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Public Safety Finance and Policy

2025-2026 Regular Session

Meets: Tuesday and Wednesday 3 p.m. in Capitol 120
Committee Co-Chair: Rep. Paul Novotny 30B
Committee Co-Chair: Rep. Kelly Moller 40A
Committee Co-Vice Chair: Rep. Sandra Feist 39B
Committee Co-Vice Chair: Rep. Jeff Witte 57B

Staff

GOP Committee Administrator: John Hultquist , John.Hultquist@house.mn.gov
DFL Committee Administrator: Ellen McDaniel, Ellen.McDaniel@house.mn.gov

GOP Committee Legislative Assistant: Mary McNamara , Mary.McNamara@house.mn.gov
DFL Committee Legislative Assistant: Christian Lohrenz, Christian.Lohrenz@house.mn.gov

Committee Documents

Meeting Minutes

Upcoming Meetings

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Chair: Rep. Paul Novotny
Location: Capitol 120
Agenda:

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Minutes

3. HF 4371 (Lee, F.) Bureau of Criminal Apprehension required to perform background checks at the request of the Office of the Legislative Auditor.

4. HF 4317 (Nash) Peace officer access to surplus badges provided.

5. HF 2817 (Knudsen) Service line of duty death benefits provided for part-time, paid on-call, and volunteer firefighters.

6. HF 3496 (Harder) Inmates required to complete restitution payments before being placed on supervision abatement status

7. HF 4151 (Witte) Eligibility of certain applicants for licenses to serve as private detectives or protective agents modified.

8. HF 3826 (Witte) Identity theft crime; definitions modified and added, attorney general and county attorneys provided with additional subpoena authority, and statutes of limitation altered for fraud-related offenses.

9. HF 4425 (Myers) Statute of limitations for crimes involving medical assistance fraud or other theft of money belonging to the government increased.

10. HF 3990 (Novotny / Moller) Public Safety Policy Package.
• Consideration of amendments, markup of bill, and passage out of committee. The DE1 with the language of the policy package is posted. The amendment deadline may be waived for this bill by joint approval of the co-chairs.

11. Adjourn

Agenda note: Bills may be added or removed from the agenda. Agenda items may be taken up in any order at the discretion of the Chair and to accommodate schedules.

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.

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

Bills:
  • HF4317 (Nash) - Peace officer access to surplus badges provided.
  • HF2817 (Knudsen) - Service line of duty death benefits provided for part-time, paid on-call, and volunteer firefighters.
  • HF4425 (Myers) - Statute of limitations for crimes involving medical assistance fraud or other theft of money belonging to the government increased.
  • HF3496 (Harder) - Inmates required to complete restitution payments before being placed on supervision abatement status.
  • HF4151 (Witte) - Eligibility of certain applicants for licenses to serve as private detectives or protective agents modified.
  • HF3826 (Witte) - Identity theft crime; definitions modified and added, attorney general and county attorneys provided with additional subpoena authority, and statutes of limitation altered for fraud-related offenses.
  • HF3990 (Novotny) - Provisions for employment or occupation due to conviction of a crime changed.
  • HF4371 (Lee) - Bureau of Criminal Apprehension required to perform background checks at the request of the Office of the Legislative Auditor.