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Education Innovation Policy

3/7/2017
**Bills May Be Added**

**In the event that our hearing is not finished during the regularly scheduled committee time, we will recess and reconvene at 5PM in 300S**

Overview and testimony of the HF1376 author's delete all amendment to make it the omnibus education policy bill. The amendment will be posted Monday, March 6th at 8:15AM. The amendment deadline will be noon Wednesday, March 8th.

Testimony will follow the overview. If you would like to testify on the delete all, please contact Andrew Hasek at andrew.hasek@house.mn. Testimony will be limited to 2 minutes per person. There will be no action on the DE amendment at this hearing.

Bills Added:
HF1376 (Erickson) - Prekindergarten through grade 12 education provisions modified.
HF1944 (Nash) - Temporary refundable high school youth skills training tax credit established for employers, report required, and money appropriated.
HF1906 (Loon) - Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act provisions modified, and graduation incentives program amended.
Attachments:
H1376DE1.pdf (3/6/2017)
H1906A2.pdf (3/6/2017)

Agriculture Policy

3/7/2017
Hearing on HF1466 is pending referral to the committee.

An author's delete-all amendment to HF1717 will be publicly posted by noon on Monday, March 6th. This meeting will consist of a walk-through of the delete-all amendment and taking public testimony. The committee will not take action on HF1717 during this meeting.

**Bills may be added
Bills Added:
HF1717 (Anderson) - Omnibus agriculture policy bill.
Attachments:
H1717DE2.pdf (3/6/2017)

Education Finance

3/7/2017
Bills Added:
HF268 (Theis) - Academic and behavioral interventions for low-performing and chronically absent students grants authorized, and money appropriated.
HF670 (Scott) - Compensatory revenue pilot project made permanent.
HF1661 (Lee) - Graduation incentives program eligibility modified.
HF1874 (Poston) - Collaborative urban educator program funding provided, and money appropriated.
Attachments:
H1874A3.pdf (3/6/2017)

Health and Human Services Finance

3/7/2017
If you would like to testify, please contact Shiloh Larson, Committee Legislative Assistant, at shiloh.larson@house.mn
Bills Added:
HF490 (Lien) - Moorhead; nursing facility operating payment rate modified.
HF941 (Poppe) - Caregiver support programs and services provisions modified, and money appropriated.
HF942 (Poppe) - Essential community supports modified.
HF803 (Baker) - Senior care workforce innovation grant program established, and money appropriated.
HF500 (Schomacker) - Nursing facility payment system policy and technical changes made, and report required.
HF804 (Kiel) - Health professional loan forgiveness program and employee scholarship program modified, and money appropriated.
HF582 (Schomacker) - Health professionals who may be employed by supplemental nursing service agencies overseen by the health commissioner modified, and nursing home and nursing facility costs governing provisions modified.
HF823 (Schomacker) - Elderly waiver program reformed, report required, and money appropriated.
HF1400 (Schomacker) - Nursing assistant training and competency evaluations reimbursable expense provisions modified.
Attachments:

State Government Finance

3/7/2017
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Bills Added:
HF586 (Drazkowski) - State-purchased land annual payment funds using dedicated revenues established, payment in lieu of taxes requirements modified, and money appropriated.
HF1234 (Davids) - First-time home buyer savings account program established, establishment of accounts authorized, income tax subtractions for contributions and earnings on the account allowed, and money appropriated.
HF1890 (Gunther) - Standing appropriation created.
Attachments:

Transportation and Regional Governance Policy

3/7/2017
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Higher Education and Career Readiness Policy and Finance

3/7/2017
Bills Added:
HF1500 (Pryor) - Student loan refinancing program eligibility expanded, and money appropriated.
HF319 (Lien) - Loan forgiveness program for individuals working in greater Minnesota established, report required, and money appropriated.
HF320 (Lien) - Higher education scholarship contribution tax credit allowed, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF1721 (Albright) - Public postsecondary educational system report on consulting work required.
HF1878 (Barr) - Public postsecondary institution automatic admission required.
HF1409 (Nornes) - Teacher candidates of color financial aid provided, and money appropriated.
Attachments:

Commerce and Regulatory Reform

3/7/2017
Audio Available: Download Mp3
*Bills may be taken in any order.
Bills Added:
HF1243 (Petersburg) - Security freezes for protected persons authorized relating to consumer reports access, fees regulated, and exceptions provided.
HF817 (Loonan) - Interference or attempted interference with point-of-sale terminals, gas pump dispensers, and automated teller machines crime established.
HF1558 (Kresha) - School district insurance coverage regulated.
HF676 (Davids) - Landscape application contracts regulated, and exclusion provided.
HF1947 (Smith) - Insurance adjusters regulated, and definition of adjuster modified.
HF1119 (Theis) - Criminal penalties modified.
HF2096 (Davids) - Retail merchandise price marking requirements modified.
Attachments:

Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance

3/7/2017
Bills Added:
HF623 (Anderson) - Sauk Centre; Eagle's Healing Nest funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF631 (Rarick) - Youth job skills training program established, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF635 (Hamilton) - Lewis and Clark Regional Water System project provisions modified, and additional issuance of housing infrastructure bonds authorized.
HF805 (Baker) - Water conditioning installation requirements modified.
HF1202 (Garofalo) - Labor and industry commissioner duties technical correction made.
HF1235 (Kresha) - Investment in rural jobs tax credit created.
HF1303 (Albright) - New markets tax credit program established, report required, and money appropriated.
HF1307 (Ecklund) - American Indian workforce training pilot project funding provided, and money appropriated.
Attachments:
H0635A1.pdf (3/6/2017)
H0635A2.pdf (3/6/2017)
H1303DE1[3].pdf (3/6/2017)
H0631A1.pdf (3/6/2017)

Government Operations and Elections Policy

3/7/2017
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***Government Operations and Elections will reconvene at 7:30pm in room 500S***

Bills may be taken in any order. More bills may be added. If committee business is not finished during the regularly scheduled time, the committee will meet in room 500S at 7:30pm or the call of the chair.
Bills Added:
HF1101 (Howe) - Cities authorized to spend money on National Night Out and events that foster positive relationships between law enforcement and the community, and fundraising authorized for these purposes.
HF136 (Howe) - Zero-based budgeting provided.
HF1117 (Bahr) - Oak Grove; areas designated as residential for the purposes of the comprehensive plan update.
HF739 (O'Neill) - Small wireless facility collocation provided.
HF828 (Albright) - Metropolitan Council governance modified.
HF1866 (Albright) - Metropolitan Council governance modified, farebox recovery objective for Twin Cities metropolitan area transit established, Metropolitan Council prohibited from undertaking a light rail project without explicit legislative authority, consideration of reasonableness of system plans in Metropolitan Land Planning Act allowed, light rail transit project development governing requirements established, and Metropolitan Council required to revise transportation policy plan.
HF1689 (Ecklund) - City and town expenditures for historical societies permitted.
HF1585 (Quam) - Four uniform election dates per year provided, special elections required to be held on one of the uniform dates, counties required to administer school elections, and conforming changes made.
HF1192 (Johnson) - Farm safety working group codified, farm safety initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2040 (Pugh) - Postelection sampling report requirements amended for county auditors and the secretary of state.
HF2039 (Pugh) - Statewide voter registration system status changes and removals required to be included in public information lists.
HF2050 (West) - Electronic voter signatures for purposes of electronic rosters allowed.
HF1030 (Drazkowski) - Employees allowed to opt out of state-paid insurance and benefits.
HF654 (Drazkowski) - Reverse referendum for property tax levies allowed.
Attachments:

Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance

3/7/2017
Audio Available: Download Mp3
Bills Added:
HF380 (Urdahl) - Traffic violations around school buses fines increased.
HF1754 (Marquart) - Paid preparer provisions modified.
HF1769 (Slocum) - Sales suppression device regulation provided, and criminal penalties imposed.
HF1581 (Cornish) - Natural resource enforcement and penalty provisions modified, and criminal penalties provided.
HF33 (Johnson) - Sentencing guidelines modification legislative approval required.
HF1572 (Grossell) - Stays of adjudication and stays of imposition in criminal sexual conduct cases eliminated, sex offenders required to serve lifetime conditional release or probation, intensive probation for sex offenders established, child pornography penalties increased, mandatory minimum sentences created, and Sentencing Guidelines Commission directed to modify the sex offender grid.
Attachments:
H1769A1.pdf (3/3/2017)

Taxes

3/7/2017
Bills Added:
HF460 (Swedzinski) - Rental motor vehicles tax dedicated to the Corridors of Commerce program.
HF479 (Swedzinski) - Motor vehicle purchases by local governments exemption expanded, and technical changes made.
HF502 (Lueck) - Motor vehicle tire and repair and replacement parts sales revenue allocated to the highway user tax distribution fund.
HF638 (Howe) - Motor vehicle part sale revenue allocated to the highway user tax distribution fund.
HF901 (Koznick) - Motor vehicle lease sales tax revenue allocation modified.
HF963 (Green) - Transportation Department purchase exemption provided for road construction projects.
HF5 (Davids) - Premium security plan created, legislative working group established, health care provider system access regulated, premium subsidy program provisions modified, funding provided, and money appropriated.

Transportation Finance

3/7/2017
Audio Available: Download Mp3
Metropolitan Council Budget Hearing on response to Chair letter to get additional budget information
Metropolitan Council Governors Budget Recommendations for FY18/19
and
Committee Hearing on recent Fox 9 (Channel 9) TV Investigative Report on "Metro Mobility Drivers Putting Vulnerable Passengers At Risk?"
Attachments:
The Chair will determine the order of the bills.
Bills Added:
HF1241 (Petersburg) - Transportation commissioner required to consult, develop, adopt, and publicize best practices to improve objectivity and transparency in project selection process; and report required.
HF1434 (Whelan) - Trunk highway project selection governed, project selection processes amended and mandated, highway project information availability required, and legislative reporting amended.
HF1467 (Torkelson) - Tolling report to the legislature required.
HF1659 (Anselmo) - Transportation management organizations in the Twin Cities metropolitan area funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1822 (Petersburg) - Motor vehicle lease sales tax revenue deposits clarified to not include the constitutionally dedicated legacy amount.
HF1264 (Rarick) - Wilma; land transfer for use by Duxbury Volunteer Fire Department required.
HF122 (Nash) - Start Seeing Motorcycles special plates established, and allocation of the two-wheeled vehicle endorsement fee modified.
HF2061 (Swedzinski) - Purchases used in providing transportation and public transit services exemption provided.
HF1155 (Bernardy) - Transportation commissioner required to develop a performance, stewardship, and sustainability plan for the trunk highway system.
Attachments:

Ways and Means

3/6/2017
Minnesota Management & Budget Presentation of:
1) the 2017 February Budget & Economic Forecast;
2) 2016 November Forecast Uncertainty Report;
3) 2016 Price of Government

Attachments:

Property Tax and Local Government Finance Division

3/6/2017
Audio Available: Download Mp3
Bills Added:
HF1592 (Hoppe) - St. Paul; Major League Soccer stadium provided, and tax exemptions provided.
HF1489 (West) - Manufactured home assessment modified.
HF1059 (Howe) - Disabled veterans homestead exclusion annual application requirement eliminated.
HF1096 (Maye Quade) - Spousal benefit under the disabled veterans homestead exclusion extended to surviving spouses of veterans with a 70 percent disability rating or higher, and eight year limitation on the spousal benefit eliminated.
HF1830 (Bliss) - Class 1c property requirements modified, and treatment of leased seasonal-recreational land modified.
HF1551 (Green) - Property value increase for homesteads owned by persons 65 years of age or older prohibited.
HF1711 (Loonan) - Agricultural purposes definition modified.
HF1741 (Loonan) - Counties required to forward multiple county mortgage tax payments to the revenue commissioner for distribution.
HF603 (Drazkowski) - School building bond agricultural property tax credit provided, and money appropriated.
HF171 (Marquart) - School building bonds agricultural credit established, and money appropriated.
HF1247 (Lueck) - Modifications to payments in lieu of taxes for natural resource land provided.
HF1236 (Davids) - Authority to issue capital notes, certificates of indebtedness, and general obligation revenue bonds expanded; street reconstruction bond issuance by majority vote authorized; publication requirements modified; and clarifying changes made.

Veterans Affairs Division

3/6/2017
Bills Added:
HF1348 (Maye Quade) - Past military service credit expanded.
HF1563 (Rosenthal) - Equine Innovations grant provided for its veteran horsepower program to provide equine therapy to veterans suffering from trauma and PTSD, and money appropriated.
HF1682 (Bliss) - Veterans' Voices radio programming funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1799 (Rosenthal) - Past military service credit modified.
HF1892 (Howe) - Military member clarified, and veterans added to offense of impersonation.
HF1893 (Howe) - Military pay and military retirement pay subtractions extended to military technicians.
Attachments:

Legacy Funding Finance

3/6/2017
Bills Added:
HF232 (Dettmer) - Veterans Rest Camp and Camp Legionville facility improvement funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF570 (Urdahl) - Hutchinson; Wheel and Cog Children's Museum funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF647 (Dettmer) - Vietnam: Minnesota Remembers public television project funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF666 (Nash) - Lake Waconia Regional Park funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF667 (Daniels) - Faribault; Rice County Veterans Memorial funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF932 (Moran) - Rondo Commemorative Plaza funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF970 (Johnson) - St. Peter; Minnesota Square Park pavilion funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1191 (Johnson) - Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1193 (Johnson) - Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1308 (Murphy) - Regional library systems funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1351 (Nash) - Waconia; Andrew Peterson farm restoration funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1432 (Gunther) - Blue Earth; Green Giant Museum funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF403 (Quam) - Arts and cultural heritage fund disposition of money modified.
HF1645 (Omar) - Somali Museum of Minnesota funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1634 (Baker) - Somali arts and cultural heritage program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1629 (Lillie) - St. Paul; public takraw court funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1718 (Layman) - Public educational radio stations funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1737 (Thissen) - Community identity and cultural heritage grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1766 (Urdahl) - Science Museum of Minnesota funding provided, and money appropriated.
Attachments:
H1737A1.pdf (3/3/2017)
H1308A1_1.pdf (3/3/2017)

Transportation and Regional Governance Policy

3/6/2017
Audio Available: Download Mp3
More bills may be added
Order of bills will be determined by the Chair

Bills Added:
HF1670 (Zerwas) - Driver diversion program made permanent, proof of insurance provided by courts authorized, uniform traffic ticket amended, waiver of criminal surcharge authorized, court appearance for driving offenses mandated, and money appropriated.
HF858 (Johnson) - Unmanned aircraft registration provided, and registration tax refund provided.
HF1224 (Howe) - School bus standards modified.
HF1037 (Vogel) - Legislative approval of housing incentives and allocations by the Metropolitan Council required.
HF1725 (Drazkowski) - Milk transport vehicle weight limitations amended.
HF1747 (Wagenius) - Sewer availability charge modified.
Attachments:
H0347DE2.pdf (3/3/2017)
H0858A1.pdf (3/3/2017)
H1480A2.pdf (3/3/2017)
H1747A1.pdf (3/3/2017)
H1670A4.pdf (3/3/2017)
H0858A2.pdf (3/5/2017)

Health and Human Services Finance

3/6/2017
If you would like to testify, please contact Shiloh Larson, Committee Legislative Assistant, at shiloh.larson@house.mn

Amendment deadline is 10 am on Monday, March 6.

*HF 5 (Davids) will be heard pending re-referral

Bills Added:
HF5 (Davids) - Premium security plan created, legislative working group established, health care provider system access regulated, premium subsidy program provisions modified, funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1203 (Albright) - Health plan coverage for prescription eye drop refills required.
HF1571 (Dean) - Long-term care services and supports study statutory changes made, gap analysis in long-term care services funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1353 (Schomacker) - Obsolete nursing facility cross-references corrected.
Attachments:

Education Innovation Policy

3/3/2017
**Bills May Be Added or Rolled Over From The Previous Hearing**

**Bills May Be In Any Order**

**Testimony will be limited to 2 minutes per person per bill on all bills - if you plan to testify, please notify Committee Administrator Andrew Hasek - andrew.hasek@house.mn**
Bills Added:
HF1339 (Erickson) - Assistive technology plans provided.
HF1426 (Lee) - Teacher preparation program summary results disaggregated by race.
HF877 (Erickson) - Innovative delivery of career and technical education pilot project codified and made permanent.
HF1680 (Bennett) - Academic standards modified, child sexual abuse prevention programs established, and report required.
HF1825 (Loon) - Perpich Center for Arts Education abolished; Education Department position created, and conveyance of the Perpich Arts High School and Crosswinds Arts and Science School planned.
HF1966 (Peterson) - School performance reports modified, and school rating system created.
Attachments:
H1680A2.pdf (3/2/2017)
H1426A1.pdf (3/2/2017)
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