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. HF627 (Torkelson) Ranking minority members of standing legislative committees allowed to request fiscal notes.

VI. HF474 (Long) Funding provided for the erection of a new statue in the United States Capitol Statuary Hall, and money appropriated.
- HF474 will be informational only as the bill is not in possession of the committee

VII. 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.

VIII. 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

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

Co-Chair: Rep. Ginny Klevorn holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Jim Nash
Location: Capitol G23
Agenda:

1. HF 1837 (Klevorn) Policy bill. Mark up and passage.
2. HF 2725 (Klevorn) Healthy Aging subcabinet and citizens' engagement council established, plan required, and money appropriated.
3. Pending re-referral HF 2566 (Reyer) Process for removing fraudulent business filings established, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.
4. HF 2744 (Jordan) St. Anthony Falls study due date extended.
5. HF 1685 (Kraft) Commissioner of Minnesota IT Services directed to integrate the transit assistance program into the Minnesota benefits web portal, and money appropriated.
6. HF 1389 (Kozlowski) State-owned land in the Cloquet Forestry Center transferred to the University of Minnesota, defeasance of outstanding debt on certain state bond financed.
7. HF 501 (Finke) Equal rights under the law provided and discrimination based on the listed characteristics prohibited, and constitutional amendment proposed.

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DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the State Government Finance and Policy webpage.

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