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Veterans and Military Affairs Division

2025-2026 Regular Session

Meets: Wednesday, 8:15 a.m. in Capitol G23
Committee Co-Chair: Rep. Matt Bliss 02B
Committee Co-Chair: Rep. Jay Xiong 67B
Committee Co-Vice Chair: Rep. Bjorn Olson 22A
Committee Co-Vice Chair: Rep. Kari Rehrauer 35B

Staff

GOP Committee Administrator: John Hultquist , John.Hultquist@house.mn.gov
DFL Committee Administrator: Matt Baumann, Matt.Baumann@house.mn.gov

GOP Committee Legislative Assistant: Jacob Alm, Jacob.Alm@house.mn.gov
DFL Committee Legislative Assistant: Bonnsy Vue, Bonnsy.Vue@house.mn.gov

Committee Documents

Meeting Minutes

Upcoming Meetings

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Chair: Rep. Jay Xiong
Location: Capitol G23
Agenda:

Co-Chair Xiong has the gavel.

AGENDA*

I. Presentation by Meals on Wheels

II. HFXXX (Cha) SGU Task Force Recommendations

III. HF3467 (Rehrauer) Commissioner of veterans affairs allowed to direct agency resources to veterans' initiatives, and reports required.

IV. HF3741 (Hill) Educational assistance for veterans' children and spouses modified, and money appropriated.

Next Meeting: Wednesday, March 11, 2026


*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

• HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT, have OCR capability, and emailed to both committee administrators at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov AND john.hultquist@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 20 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 both committee administrators at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov AND john.hultquist@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
• DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Veterans and Military Affairs Division 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 request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.

Bills:
  • HF3467 (Rehrauer) - Commissioner of veterans affairs allowed to direct agency resources to veterans' initiatives, and reports required.
  • HF3741 (Hill) - Educational assistance for veterans' children and spouses modified, and money appropriated.