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Friday, April 1, 2022

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Friday, April 1, 2022
Friday, April 1, 2022 , 8:30 AM
Time Note: The meeting is scheduled until noon.

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Rick Hansen
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
*Agenda Change: Bills Added.

HF3146 (Lee) Environment; air quality permit analysis requirements modified, environmental justice area identified, and demographic analysis required.
HF3311 (Ecklund) Clean Water Act; funding provided for state to assume 404 permitting, report required, and money appropriated.
HF2624 (Lippert) Property assessed clean energy program modified.
**Amendments are due for HF3146 (Lee), HF3311 (Ecklund), and HF2624 (Lippert) by Thursday, 8:30am, March 31, 2022.

HF4736 (Hansen) Wastewater and water supply project climate issue rulemaking required.
*HF3916 (Sandell) State land easement and leasing conveying requirements modified. (Motion to take from the table).
**Amendments are due for HF4376 (Hansen) and HF3916 (Sandell) by Thursday, 5:30pm, March 31, 2022.

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01, which you may view here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp

Any meeting documents will be posted on the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92007

Public Testimony:
• Members of the public with questions about this process or who are interested in testifying at this meeting may email committee staff at Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn
• If you wish to testify, please contact Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn and copy Scotland.Kraker@house.mn at least one hour prior to the start of the remote hearing to get instructions.
• If you plan to submit written testimony, please send to Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn by 8:30am, Thursday, March 31, 2022.
•If you plan to submit written testimony on HF4736 (Hansen) or HF3916 (Sandell), please send to Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn by 5:30pm, Thursday, March 31, 2022.

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

All events are closed-captioned.

To provide feedback on digital accessibility of meeting information, please submit comments through the Minnesota Legislature Accessibility & Usability Comment Form. If you require an accommodation, please contact John Howe at: John.Howe@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-3208. Please do not contact him with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda. To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access.
Bills Added
Attachments:

Friday, April 1, 2022 , 8:30 AM
Time Note: 3/31 Update: Hearing canceled

Human Services Finance and Policy

Hearing Canceled
Chair: Rep. Jennifer Schultz
Location: Remote Hearing
Friday, April 1, 2022 , 8:30 AM

State Government Finance and Elections

Chair: Rep. Michael Nelson
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
HF4451 (Ecklund) Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation employee separation and retention incentive program authorized.
HF4497 (Pinto) Child care and early learning program information technology and data practices report required, and money appropriated.
HF4661 (Lislegard) Memorial Day observance annual spending amount by city amended.
HF4663 (Xiong, T) Military salary differential overpayments provided.
HF4345 (Albright) Self-insurance pool additional investment authority provided.
HF4441 (Masin) Open meeting participation conditions from nonpublic location amended.
*Agenda items may be added or removed.

TESTIFYING AND HANDOUTS: To testify, submit written testimony, or submit handouts, please email Amanda Rudolph, the committee administrator, at amanda.rudolph@house.mn no later than 5 p.m. the business day before the hearing. Written testimony and handouts must be in PDF format with Optical Character Recognition ability. Testimony will be limited and as time permits, therefore written testimony is encouraged. Please plan accordingly.
VIEW HEARING: House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp and all events are closed-captioned.
ACCESSIBILITY: To provide feedback on digital accessibility of meeting information, please submit comments through the Minnesota Legislature Accessibility & Usability Comment Form. If you require an accommodation, please contact John Howe at: John.Howe@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-3208. Please do not contact him with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda. To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access.
RULE 10.01: Meetings are held in accordance with House Rule 10.01: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/1001.htm.
Bills Added
Bills Removed

Chair: Rep. Dave Pinto
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
Early Childhood & Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Joint Hearing

Presentation on Early Childhood Investment's Impact on Public Safety

HF 4191 (Pinto) Family support unit and youth communication and support service funding provided, and money appropriated.

Additional items or bills may be added.

Meeting:
Friday, April 1st, 2022
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Remote Hearing via Zoom
Held Pursuant to Rule 10.01



Please note that this is an informational hearing, and no formal action will be conducted. Any meeting documents will be posted on the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92023, and on the Early Childhood Finance and Policy committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92005.

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01, which you may view here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp

*If you are providing written testimony or a handout, please email the Committee Administrator and copy the Committee Legislative Assistant at least 24 hours before the hearing time to get instructions (10:30 AM on 3/31/2022).

CA: Sydney.Spreck@house.mn
CLA: Hans.Dosland@house.mn

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

All events are closed-captioned.

To provide feedback on digital accessibility of meeting information, please submit comments through the Minnesota Legislature Accessibility & Usability Comment Form. If you require an accommodation, please contact John Howe at: John.Howe@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-3208. Please do not contact him with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda. To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access.
Bills Added

Chair: Rep. Carlos Mariani
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
Early Childhood & Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Joint Hearing

I. Presentation on Early Childhood Investment's Impact on Public Safety
II. HF 4191 (Pinto) Family support unit and youth communication and support service funding provided, and money appropriated.

*Bills may be added to the agenda

**This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp. Remote hearings are taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01, which you may view here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp.

***If you are interested in testifying before the committee, or are providing written testimony or a handout, please email the Committee Administrator at least 24 hours before the hearing time to get instructions.

CA: Jamael.Lundy@house.mn

****Any meeting documents will be posted on the House Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92023

****All events are closed-captioned. To provide feedback on digital accessibility of meeting information, please submit comments through the Minnesota Legislature Accessibility & Usability Comment Form. If you require an accommodation, please contact John Howe at: John.Howe@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-3208. Please do not contact him with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda. To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access.
Bills Added
Friday, April 1, 2022 , 10:30 AM

Taxes

Chair: Rep. Paul Marquart
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
Approval of the Minutes from March 31st, 2022
HF 4305 (Long) Solar energy production tax exemption created.
HF 4640 (Huot) State Agricultural Society; temporary suspension of sales and use tax remittance requirements for state fair sales.
HF 4590 (Lislegard) Film production tax credit modified.
HF4591 (Lislegard) Cooperative utility distribution line appurtenance and attachment definition modified.
HF4678 (Marquart) Minnesota State High School League tickets and admission exemption extended.
HF 4446 (Schultz) Workforce incentive fund grant created, workforce incentive grant designated as subtraction, and workforce incentive grant payment categorized as nonincome
HF 4318 (Agbaje) Single-member LLCs allowed to claim income tax credit for income tax paid to other states, and trade or business property sale exemption modified.
HF 4689 (Agbaje) COVID-19; income tax subtractions for business assistance provided, local government grants provided, report required, and money appropriated.
HF 3588 (Vang) Affordable housing market value exclusion established.

Additional Bills May Be Added

Public Viewing:
This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

Notes:
This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01, which may be viewed here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp

All events are closed-captioned.

To provide feedback on digital accessibility of meeting information, please submit comments through the Minnesota Legislature Accessibility & Usability Comment Form. If you require an accommodation, please contact John Howe at: John.Howe@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-3208. Please do not contact him with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda. To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access.

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

Public Testimony:
If you are interested in providing testimony on the posted bills, please contact the committee administrator at: polly.cerkvenik@house.mn no later than 5pm the day before the hearing. Written testimony is encouraged.
Bills Added
Bills Removed

Chair: TaShonda Williamson
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:

Meeting of Subcommittee on Data

1. Call to order
2. Adoption of previous meeting minutes
3. Discussion of Disqualification subcommittee request for list of most common crimes or conduct
4. Discussion of Disqualification subcommittee request for categorization of crimes or conduct
5. Discussion of work plan for future meetings to be presented at April 22 Task Force meeting
6. Adjourn

This remote meeting may be viewed live on the LCC-3 YouTube channel.


For more agenda information, click here
Friday, April 1, 2022 , 1:00 PM
Time Note: This hearing is likely to extend beyond 90 minutes.

Health Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Tina Liebling
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
HF3470 (Her) Hospital construction moratorium exception project added.
HF3403 (Stephenson) Preliminary application procedure established for individuals seeking professional licenses, licensing boards permitted to charge application fees, appeals authorized, and reports required. (Pending Re-referral)
HF3786 (Bierman) Intractable pain definition modified, and controlled substance prescription for treatment criteria modified.
HF4430 (Schultz) Health Care Affordability Board and Health Care Affordability Advisory Council established, health care market trend monitoring and recommendations required, health care spending growth target programs established, reports required, civil penalties provided, and fund transfers required. (Pending Re-referral)
HF3265 (Howard) School lead testing and remediation requirements modified, report required, and money appropriated. (Pending Re-referral)
*HF2906 (Wazlawik) PFAS prohibited in cosmetics.
*HF2907 (Wazlawik) PFAS prohibited in cookware.
*HF2952 (Wazlawik) PFAS prohibited in ski wax.
*HF3571 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) PFAS prohibited in juvenile products.
HF3161 (Wolgamott) Commissioner of health directed to modify requirement to obtain Department of Health J-1 visa waiver program recommendations.
HF4076 (Morrison) Administration of the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders prevention grants transferred to the Department of Health, base general fund amount established for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders prevention grants, base level adjustments made for health improvement in certain fiscal years, and report required.
HF4704 (Liebling) A bill for an act relating to long-term care; appropriating money to the commissioner of health and the commissioner of human services for long-term care protection and support activities and a temporary staffing pool. (VEHICLE BILL)

Testifier/document deadline will be Thursday, 3/31 at 4 PM. Testimony is limited to two minutes per testifier. Discussion on *HF2906, *HF2907, *HF2952 and *HF3571 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) will be limited to the fiscal notes on the MDH impacts of the bill. HF3470 and HF3786 were previously heard in Health and will receive an abbreviated presentation. Items may be added or deleted. This hearing will likely extend beyond the normal 90 minute time.

This meeting will be held in accordance with House Rule 10.01, which may be viewed here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/comm/docs/HmNgjtZ_KkKBF3cKO2DXmw.pdf

Public Viewing Information:
This remote hearing will be live-streamed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp All events are closed-captioned. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

Meeting documents will be posted on the House Health Finance and Policy Committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92011.

To provide feedback on digital accessibility of meeting information, please submit comments through the Minnesota Legislature Accessibility & Usability Comment Form. If you require an accommodation, please contact John Howe at: John.Howe@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-3208. Please contact Health Committee Administrator, Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn with questions on the meeting agenda. To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access.

Bills Added

Friday, April 1, 2022 , 1:00 PM

Transportation Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Frank Hornstein
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
*Please note that this meeting will take place outside of the regular standing committee schedule.*

HF4708 (Jordan) - Local Bus and Transit Improvement Act adopted providing funding for transit improvements, fare reduction, shelters, zero-emission bus transition, rapid transit planning, and signal priority planning; and money appropriated.

HF4690 (Boldon) - Greater Minnesota transit funding provided, and money appropriated.

Traffic Safety Advisory Council - see attached - (Revisor 22-07478)

Bills and agenda items may be added or removed.

Meeting documents will be posted on the Transportation Finance & Policy committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/home/92028

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

All events are closed-captioned.

To provide feedback on digital accessibility of meeting information, please submit comments through the Minnesota Legislature Accessibility & Usability Comment Form. If you require an accommodation, please contact John Howe at: John.Howe@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-3208. To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access.
Bills Added

Friday, April 1, 2022 , 3:00 PM

Education Finance

Chair: Rep. Jim Davnie
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
HF 4570 (Pinto) Voluntary prekindergarten and other early childhood education programs. The amendment deadline for this bill is 10am, April 1 to get amendments to the CA
*Agenda items may be added or removed

**If a member of the public would like to testify on any of this bills please reach out to the CA, Sarah Burt, at the email address below by 8pm on Thursday, March 31 to sign up. Written testimony is also accepted, please submit it by 8pm on Thursday, March 31 to the CA email address. Direct your attention to the written testimony template that has been posted under committee documents.

CA: sarah.burt@house.mn
CLA: wilson.lee@house.mn

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

CA: sarah.burt@house.mn
CLA: wilson.lee@house.mn

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

All events are closed-captioned.

To provide feedback on digital accessibility of meeting information, please submit comments through the Minnesota Legislature Accessibility & Usability Comment Form. If you require an accommodation, please contact John Howe at: John.Howe@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-3208. Please do not contact him with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda. To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access.
Bills Added