Currently Posted Meetings

HF2228 (Elkins); Task force on homeowners and commercial property insurance established, report required, and money appropriated.

HF46 (Reyer); Designation of payment by dental organizations provided.

HF856 (Moller); Common interest community ombudsperson created, data classified, Office of the Common Interest Ombudsperson funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF2149 (Greenman); Consumer Grocery Pricing Fairness Act established, and civil penalties provided.

HF2215 (Hollins); Commissioner of commerce required to create a low-cost motor vehicle insurance program for low-income residents, report required, and money appropriated.

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 25, 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

*Items may be added*
*The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing*

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF2060 (Nadeau) Availability of grants for supported-decision making programs extended, and money appropriated.
a. Rochelle Laumer, Self-Advocate
b. Hanna Dietrich, Hennepin Adult Representation Services

IV. HF2299 (Bierman) Payment methodologies for enteral nutrition equipment and supplies modified, and processes for establishing payment rates for medical equipment and supplies modified.
a. Cameo Zehnder, Chief Administrative Officer, Pediatric Home Service

V. HF1861 (Agbaje) Fee communication services provided for confined persons
a. Alissa Washington, Wife of Incarcerated Individual
b. Antonya Jeffrey, Director of Policy Campaigns and Government Affairs, Worth Rises

VI. HF729 (Noor) Medical assistance provisions modified relating to care evaluation, homemaker services rates, and home care Bill will be used as a backup vehicle, testimony will not be taken.

VII. HF2758 (Fischer) Recodifying assertive community treatment and intensive residential treatment services statutory language

VIII. HF2143 (Momanyi-Hiltsley) Mental illness definition modified, changes to medical assistance transportation reimbursement rates made, grant program for children at risk of bipolar disorder established, report required, children’s first episode of psychosis program funding provided, and money appropriated.
a. Sue Abderholden, Executive Director, NAMI Minnesota
b. Kate Miley, Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota & Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
c. Robert L. Larsen, President, Lower Sioux Indian Community

IX. HF666 (Hicks) Medical assistance modified for employed persons with disabilities program.
a. Jillian Nelson, Policy Director, Autism Society of Minnesota

X. HF2004 (Curran) Permissible out-of-state billing for certain disability waiver services clarified.
a. Tyler Langenfeld, Senior Director of Strategic Development and 245D Services, Accra

XI. HF1993 (Frederick) Substance use disorder comprehensive assessment requirements and treatment provider qualifications modified, and study and report on substance use disorder treatment practice limitations required.
a. Ashley Kjos, Chief Executive Officer, Woodland Centers [Zoom]
b. Sadie Broekemeier, President, Recovering Hope Treatment Center
c. Jinny Palen, Executive Director, Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs (MAC-MHP)

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.

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Minutes

3. HF 1042 (Moller) – Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit authority amended to investigate offenses that occur on state-owned military installations.

4. HF 2338 (Olson) – Military affairs; pay and allowances modified, and pension offset stipends established.

5. HF 2410 (Bliss) – Continued education benefits provided to surviving spouses who remarry.

6. HF 2444 (Bliss and Xiong) – Governor’s budget and policy recommendations for the Departments of Military Affairs and Veterans Affairs.

Note: No action will be taken on this bill. The Departments of Military Affairs and Veterans Affairs will give the Division a presentation of the Governor’s recommendations contained in HF 2444.

7. Adjourn


Testimony: Written testimony or 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 may be limited due to committee time constraints. Committee documents will be posted in advance of the hearing.

HF 2146 (Greenman) Annual reports from partnership entities of the Intergovernmental Misclassification Enforcement and Education Partnership required, and money appropriated.
Jake Schwitzer, Executive Director, North Star Policy Action
Jesse Madison, Purple Tally Productions
Allana Olson, IATSE Local 13
Tony McGarvey, IUPAT

HF 2145 (Greenman) Employer misrepresentation and misconduct penalties increased

HF 2440 (Pinto) Department of Employment and Economic Development, and Explore Minnesota Budget Bill
Matt Varilek, Commissioner, Department of Employment and Economic Development\
Lauren Bennett McGinty, Executive Director, Explore Minnesota
Sarah Knispel, NAMI Minnesota
Peggy Darmody, Program Manager of Employment Services at Guild Services

HF 2441 (Pinto) Department of Labor and Industry, Workers Compensation Court of Appeals, and Bureau of Mediation Services Budget Bill
Nicole Blissenbach, Commissioner, Department of Labor and Industry
Kate Lynne Snyder, Education Minnesota
Mark Brunner, President, Manufactured & Modular Home Association of Minnesota
Ryan SanCartier, MN Mechanical Contractors Association

HF 2565 (Lee, K) Ramsey County grant funding provided for workforce development programming, and money appropriated
Catrice O'Neal, Workforce Solutions Director, Ramsey County
Gay Wah, Tech Squad program graduate

HF 1506 (Kozlowski) Entrepreneur Fund grant funding provided, and money appropriated
Shawn Wellnitz, CEO and President, Entrepreneur Fund

If you would like to testify or submit materials to the committee, please send them to Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 1pm on Tuesday, March 25.

1. Approve March 21 meeting minutes
2. Overview of draft report: Nick Nigro, Legislative Coordinating Commission
3. Council discussion: Feedback on report and Proposed reforms to the council
4. Instructions to staff
5. Adjourn

For more agenda information, click here

Notes regarding the structure of this informational bill hearing:
* Each bill presenter will have 5 minutes to present, and 5 minutes to answer follow-up questions.
* Letters of support or opposition to any bill are welcome. No additional in-person testimony will be taken.

LETTER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Letters in support/opposition must be e-mailed to the committee administrator (amy.zipko@house.mn.gov) by Noon on Tuesday, March 25th. Letters must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

AMENDMENT DEADLINE: Amendments must be e-mailed to the committee administrator by Noon on Tuesday, March 25th.

HF1479 (Virnig) Provider taxes; quarterly pharmacy refunds established.
HF2257 (Gomez) Property tax; provisions related to public charity institution exemptions modified.
HF1529 (Cha) Woodbury; refundable sales and use tax exemption provided for construction materials for certain projects.
HF0443 (Kozlowski) Property tax exemption modified for certain airport property.
HF2499 (K. Lee) Renter's credit expanded to provide parity with the homestead credit refund.
HF1522 (Her) Property taxes; definition of agricultural land modified for agricultural property classification.


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 Tuesday, March 25th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 1 PM on Tuesday, March 25th. 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

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business

*Agenda Change: Bills added. Bills removed.

*HF2784 (Vang) Annual report to the legislature on the beginning farmer loan program required.
*HF2785 (Vang) Appropriation for the farm to school and early care program expanded, and eligibility for the farm to school and early care program modified.
*HF2778 (Hansen) Money transferred to the agricultural research, education, extension, and technology transfer account.
H2579 (Hansen) AGRI works and AGRI support grant programs funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2281 (Hansen) Livestock market agency and dealer licensing provisions modified, farmers' market or community event food sampling and demonstration provisions modified, food certificate payment provisions modified, and obsolete provisions repealed.

*HF2576 (Hansen) and HF2280 (Hansen) have been removed from the agenda.

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 1 p.m. the day prior to the hearing.

HF2418 – Tabke, Local governments required to establish replacement accounts to maintain and replace capital projects that receive state funding.

HF1299 – Rehrauer, Emergency shelter facilities authorized in certain zoning districts.

HF1596 (pending referral) - Acomb, Government data classification of investigative information pertaining to certain Metropolitan Council personnel modified.

HF2361 – K. Lee, Polling place closure and change notice required until occurrence of a presidential election or redistricting.

HF2284 – Coulter, Definitions of lobbyist and metropolitan governmental unit modified, expert witness lobbying reporting requirements modified, and additional individuals required to file statements of economic interest.

HF2595 - Freiberg, Election judge provisions modified.

HF2596 - Freiberg, Special election timing modified.

Agenda items may be added or removed at the chair's discretion.

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or provide written testimony/handouts on the scheduled bills should reach out to Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov by 12pm (noon) on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

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 by 12pm (noon) on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

Co-Chair Bierman has the gavel.

I. HF1011 (Bierman); Optometrists prescribing and administering drugs limitations modified.

II. HF1010 (Agbaje); Health occupation definitions amended to include licensed certified midwife, licensure established for certified midwives, civil and criminal penalties established, and medical assistance coverage expanded to licensed certified midwife services.

III. HF1913 (Mahamoud); Licensing requirements amended for graduates of foreign medical schools, commissioner of health authorized to remedy violations by employers of limited license holders, employers of limited license holders required to carry medical malpractice insurance, and limited license holders required to provide periodic certification to the medical board.

IV. HF862 (Schomacker); Public postsecondary institutions required to maintain a supply of opiate antagonists on system campuses.

1. HF1520 (Koegel) Various provisions governing drivers' licenses modified.
2. HF1509 (Jones) Authority to issue certain citations to pedestrians.
3. HF1335 (Tabke) Electronic drivers' licenses authorized, and rulemaking authorized.
4. HF2249 (Rehm) Electric-assisted bicycle rebate program modified, and report required.
5. HF2505 (Jones) State-aid engineering and design standards variances modified, local road authorities authorized to adopt design elements
without state-aid engineering and design variances, state-aid variance procedures modified, advisory committee established, and report
required.
6. HF1817 (Kraft) Requirements governing electric vehicle surcharges amended, and account transfers
provided.
7. HF1950 (Bakeberg) Mandatory fines imposed for violations of the school bus stop arm law

*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 joe.marble@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 joe.marble@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
• DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Transportation 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.
• 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.
o To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), please contact the Committee Administrator at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
o To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, please contact the Committee Administrator at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
o For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
o 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. Call to order
II. Roll Call
III. HF1918, 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.
IV. HF2305, West, Child care licensing action accompanied by a maltreatment investigation memorandum required to be publicly posted for ten years.
V. HF897, Knudsen, Protection to children and vulnerable adults from exposure to fentanyl provided, and criminal penalties for violation imposed.
a. Paul Ostrow, Chairman, Fentanyl Free Communities
b. Kari Sheldon
c. Sebastian Mesa
VI. HF2191, Gillman, Children and families licensing and certification regulations modified.
a. Ari Didion, Director of Legislative and External Affairs, Office of Inspector General
VII. HF2617, Coulter, Child care conditional license requirements modified, commissioner directed to create standardized visit time lines and requirements, definition of education amended, background study liaison created, and money appropriated.
a. Kayley Spencer, Kids Count on Us
b. Karin Swenson
c. Christina Killion Valdez, Executive Director, Listos Preschool and Childcare, Rochester
VIII. HF25551, Kotyza-Witthuhn, Follow-up to 2024 children, youth, and families recodification; technical changes made.
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.

HF101 (Feist) - Parent contact information prohibited from being designated as publicly available directory information.

HF2489 (Virnig) - Epinephrine access in schools requirements modified.

HF1982 (Greene) - Active transportation safety training deadlines eliminated.

HF1999 (Greene) - Restrictions on public data requests to a school district added.

HF1128 (Mueller) - Public high schools required to participate in the direct admissions program.

Agenda items may be added or removed at the chair's discretion.

For more information, including Committee Documents: Education Policy Home Page

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or provide written testimony/handouts on the scheduled bills 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 Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

Amendments: Bill Authors and Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments via email to both Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

Agenda
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes


III. HF935 (Nash) - Criminal history background checks permitted for nonresident tenant organizers.
1. Representative Nash

IV. HF1902 (Nash) - Housing Finance Agency required to promote information on the rights and obligations of landlords and residential tenants.
1. Representative Nash

V. HF2492 (Igo) - Housing finance and policy legislative jurisdiction required for bills increasing specified costs.
1. Chair Igo

VI. 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

VII. 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 1590 (West) – Mandatory minimum sentences established for malicious punishment of a child.

4. HF 561 (Quam) – Law enforcement use of unmanned aerial vehicles to find missing persons, persons fleeing arrest, and incarcerated persons authorized.

5. HF 1275 (Tabke) – Use of unmanned aerial vehicles authorized for risk of fleeing suspect or actual fleeing suspect.

6. HF 1396 (Witte) – Permitted uses of unmanned aerial vehicles by law enforcement expanded.

Note: There will be a delete-all amendment incorporating the provisions of the three UAV bills into one bill.

7. HF 1744 (Stier) – Expanded use of tracking devices authorized for fleeing motor vehicles.

8. HF 1375 (Duran) – Peace officer grievance arbitration selection procedure repealed.

9. HF 2525 (Duran) – Public safety officer hearing protection program established, and money appropriated.

10. HF 104 (Feist) – Confidentiality established for restorative justice practices participants, and data classified (pending re-referral).

11. Adjourn


HF 287 (Engen) – Ten years of age maintained as the minimum age of delinquency - has been removed from the agenda.

Testimony: Written testimony or 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 may be limited due to committee time constraints. Amendments and committee documents will be posted in advance of the hearing.