Currently Posted Meetings

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of April 7, 2025, Meeting Minutes

3. HF2446 (Anderson, P.H.) Agriculture Finance Bill

4. HF2563 (Vang) Legacy Finance Bill

5. HF2444 (Bliss) Veterans and Military Affairs Finance Bill

6. Adjournment

DOCUMENTS: There will not be public testimony in Ways and Means. Individuals wishing to submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (harry.kennedy@house.mn.gov) and the committee legislative assistant (allie.spellman@house.mn.gov) by 3:00PM on Friday, April 18, 2025. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee

Chair: Rep. Marion Rarick
Date: April 21, 2025
Location: Capitol G23
Time: 3:00 p.m. - immediately following Session


I. Call to Order
II. Approval of the Minutes
III. HF2312 (Rarick)
a. Walkthrough
b. Markup
c. Passage
IV. Adjournment

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. Amendments due by 5;00 p.m. on Friday, April 18, 2028.

Items on the agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.

HF2438 (Koznick) Transportation budget bill; Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, and Metropolitan Council activities funding provided; and money appropriated. (Pending Re-Referral)

Items may be added to 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 Shamat.Abraha@house.mn.gov) by 10:00 AM on Monday, April 21st. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 10:00 AM on Monday, April 21st. 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.

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I. Call to Order.

II. Approval of the Minutes.

III. HF2300 (Scott) - Judiciary Finance Bill. ***

IV. HF2432 (Novotnoy) - Public Safety Finance Bill.

*** Note: The language from HF2300 will be added by motion to HF2432 during the hearing.

V. HF2445 (Igo) - Housing Finance Bill.

VI. HF2443 (Her) - Commerce Finance Bill.

VII. HF2439 (Heintzman) - Environment & Natural Resources Finance Bill.

VIII. HF3023 (Johnson, P.) - Iron ore mining employees additional benefits adopted.*

IX. HF1615 (Stephenson) - Cannabis policy bill.*

X. Adjournment

*Agenda items added. Agenda items may be added or removed.

DOCUMENTS: There will not be public testimony in Ways and Means. Individuals wishing to submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (sean.herring@house.mn.gov) by Noon on Monday, April 21, 2025. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability. Meeting documents may be found on the Ways & Means Committee webpage.

1. Approval of the April 8, 2025, meeting minutes.
    
2. Motion LCPR25-M1: Approving changes to actuarial assumptions for:
   • MSRS State Patrol, Correctional, and Judges Retirement Funds
   • PERA Police and Fire and Correctional Retirement Plans
      
3. Motion LCPR25-M2: Approving changes to actuarial assumptions regarding combined service annuities for:
   • MSRS General, State Patrol, and Correctional Retirement Funds
   • PERA General, Police and Fire, and Correctional Retirement Plans
   • Teachers Retirement Association (TRA)
   • St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association (SPTRFA)
      
4. Revisor# 25-05437: Firefighter Relief Associations; Repealing the Investment Business Recipient Disclosure annual reporting requirement. (laid over from the April 1 meeting)
   • Summary from the April 1 meeting (drafted to LCPR30-030)
      
5. Recommendations of the MSRS Correctional Plan Eligibility Work Group.
   • Proposed legislation: LCPR25-003
   • Amendment LCPR25-003-1A
   • Amendment LCPR25-003-2A
   • Summary of Work Group, Proposed Legislation, and Amendments
      
6. SF 1986 (Kupec); HF 1779 (Wolgamott): PERA and MSRS General plans; Authorizing an unreduced early retirement annuity for probation agency employees. (laid over from the March 25 meeting)
   • Amendment S1986-1A
   • Amendment S1986-2A - adopted by the Commission on March 25
   • SF1986-HF17797 Summary from the March 25 meeting

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All bills will be heard on an informational only basis. No formal actions will be taken.

18 bills will be heard on an informational basis only.
Time limited to 4 to 5 minutes per presentation.
one page handout allowed