Morning Agenda (8:30 - 10:00 AM - SOB Rm 200):
HF4176 (Pérez-Vega)Early learning programs modified. (This bill was previously heard on 2/29/24. No further public testimony will be taken.)
HF4459 (Hanson, J.) Department of Human Services child placement and safety executive bill.
HF4793 (Nash) Child maltreatment reporting modified, and criminal penalty for preventing report created.
HF367 (Freiberg) Child care center and family child care provider allowed to adopt policy regarding immunizations.
HF4537 (Pinto) Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General executive bill on children's licensing issues.

Evening Agenda (6:30 - 7:20 PM - SOB Rm 10):
HF4980 (Pinto)Human services forecast adjustments made, and money appropriated.
HF 5033 (Pinto) Welfare data technical corrections made. (vehicle bill)
HF4732 (Pinto) Payment of developmental screening aid clarified. (early learning vehicle bill)
HF4898 (Hanson, J.) Family assets modified for independence program
Agenda Items may be changed or added

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MEETING MATERIALS: Presenters or members of the public are encouraged to provide all materials to be offered in Committee to the CA 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.

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

1. HF 4853 (Bierman) Health maintenance organization transactions oversight provided, and nonprofit conversion transactions regulations and prohibitions established.
2. HF 3410 (Freiberg) Classification of commercial dog and cat breeder data collected and maintained by Board of Animal Health amended; kennel and dealer advertising requirements modified; and Board of Animal Health required to post kennel, dealer, and commercial breeder information.
3. HF 4104 (Tabke) Release of information on leased motor vehicles to licensed motor vehicle dealers authorized, and technical changes made.
4. HF 3577 (Jordan) Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act established, and rulemaking authorized.
5. HF 1718 (Huot) Appointment, licensing, and compensation of railroad peace officers provided; civil liability issues addressed; and rulemaking required.
6. HF 4347 (Norris) Coerced debt governing provisions modified.
7. HF 3443 (Liebling) Release of patient health records requirements modified.
8. HF 4569 (Howard) Wage theft prevented and use of responsible contractors required when Minnesota Housing Finance Agency provides financial assistance for development of multiunit residential housing.
9. HF 4410 (Hansen) Enforcement authority modified, and money appropriated.
10. HF 4822 (Feist) Distribution of excess proceeds from sales of tax-forfeited property modified, grants for environmental remediation of tax-forfeited property provided, and money appropriated.
11. HF 4854 (Klevorn) Administrative Procedure Act and Office of Administrative Hearings technical and policy provisions modified.
12. HF 4387 (Pinto) Personal service of orders for protection, restraining orders, and related notices provided; law enforcement officers required to make reasonable efforts to locate respondents; certain orders for protection and harassment restraining orders allowed to be served by mail; and other protection order provisions modified.
13. HF 4276 (Curran) Revisor of statutes directed to update terms used in statute.
14. HF 3830 (Hollins) Antenuptial contract process clarified to include any two individuals.
15. HF 3567 (Hollins) Uniform Parentage Act enacted.
16. HF 3204 (Moller) Domestic relations; parenting time provisions modified.
17. HF 2895 (Scott) Judiciary; spousal maintenance modified.

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.

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.
LIVESTREAM: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
ACCESSIBILITY: To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov. To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the committee administrator as soon as possible.

HF 4043 (Agbaje) Allocation of incarcerated persons based on their last known address in Minnesota required, and Department of Corrections required to collect last residential address of an inmate before incarceration.
HF 3182 (Olson, L) Public employees insurance program modifications; Minnesota insurance pool committee created, report required, and money appropriated.
HF 4553 (Tabke) State Patrol retirement plan new section added to codify the right to return to employment and continue receiving an annuity.

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.
VIEWING: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

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March 14, 2024 hearing minutes

HF2717 (Kraft) Excavation notice system governing provisions modified.

HF3900 (Kraft) High-voltage transmission lines siting and relocation governing provisions modified.

HF3594 (Sencer-Mura) All cities authorized to designate lands for pedestrian malls on city rights-of-way.

HF4652 (Sencer-Mura) Crash reporting requirements modified.

HF4649 (Sencer-Mura) Child passenger restraint provisions modified.



Agenda items may be added or changed.

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Approval of the Minutes from March 14th, 2024
HF 3744 (Edelson) Read Act amended, working group established, supplemental funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF 4912 (Sencer-Mura) Onetime aid to improve student attendance created, and money appropriated.
HF 4827 (Youakim) Aid payment schedule for state school nutrition programs clarified.
HF 4828 (Youakim) Definition of adjusted general revenue modified.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

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HF4556 (Howard): Workgroup on Expediting Rental Assistance recommendations for improving application approval times for family homelessness prevention and assistance program, emergency assistance program, and emergency general assistance implemented; and reports required.

HF4106 (Noor): Timelines for medical assistance eligibility determinations for hospital patients modified, supplemental payments for disability waiver services provided, and additional permissible circumstances for the appointment of an emergency guardian provided.

HF3992 (Lislegard): Onetime aid program established for licensed ambulance services, reports required, and money appropriated.

HF4366 (Edelson): Civil commitment priority admission requirements modified, prisoner in a correctional facility specified to not be responsible for co-payments for mental health medications, county co-payment expense reimbursement allowed, and money appropriated.

HF4187 (Bierman): Alternate hospital inpatient payment rate specified.

HF4396 (Liebling): Health plan companies required to include essential community providers in all health plans, and contract payment rates modified.

HF4571 (Liebling): Commissioner of health appropriation corrected.
Bills may be taken up in any order, added, or removed at the discretion of the Chair.

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 sign up to testify by contacting the Committee Administrator by 5pm the day prior to the hearing. Public testimony may be limited as time allows. Written testimony is encouraged, and should also be submitted by 5pm the day prior, in Word or PDF format. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It may be posted to the committee webpage.

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

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HF4565 (Hanson, J) Higher education students with a disability documentation and other requirements specified.

Bill Added:
HF1630 (Pelowski) One-third user financing requirement eliminated for future capital improvement projects at public postsecondary institutions.

HF1630 was previously heard on Tuesday, March 12. The bill will be moved before the committee to process to the committee on Capital Investment.

Written Testimony: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov and Christopher.Olendorf@house.mn.gov by 3pm Monday, March 18.

Amendments: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov by 10:30am, Monday, March 18.

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HF 4370 (Gomez) Recipients of 2023 public safety aid required to report on use of that aid, and commissioner of public safety required to submit compiled data to legislature.

HF 4753 (Pelowski) General fund surplus dollars required to be allocated to the disaster assistance contingency account.

HF 3063 (Fischer) Law regarding collection of DNA data without a conviction removed, and removal of biological specimens and records from DNA index system provided. *Amendment forthcoming.

HF 4417 (Kozlowski) Task Force on Preventing Violence Against Latina Women established, report required, and money appropriated.

HF 4118 (Hanson, J) Use of excited delirium term and similar terms to describe mental health status of persons by law enforcement prohibited. *Amendment forthcoming.

HF 4244 (Becker-Finn) Earned incentive release savings funds reallocation redistributed.

Items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.

Written Testimony: The deadline to submit written testimony for all bills on the agenda will be 10:30 AM, March 18th. All written testimony must be submitted in a PDF document without clickable links. All testimony should be sent to the committee administrator, ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov.

Testimony: 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 10:30 AM, March 18th.

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

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov

If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form

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HF 4989 (Pursell) Clean water, climate-start, and soil-healthy farming goals established; pilot program to provide financial incentives for farming practices in southeastern Minnesota created; fertilizer fee extended; data collection required; and money appropriated. See attachment for bill language.
HF 4163 (Norris) Farm to institutions funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 4065 (Anderson, PH) Live Cervidae importation to accredited facilities allowed.
HF 4044 (Jacob) Property tax credit established for acres certified under Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, and money appropriated. Testimony was previously heard. No additional testimony will be taken.

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.
VIEWING: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page.  All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
ACCESSIBILITY: To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access.  If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.
*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

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Items may be added

- HF1683 (Bierman) Mental health services eligibility and rates modified.
a. Ellie Skelton, Chief Executive Officer, Touchstone Mental Health
b. Michelle Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Nexus Family Healing

- HF4692 (Noor) Direct Care and Treatment agency established, date for transfer of authority and responsibility modified, board membership qualifications, procedures, powers, and duties established, chief executive officer powers and duties established; accounts established, and other agency provisions modified.
a. Carrie Briones, Legislative Director for Direct Care and Treatment, Minnesota Department of Human Services
b. Matt Freeman, Executive Director, Minnesota Association of County Social Service Administrators

- HF4839 (Reyer) PACE program implemented.

- HF4981 (Her) Establishing Medical Assistance rate adjustments for physician and professional services, increasing rates for certain residential services, requiring a statewide reimbursement rate for behavioral health home services, appropriating money
a. Jessica Brisbois, Manager of Acute Mental Health, Children’s Minnesota
b. Trevor Johnson, Executive Director, Tasks Unlimited, Inc.

- HF4671 (Fischer) Respite care grants modified, youth care professional training program created, adult and children's mobile transition units modified, and money appropriated
a. Leslie Yunker, Supervisor in Children’s Mental Health, Dakota County
b. Michelle Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Nexus Family Healing

- HF4568 (Virnig) State disability determination procedures modified, and consumer-directed community supports governing provisions modified
a. Justin Smith, Consumer-Directed Community Supports Recipient
b. Kris Erickson, Consumer-Directed Community Supports Parent

- HF4877 (Clardy) Qualifications for positive support providers modified.

- HF4675 (Noor) Commissioner of human services directed to expand reimbursement for overtime, overnight asleep services, and consecutive shifts for personal care assistants and community-first services and supports workers
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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by 8:30am the day of 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.

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HF 4761 (Stephenson) Cannabis; workplace testing provided

HF 4508 (Jordan) Public employee definition amended, and University of Minnesota employee bargaining units modified
Heather Holcombe, Ph.D., Vice President of the University of Minnesota chapter of the American Association of University Professors
Jeff Ettinger, Interim President, University of Minnesota
Ian Ringgenberg
Mani Vang, Senior Director of Employee and Labor Relations, University of Minnesota
Zachary Shaheen, M.D./ Ph.D.
Tyler Blackmon
Sandra Shahriar, UMN Graduate Labor Union: UE Local 1105

HF 4242 (Kraft) State Building Code; residential energy code adoption standards and timelines modified, residential energy rating rebate program created, reports required, and money appropriated
Eric Fowler, Senior Policy Associate, Buildings at Fresh Energy
Barbara Morehead
Michael Morehead
Nick Erickson, Senior Policy Director, Housing First Minnesota
Sam Friesen, Wood works Homes
Jamie Fitzke, Director of Legislative Affairs, CenterPoint Energy

HF 4661 (Wolgamott) Technical and policy changes made to workers' compensation hearing provisions
Jessica Stimac, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Labor and Industry

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please send them to travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 4pm on Monday, March 18

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HF4486 (Brand) Sales and use tax exemption provided for prepared food sold by certain sellers.
HF4575 (Davids) Coin-operated amusement device gross receipts tax established, and conforming changes provided.


Items 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 preferred title to the Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) and the CLA (Lauren Sabes Lauren.Sabes@house.mn.gov) by 1 PM on Monday, March 18th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 1 PM on on Monday, March 18th. 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.

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HF4659 (Berg) - Safety standards for broadband industry installers required; and Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program implemented.
HF4688 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) - Utility thermal energy network deployment work group established, and report required.
HF4689 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) - Geothermal heat exchange system rebate program established, account established, and money appropriated.
*Items may be added to the agenda

If you wish to submit written testimony or testify in person, please send the written testimony or the request to testify to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn.gov by 1 p.m. the day before the meeting. Written testimony is preferred and will be accepted after the deadline. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

This hearing may be viewed in person or via the House webcast schedule page

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**INFORMATIONAL ONLY** HF3782 (Rep. Pryor) - Provisions related to prekindergarten through grade 12 education including general education, education excellence, teachers, literacy, charter schools, nutrition, health and safety, early learning, and education partnerships and compacts modified; and reports required.
-Education Policy Bill Walk-through

HF4159 (Rep. Hicks) - Teacher preparation programs required to provide instruction on ableism and disability justice, teacher license renewal requirements modified, and money appropriated.

HF4451 (Rep. Bennett) - Purple Star School designation established.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
AMENDMENTS: Amendments must be emailed to the committee administrator by 12pm (Noon) Monday.

HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT and emailed to the committee administrator before 4p.m., Monday. If you are bringing hard copies to the committee, please bring 40 copies and check-in with the committee administrator before distribution.

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. Remote testimony is available. Written testimony is encouraged and is accounted as official committee record - to be distributed to committee members and public. If you would like to testify or submit written testimony (in PDF format), please email the committee administrator by 4pm, Monday.

For any other questions or concerns, please reach out to the Committee Administrator at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov or 651-296-1913.
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o This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page . All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

*Agenda Change: Bill Added. Bill Removed.

HF4322 (Vang) Sustainable aviation fuel definition amended.
HF4932 (Hornstein) Management of wasted food provided.
HF4409 (Agbaje) Grant program established for pilot projects to encourage and increase composting in multifamily buildings, report required, and money appropriated.
HF3457 (Kraft) Deadline established for state agencies to issue permits for a large electric power facility that has been granted a site or route permit.
HF4135 (Hansen) Agricultural fertilizer research fee and program extended by one year, drinking-water fee established for nitrogen fertilizer and private well drinking-water assistance program, testing of biosolids for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances required, reports required, and money appropriated. *(Please note that amendments, testimony and discussion will be limited to Section 14.)

If you would like to sign up to testify or submit written testimony, please email Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov by 5:00pm, Monday, March 18, 2024. Submitted written testimony is public and will be posted on the committee website and included in the committee record.

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
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HF4194 (Howard) - Housing infrastructure bonds eligible uses expanded, and additional housing infrastructure bonds issuance authorized.

HF4819 (Howard) - Eligible uses of housing infrastructure bonds expanded, recapitalization provided, housing infrastructure program prior appropriation amended, task forces established, and reports required.

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

TESTIMONY: If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email jack.dockendorf@house.mn.gov no later than 5pm the day before the hearing. Written testimony received after this time may not be included in members' packets.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Housing Finance and Policy Committee webpage.

ACCESSIBILITY: To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator, Jack Dockendorf (jack.dockendorf@house.mn.gov).

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

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
• To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.
• For questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator, Matt Baumann, at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov or 651-296-3208.

Public Testimony:
Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator matt.baumann@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM 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

Please note that this list serv notification email is not monitored. If you wish to reply, please email me directly at: matt.baumann@house.mn.gov




For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
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