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 1995 (Frederick) Substance use disorder treatment provisions modified.
VI. 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.
VII. HF 2781 (Pinto) Definition of custodian modified for purposes of orders of protection.
VIII. HF 1775 (Pinto) Criminal case information reporting required, and money appropriated.
IX. 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.
XI. HF 2127 (Curran) Judicial official real property records classified as private, access limited, and criminal penalties imposed.*
XII. HF 2521 (Frazier) Petition to court for relief from stay of adjudication permitted.
XIII. 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
- 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.

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:
- 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: Rep. Peggy Scott
Location: Capitol G3
Agenda:

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF 2233 (Niska): Uniform Special Deposits Act adopted.
IV. HF 1524 (Harder): Agriculture grant program established to promote certain nutrient management practices, and money appropriated.
V. HF 1893 (McDonald): Criminal investigation active period of time modified regarding investigative data.
VI. HF 1396 (Witte): Permitted uses of unmanned aerial vehicles by law enforcement expanded.
VII. HF 2456 (Scott): Cost-of-living adjustments in maintenance or child support orders repealed, and conforming changes made. [Pending re-referral]
VIII. HF XXXX (Scott): Modifying data protection requirements in certain property tax proceedings.
IX. HF 2300 (Scott): Claim amount for mandatory binding arbitration modified; certification of juvenile court expenses eliminated; filing, copying, printing, and distribution of court papers modified; and money appropriated.
X. HF 2412 (Hudson): Private attorneys provided with Minnesota Government Access to court records.
XI. HF 1862 (Agbaje): Statewide Office of Appellate Counsel and Training and State Board organization modified, and salary and employment terms of attorneys and other employees modified.
XII. HF 1373 (Curran): State Board of Civil Legal Aid funding provided, and money appropriated.
XIII. HF 1039 (Scott): State Board of Civil Legal Aid legislative report required.
XIV. HF XXXX: State Competency Attainment Board
XV. HF XXXX: Revisor's Bill
XVI. 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, marissa.manteufel@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Wednesday, April 2, 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. All testimony will be limited to 2 minutes.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY & HANDOUTS: Please send electronically in accessible .pdf format to the Committee Administrator, marissa.manteufel@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.