Transportation Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Brad Tabke
Location: Capitol 123
Agenda:

Co-Chair Tabke has the gavel.

AGENDA*
1. Call to order
2. Approval of Minutes from February 25, 2026
3. HF3418 (Tabke) Community-based pedestrian safety program established, and money appropriated.
4. HF3739 (Koegel) Marked Trunk Highway 610 designated as Hortman Memorial Highway.
5. HF3791 (Greene) Security and protective services of certain state officials provided, report required, and money appropriated.
6. HF3356 (Huot) Removal of identifying equipment and insignia from emergency vehicles sold to the public required.
7. HF3695 (Johnson, P.) Task force on standardized identification for emergency responders established, report required, and money
appropriated.
8. Adjournment

Next Meeting: Wednesday, March 4, 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 joe.marble@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.
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Co-Chair: Rep. Jon Koznick holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Brad Tabke
Location: Capitol 123
Agenda:

HF3576 (Knudsen) Authority for third-party road tests for school bus drivers amended, and technical changes made.
HF3553 (Backer) Vehicle platoon pilot project authorized for certain roads in Wilkin County and Grant County, and report required
HF3576 (Koznick) Autonomous vehicles regulated.

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrators, Joe Marble and Matt Baumann by 12 p.m. (noon) the day prior to the hearing. Required testimony information includes name, organization and title (if applicable), email, and phone number. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

*Bills may be added or removed at the chair's discretion