory annual reporting to the Commission (continued from last meeting)
   • Staff memo from March 11
   • Reports on pension fund correction of operational errors:
     • Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) report
     • St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association (SPTRFA) report
     • Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) report
     • Teachers Retirement Association (TRA) report
   • Report on IRAP to TRA transfers
   • Investment Business Recipient Disclosure reports by firefighter relief associations
     • Staff memo
5. SF 1341 (Pappas); HF 1828 (Cha): Recommendations of the State Auditor's Fire Relief Association Working Group.
   • SF1341-HF1828 Summary
   • Presenters:
     • State Auditor Julie Blaha
     • Rose Hennessy-Allen, Pension Director, Office of the State Auditor
   • Presentation: State Auditor's Fire Relief Association Working Group
   • Testifiers:
     • Dan Johnson, Fire Chief, Mendota Heights Fire Department
     • Mikal Knotek, Secretary, St. Michael Fire Relief Association
6. SF xxxx; HF 2395 (Huot): Firefighter relief associations; increasing the maximum lump-sum service pension amount from $15,000 to $20,000 for each year of service credited.
   • SFxxxx-HF2395 Summary
   • Testifier: Matt Nelson, Fire Chief, Apple Valley Fire Department 
7. SF xxxx; HF 1889 (O'Driscoll): Minnesota State Retirement System administrative bill.
   • SFxxxx-HF1889 Summary
   • Testifier: Jenkins Vangehn, Agency Policy Specialist-Legislative Liaison, MSRS
8. SF xxxx; HF 2237 (O'Driscoll): MSRS; Increasing the formula multiplier for the MSRS General Plan; increasing the postretirement adjustment for the General, Legislators, and Unclassified Plans.
   • SFxxxx-HF2237 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Erin Leonard, Executive Director, MSRS (Presentation)
     • Tanner Fritsinger, Political Affairs Coordinator, MN Assoc. of Professional Employees (MAPE)
   • Submitted Testimony:
     • AFSCME Coundil 5 Letter Supporting HF2237

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PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Persons interested in testifying must email Lisa Diesslin at lisa.diesslin@lcpr.mn.gov by 5:00 PM on Monday, March 17, identifying the specific agenda item on which you would like to testify, your name, organization and title (if applicable), email address, and phone number. Testimony is limited to the items on the agenda.

NOTE: To access the Minnesota Senate Building after 5:00 PM, use the main entrance on the corner of University Avenue and Park Street. There will be a security guard at that entrance after hours to let you in.

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Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee Regent Nomination Joint Committee

Chair: Rep. Marion Rarick, Rep. Dan Wolgamott, Senator Fateh
Date: March 18, 2025
Location: Capitol 120
Time: 6 – 7:30 p.m.


I. Call to Order
II. Regent Nominations
III. Adjournment