Meetings are listed by date with the most recent meeting at the top. If there is a television recording of the meeting links to that format will be available below.
Note: If you would like to testify for or against a bill, please contact Committee Legislative Assistant Cyndy Wallin by 3pm on Friday February 28, 2025. Phone: 651-297-5723 Email: Cyndy.Wallin@house.mn.gov. Testimony will be limited to 2 minutes maximum per testifier and the Chair reserves the right to limit testimony to no more than 15 minutes each for and against on a bill. Also, no more than one testifier per organization. Any handouts or letters should be emailed to the committee legislative assistant by 3 pm on Friday February 28, 2025.
Bills Added:
HF192
(Burkel) - Requirements governing cost participation on trunk highway projects established, and money appropriated.
HF268
(Koznick) - Certain limitations on use of interest or investment income from transportation revenue established.
HF494
(West) - ReConnect Rondo project expenditures prohibited.
HF1214
(Hansen) - Minneapolis; transportation advancement account funds directed to be used for suicide prevention measures on Washington Avenue Bridge.
Agenda:
I Call to order
II Approval of Minutes from Monday 2/24/25
IV. Bills Heard:
• HF 376 (Murphy) Clean Car Rules Repealed
• HF 367 (Murphy) Action for damages for highway obstruction authorized, and civil penalties imposed.
III. Adjournment
Next Meeting: Monday March 03, 2025
Note: If you would like to testify on these bills, please contact Committee Legislative Assistant Cyndy Wallin by 3pm on Tuesday 2/25/25. Phone: 651-297-5723 Email: Cyndy.Wallin@house.mn.gov . Testimony will be limited to 2 minutes maximum per testifier. Also no more than one testifier per organization. The Chair may limit the testimony to no more than 15 minutes per side on each bill. Any handouts or letters should be emailed to the committee legislative assistant by 3 pm on Tuesday 2/25/25. The Chair can determine the order the bills will be heard in.
Bills Added:
HF367
(Murphy) - Action for damages for highway obstruction authorized, and civil penalties imposed.
HF376
(Murphy) - Clean car rules repealed.
Three bills on the agenda to be heard.
Agenda:
I Call to order
II Approval of Minutes from Monday 2/17/25
IV. Bills Heard:
HF795 (Myers) Online booking availability of driver's license road skills examinations modified, and fees for cancellation modified.
HF 749 (Koznick) Northstar Commuter Rail line performance requirements and conditional termination established.
HF 269 (Koznick) Commissioner of transportation and the Metropolitan Council required to request approval to discontinue Northstar passenger rail operations, and report required.
III. Adjournment
Bills Added:
HF749
(Koznick) - Northstar Commuter Rail line performance requirements and conditional termination established.
HF795
(Myers) - Online booking availability of driver's license road skills examinations modified, and fees for cancellation modified.
HF269
(Koznick) - Commissioner of transportation and the Metropolitan Council required to request approval to discontinue Northstar passenger rail operations, and report required.
5 bills will be heard:
HF198 will be heard on an informational basis as it is currently in possession of Capital Investment Committee
HF198 (Zeleznikar) Duluth International Airport; capital improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (New Air Traffic Control Tower)
Also Note that HF269 has been removed from the agenda for Monday 2/17/25,
Bills Added:
HF185
(Koegel) - Resilient pavement program established for certain trunk highway project modifications to pavement design, and money appropriated.
HF303
(Perryman) - Third-party testing authorized by transit operators.
HF305
(Joy) - Blackout special license plate deposit of revenue fund modified.
HF189
(Zeleznikar) - Surcharge on all-electric vehicles amended; surcharges on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, electric motorcycles, and plug-in hybrid electric motorcycles imposed; types of electric motorcycles defined; and surcharge rate adjustment required.
I Call to order
II Approval of Minutes from Monday 2/10/25
III Presentations:
a. Corridors of Commerce Changes / Overview - Matt Burress – House Research
b. Minnesota Transportation Alliance - Margaret Donahoe – Executive Director
Testifying: Krysten Foster, Otter Tail County Engineer.
Margaret Donahoe, Executive Director, Minnesota Transportation Alliance
IV. Bills Heard:
HF14 (Robbins) Temporary moratorium on certain light rail transit expenditures
Established.
Testifiers for HF14:
Transportation 2.12.2025 Committee Testifiers
Jeremiah Ellison, Minneapolis Councilmember
Nas Nourkadi, Move Minnesota Action
Joshua Houdek, Senior Project Manager, Sierra Club North Star Chapter
Irene Fernando, Hennepin County Commissioner
Hollies Winston, Mayor Brooklyn Park
Aaron Wagner, Robbinsdale Council Member
Ricardo Perez, Organizer, Blue Line Coalition
Anndrea Young, Heritage Park Neighborhood Association
Alesha Alexcee, Policy Advocate, Housing Justice Center
Note: If you would like to testify for or against this bill, HF14, please contact Committee Legislative Assistant Cyndy Wallin by 3pm on Tuesday February 11, 2025. Phone: 651-297-5723 Email: Cyndy.Wallin@house.mn.gov. Testimony will be limited to 2 minutes maximum per testifier and no more than 20 minutes each of testimony for and against. Also no more than one testifier per organization. Any handouts or letters should be emailed to the committee legislative assistant by 3 pm on Tuesday February 11,2025..
V. Adjournment
Bills Added:
HF14
(Robbins) - Temporary moratorium on certain light rail transit expenditures established.