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Location

Committee

(8:15 AM) 4/1/2025
[Capitol 120]
Commerce Finance and Policy
(8:15 AM) 4/1/2025
[Capitol 123]
Human Services Finance and Policy
(8:15 AM) 4/1/2025
[Capitol G23]
State Government Finance and Policy
(8:15 AM) 4/1/2025
[Capitol G3]
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
(10:15 AM) 4/1/2025
[Capitol G23]
Capital Investment
(10:15 AM) 4/1/2025
[Capitol G3]
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
(10:15 AM) 4/1/2025
[Capitol 120]
Taxes
(12:15 PM) 4/1/2025
House Chamber
[House Chamber]
Floor Session
(1:00 PM) 4/1/2025
[Capitol 120]
Education Finance
(1:00 PM) 4/1/2025
[Capitol 123]
Energy Finance and Policy
(1:00 PM) 4/1/2025
[Capitol G3]
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
(1:00 PM) 4/1/2025
[Capitol G23]
Higher Education Finance and Policy
(3:00 PM) 4/1/2025
[Capitol 123]
Children and Families Finance and Policy
(3:00 PM) 4/1/2025
[Capitol G23]
Education Policy
(3:00 PM) 4/1/2025
[Capitol G3]
Housing Finance and Policy
(3:00 PM) 4/1/2025
[Capitol 120]
Public Safety Finance and Policy
(5:30 PM) 4/1/2025
[1150 Minnesota Senate Building]
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement [Commission]
(8:15 AM) 4/2/2025
[Capitol 120]
Commerce Finance and Policy
(8:15 AM) 4/2/2025
[Capitol 123]
Human Services Finance and Policy
(8:15 AM) 4/2/2025
[Capitol G23]
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
(8:15 AM) 4/2/2025
[Capitol G3]
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
(8:30 AM) 4/2/2025
[G-15 State Capitol]
Legislative Audit Commission - Evaluation Subcommittee [Commission]
(9:00 AM) 4/2/2025
[G-15 State Capitol]
Legislative Audit Commission [Commission]
(10:15 AM) 4/2/2025
[Capitol G23]
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
(10:15 AM) 4/2/2025
[Capitol G3]
Legacy Finance
(10:15 AM) 4/2/2025
[Capitol 120]
Taxes
(1:00 PM) 4/2/2025
[Capitol G3]
Agriculture Finance and Policy
(1:00 PM) 4/2/2025
[Capitol G23]
Elections Finance and Government Operations
(1:00 PM) 4/2/2025
[Capitol 120]
Health Finance and Policy
(1:00 PM) 4/2/2025
[Capitol 123]
Transportation Finance and Policy
(3:00 PM) 4/2/2025
[Capitol 123]
Children and Families Finance and Policy
(3:00 PM) 4/2/2025
[Capitol G23]
Education Policy
(3:00 PM) 4/2/2025
[Capitol G3]
Housing Finance and Policy
(3:00 PM) 4/2/2025
[Capitol 120]
Public Safety Finance and Policy
(8:15 AM) 4/3/2025
[Capitol 123]
Human Services Finance and Policy
(8:15 AM) 4/3/2025
[Capitol G3]
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
(10:15 AM) 4/3/2025
[Capitol G23]
Capital Investment
(1:00 PM) 4/3/2025
[Capitol 120]
Education Finance
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 8:15 AM

Commerce Finance and Policy

Co-Chair: Rep. Kaohly Vang Her holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Tim O'Driscoll
Location: Capitol 120
Agenda:
HF2543 (Reyer); Various statutory forms pertaining to garnishment modified.

HF2566 (Reyer); Process for removing fraudulent business filings established, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.

HFXXXX (Huot); MDH policy provisions (Senate amendment posted for reference)
**This bill will be heard informationally, no official action will be taken**

HF2627 (Norris); Pet shops prohibited from selling cats and dogs.

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 March 31, 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
Committee Documents:


INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • 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.
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  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 8:15 AM

Human Services Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Mohamud Noor
Location: Capitol 123
Agenda:
Note: Testifier and Testimony Deadline is Monday, March 31st at Noon.
*The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing*

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF2367 (Nadeau) Community first services and supports reimbursement rates modified, consumer-directed community supports budgets increased, Minnesota Caregiver Defined Contribution Retirement Fund Trust established, and money appropriated.

IV. HF2319 (Agbaje) Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board rule establishing nursing home minimum wage standards affecting medical assistance reimbursement rates made effective.

V. HF2523 (Pérez-Vega) HIV/AIDS support services funding provided, and money appropriated.

VI. HF1742 (Pérez-Vega) Direct support professional certification pilot project establishment.

VII. HF671 (Hicks) Grant programs established for various purposes related to children’s mental health, provisions governing long-term care consultation services modified, children’s mental health service rates modified, psychiatric residential treatment facility working group established, reports required, and money appropriated.

VIII. HF2406 (Curran) Abbreviated annual reassessments of people receiving disability waiver services.

IX. HF1674 (Curran) Funding increased for regional and local dementia grants, and money appropriated.

X. HF2331 (Noor) Assisted living service providers exempted from direct care staff compensation requirements.

XI. HF2722 (Noor) Positive support professional and support analyst qualifications modified relating to human services.

XII. 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.
Bills Added

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • 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
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 8:15 AM

State Government Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Jim Nash
Location: Capitol G23
Agenda:
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Previous Meeting Minutes

III. Office of the State Auditor Presentation

IV. Office of the Attorney General Presentation

V. HF361 (Klevorn) Nonstate funding applied for implementation of the Capitol Mall Design Framework, funding provided to improve the livability in the Capitol Area and to support grantmaking for community vitality grants, and money appropriated.

VI. HF1837 (Klevorn) Department of Administration technical changes made, and statutory section revived and reenacted.
- Monday, March 31, 2025: A delete-everything (DE) amendment to HF 1837 will be posted Monday and will serve as the State Government Policy bill
- Tuesday, April 1, 2025: Committee walkthrough and public testimony; no official action will be taken
- Thursday, April 3, 2025: Additional testimony, mark-up, and passage

VII. Adjournment

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

Bills Added

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Chair: Rep. Dave Pinto
Location: Capitol G3
Agenda:
Presentation on Child Care and Workforce in Minnesota

HF 2582 (Lee, K) Child care improvement grants funding provided
Darielle Dannen, Economic Development Association of Minnesota

HF 2518 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) WomenVenture grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated
LeeAnn Rasachak, CEO, WomenVenture

HF 2266 (Sencer-Mura) YWCA Minneapolis grant funding provided

HF 2039 (Sencer-Mura) Minnesota youth program funding provided

HF 1941 (Sencer-Mura) American Indian Opportunities and Industrialization Center funding provided, and money appropriated.

*Other Bills May Be Added*

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 1pm on Monday, March 31
Bills Added

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • 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.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 10:15 AM

Capital Investment

Co-Chair: Rep. Fue Lee holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Mary Franson
Location: Capitol G23
Agenda:
Bill Removed:
HF1972 (Backer) Breckenridge community center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Bill Added for info only hearing:
HF 229 (Murphy) Otter Tail County; youth transitional facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Action will be taken on:
HF1090 (Lee, F.) Library construction grant program renamed.

The following 22 bills will be heard on an informational-only basis with no formal action taken. Each bill will be allotted 3 minutes.
HF0203 (Feist) Columbia Heights; public works facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0206 (Curran) Vadnais Heights; regional trail funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0207 (Freiberg) Golden Valley; Phase II of a new fire station funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0208 (Perez-Vega) Minnesota Latino Museum funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0211 (Fischer) Maplewood; East Metro Public Safety Training Facility expansion funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0216 (Hill) Stillwater; Myrtle Street reconstruction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0222 (Koegel) Hilltop; new emergency shelter and other municipal improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0224 (Hansen, R.) South St. Paul; new public works facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0225 (Hansen, R.) South St. Paul; new swimming pool and aquatics center predesign and design funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF0227 (Huot) Dakota County Technical College driver training facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0246 (Greene) Edina; Highway 100 and Vernon Avenue interchange funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0427 (Kozlowski) Duluth International Airport capital improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0466 (Tabke) Merriam Junction Regional Trail segment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0502 (Smith) Olmsted County; materials recovery facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0680 (Frazier) New Hope Golf Course; capital improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0971 (Momanyi-Hiltsley) Brooklyn Park Northwest Metro Regional Athletic Facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1084 (Moller) Arden Hills; pedestrian and bicycle trail segment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1307 (Hussein) Jimmy Lee Recreation Center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1274 (Tabke) Shakopee; Innovation Hub funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1609 (Fischer) Little Canada; school supply distribution and educator resource center funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2110 (Wolgamott) St. Cloud; 322nd Street reconstruction funding provided, and money appropriated.
REMOVED: HF1972 (Backer) Breckenridge community center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
ADDED: HF229(Murphy) Otter Tail County; youth transitional facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Bills Added

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 10:15 AM

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Chair: Rep. Tina Liebling
Location: Capitol G3
Agenda:
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF 2233 (Niska) Uniform Special Deposits Act adopted. [informational hearing - no official action will be taken on HF 2233]
IV. HF 1999 (Greene) Data request clarification.
V. HF 2380 (Hicks) Discrimination based on disability status prohibited.
VI. HF 1273 (Agbaje) Board of Pardons exempted from the requirement to hold open meetings when considering waiver requests.
VII. HF 1614 (Kraft) Child in need of protection or services definition modified to clarify when a child is considered to be without the special care made necessary by a physical, mental, or emotional condition.
VIII. HF 2781 (Pinto) Definition of custodian modified for purposes of orders of protection.
IX. HF 1775 (Pinto) Criminal case information reporting required, and money appropriated.
X. HF 1316 (Curran) Independent contractors and payors added to the centralized work reporting system, and payors required to report independent contractors to the centralized work reporting system.
XII. HF 2127 (Curran) Judicial official real property records classified as private, access limited, and criminal penalties imposed.*
XIII. HF 2521 (Frazier) Petition to court for relief from stay of adjudication permitted.
IX. HF 689 (Frazier) County attorneys authorized to use administrative subpoenas in wage theft investigations.
XIV. Adjournment

*Public testimony on HF 2127 was taken on March 18, 2025. No further public testimony on HF 2127 will be taken at this hearing.

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 the business day before the hearing. 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 the business day before the hearing.

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
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Bills Added


INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • 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.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 10:15 AM

Taxes

Co-Chair: Rep. Aisha Gomez holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Greg Davids
Location: Capitol 120
Agenda:
HF0160 (Bahner) Tax increment financing; special rules authorized for the city of Maple Grove.
HF0512 (Klevorn) Plymouth; special rules authorized.
HF0158 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Tax increment financing; special rules authorized for the city of Eden Prairie.
HF0157 (Fischer) Tax increment financing; special rules authorized for the city of Maplewood.
HF1746 (Lillie) Oakdale; special tax increment financing rules authorized.
HF2585 (Hollins) St. Paul; special tax increment financing rules authorized.
HF1159 (Youakim) Eligible uses of increment from tax increment financing districts expanded to include transfers to local housing trust funds, and requirements on use of transferred increment imposed.
HF2574 (Hollins) Tax increment financing; use of increment to convert vacant or underused commercial or industrial buildings to residential purposes authorized, and calculation of increment and findings required for a district converting vacant or underused property modified.
HF2839 (Jones) Minneapolis; special tax increment financing rules authorized.
HF0338 (Skraba) Tax increment financing; five- and six-year rules for certain districts extended, and income restrictions removed for certain housing districts.

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 Shamat.Abraha@house.mn.gov) by 1 PM on Monday, March 30th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 1 PM on Monday, March 30th. 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.
Bills Added

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • 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
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 12:15 PM

Floor Session

Location: House Chamber
Agenda:

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 1:00 PM

Education Finance

Co-Chair: Rep. Ron Kresha holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Cheryl Youakim
Location: Capitol 120
Agenda:
I. Call To Order
II. Roll Call
III. Approval of Minutes
IV. Bills May Be Taken in Any Order
• HF51 (Virnig) - Education finance; roof projects authorized as part of the long-term facilities maintenance program, and money appropriated.
• HF1161 (Igo) - School district seasonal tax base replacement aid established, and money appropriated.
• HF2201 (Myers) - Local optional aid for schools increased, state-paid free school lunches to families with incomes at or below 500 percent of the federal poverty level limited, and money appropriated.
• HF2786 (Bennett) - Requirements for grants from the Department of Education modified.
• HF1053 (Bakeberg) - Reenrollment after student withdrawal from school encouraged, and notification and resources required for the family of an unenrolled child.

V. Adjournment

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or submit written testimony, including handouts 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 31, 2025.

Bills Added
Committee Documents:


INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • 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
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 1:00 PM

Energy Finance and Policy

Co-Chair: Rep. Patty Acomb holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Chris Swedzinski
Location: Capitol 123
Agenda:
HF2928 (Acomb) - Preapplication filings for large water appropriation projects required, permit application information for large water appropriation projects added, level of environmental review for data centers specified, data centers exempted from making financial contributions to an energy conservation and optimization plan, and other data center provisions modified.
HF2912 (Her) - Macalester College geothermal energy system funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2297 (Myers) - Special license plate established for solar pollinator programs, and agrivoltaic solar sites made eligible for solar site management practices.
Revisor Code 25-04891 (Kraft) - Virtual power plants
***25-04891 is pending introduction

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.
Bills Added
Committee Documents:


INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • 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
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 1:00 PM

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Co-Chair: Rep. Josh Heintzeman holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Peter Fischer
Location: Capitol G3
Agenda:
HF647 (Schultz) - Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer water appropriations authorized.
HF2824 (Nash) - Continuous open season for taking largemouth and smallmouth bass provided.
HF1249 (Jacob) - State land added to Carley State Park (this will be the vehicle for the annual Lands Bill).
HF623 (Swedzinski) - Shotgun zone for taking deer eliminated.
HF820 (Skraba) - Chippewa Bands authorized to establish open seasons for big game in accordance with 1854 treaty, and money appropriated.
*More 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 (amy.zipko@house.mn.gov) by 3 p.m. the day prior to the hearing.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • 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.
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  • 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
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 1:00 PM

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Co-Chair: Rep. Marion Rarick holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Dan Wolgamott
Location: Capitol G23
Agenda:
Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee

Chair: Rep. Marion Rarick
Date: April 1, 2025
Location: Capitol G23
Time: 1-2:45


I. Call to Order
II. Approval of the Minutes
III. HF2634 (Bakeberg) North Star Promise scholarship's eligibility conditions limited to students in programs in high-demand industries and occupations.
IV. HF2241 (Scott) In-state residency and work requirement for recipients of North Star Promise scholarships imposed.
V. HF2649 (Knudsen) Disclosure of employment opportunities for fields of study required, institution eligibility for state student aid modified, and report required.
VI. HF2520 (Skraba) University of Minnesota's Natural Resources Research Institute Minnesota Green Iron Initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.
VII. HF2610 (Rarick) Cybersecurity permitted to be offered as an applied doctoral degree.
VIII. 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.

Next meeting Thursday, April 3rd, 2025

Bills Added


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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 3:00 PM

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Nolan West
Location: Capitol 123
Agenda:
I. Call to order
II. Roll Call
III. HF2436, West, Department of Children, Youth, and Families governor's budget bill;
department administration, child safety permanency, and early childhood
provisions modified; and money appropriated.
IV. HF470, West, Early leaning scholarships funding provided, and money
appropriated.
V. HF2643, West, Indication of self-report on child care licensing notifications
required.
VI. HF2456, Scott, Cost-of-living adjustments in maintenance or child support orders
repealed, and conforming changes made.
VII. HF102, Curran, Circumstances under which the public authority must direct
support to an obligee modified.
VIII. HF1367, Pinto, Judicial review of child maltreatment occurring outside of Minnesota
allowed, and local welfare agency responsibility for assessing or investigating
alleged maltreatment occurring outside of state provided.
IX. 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.
Bills Added
Committee Documents:


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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 3:00 PM

Education Policy

Co-Chair: Rep. Peggy Bennett holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Sydney Jordan
Location: Capitol G23
Agenda:
I. Call To Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Bills

• HF1306 (Jordan) - Kindergarten through grade 12 education changes made; general education, education excellence, charter schools, Read Act, special education, school nutrition, and state agencies provisions modified; and reports required.
o This is the Minnesota Department of Education agency bill, which will serve as a vehicle for the committee’s policy bill.

• Amendments will be posted to the committee webpage as they are available.

• Other bills previously heard and laid over maybe added to the agenda.

V. Adjournment

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or provide written testimony/handouts to the posted amendments (as they become available) 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 31, 2025.
• Testimony will be limited regarding provisions previously heard in committee.

Bills Added

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 3:00 PM

Housing Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Michael Howard
Location: Capitol G3
Agenda:
Items may be added/removed
- Amendment deadline will be 1:00PM on Monday, March 31st
- The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing


I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF1143 (Howard) Greater Minnesota housing infrastructure program funding provided, and money appropriated. (Bill will be used as a backup vehicle, testimony will not be taken.)

IV. HF1548 (Kozlowski) Housing and redevelopment authorities authorized to establish local housing trust funds.

V. HF1340 (Lee, F) Use of housing infrastructure bonds allowed on adaptive reuse to develop supportive housing and permanent housing for households at or below 50 percent of the area median income.

VI. HF2549 (Lee, K) Housing infrastructure bonds authorized, and money appropriated.

VII. HF2559 (Hussein) Rondo Community Land Trust grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

VIII. HF1673 (Howard) Accessible Housing Task Force established, reports required, and money appropriated.

IX. HF2740 (Howard) Report on the affordable housing industry required, maximum compliance period for certain low-income tax credit commitment requirements set, commissioner of Minnesota Housing Finance Agency required to identify avenues for potential regulatory relief to affordable housing providers, and money appropriated.

X. HF2507 (Momanyi-Hiltsley) African American workforce and affordable homeownership development program established, and money appropriated.

XI. HF2461 (Norris) Housing development fund money transferred, and money appropriated for the manufactured home down payment assistance program and the manufactured home park cooperative purchase program.

XII. HF2381 (Norris) Standards for rent and utility payments, fees, and charges in manufactured home park provided; safety inspections required; sale of manufactured home parks provisions modified; and penalties modified.

XIII. Adjourn


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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.

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Bills Added

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 3:00 PM

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Kelly Moller
Location: Capitol 120
Agenda:
Chair Moller will have the gavel.

HF 1354 (Moller) Scope of video made available by Bureau of Criminal Apprehension limited for officer-involved death investigations. *

*A DE to HF 1354 will be posted when it is available. The DE will contain language that will make up the House Public Safety Policy bill. Please see PDF attachment with a list of bills that will be included.

HF 1901 (Moller) School safety provisions modified, anonymous threat reporting system grants provided for schools, active shooter incidents and active shooter threats reporting required, Minnesota Fusion Center reporting modified, report required, and money appropriated.

HF 2124 (Hussein) Ramsey County Sheriff's Office grant provided for event security and community engagement, and money appropriated.

HF 2130 (Kraft) Length of driver's license revocations related to certain offenses, length of time individuals must participate in the ignition interlock program modified, and ignition interlock program participants required to complete a treatment or rehabilitation program before reinstatement of full driving privileges.

HF 2260 (Curran) Department of Human Services policy bill sections modified on background studies, fraud prevention, Department of Corrections reconsiderations, kickback crimes, and appeals divisions worker protections; and criminal penalties provided. *

*Testimony and discussion of HF 2260 will focus on the provisions that fall within the Public Safety Committee’s jurisdiction. Section 27 related to criminal penalties.

HF 2099 (Johnson, P) Local government emergency management provided, reports required, and money appropriated.

HF 104 (Feist) Confidentiality established for restorative justice practices participants, and data classified. *

*No further testimony will be taken on HF 104. The bill was heard in the Public Safety Committee on March 26, 2025, where public testimony was taken.

HF 134 (Feist) Violence prevention project research center funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF 1769 (Feist) Community supervision funding provided, and money appropriated.

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 31st, 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 31st, 2025. All written testimony must be submitted in PDF format and not include hyperlinks.


Bills Added
Committee Documents:


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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 , 5:30 PM

Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement

Chair: Sen. Nick A. Frentz
Location: 1150 Minnesota Senate Building
Agenda:
  1. Approval of March 25, 2025, meeting minutes.
     
  2. SF 1122 (Frentz)HF 139 (O'Driscoll): PERA Police and Fire Plan; State Patrol Plan; Increasing postretirement adjustments; eliminating the waiting period for a postretirement adjustment for the PERA Police and Fire Plan.
     
  3. SF xxxx; HF 2821 (O'Driscoll): PERA General Plan; Increasing the postretirement adjustment; revising the expiration of the additional employer contribution.
     
  4. SF xxxx; HF xxxx (LCPR25-031): PERA; Expanding the privatization chapter to cover all governmental subdivisions that privatize, not just medical facilities; modifying the withdrawal liability calculation.
     
  5. SF xxxx; HF xxxx (LCPR25-009): Amortization Work Group bill.
  6. SF xxxx; HF xxxx (LCPR25-030): Firefighter Relief Associations; Repealing the Investment Business Recipient Disclosure annual reporting requirement.

PUBLIC TESTIMONY: To testify or submit written testimony on an agenda item, please contact the Commission staff at (lisa.diesslin@lcpr.mn.govby 5:00 PM on Monday, March 31identifying the specific 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 listed on the agenda.

NOTE: To access the Minnesota Senate Building after 5:00, 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.

PUBLIC VIEWING INFORMATION: This meeting will be streamed live by Senate Media Services. See www.senate.mn/schedule/webcast-schedule for the webcast schedule or the Senate Media YouTube page for YouTube streaming. Note that these links may not appear until the day of the meeting.

MEETING DOCUMENTS are also posted on the Pension Commission meeting page as soon as they are available.


For more agenda information, click here

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 8:15 AM

Commerce Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Tim O'Driscoll
Location: Capitol 120
Agenda:
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF 1545 (O’Driscoll) Persons 17 years of age permitted to serve alcoholic beverages.

IV. HF 2426 (West) Plant canopy that medical cannabis combination business may use to cultivate cannabis that will be sold as medical cannabis flower or medical cannabinoid products increased.

V. Public Testimony on Omnibus Cannabis Policy Bill
a. Pending agreement on House position

VI. Public Testimony on Omnibus Commerce Policy Bill
a. Pending agreement on House position

VII. Adjournment

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


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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 8:15 AM

Human Services Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Joe Schomacker
Location: Capitol 123
Agenda:
1. Call To Order

2. Approval of Meeting Minutes 4/1/2025

3. HF 2040 (Nadeau) Commissioner of human services directed to provide updates and seek federal approval for children's mental health
projects, gaps in children's residential facilities funded, crisis stabilization facility established, legislative task force established, and money
appropriated
a. Jeffrey Lunde, Hennepin County Commissioner
b. Barb Dahl, Health and Human Services Director, Scott County
c. Suwana Kirkland, Community Corrections Director, Dakota County

4. HF2416 (Nadeau) County cost of care provisions modified, required admission timelines modified, report required, and money appropriated

5. HF 1502 (Reyer) Presumptive disability determination process established for medical assistance eligibility.

6. HF2421 (Noor) Council on direct support professionals established, report required, and money appropriated

7. HF 2212 (Fischer) Senior nutrition programs funding provided, and money appropriated

8. HF 1914 (Curran) Emergency service grant funding provided for innovative homelessness response grants, innovative homelessness response grants, and provider capacity building; and money appropriated

9. HF 2799 (Schomaker) Minnesota Age in Place Network funding provided, and money appropriated

10. HF 2647 (Schomaker) Changes made to assisted living facilities and services

11. HF 2646 (Schomacker) Governor's Council on an Age-Friendly Minnesota converted into the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council, existing grants codified, and money appropriated


12. 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 (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.

*Bills may be added or removed at the chair's discretion









Bills Added

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 8:15 AM

Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Co-Chair: Rep. Jay Xiong holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Matt Bliss
Location: Capitol G23
Agenda:
1. Call to order
2. Approval of Minutes from March 26, 2025
3. HF2773 (Clardy) Lutheran Social Services CORE program funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
4. HFXXX (Gottfried) Meals on Wheels funding (Informationally only)
5. HF982 (Clardy) Education benefit established for dependents of disabled veterans
6. HF1845 (Cha) Veterans definition expanded to include units operating from Laos and or naturalized under the federal Hmong Veterans'
Naturalization Act.
7. HF1511 (Clardy) Commissioner of veterans affairs funding provided for a veteran mentorship program for Black youth, and money
appropriated.
8. HF1514 (Clardy) Veterans resilience project funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
9. HF1516 (Clardy) Commissioner of veterans affairs funding provided for a grant to an organization to establish a Black veterans support
program, and money appropriated.
10. Adjournment

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

• HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT, have OCR capability, and emailed to both committee administrators at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov AND john.hultquist@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 20 copies. 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.
• TESTIFYING: 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. If you would like to testify, please email both committee administrators at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov AND john.hultquist@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
• DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Veterans and Military Affairs Division webpage.
• VIEWING: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
• ACCESSIBILITY: To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
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Bills Added

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Chair: Rep. Dave Baker
Location: Capitol G3
Agenda:
Agenda
I. H.F. XXXX (Igo) – pending referral: providing additional unemployment insurance benefits
II. H.F. 2390 (Sexton) - Southeast Minnesota Workforce Development Area grant funding
III. H.F. 2468 (Nelson) - Mental health in the construction industry funding provided
IV. H.F. 2882 (Baker) - Certain well contractors exempted from Department of Labor and Industry plan review and inspection requirements

*other bills may be added

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please contact spencer.johnson@house.mn.gov by 1pm on Tuesday, April 1st.
Bills Added
Committee Documents:


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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 8:30 AM

Legislative Audit Commission - Evaluation Subcommittee

Chair: Senator D. Scott Dibble
Location: G-15 State Capitol
Agenda:

The Legislative Audit Commission Evaluation Subcommittee will select the semifinalist topics for the legislative survey.



PUBLIC VIEWING INFORMATION:  This meeting will also be livestreamed via YouTube, which will be closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

TESTIFYING:  The Legislative Audit Commission and its subcommittees typically do not take public testimony. 

MEETING DOCUMENTS:  Materials will be posted above and on the Office of the Legislative Auditor website in the Notices section as soon as they are available, and posted to our Minutes page soon after.



INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 9:00 AM

Legislative Audit Commission

Chair: Sen. Ann Rest
Location: G-15 State Capitol
Agenda:

Presentation of the key findings and recommendations of the evaluation, Guardianship of Adults.

Office of the Legislative Auditor:
Jodi Munson Rodríguez, Deputy Legislative Auditor, Program Evaluation Division
Caitlin Badger, Evaluation Manager

State Court Administrator's Office:
Dawn Torgerson, Deputy State Court Administrator

Judicial Branch:
Jamie Majerus, Branch Audit Manager


PUBLIC VIEWING INFORMATION:  This meeting will also be livestreamed via YouTube, which will be closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

TESTIFYING:  The Legislative Audit Commission and its subcommittees typically do not take public testimony. 

MEETING DOCUMENTS:  Materials will be posted above and on the Office of the Legislative Auditor website in the Notices section as soon as they are available, and posted to our Minutes page soon after.



INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 10:15 AM

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Co-Chair: Rep. Tina Liebling holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Peggy Scott
Location: Capitol G23
Agenda:
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF 2354 (Norris) Medicaid fraud provisions expanded and modified, subpoena and enforcement authority specified, penalties imposed, and money appropriated.
IV. HF 1672 (Reyer) Medical cannabis provisions modified.
V. HF 2389 (Finke) Data calls authorized, limited long-term care insurance provided and regulated, automobile insurance governing provisions modified, data classified, administrative rulemaking authorized, penalties provided, and technical changes made.
VI. HF 2870 (Freiberg) Various changes related to election administration made, absentee voting provisions modified, and terminology clarified.
VII. HF 2743 (Jordan) Office of the Inspector General provisions modified; access to records provided; data classified; immunity and confidentiality in reporting or participating in an investigation provided; process for notice, appeal, and withholding of payments established; and fraud, theft, waste, and abuse definitions modified.
VIII. HF 1918 (Hanson, J) Department of Children, Youth, and Families policy language; TEACH early childhood program, great start compensation support payment program, child welfare policies, and out-of-home placement plans updated; and provisions to prevent foster care placements modified.
IX. HF 2551 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Follow-up to 2024 children, youth, and families recodification; technical changes made.
X. HF 1671 (Pinto) Labor and industry; policy and technical changes made.
XI. 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 the business day before the hearing. 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 the business day before the hearing.

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

ACCOMODATIONS:
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Bills Added

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 10:15 AM

Legacy Finance

Co-Chair: Rep. Samantha Vang holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Joe McDonald
Location: Capitol G3
Agenda:
HF1721 (Freiberg) - Sweet Potato Comfort Pie organization funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2508 (Hiltsley) - African Career Education and Resource, Inc. funding provided; and money appropriated.
HF975 (Clardy) - Heroes and Heritage Interpretive Trail Loop funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF116 (Pérez-Vega) - Funding provided to expand arts programming that celebrates Latino cultural heritage, and money appropriated.
HF1640 (Xiong) - Funding provided to preserve the oral histories of Hmong veterans of the Secret War in Laos, and money appropriated.
HF1899 (Xiong) - United Hmong Family funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2085 (Lillie) - Commissioner of administration funding provided to facilitate cultural exchanges involving diverse Minnesota communities, and money appropriated.
HF2599 (Hussein) - Moorhead; funding provided to establish a cultural mall, and money appropriated.
HF1559 (Hussein) - Community festival grant program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2379 (Lee) - Mixtape Strategy funding provided, and money appropriated.
Revisor Code 25-05027 (Klevorn) - Improvements to the Capitol campus
Revisor Code 25-05168 (Sencer-Mura) - Minnesota Youth Poet Laureate
Revisor Code 25-05311 (Momanyi-Hiltsley) - Osseo sesquicentennial

* Each bill will be heard informationally.
* Each bill presentation will have three minutes to present and four minutes for questions.
* Handouts and letters of support or opposition are welcome.
* Additional in-person testimony will not be taken.

Items may be added or removed from the agenda.

If you wish to submit written testimony, please send the written testimony to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn.gov by 10 a.m. the day before the meeting.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 10:15 AM

Taxes

Co-Chair: Rep. Greg Davids holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Aisha Gomez
Location: Capitol 120
Agenda:
I. Call to Order.
II. HF926 (Nash) - Sales of certain cigars exempted from the excise taxes imposed on tobacco products and premium cigars.
III. HF2437 (Davids) - Individual income taxes, corporate franchise taxes, property taxes, local government aids, sales and use taxes, and other taxes and tax-related provisions modified; certificate of rents paid provisions modified; cannabis tax provisions modified; and money appropriated.
IV. Adjourn

Written testimony or requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to the GOP Committee Administrator sam.moyer@house.mn.gov by 1:00 PM on Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 1:00 PM

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Paul Anderson
Location: Capitol G3
Agenda:
Agenda note: HF2446 (Anderson) is the Governor’s recommended Agriculture budget. The committee will do a walkthrough and take testimony on the bill, but no action will be taken.
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Committee Documents:


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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 1:00 PM

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Chair: Rep. Duane Quam
Location: Capitol G23
Agenda:
HF 2098 (Freiberg) will serve as the vehicle for the Local Government Policy Omnibus

HF 1378 (Freiberg) will serve as the vehicle for the Elections Policy Omnibus

HF 1378 will be heard pending rereferral.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 1:00 PM

Health Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Jeff Backer
Location: Capitol 120
Agenda:
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF 2769 (Dotseth) Requirements for green burials established, and amount of proceeds dedicated to permanent care and improvement funds modified.

IV. HF 2489 (Virnig) Epinephrine access in schools requirements modified.

V. HF 1935 (Backer) Reimbursement rates for long-term ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring services provided by diagnostic testing facilities raised.

VI. HF 2604 (Backer) Medical assistance capitation payment withhold related to verification of coverage established.

VII. HF XXXX (Backer) County-Administered Rural Medical Assistance Modifications

VIII. HF 2909 (Bahner) Coverage and payment for certain pharmacy services modified.

IX. HF 2242 (Nadeau) Single Pharmacy Benefit Manager

X. HF 1934 (Reyer) Requirements for dental administrator rates modified in the medical assistance and MinnesotaCare programs, dental administrator contract dates changed, critical access dental provider task force established, and report required.

XI. HF 1883 (Gillman) Central service technician requirements established.

XII. HF 2435 (Bierman) Department of Health, health care, pharmacy services, background studies, Department of Human Services program integrity, health-related licensing boards, and certain fee provisions modified; forecast adjustments made; and money appropriated.

XIII. HF 2464 (Backer) Environmental laboratories accreditation provisions modified.

XIV. Adjournment

If you would like to submit written testimony or sign up to testify, please contact both Committee Administrators at Jonathan.Cotter@house.mn.gov and Jack.Dockendorf@house.mn.gov by 5pm on Tuesday, April 1st.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 1:00 PM

Transportation Finance and Policy

Co-Chair: Rep. Jon Koznick holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Erin Koegel
Location: Capitol 123
Agenda:
11 bills will be heard by the committee:
Note: any bills not completed on April 2nd may be heard on part of the hearing
time on Monday April 7th.

• HF2554(Witte) Burnsville; Elmstrand Finseth Ruge Heroes Memorial Bridge designated.
• HF854(Baker) Kandiyohi County; marked Trunk Highway 23 segment designated as Joshua Schmidt Memorial Highway.
• HF2606(Olson) Delivery of liquid fuels exempted from retail delivery fee.
• HF1774(Davids) Delivery of aggregate materials excluded from the retail delivery fee.
• HF1468(Engen) Circle Pines; full-service deputy registrar's office established.
• HF750(Robbins) Driver's license suspensions expanded to include all cases where a person is believed to have committed criminal vehicular homicide or criminal vehicular operation, and peace officers required to report all cases where a person is believed to have committed vehicular homicide or criminal vehicular operation.
• HF2234(Anderson) Transportation; requirements on use of certain state and regional sources of funds allocated to metropolitan counties modified.
• HF2665(Schwartz) Definition qualifying agricultural products amended for purposes of special farm products permits.
• HF1521(Koegel) Pavement asset sustainability ratio targets established.
• HF2798(Fogelman) Escort vehicle requirements for overdimensional loads modified.
• HF423(Sexton) Medford; Steele County State-Aid Highway 12 segment speed limit established.


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Committee Documents:


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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 3:00 PM

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Co-Chair: Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Nolan West
Location: Capitol 123
Agenda:
HF1383 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Program established to assist families with the cost of child care.
HF1424 (Hanson) Relative foster care licensing, training, and background study requirements modified; Minnesota family investment program modified; and money appropriated.
HF1897 (Moller) Correction order requirements modified.
HF2728 (Coulter) Child care great start compensation support payments modified.
HF2863 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Cross-references in the definition of child care background study subject corrected.
HF2929 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Eligibility determinations for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program households clarified.

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.

AMENDMENTS: Amendments must be emailed to the committee administrators by 3:00 PM the day before the committee hearing

Colie Colburn, DFL Committee Administrator, colie.colburn@house.mn.gov; and Lauren Hayward, GOP Committee Administrator, Lauren.Hayward@house.mn.gov
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 3:00 PM

Education Policy

Co-Chair: Rep. Sydney Jordan holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Peggy Bennett
Location: Capitol G23
Agenda:
Markup of DE Amendment to HF1306 (Jordan) - Kindergarten through grade 12 education changes made; general education, education excellence, charter schools, Read Act, special education, school nutrition, and state agencies provisions modified; and reports required.

Other bills previously heard and laid over may be added.

NOTE:
Testimony for bills were previously taken.

Amendments: Bill Authors and Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments via email to Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers at jody.withers@house.mn.gov.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 3:00 PM

Housing Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Spencer Igo
Location: Capitol G3
Agenda:
Agenda
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF933 (Nash) - Municipal powers to require planned unit developments limited, and planned unit development agreements regulated.
1. Representative Nash

IV. HF1902 (Bahner) - Authority provided to the attorney general to enforce laws related to common interest communities.
1. Representative Bahner

V. Adjournment

Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator Garrick.Spennewyn@house.mn.gov and Committee Legislative Assistant Betsy.Ritzer@house.mn.gov by 3:00pm the day before each hearing. Public testifiers should email their full name, title and organization (If Applicable). 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.


*Agenda Subject to change at discretion of the Chair.


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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 , 3:00 PM

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Paul Novotny
Location: Capitol 120
Agenda:
1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Minutes

3. HF 1354 (Moller) House Public Safety Committee Policy Omnibus.

Note: This bill was heard during the April 1, 2025 Public Safety Committee meeting. There will be no additional public testimony on this bill. The Committee will consider amendments and plan to move the bill out of committee.

4. HF 538 (Stier) Use of deadly force by peace officer to protect person from apparent death modified.

Note: This bill was heard during the March 4, 2025 Public Safety Committee meeting and public testimony was taken at that time. There will be no additional public testimony on this bill. The Committee will consider an amendment and plan to move the bill out of committee.

5. HF 963 (Rarick) Commissioner of corrections authorized to revoke earned incentive credits granted under Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act.

Note: This bill was heard during the February 25, 2025 Public Safety Committee meeting and public testimony was taken at that time. There will be no additional public testimony on this bill. The Committee will consider an amendment and plan to move the bill out of committee.

6. HF 1567 (Duran) Personal information protections currently available for judicial officials extended to peace officers (pending re-referral).

Note: This bill was heard during the March 11, 2025 Public Safety Committee hearing and public testimony was taken at that time. There will be no additional public testimony on this bill. The bill was re-referred to consider any potential costs with the amendment adopted in the Judiciary Committee.

7. HF 2825 (Hudson) Access to expunged conviction records of applicants for licenses and positions in private security industry provided.

8. HF 467 (Harder) Sunset of correctional fees repealed.

9. HF 2812 (Stier) Commissioner of corrections required to charge a fee for incarcerated person communication services.

10. HF 2892 (Novotny) Community justice reinvestment account in the special revenue fund eliminated.

11. HF 2532 (Novotny) Community crime and violence prevention account eliminated, and unexpended amount transferred to the general fund.

12. Adjourn

Bills may be added to the agenda.

Testimony: Written testimony and requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to john.hultquist@house.mn.gov, the Committee Administrator for this hearing, no less than 24 hours prior to the start of the committee hearing. In-person testimony will be limited due to committee time constraints. Written testimony is strongly encouraged. Amendments and committee documents will be posted in advance of the hearing.
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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025 , 8:15 AM

Human Services Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Mohamud Noor
Location: Capitol 123
Agenda:
*HF2115 DE Amendment will be posted by 5:00PM on Tuesday, April 1st*
*Secondary Amendment Deadline to the HF2115 DE remains at Noon on Wednesday, April 2nd*

*The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing*

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF2115 (Schomacker) Human Services Policy Bill *In-person testimony will not be taken on this bill, please submit written testimony by the deadline*

IV. HF2276 (Kozlowski) Minnesota homeless study funding provided, money transferred, report required, and money appropriated.

V. HF1644 (Reyer) Family supportive housing programs funding provided, and money appropriated

VI. HF99 (Sencer-Mura) Funding provided for housing with support for persons with serious mental illness, and money appropriated.

VII. HF2068 (Keeler) Homeless Youth Act grants funding provided, and money appropriated.

VIII. HF2707 (Keeler) Sexually exploited youth safe harbor shelter and housing funding provided, and money appropriated.

IX. HF2704 (Curran) Housing stabilization service application processing times modified, and housing support supplemental service rates modified.

X. HF1579 (Noor) Housing support supplementary services rates provided for certain facilities

XI. 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.
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Chair: Rep. Dave Pinto
Location: Capitol G3
Agenda:
HF 2171 (Hansen, R) A house resolution memorializing Congress that the state of Minnesota reaffirms ratification of the Child labor amendment to the United States Constitution.
HF 107 (Berg) Unemployment insurance eligibility modified under certain conditions for applicants involved in a labor dispute.

*Other Bills May Be Added*

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 1pm on Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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Thursday, April 3, 2025 , 10:15 AM

Capital Investment

Co-Chair: Rep. Mary Franson holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Fue Lee
Location: Capitol G23
Agenda:
19 bills will be heard on an informational basis with testimony limited to 5 minutes per bill:


Bills Added

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Thursday, April 3, 2025 , 1:00 PM

Education Finance

Co-Chair: Rep. Cheryl Youakim holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Ron Kresha
Location: Capitol 120
Agenda:
I. Approval of Minutes

II. HF 1966 (Berg) Minnesota Association of Alternative Program STARS (Success, Teamwork, Achievement, Recognition, and Self-esteem) program funding provided, and money appropriated.

III. HF 54 (Sencer-Mura) Grant authorized for Minnesota Youth Council activities, and money appropriated.

IV. HF 2043 (Greene) Student attendance marketing campaign funding provided, and money appropriated.

V. HF 1171 (Rehrauer) Minnesota math corps program mission modified, and money appropriated.

VI. HF 2741 (Hill) Teacher licensure provisions modified, grant programs transferred from the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to the Department of Education, reports required, and money appropriated.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

For more information, including Committee Documents: Education Finance Home Page
Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or submit written testimony on the posted bills, including handouts, 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 Wednesday, April 2nd.

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 Wednesday, April 2nd.
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