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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 HF 1615 (Stephenson) Omnibus Cannabis Policy Bill

VI. Public Testimony on HF 2403 (O’Driscoll) Omnibus Commerce Policy Bill

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.

1. Call To Order

2. Approval of Meeting Minutes 4/1/2025

3. HF 2963 (Anderson, P.E) Office of Inspector General established, powers and duties provided, enhanced grant oversight provided, retaliation prohibited, existing executive Offices of Inspector General transferred or repealed, detection and prevention of fraud provided, penalties provided, and money appropriated.

4. 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. Suwana Kirkland, Community Corrections Director, Dakota County
c. Suzanne Arntson, Health and Human Services Deputy Director, Scott County

5. HF2416 (Nadeau) County cost of care provisions modified, required admission timelines modified, report required, and money appropriated
a. Tarryl Clark, Stearns County Commissioner
b. Angela Youngerberg, Blue Earth County Human Services Director of Business Operations
c. County Attorney Kevin Magnuson, Washington County Attorney, Minnesota County Attorney’s Association
d. Sheriff Bryan Welk, Cass County Sheriff, Minnesota Sheriff’s Association – zoom

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

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

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

9. HF 1914 (Curran) Emergency service grant funding provided for innovative homelessness response grants, innovative homelessness response grants, and provider capacity building, and money appropriated
a. Rena Moran – Ramsey County Commissioner
b. Reed Olson – Executive Director of the Nameless Coalition for the Homeless - zoom
c. Rico Morales

10. HF 2799 (Schomaker) Minnesota Age in Place Network funding provided, and money appropriated
a. Patrick Lund, Executive Director, Age Well at Home


11. HF 2647 (Schomaker) Changes made to assisted living facilities and services
a. Nicole Mattson, LTC Imperative
b. Erin Huppert, LTC Imperative

12. HF 2646 (Schomaker) Governor's Council on an Age-Friendly Minnesota converted into the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council, existing grants codified, and money appropriated
a. Sherrie Pugh, Chair of the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council

13. 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

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. HF3005 (Gottfried) Metro Meals on Wheels funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
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.
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Agenda
I. H.F. 3030 (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. 3033 (Van Binsbergen) - INFORMATIONAL HEARING: appropriating money for a wastewater industrial facility for First District in Litchfield, MN
V. H.F. 2882 (Baker) - Certain well contractors exempted from Department of Labor and Industry plan review and inspection requirements

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.

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

Agenda

LAC Policy on Topic Selection

Topics by Policy Requirement

Topics by Subject

Most to Least Promising for 2025

Criteria Comparison Matrix for 2025

Background Papers for the 18 semifinalists for 2025

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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.

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

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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.

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.

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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.
HF2970 (Klevorn) - Capitol campus improvements funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2979 (Sencer-Mura) - Minnesota Youth Poet Laureate funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3019 (Hiltsley) - Osseo sesquicentennial funding provided, and money appropriated.

* 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.

I. Call To Order & Roll Call
II. Approval of the Minutes: April 1, 2025
III. Resolutions on Legal Fees
IV. Resolution on Implementing Agreement for House Organization – P101B
V. Amendment to Senate Concurrent Resolution 2
VI. Presentation on the Supplemental Agreement for House Organization
VII. Adjournment

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) - 2025 Governor's Tax Bill
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

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

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.

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF 2792 (Niska) Certain legal fees and expenses relating to Minnesota Chamber of Commerce v. Choi funding provided, and money appropriated.
IV. HF 1917 (Anderson) Definition of public official in a city or county modified.
V. HF 2083 (Zeleznikar) Revenue threshold requiring cities to perform annual audits raised.
VI. HF 1665 (Schomacker) Public water and sewer systems authorized to install water and sewer pipelines in public road rights-of-way.
VII. HF 2709 (Jones) Canvassing access to multiple unit buildings by candidates and census workers standards modified.
VIII. HF 1378 (Freiberg) Elections; filing dates and reporting requirements modified.
IX. HF 2098 (Freiberg) Metropolitan Council; procedures and review period for certain metropolitan programs modified, reporting requirements for expenditures modified, and report eliminated.


-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.
-HF 1667 has been removed from the 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 2955 (Backer) County-administered rural medical assistance program established; payment, coverage, and eligibility requirements for the CARMA program established; and commissioner of human services directed to seek federal waivers.

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

The Committee will recess until 6:45pm or at the call of the chair to complete the agenda.

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.

10 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.
Note: HF423 has been removed from the agenda

• 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.

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. Remove
HF2732 (Pursell) Rural child care stabilization and support payment program.
HF1897 (Moller) Correction order requirements modified.
HF1424 (Hanson) Relative foster care licensing, training, and background study requirements modified; Minnesota family investment program modified; and money appropriated.
HF1383 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Program established to assist families with the cost of child care.
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.

**Informational Hearing Only. No official action will be taken on the following bill:
HF1685 (Kraft) Commissioner of Minnesota IT Services directed to integrate the transit assistance program into the Minnesota benefits web portal, and money appropriated.

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

Adoption 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.

HF1124 (Youakim) - School year allowed to start before Labor Day for two school years with approval by board vote, and report required.

HF2023 (West) - Overdose prevention education required in health education standards.

NOTE:
Testimony for bills were taken in previous committee hearings.

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.

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. HF1931 (Bahner) - Authority provided to the attorney general to enforce laws related to common interest communities.
1. Representative Bahner

V. HF2309 (Rehrauer) - Housing provisions modified, rental assistance program funding provisions modified, program eligibility criteria expanded, workforce housing project funding restrictions removed, housing aid fund uses clarified, and high-rise sprinkler system program provisions modified.
1. Representative Rehrauer

VI. 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.

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Minutes

3. 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.

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 3006 (Moller / Novotny) Department of Corrections deficiency funding request.

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

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

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

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

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

11. HF 2875 (Nash) Crime of damage or theft to telecommunications equipment extended to broadband and cable services.

12. Adjourn

Removed from the agenda:
-HF 1567 (Duran) Personal information protections currently available for judicial officials extended to peace officers.
-HF 1354 (Moller) House Public Safety Committee Policy Omnibus. The bill was passed out of committee on April 1.


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.

HF1224 (Freiberg); Postponement of foreclosure by sale provisions modified.

HF1615 (Stephenson); Cannabis policy bill
This is the vehicle for the cannabis policy bill
Markup and passage; testimony will be taken on Wednesday April 2- no testimony will be taken at this hearing

HF2403 (O’Driscoll); Commerce policy bill
This is the vehicle for the commerce policy bill
Markup and passage; testimony will be taken on Wednesday April 2- no testimony will be taken at this hearing

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

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

*HF2115 DE Amendment will be posted by 5:00PM on Tuesday, April 1st*
*Secondary Amendment Deadline to the HF2115 DE (and all other bills) 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. (Consideration of this bill will be limited to 5 minutes)
a. Michelle Decker Gerrard, Senior Director of the Minnesota Homeless Study, Wilder Research

V. HF1644 (Reyer) Family supportive housing programs funding provided, and money appropriated (Consideration of this bill will be limited to 5 minutes)
a. Ben Helvick Anderson, Vice President of Policy and Organizing, Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative
b. Alice Johnson, Resident, Family Support Housing Building

VI. HF99 (Sencer-Mura) Funding provided for housing with support for persons with serious mental illness, and money appropriated. (Consideration of this bill will be limited to 5 minutes)
a. Diana Harris; Director of Clinical Services, Coordinated Health, & Housing; Guild
b. Ellie Skelton, Executive Director, Touchstone Mental Health

VII. HF2068 (Keeler) Homeless Youth Act grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
a. Zephyr Fahey, Youth Program Participant
b. Jason Urbanczyk, Program Fellow, MN Coalition for the Homeless [Zoom]
c. Jess Mortensen, President and CEO, 360 Communities

VIII. HF2707 (Keeler) Sexually exploited youth safe harbor shelter and housing funding provided, and money appropriated.
a. Kelly Reeves, Safe Harbor Supportive Services Manager, The Link
b. Victoria Kladek, Youth Program Participant

IX. HF2704 (Curran) Housing stabilization service application processing times modified, and housing support supplemental service rates modified. (Consideration of this bill will be limited to 5 minutes)
a. Steve Horsfield, Executive Director, Simpson Housing Services

X. HF2406 (Curran) Abbreviated annual reassessments of people receiving disability waiver services. (Consideration of this bill will be limited to 5 minutes)
a. Katy Molinare, Social Services Deputy Director, Ramsey County

XI. HF1674 (Curran) Funding increased for regional and local dementia grants, and money appropriated. (Consideration of this bill will be limited to 5 minutes)
a. Robert Freeman, Vice-President for Public Policy, Alzheimer’s Association MN-ND

XII. HF1579 (Noor) Housing support supplementary services rates provided for certain facilities (Consideration of this bill will be limited to 5 minutes)
a. Kelly Matter, President and Chief Executive Officer, Avivo
b. Brad Schumaker, Commissioner, Sherburne County

XIII. 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.

1. HF 1837 (Klevorn) Policy bill. Mark up and passage.
2. HF 361 (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.
3. HF 2725 (Klevorn) Healthy Aging subcabinet and citizens' engagement council established, plan required, and money appropriated.
4. Pending re-referral HF 2566 (Reyer) Process for removing fraudulent business filings established, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.
5. HF 2744 (Jordan) St. Anthony Falls study due date extended.
6. HF 1685 (Kraft) Commissioner of Minnesota IT Services directed to integrate the transit assistance program into the Minnesota benefits web portal, and money appropriated.
7. 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.
8. HF 501 (Finke) Equal rights under the law provided and discrimination based on the listed characteristics prohibited, and constitutional amendment proposed.

HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT, have OCR capability, and emailed to the Committee Administrator at amanda.rudolph@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 the Committee Administrator at amanda.rudolph@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.

AMENDMENTS: Amendments must be emailed to the Committee Administrator at amanda.rudolph@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.

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

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

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:
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HF 3023 (Johnson, P) Additional unemployment benefits for certain iron ore mining employees adopted
John Arbogast, United Steelworkers
Al King, United Steelworkers

HF 3078 (Johnson, P) Acceptance of certain offers of deferred resignation made to not constitute a quit from employment.

HF 107 (Berg) Unemployment insurance eligibility modified under certain conditions for applicants involved in a labor dispute.
Bernie Burnham, Minnesota AFL-CIO
Jay Chatlien, United Steelworkers
Chris Rubesch, RN, Minnesota Nurses Association (on Zoom)
Kim Lewis, MN School Boards Association
Lauryn Schothorst, MN Chamber of Commerce
Hunter Cantrell
Grace Baltich, AFSCME Local 34

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
Bernie Hesse, UFCW 1189

HF 3079 (Gomez) Aids to local governments; availability of an appropriation extended.

HF 689 (Frazier) County attorneys authorized to use administrative subpoenas in wage theft investigations.

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
Trish Skophammer, Ramsey County Child Support Services Director

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

I. Welcome and Call to Order
II. Approval of the Minutes – Wednesday, April 2nd
III. Calendar for the Day – Monday, April 7th
IV. Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2
V. Adjournment

19 bills will be heard on an informational basis with testimony limited to 5 minutes per bill:

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 2959 (Scott): Data protection requirements in certain property tax proceedings modified.
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 3070 (Liebling): State Competency Attainment Board
XV. HF 3022 (Scott): Miscellaneous technical corrections made to laws and statutes; erroneous, obsolete, and omitted text and references corrected; redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions removed; and style and form changes made.
XVI. HF 2825 (Hudson): Access to expunged conviction records of applicants for licenses and positions in private security industry provided. [pending re-referral]
XVII. Adjournment

Committee will recess at 12:00 PM and reconvene 15 minutes after session adjourns.

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.

HF2768 (Gomez) Individual income taxes, corporate franchise taxes, sales and use taxes, and other various taxes and tax-related provisions modified; various policy and technical changes made; income tax credits and subtractions modified; and enforcement, return, and audit provisions modified. (Minnesota Department of Revenue Policy and Technical Bill)
HF2591 (Gomez) Fifth tier of individual income tax at a rate sufficient to offset lost federal Medicaid funds established.
HF2745 (Stephenson) Monthly return requirements clarified for certain brewers.
HF2723 (Norris) Small business income tax investment credit requirements modified, and credit allocation extended.
HF2730 (Gomez) Local government debt financing modified.

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 Wednesday, April 2nd. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 1 PM on Wednesday, April 2nd. 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. 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.

I. Call to Order

II. Minutes from April 1, 2025

III. HF 1366 (Heintzeman) - Brainerd; energy efficiency projects funding provided, and money appropriated.

IV. HF 2803 (Hudson) - Certain energy generating facilities required to be certified as child labor free, and certain products required to be certified as child labor free.

V. HF 1859 (Burkel) - Wind energy conversion systems residential setbacks established.

VI. Adjournment

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

If you wish to testify or submit written testimony, please email aj.borowiak@house.mn.gov by 1:00 PM on 4/2/2025. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

*Agenda Change: Bill added.

HF2419 (Tabke) Life jackets for children aboard watercraft required to have reflective material.
HF2602 (Vang) Replacement seedlings appropriation modified and extended.
HF2620 (Finke) Emerald ash borer response and community tree-planting grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2621 (Finke) Community tree-planting grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2861 (Curran) Groundwater management areas and comprehensive planning provided, and money appropriated.
*HF820 (Jordan) Chippewa Bands authorized to establish open seasons for big game in accordance with 1854 treaty, and money appropriated.
HF3007 (Fischer) Evaluation and permitting of projects requiring large water appropriations provided.

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (Peter.Strohmeier@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.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF2908 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) - Statewide children's savings account program for higher education established, local partner design and implementation grants established, report required, rulemaking required, and money appropriated.

IV. HF2561 (Bahner) - Authority to offer applied doctoral degrees at state universities expanded.

V. HF1165 (Bahner) - Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority restructured and renamed to Minnesota Health and Education Facilities Authority, authority to construct and finance health care facilities authorized, and bonding capacity increased.

*VI. HF0421 (Hanson) - Legacy admissions prohibited in higher education institutions.

VII. HF2151 (Wolgamott) - Plant-based foods production training pilot program established, and money appropriated.

VIII. HF2767 (Wolgamott) - Grant amounts for the dual training competency grant program increased, and money appropriated.

IX. HF2930 (Hill) - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research funding provided, report required, appropriation cancelled, and money appropriated.

X. Presentation from Loan Repayment Assistance Program of Minnesota

XI. Adjournment

*Agenda updated. 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.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Presentation of key findings and recommendations of the performance audit, Metropolitan Council:  Southwest Light Rail Transit Construction.

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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.

Election Contest Oral Arguments: per the scheduling order issued on March 27th, 2025.

Below are links to the committee materials related to the election contest in District 54A:
2024 Election Contest District 54A - Filings
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2024/other/240947/54A_Filings.pdf

2024 Election Contest District 54A - Exhibits
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2024/other/240947/54A_Exhibits.pdf