Currently Posted Meetings

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

*agenda subject to change

I. Call To Order

II. Approval of Meeting Minutes from 2/27/2025

III. MN Health Care Programs Fee-for Service Outpatient Service Rate Study Presentation
a. Kristy Graume, Legislative Director, DHS
b. Diogo Reis, Health Improvement and Benefit Design Division, DHS

IV. HF 1005 (Bierman) Medical assistance rate adjustments established for physician professional services, residential service rates increased, and statewide reimbursement rate for behavioral health home services required.
a. Public Testifiers
i. Dr. Roli Dwivedi, President of Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP)
ii. Jessica Brisbois, LICSW, Manager of Acute Mental Health, Children’s Minnesota
iii. Julie Hanenburg, Executive Director, Lighthouse Child and Family Services
iv. Dr. Steve Girardeu, Chair of the MN Psychological Assoc. Legislative Committee
V. 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.

Agenda
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Previous Meeting Minutes

III. Minnesota Management and Budget: Overview

IV. Minnesota Historical Society: Overview

V. HF 10 (Schultz) State-funded services prohibited to undocumented noncitizens, and undocumented noncitizens made ineligible for MinnesotaCare and the North Star Promise scholarship program.

IV. 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.

Agenda
I. H.F. 1004 (Sexton) - Minnesota Helmets to Hardhats program appropriation
II. H.F. 1439 (Bakeberg) – Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation grant funding provided for Carts to Careers
III. H.F. 498 (Agbaje) - Urban League Twin Cities grant funding provided
IV. H.F. 1326 (Wolgamott) - Centers for independent living grants funding provided

*all of these bills will be laid over

Calendar for the Day: March 6, 2025

The Committee is starting to hear local water/sewer project bills
There will be a 5-minute limit on each project testimony and discussion.
The Committee will hear 17 to 19 projects per hearing.
All bills will be heard on an informational basis only with no committee action taken on the bill.
No more than 2 testifiers plus the author of the bill.
One page handout maximum about the project for the committee.

17 bills are scheduled for today:

HF201(Perryman) St. Joseph; sewer main improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF217(Berg) Burnsville Water Treatment Plant funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF314(Nadeau) Dayton; wellhead treatment facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF315(Nadeau) Dayton; water tower funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF406(Myers) Mound; water treatment facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF408(Myers) Minnetrista; drinking water infrastructure improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF425(Sexton) Waseca; sanitary sewer improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF426(Sexton) Waseca; clean water infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF730(Olson) Blue Earth water filtration plant funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF731(Olson) Lewisville water and wastewater infrastructure improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF652(Hansen) Newport; water and sewer infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF761(Hansen) Newport; water and sewer infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF1079(Hansen) South St. Paul; replacement of drinking water infrastructure funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF928(Nash) Laketown Township; wastewater infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF1017(Vang) Brooklyn Park; clean water infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF1056(Lawrence) St. Francis; water and sewer improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF1081(Hill) Scandia; wastewater infrastructure capital improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF 390 (Scott): Penalties and remedies available for a violation of the Government Data Practices Act extended to a violation of the Official Records Act.
IV. HF 1202 (Duran): Interagency group meetings required to be open to the public.
V. HF 550 (Torkelson): Bipartisan Redistricting Commission established, principles to be used in adopting legislative and congressional districts established, and constitutional amendment proposed.
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 Monday, March 3, 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 Monday, March 3, 2025.

I. Call to Order.
II. HF1277 (Davids) - Data centers sales and use tax exemption modified.
III. HF812 (Wiener) - Individual income tax rates modified, and zero bracket provided.
IV. HF457 (Harder) - Refundable sales and use tax credit proposed for conversion of underutilized buildings, grants in lieu of the credit allowed, credit sunset proposed, and reports required.
V. HF633 (Nadeau) - Licensed in-home childcare providers market value exclusion established.
VI. Adjourn


*HF1277 will be limited to member discussion. 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 Monday, March 3rd, 2025.

I. Call To Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Bills

• HF 984 (Clardy) - Elementary counseling services for nonpublic pupils included in nonpublic pupil aid, and money appropriated.
• 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.

V. Presentations/Discussion

• Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO)

VI. Adjournment

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify on HF 984 should contact the Committee Administrator Jody Withers via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM on Monday, March 3, 2025. Written testimony or documents should be provided by the 2:00 PM deadline.

HF 921 and HF 922 are technical correction bills. There will be no public testimony on these bills.

I. Call to Order

II. Minutes from February 27, 2025

III. HF 1738 (Swedzinski) - Renewable development account repealed, conforming changes made in associated statutes, utility solar production incentive program sunset, accounts established, 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 3/3/2025.

HF81 (Heintzeman) - Off-highway vehicles, snowmobiles, and electric-assisted bicycles exempted from prohibitions on PFAS in certain juvenile products.
HF1627 (Heintzeman) - Commercial and industrial products exempted from PFAS restrictions, and PFAS reporting requirements modified.
HF1382 (Heintzeman) - Obsolete provisions related to Environmental Quality Board removed.
HF1362 (Heintzeman) - Reporting requirements for certain environmental reviews modified.

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: Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
1:00 – 2:45 p.m.
Capitol G23

Agenda:

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. The Mayo Foundation
IV. HF 541 (Stier) – Reimbursement program established for use of force training, and money appropriated.
V. Cook County Higher Education Board
VI. United Family Residency Program

VII. Adjourn

Next Meeting: Thursday, March 6th, 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.

I. Call to order
II. Roll Call
III. Hearing HF 1, Office of the Inspector General established, powers and duties provided, enhanced grant oversight provided, retaliation prohibited, existing executive Offices of Inspector General transferred or repealed, fraud detection and prevention provided, conforming changes made, reports required, and money appropriated.
IV. Hearing HF1384, Individual income tax; dependent care credit expanded, and Great Start child care credit established.
V. 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

• HF 514 (Bakeberg) - Kindergarten through grade 3 student dismissal limitations modified.
• HF 957 (Kresha) - Mandate relief for school districts provided, certain fund transfers for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 authorized, and school board authorized to opt out of compliance with certain recently enacted state laws or rules.
• HF 1052 (Bakeberg) - Student discipline provisions modified.
• HF 1436 (Bakeberg) - Student discipline provisions modified.

V. Adjournment

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or provide written testimony on HF 514, HF 1052, or HF 1436 should contact the Committee Administrator Jody Withers via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 3:00 PM on Monday, March 3, 2025.

There will no public testimony taken on HF 957. This bill is the language from HF 6, Article 3, and was heard in Education Policy on February 12, 2025, and in Education Finance on February 18, 2025.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF 1268 (Bahner) - Common interest communities; certain property management company practices prohibited, common interest community rights and duties modified, unit owner rights modified, termination threshold modified, meet and confer process established, and governing bodies prohibited from requiring or incentivizing homeowners associations.
A. Representative Bahner
B. Representative Mekeland

1. HF 135 (Myers) – Consecutive sentences required for assaults committed by certain inmates of local facilities.

2. HF 7 (Novotny) – Public safety; various public safety provisions modified related to data held by law enforcement agencies, agency custody notice requirements, mandatory minimum sentences, stays of adjudication, the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission, legislative approval of Sentencing Guidelines, dismissing of charges, liability and vicarious liability, crime for trespass recruiting or educating, assaulting a police officer, fleeing in a motor vehicle, stolen motor vehicles, obstructing traffic, tracking devices, criminal penalties, and money appropriated.

Note: HF 7 was heard on February 11 and testimony was taken at that hearing. No additional testimony will be taken. The Fiscal Note has been received so the bill will be re-referred to Ways and Means.

3. HF 327 (Engen) – Penalty for introducing contraband into a correctional facility increased.

4. HF 1399 (Witte) – Commissioner of corrections required to maintain a supply of opiate antagonists to administer to persons who overdose in correctional facilities, and commissioner required to provide training to employees on how to administer opiate antagonists.

5. HF 1410 (Witte) – Local correctional officers provided in Peace Officers Discipline Procedures Act.

6. HF 538 (Stier) – Use of deadly force by peace officer to protect person from apparent death modified.

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.