Currently Posted Meetings

HF2910 (Pinto) Various child care, health, human services, and housing governing provisions modified; forecast adjustments made; technical and conforming changes made; funds allocated; grants established; reports required; and money transferred and appropriated.
Governor's Department of Human Services and Family Services Budget Bill

HF2565 (Pinto) Early childhood programs provided, and money appropriated.
Governor's Department of Education Children and Family Services Budget Bill

*Agenda items may be added or changed.

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Amendments: All amendments that are substantive must be given to the CA by 1:00PM on the day prior to the committee hearing. This deadline may be waived at the discretion of the Chair

Meeting Materials: Presenters or members of the public are encouraged to provide all materials to be offered in Committee to the CLA at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Distribution of such materials is subject to approval by the Chair; a copy will be kept by Committee staff. These materials should be in accessible (Optical Character Recognition) format for posting to the committee webpage; contact the Committee Administrator for more information about acceptable electronic formats.

Testimony: Bill authors must arrange their own testifiers and provide each testifier’s name, position title, and email address to the CA 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Written testimony is also encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage prior to the meeting.

1. HF 1083 (Frazier) Criminal records expungement without petition authorized for individuals not guilty of crime as a result of identity theft or mistaken identity.
2. HF 10 (Lislegard) Skilled and trained contractor workforce use provided at petroleum refineries.
3. HF 1522 (M. Nelson) Occupational Safety and Health Act citation data classified.
4. HF 908 (Agbaje) Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board established, duties of board established, nursing home workers training required, retaliation against nursing home workers prohibited, enforcement provided, rulemaking authorized, and nursing home worker civil action authorized.
5. HF 393 (Stephenson) Procedure to resolve disputes between public utilities and residential customers provided.
6. HF 1859 (Feist) New enforcement provisions created for construction workers wage protection.
7. HF 2413 (Norris) Remedies to debtors with coerced debt provided.
8. HF 2442 (Berg) Employer prohibited from forcing employees to attend political or religious meetings or otherwise listen to speech about politics and religion.
9. HF 1275 (Kraft) Excavation notice requirements amended, excavation notice reporting required, and civil penalties for pipeline safety violations tied to federal law.
10. HF 1350 (Tabke) Public safety; various policy changes made, including to veterans’ license plates, dealer licenses and records, USDOT numbers, and driver’s licenses applications.
11. HF 1019 (Feist) Civil actions; causes of action survival modified.
12. HF 2257 (Bahner) Minnesota Age-Appropriate Design Code Act created, obligations placed on businesses regarding children's consumer information, and attorney general enforcement provided.
13. HF 2392 (Freiberg) Campaign finance provisions modified, and civil penalties provided.
14. HF 1140 (Freiberg) Technical and policy changes made to elections administration provisions.
15. HF 1329 (Carroll) Cancer reporting provisions changed.
16. HF 2539 (Carroll) Marriage; process by which a person with a felony conviction applies for name change modified.
17. HF 822 (Curran) County and local authorities authorized to share data with POST Board when board has ordered investigation into peace officer misconduct.


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 Chairs' discretion.

HANDOUTS: Handouts in Word or PDF format should be emailed to the committee administrator by 10am the business day before the hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It will be posted to the committee webpage if received by deadline.
TESTIFYING: The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair, and is subject to change. If you would like to testify, please email the committee administrator by 5pm the business day before the hearing.
DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law webpage.
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HF2405 (Koegel) Infrastructure Resilience Advisory Task Force established, and report required.
HF2406 (Koegel) Federal infrastructure funds coordinator funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2710 (Berg) Establishment of global warming impact standards required for construction materials used in state buildings and roads, global warming standards integrated into procurement process, pilot programs established to report greenhouse gas emissions from manufacture of products, grant program established, technical advisory committee established, and reports required.
HF1234 (Her) Peace officer disability provisions modified, report required, and money appropriated.
Agency budget increases requests.

HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT and emailed to the committee administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 40 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 by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the State and Local Government Finance and Policy webpage.
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*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

HF2092 (Hornstein) Metropolitan Council member election provided.

HF1402 (Hanson) Municipalities authorized to charge street impact fee.



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1. Approval of March 9 meeting minutes
2. Council discussion on:
   • Constitutional Officer salaries
   • Agency head salary ranges
   • Judiciary salaries
   • Key messages for draft report (as time permits)
3. Next meeting: Thursday, March 23, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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1. Welcome and Call to Order

2. Approval of the Minutes – Tuesday, March 14th

3. Re-referral of Governor’s budget bills
HF2900 DHS health budget bill (Liebling)
HF2890 Public safety budget bill (Moller)

NOTE: The jurisdiction of the Rules Committee for HF2900 and HF2890 only extends to their recommendation for a re-referral for a substantive hearing, pursuant to Joint Rule 2.03. No public testimony or amendments will be accepted in this hearing on these bills.

4. Calendar for the Day – Monday, March 20th
5. Adjournment

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Approval of the Minutes from March 15th, 2023
HF 345 (Hussein) Educational outcome and accountability improvement pilot program established, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF 1963 (Becker-Finn) School district's American Indian education aid authorized to carry forward from one school year to the next under circumstances.
HF 1875 (Keeler) American Indian education provided for all students, report required, and money appropriated.
HF 1773 (Clardy) Indexing of English learner programs revenue to basic education revenue required, microcredentials of teachers and administrators of English learners established, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.
HF 1589 (Bennett) Special education teacher pipeline program established, report required, and money appropriated.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
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For questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator, Polly Cerkvenik, at polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov or 651-296-5524.

Public Testimony:
If you are interested in providing testimony on the scheduled please contact the committee administrator at: polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov no later than 2pm on Wednesday, March 15th. Written testimony is encouraged. Testimony may be limited.

HF1843 (Reyer): Analysis conducted of benefits and costs of universal health care system to assist legislature in comparing it to current public and private health care financing system, report required, and money appropriated.

HF96 (Long): Transitional cost-sharing reduction, premium subsidy, small employer public option, and transitional health care credit established; MinnesotaCare eligibility expanded; premium scale modified; and alternative delivery and payment system recommendations required.

HF2705 (Pérez-Vega): Identification requirements for insulin safety net program modified.

HF2924 (Her): Hospital payment rates modified.

HF1884 (Smith): Psychedelic medicine task force established, and report required.

Bills may be added or removed at the discretion of the chair.

This hearing has been approved for extra time and will adjourn at 12:30PM

PUBLIC TESTIMONY: If you would like to submit written testimony or sign up to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator at Josh.Sande@house.mn.gov. Testifiers must contact the Committee Administrator by 5pm the day prior to the hearing in order to sign up to testify in person. In person testimony may be limited as time allows. Written testimony should also be submitted by 5pm the day prior, in Word or PDF format.

Remote or virtual testimony is not available.

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Presentation from the University of Minnesota on its supplemental budget request.
HF863 (Wolgamott) Time-limited tuition relief program established for students who pursue a degree in law enforcement, and money appropriated.
HF1912 (Hanson, J) Assigned student responsibility decreased for state grant program, and money appropriated.
HF2253 (Novotny) Use of force training reimbursement program established.

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Department of Public Safety Budget Presentation

HF 2023 (Long) Clean Slate Act established, automatic expungement process provided for offenders, waiting periods modified for expungements that require petition, offenses that are eligible for expungement amended, records received and retained by Bureau of Criminal Apprehension modified, creation of database required, data classified, and money appropriated.

HF 1278 (Pelowski) Disaster assistance contingency account funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF 41 (Feist) Bureau of Criminal Apprehension superintendent required to prepare and annual report on Fusion Center activities, and money appropriated.

HF 2678 (Kraft) Fire safety account fee assessed to homeowner insurance policies modified.

HF 1322 (Tabke) Metropolitan Council authorized to issue administrative citations for transit fare evasion, Metropolitan Council required to implement transit safety measures, civil penalties imposed, technical and clarifying changes made, and report required.

HF 1617 (Becker-Finn) Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribal emergency management coordinator establishment funding provided, and money appropriated.

Items may be taken up in any order, items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.

Anyone who would like to provide public testimony must sign up in advance by 10:30 AM on 3/15. Email the Committee Administrator to sign up. 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.

Written Testimony is encouraged and must be submitted in word or PDF form to the Committee Administrator by 10:30 AM, 3/15.

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AGENDA*
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
MDA Farm Link presentation.
HF 2110 (Wolgamott) Center for Rural Policy and Development grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 860 (Petersburg) Local food promotion and education event funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2288 (Tabke) University of Minnesota; farm scale winter greenhouse research and development funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 695 (Frederick) Agriculture-related business assistance funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF 1606 (Burkel) Minnesota Turf Seed Council grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2563 (Cha) Meat, poultry, egg, and milk processing facilities funding provided, and money appropriated.

6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HF 2562 (Sencer-Mura) Commissioner of agriculture funding provided for grants to partner organizations to assist meat and poultry processors with hiring and training new employees, and money appropriated.
HF 2278 (Vang) Board of Animal Health funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 1361 (Vang) Community development financial institutions technical assistance grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2679 (Vang) Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, and Office of Broadband Development budgets established; money transferred to border-to-border broadband fund account; policy and technical changes made to agriculture provisions; fees modified; accounts created; reports required; civil penalties provided; and money appropriated.
HF 2472 (Hansen, R) New program for systemic pesticide-treated seed established, new account in agricultural fund established, and money appropriated.
HF 1585 (Vang) Nonnative Phragmites added to noxious weeds provisions.

HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT and emailed to the committee administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 40 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 by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Agriculture Finance and Policy webpage.
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*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

I. HF1436 (Vang) - Programs to address health and human services workforce shortage expanded and established, reports required, and money appropriated.

II. HF1384 (Hicks) - Notice of medical assistance program required for employed persons with disabilities, and medical assistance eligibility requirements modified for employed persons with disabilities.

III. HF1172 (Edelson) - Health and human services background study consideration of juvenile court records modified, disqualification periods modified, set aside allowed for disqualification based on conduct or convictions in individual's juvenile record, electronic background check reconsideration request process created, and money appropriated.

IV. HF2544 (Baker) - Payment rates established for substance use disorder treatment services with medications for opioid use disorder.

V. HF1845 (Wiener) - Wellness in the Woods funding provided, and money appropriated.*

*Agenda item added. Agenda items may be added or removed.

HANDOUTS: All handouts must be provided electronically to the Committee Administrator and Committee Legislative Assistant at least 12 hours prior to the start of a committee meeting. Handouts should be in accessible (Optical Character Recognition) format for posting to the committee webpage. Contact the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov to submit handouts or for more information about acceptable electronic formats.

TESTIFYING: In-person public testimony will be taken as time allows. Testifiers must contact the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov by 5pm the day prior to the hearing in order to sign up to testify. Written testimony is encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Human Services Finance webpage.

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HF 1625 (Her) Employers prohibited from inquiring about past pay.

HF 1831 (Greenman) Restrictive franchise agreements prohibited.
a. Aaron Sojourner Labor Economist, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research & Associate Professor, Carlson School of Management at University of Minnesota

HF 2687 (Nelson) Elevator contractor licensing requirements for work on equipment modified.

If you signed up to testify or provide meeting materials for the committee, please forward them to Nick Stumo-Langer at nick.stumo-langer@house.mn.gov by 8:30AM on Thursday, March 16th, 2023.

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HF2277 (Vang) Eligibility for beginning farmer tax credit modified for sale of agricultural asset, credit administration funding provided, sunset of credit repealed, and money appropriated.
HF2059 (Lislegard) Individual income tax provisions modified, corporate franchise tax provisions modified, film production credit modified, allocation increased, and sunset repealed. (Pending re-referral)
HF2410 (Lislegard) Sales and use tax provisions modified, and exemption for purchases by nonprofit snowmobile clubs expanded.
HF2757 (Gomez) Local government debt financing modified.
HF1746 (Agbaje) Sales and use tax provisions modified, and temporary exemption for natural gas fees provided.
HF2256 (Davids) Individual income tax provisions modified, and pass-through entity tax modified.
HF2730 (P. E. Anderson) Individual income tax provisions modified, and subtraction for unemployment compensation received in 2021 provided.

Bills may be added or removed. Materials will be posted to the Committee website when they are available. Public testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and preferred title to the Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) by 5 PM on Wednesday, March 15th. Testimony will be limited to two minutes per testifier. The number of testifiers may be limited due to time constraints. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 5 PM on Wednesday, March 15th to the Committee Administrator and the Committee Legislative Assistant Lauren Sabes (Lauren.Sabes@house.mn.gov). 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.

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THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business

AGENDA

1. Approval of March 6, 2023, meeting minutes.
2. Presentation on the State Auditor's Supplemental State Aid Work Group Report.
   • Presenter: State Auditor Julie Blaha
   • Presentation
   • Testifier: Todd Greseth, Firefighter, Supplemental State Aid Work Group Member
3. HF 2928 (Nelson); SF xxxx (Pappas): State Auditor's Volunteer Firefighter Working Group recommendation on audit requirement threshold increase.

   • Overview of Retirement Benefits for Volunteer Firefighters (provides information related to agenda items #3-6)

   • Staff Summary and attachment Exhibit G

   • Testifiers:
     State Auditor Julie Blaha
     Aaron Johnston, Assistant Fire Chief, Coon Rapids Fire Department and Relief Association Treasurer
     Ron Johnson, Minnesota State Fire Department Association and Retired Maple Grove Firefighter
     Submitted:  Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association letter of support

4. HF 217 (Franson/Stephenson); SF 809 (Westrom): PERA Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Plan; Modifying service counted in determining vesting in a retirement benefit.
   • Amendment H0217-1A

   • Staff Summary of bill and amendment

   • Testifiers:
     Doug Anderson, Executive Director, Public Employees Retirement Association
     Philip Zimpel (via Zoom), Firefighter, Forada Fire Department, formerly with the Plummer Fire Department

5. HF 2007 (Robbins); SF 1975 (Limmer): PERA Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Plan; Mid-year coverage effective date for Hamel and Loretto firefighters, merger of assets and liabilities.

   • Staff Summary

   • Testifiers:
     Jeffrey Ruchti, Fire Chief, Hamel Volunteer Fire Department
     Jeff Leuer, Fire Chief, Loretto Fire Department

6. HF 2777 (Hudella): PERA Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Plan; Amending the requirements applicable to a relief association after the affiliated fire department joins the plan.
   • Staff Summary

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HF0428 (Clardy) West Saint Paul; tax increment financing provisions modified, and special rules authorized.
HF1458 (Koegel) Fridley; tax increment financing provisions modified, special rules for use of tax increment created, and report required.
HF1285 (Lislegard) Income restrictions removed for tax increment financing housing districts in nonmetropolitan counties.
HF1463 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) Woodbury; tax increment financing provisions modified, and special rules provided.
HF0134 (Klevorn) Plymouth; tax increment financing authority provided.
HF1471 (Kozlowski) Property tax provisions modified, and property tax exemption modified for airport property.
HF1802 (Urdahl) Morton; 2021 aid penalty forgiveness provided, and money appropriated.
HF2239 (Swedzinski) local government aid; providing 2021 aid penalty forgiveness to the city of Echo; appropriating money
HF1616 (Bliss) Boy River; 2022 aid penalty forgiveness provided, and money appropriated.

Bills may be added/removed from the agenda. Materials will be posted to the Committee website when they are available. Public testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and title to the Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) and Committee Legislative Assistant (Faith Privett Faith.Privett@house.mn.gov) by 2:30 PM on Wednesday, March 15th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due to the (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) and Committee Legislative Assistant (Faith Privett Faith.Privett@house.mn.gov) by 2:30 PM on Wednesday, March 15th. 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.

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