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I. Call To Order

II. Approval of Meeting Minutes from 2/25/2025

III. HF 729 (Noor) Medical assistance provisions modified relating to care evaluations, homemaker services rates, and home care.

IV. HF 728 (Hicks) Out-of-home respite care for children services modified.

V. Adjournment


*Additional bills may be added to the agenda

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@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.

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of February 12, 2025 Minutes
3. Approval of February 19, 2025 Minutes
4. HF 26 (Roach) – Governor's power to declare emergency repealed, legislative emergency declaration and extension process established, governor's authority to adopt orders and expedited rules during an emergency repealed, citizen rights protected, and technical corrections made.
5. HF 648 (Skraba) – Veterans on the Lake grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
6. Veterans on the Lake appropriation request informational hearing.
7. HF 532 (Bliss) – Veteran retreats funding provided, and money appropriated.
8. HF 492 (Hill) – Currently serving military personnel and veterans provided funding for mental health services and outdoor activities, and money appropriated.
9. Adjourn

Testimony: Written testimony or requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to Committee Administrator john.hultquist@house.mn.gov no less than 24 hours prior to the start of the committee hearing. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints. Committee documents will be posted in advance of the hearing.

I. Presentation by the Intergovernmental Misclassification Enforcement and Education Partnership

II. H.F. 961 (Baker) - Hospitality education grant funding provided

III. Explore Minnesota agency overview

I.V. Bureau of Mediation Services agency overview

Parks and trails presentation from the Department of Natural Resources, Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission, and Met Council Parks.

I. Call to Order.
II. HF5 (Joy) - Imposition and allocation of certain taxes modified, tax analysis required, transportation funding impacts analysis required, retail delivery fee repealed, unlimited Social Security subtraction provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
III. HF9 (Swedzinski) - Hydroelectric capacity that qualifies as an eligible energy technology under the renewable energy standard modified; electric utility requirements relating to energy, solar, or carbon-free standards delayed under certain conditions; and sales tax exemption for residential heating fuels and electricity expanded.
IV. HF385 (Norris) - Individual income tax subtraction provided for discharges of indebtedness, and certain discharges of indebtedness excluded from income.
V. Adjourn.

Written testimony or requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to the Committee Administrator sam.moyer@house.mn.gov by 1:00 PM on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

- Presentation from the Poultry Industry
- Board of Animal Health Budget Presentation and status update on livestock and poultry diseases
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture reports on depredation programs
- Presentation from CelluComp

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Minutes

III. HF 931 (Nash) Requirements related to certain mailings containing an absentee ballot application or sample ballot sent by or on behalf of a committee or other private organization provided.


IV. HF 1253 (Davis) Requirements related to the return of absentee ballots on election day modified, and absentee voting period modified for certain voters.


V. HF 1329 (Koznick) Metropolitan Council governance modified, and Transportation Advisory Board eliminated.


VI. HF 124 (Berg) Acceptance of certain gifts related to a line of duty death of a public safety officer allowed.


VII. HF 977 (Freiberg) Money transferred to the voting operations, technology, and election resources account.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF 129 (Repinski) Director of child sex trafficking prevention required to submit a program evaluation each odd-numbered year to the legislature.

IV. HF 958 (Nadeau) Medical assistance coverage of psychiatric Collaborative Care Model provided.

V. HF 953 (West) Hospitals and birth centers required to educate parents on recognizing physical abuse in infants.

VI. HF 981 (Bierman) Opioid prevention and education funding provided, and money appropriated.

VII. Adjournment

2 bills will be heard:

Agenda:
I Call to order
II Approval of Minutes from Monday 2/24/25

IV. Bills Heard:

• HF 376 (Murphy) Clean Car Rules Repealed

• HF 367 (Murphy) Action for damages for highway obstruction authorized, and civil penalties imposed.

III. Adjournment

Next Meeting: Monday March 03, 2025

Note: If you would like to testify on these bills, please contact Committee Legislative Assistant Cyndy Wallin by 3pm on Tuesday 2/25/25. Phone: 651-297-5723 Email: Cyndy.Wallin@house.mn.gov . Testimony will be limited to 2 minutes maximum per testifier. Also no more than one testifier per organization. The Chair may limit the testimony to no more than 15 minutes per side on each bill. Any handouts or letters should be emailed to the committee legislative assistant by 3 pm on Tuesday 2/25/25. The Chair can determine the order the bills will be heard in.

Agenda
I. Call to order
II. Roll Call
III. HF1346, Nash, relating to maltreatment, modifying training requirements for mandatory reporters.
IV. HF 1169, Nelson, Commissioner of children, youth, and families directed to make recommendations for paperwork reduction relating to child protection cases.
a. Anne Broskoff, Brown County Director of Human Services
b. Cynthia Shypulski, CCWIS Modernization Supervisor in the Business Integration Division at DCYF
V. HF 1276, Hicks, Northstar Care for Children benefits modified for children under the age of six and children transferred into Northstar Care for Children.
a. Brittani Lamb, Minnesota Social Service Association
b. Sadie Hart, Policy Advocacy Director, Ain Dah Yung Center
c. Laura Newton, Family Services Director, Minneapolis American Indian Center
d. Mikayla Maxwell, Relative Care Provider
e. Nina Vongpheth, Community Member/Former ICWA Worker
VI. 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.

I. Call To Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Bills May Be Taken in Any Order

- HF15 (Engen) - Student and staff safety measures required to be included in each school district's long-term facilities maintenance school facility plan, safe schools funding increased, school security systems grants created, and money appropriated.
- HF22 (Gillman) - Parent's bill of rights created.

VI. Adjournment

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify on the posted bills should contact the Committee Administrator Jody Withers via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 3:00 PM on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.

Agenda:


I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF 688 (Frazier) – Service dog provisions modified in housing
accommodations for persons with disabilities.
A. Representative Frazier
B. Jeff Johnson – Executive Director, Can Do Canines

IV. HF 1143 (Howard) - Greater Minnesota housing infrastructure
program funding provided, and money appropriated.
A. Representative Howard
B. David Murphy – City Administrator, St. Joseph (Remote)
C. Pete Hyduke – Mayor, Hibbing (Remote)
D. Dante Tomassoni – Director of Corporate Affairs, Cirrus Aircraft (Remote)
E. Cristen Incitti – President and CEO, Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota
F. Mary Thompson – Executive Director, Heartland Lakes Development Commission (Remote)
G. Cap O’Rourke – Executive Director, MN Small Cities




*Agenda Subject to change at the discretion of the Chair

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes
3. HF 924 (Nash) – Certain retired peace officers authorized to possess firearms in the Capitol complex.
4. HF 284 (Heintzeman) – Information collected and scope of background check conducted expanded for noncitizen permit to carry applicants.
5. HF 13 (Bliss) – Duty to retreat before using reasonable force in defense of self or others eliminated.
6. Adjourn

Testimony: Written testimony or requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to Committee Administrator john.hultquist@house.mn.gov no less than 24 hours prior to the start of the committee hearing. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints. Committee documents will be posted in advance of the hearing.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. Presentation and Discussion on Cost of Health Care Mandates

IV. Adjournment

I. Call To Order

II. Approval of Meeting Minutes from 2/26/2025

III. Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board Presentation

IV. HF 1419 (Schomacker) relating to human services; modifying elderly waiver rates and nursing facility reimbursement rates

V. HF 500 (Zeleznikar) Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board repealed.

VI. 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@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.

Agenda
I. Call to order

II. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes

III. HF550 (Torkelson) Bipartisan Redistricting Commission established, principles to be used in adopting legislative and congressional districts established, and constitutional amendment proposed.

IV. HF412 (Myers) Members of the legislative committees on education policy and education finance required to observe a teacher or administrator each year, house and senate required to adopt rules, and report required.

V. HF796 (Myers) Members of public safety policy and finance committees required to participate in ride alongs with law enforcement or fire departments, and adoption of legislative rules required.

VI. HF140 (Bahner) State-funded county and city cybersecurity grant program established, report required, and money appropriated.

VII. Adjournment

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

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator 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.

I. H.F. 8 (Heintzeman) - expedited permitting process modified

The committee will be exclusively taking up Section 7 of the bill, which creates an Ombudsman in the Department of Employment and Economic Development.

Requests to testify in-person or written testimony must be submitted by 1pm, February 26 to: spencer.johnson@house.mn.gov

Calendar for the Day: March 3, 2025

State Agency Governor Bonding Requests:
Department of Administration
Commissioner Tamar Gronvall
Assistant Commissioner Wayne Waslaski

DHS Direct Care & Treatment / Children Youth and Family
Nancy Freeman, Chief Operating Officer, Direct Care and Treatment
Shana Morse, Legislative Director for Early Childhood, DCYF

The Committee will be starting to hear from local projects

These will be heard on an informational basis at this time with no formal actions taken on the bills.
Time will be limited generally to 5 minutes with no online Power Points

Local Community Projects:
HF919 (Van BinsBergen) Litchfield; wastewater industrial pretreatment facility funding provided, and money appropriated.
First District Association Dairy Cooperative - Litchfield
Testifier: Robert Huffman, CEO, First District

HF1192 (Dippel) Hastings; water treatment plant funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
testifiers:
Mayor Mary Fasbender will speak on Hastings behalf.
Public Works Director Ryan Stempski and I will be present.

HF212 (Hill) Stillwater; water treatment plan funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifier: Ted Kozlowski - Mayor of Stillwater

HF214 (Hill) Oak Park Heights; water infrastructure improvement designs for PFAS treatment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Testifiers:
Jacob Rife – Oak Park Heights City Administrator
Mike Liljegren – Oak Park Heights City Council Member


The Chair Reserves the Right to add additional items to agenda

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF 25 (Zeleznikar): Women's pregnancy centers and maternity homes grant program established, appropriations reduced, and money appropriated.
IV. HF 1(Anderson, P.E.): Office of the Inspector General established, powers provided, duties specified, fraud reporting tools required, grant oversight duties and powers transferred, executive Offices of Inspector General modified or repealed, and money appropriated.
V. HF 428 (Scott): Correspondence in government record retention law defined, and minimum three-year retention period for correspondence provided.
VI. 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, February 26, 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.

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, February 26, 2025.

I. Call to Order.
II. HF1277 (Davids) - Data centers sales and use tax exemption modified.
III. HF1006 (Norris) - Property tax abatement for land bank property allowed.
IV. Adjourn

Written testimony or requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to the Committee Administrator sam.moyer@house.mn.gov by 1:00 PM on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.

I. Call To Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Bills May Be Taken in Any Order

- HF29 (Kresha) - Social studies standards adoption suspended and review cycle modified, ethnic studies requirements repealed, and ethnic studies appropriations cancelled.
- HF921 (Kresha) - Aid and levy adjustments when a tax increment finance excess is received by a school district clarified.
- HF922 (Kresha) - Aid and levy amounts for community education programs clarified.
HF1048 (Youakim) - Charter school general education revenue calculation clarified.
HF1049 (Youakim) - School district eligibility for school library aid clarified.

Other bills may be added.

VI. Adjournment

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify should contact the Committee Administrator Jody Withers via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.

Note: HF 921, HF 922. HF 1048, HF 1049 are technical correction bills and public testimony will not be taken on these bills.

I. Call to Order

II. Minutes from February 25, 2025

III. HF 1040 (Scott) - Wind and solar infrastructure product stewardship program required, retail sales fee provided for wind and solar infrastructure, wind and solar energy infrastructure moratorium established in landfills, report required, and money appropriated.

IV. 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 2/26/2025.

- HF 944 (Gillman) Trespass law modified to allow purple markings.
- HF 819 (Schultz) Minnesota Sustainable Foraging Task Force established, appointments provided, and report required.
BILL ADDED
**HF 28 (Mekeland) Data center energy generation redundancy.
**Other 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 by 3 p.m. the day prior to the hearing.

Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee
Chair: Rep. Marion Rarick

Meeting: Thursday, February 27, 2025
1:00 – 2:45 p.m.
Capitol G23

Agenda:

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. University of Minnesota Presentation and Overview (cont.)

a. Agriculture and Research Overview
b. Public Safety Overview

IV. Adjournment

Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 4th, 2025

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.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

1. Elect 2025-2027 Legislative Audit Commission Chair and Vice Chair, and organize for the biennium.
2. Discuss legislative action related to OLA.

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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 the Minutes

III. Updates and Budget Presentations from the Health-Related Licensing Boards

IV. Adjournment

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF 837 (O’Driscoll) Commissioner of commerce required to request the continuation of a state innovation waiver, and money transferred from the general fund to the premium security plan account.

IV. Adjournment