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Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance

3/30/2016
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Bills Added:
HF2774 (Fenton) - Election emergency plan development required.
HF3333 (Barrett) - Controlled substance schedules modified.
HF3469 (Anderson) - Interference with a body or scene of death crime modified and sentence increased.
HF3423 (Johnson) - Statewide criminal and juvenile justice information policy and funding issues advisory group provided.
HF3546 (Johnson) - County probation officer supervision of adult felons authorized.
Attachments:
A16-0959.pdf (3/29/2016)
H3546A1.pdf (3/29/2016)

Taxes

3/30/2016
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Bills Added:
HF2380 (Davids) - MNsure operation funding modified.
HF2314 (Davids) - Prepared food donation tax credit provided.

Education Finance

3/30/2016
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More bills may be added to the agenda. Bills may be taken in any order.

HF2805 and HF3132 are pending referral.


Those wishing to testify should contact the Committee Administrator by email at jody.withers@house.mn.
Bills Added:
HF3273 (Moran) - Urban educator grant recipients directed to offer teacher preparation candidates African American history, culture, and heritage instruction.
HF3340 (Fenton) - Collaborative urban educator program modified to increase the number of teachers of color in Minnesota schools, and money appropriated.
HF3166 (Loon) - Educator licensure account in the special revenue fund created, duties clarified, and money appropriated.
HF2805 (Fenton) - Grow Your Own teacher residency pilot program established, and money appropriated.
HF3132 (Erickson) - Teacher Shortage Act created, and money appropriated.
HF3326 (Nornes) - Continuing education program establishment authorized, report required, and money appropriated.
HF3427 (Swedzinski) - Special education paraprofessional licensure supported, and money appropriated.
HF3233 (Pierson) - Concurrent enrollment teacher training funding provided, and money appropriated.
Attachments:
H3340A1.pdf (3/29/2016)

Government Operations and Elections Policy

3/30/2016
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The committee will reconvene at 6:30pm in room 5 of the State Office Building.

Agenda is subject to change. More bills may be added. Bills may be taken in any order.

If the agenda is not finished during the committee's allotted time, the committee will recess and the agenda will be continued in the evening.
Bills Added:
HF3208 (Hackbarth) - Blaze orange hunting requirements modified to allow blaze pink.
HF2988 (Knoblach) - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities personnel plan ratified.
HF3255 (Knoblach) - Labor agreements ratified, and compensation plan approved.
HF3470 (Vogel) - Municipality use of public utility license, permit rights, or franchise fees to raise revenue notice, hearing, and reverse referendum provided.
HF2683 (Kresha) - Child protection legislative task force extended.
HF2389 (Franson) - Eyelash extension services regulated, and continuing education requirements modified.
HF2104 (Albright) - Sewer availability charges imposed on eating or drinking establishments that add or expand outdoor seating regulated.
HF2467 (Albright) - Metropolitan Council membership and terms modified, Blue Ribbon Commission on the Metropolitan Council created, appointments provided, and money appropriated.
HF2771 (Bly) - Minnesota Organic Advisory Task Force extended, agriculture commissioner required to consult the Minnesota Organic Advisory Task Force and provide recommendations to the legislature, and report required.
HF3554 (Sanders) - Wireless communications service provider added to the statute allowing use of public roads by other utilities, task force established to study and make recommendations on deployment of small wireless telecommunications facilities, and report required.
Attachments:
CEH2104-1.pdf (3/28/2016)
CEH2467-1.pdf (3/28/2016)
A16-0946.pdf (3/29/2016)
A16-0947.pdf (3/29/2016)
H2467A2.pdf (3/29/2016)
H2467DE3.pdf (3/29/2016)
H2771A1.pdf (3/29/2016)
H2771A2.pdf (3/29/2016)
H3255A1.pdf (3/29/2016)
H3255A2.pdf (3/29/2016)
H3470A1.pdf (3/29/2016)

Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance

3/30/2016
Additional bills may be added.
Bills Added:
HF2240 (Swedzinski) - Public Utilities Commission required to provide a property rights ombudsman to assist landowners affected by large energy facility construction, and assessment by the commission provided to reimburse the costs of the property rights ombudsman.
HF2543 (Garofalo) - Interstate pipeline requirement to obtain a certificate of need exemption provided.
HF2689 (Daniels) - Faribault; Rice County Veterans Memorial completion funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3074 (Swedzinski) - Community solar gardens regulated.
HF3117 (Knoblach) - Human rights commissioner added to the urban initiative board.
HF0963 (Kiel) - Railroad crossing rights-of-way by utilities requirements established, and money appropriated.
HF2728 (Lien) - Small business development center services modified, and money appropriated.
HF2989 (Loon) - Qualified small business investor certification requirements modified.
HF2992 (Rarick) - Workplace Accident and Injury Recovery program modified.
HF3559 (Mariani) - Business development initiatives for economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3251 (Baker) - Propane education research council assessable amount modified.
HF3388 (Masin) - Small Business Bureau duties modified.
Attachments:
H3559A1.pdf (3/29/2016)
H0963DE1.pdf (3/29/2016)

Health and Human Services Finance

3/30/2016
*HF 607 was passed by the committee during the 2015 session, and returned during the interim pursuant to House Rule 4.20. No additional testimony will be taken on this bill.

Additional bills may be added.

If you would like to testify, please contact Chris Stolarzyk, Committee Legislative Assistant, at chris.stolarzyk@house.mn
Bills Added:
HF2772 (Dean) - Continuum of treatment for individuals with substance use disorders reform required.
HF0607 (Theis) - Abortion funding from state-sponsored health programs limited.
HF1582 (Zerwas) - Body art establishment and body piercing technician licensing requirements modified.
Attachments:

Commerce and Regulatory Reform

3/30/2016
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Bills Added:
HF3379 (Sanders) - St. Paul; Major League Soccer stadium provided, and liquor license issuance authorized.
HF2918 (Theis) - St. Cloud State University liquor license authorized.
HF2748 (Selcer) - St. Paul; liquor license issuance for Indiafest held on the Capitol grounds authorized.
HF2644 (Cornish) - Janesville; on-sale intoxicating liquor license issuance by cities to municipal golf courses authorized, and Janesville authorized to issue a license for Prairie Ridge Golf Club.
HF2442 (Wagenius) - Minneapolis; intoxicating liquor license authorized.
HF2825 (Wills) - Manufactured home relocation trust fund changes made.
HF2332 (Loonan) - Merged market health plan requirements established, and related changes made.
HF2451 (Rarick) - Building and construction contracts regulated, subcontractor payments regulated, and progress payments and retainages provided.
HF3699 (Hoppe) - St. Cloud, St. Paul, Janesville, and Minneapolis; various intoxicating liquor licenses allowed.
Attachments:
HF2451 DE1.pdf (3/29/2016)
HF2332 DE1.pdf (3/29/2016)

Health and Human Services Reform

3/30/2016
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HF XXXX (Franson) - certain handheld portable x-ray systems in facilities

Additional bills may be added.
Bills Added:
HF3350 (Anderson) - Long-term care simulation model development by the human services commissioner required, report required, and money appropriated.
HF3287 (Theis) - Advanced in-home activity-monitoring system assessment funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3169 (Backer) - Nonprofit nursing facilities in border cities operating payment rate modified.
HF3048 (Zerwas) - Hospice service definitions modified to include care to individuals 21 years of age or younger diagnosed with a life-threatening condition, and money appropriated.
HF3039 (Schomacker) - Nursing facility moratorium exception funding provided.
HF2851 (Schomacker) - Nursing facility payment language recodified, conforming changes made, and obsolete provisions repealed.
HF2607 (Kelly) - Nursing facility requirements modified.
HF3582 (Mack) - Medical assistance coverage for services provided by a community medical response emergency medical technician provided.
HF1652 (Baker) - Minnesota prescription monitoring program changes made.
HF3045 (Zerwas) - Health care quality of care and complaint investigation process provisions modified, and report required.
HF3374 (Lohmer) - Family planning service fund grant distribution requirements modified, entities eligible for family planning grants specified, grant recipient reporting and publication required, and health commissioner required to apply for and distribute federal Title X funds for family planning services.
Attachments:

Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy

3/30/2016
Additional bills may be added.
Bills Added:
HF3516 (Hackbarth) - Off-road vehicle registration requirements modified, and resident trail pass provided.
HF3002 (Newberger) - Landowner preference when conducting deer-hunting lotteries provided.
HF3304 (Anzelc) - Season for taking crows modified.
HF2844 (Hackbarth) - Omnibus game and fish bill.
HF2946 (Kiel) - Game and fish resident licenses for nonresident National Guard members provided.
HF3501 (McNamara) - Minerals management account quarterly distributions made, and reclamation appeal provisions modified.
HF2603 (Green) - Notice, public hearing, and response to questions and comments required before purchasing real property with public money.
HF3634 (Ecklund) - Boathouse lease terms modified.
HF2590 (Green) - No-net-gain policy for state acquisition of real property established.
HF2591 (Green) - State acquisition of real property in fee approval required.
HF2961 (Uglem) - State park passes issued without a fee to military members and disabled veterans conditions modified.
This is a Joint Committee meeting of the House Mining & Outdoor Recreation Policy Committee and House Job Growth & Energy Affordability Policy & Finance Committee.

The meeting will be Co-Chaired by Rep. Tom Hackbarth and Rep. Pat Garofalo, and will feature a presentation by Jim Nobles, Legislative Auditor for the State of Minnesota, and Jody Hauer, IRRRB Evaluation Manager for the Office of the Legislative Auditor, who will provide an overview of the recently completed evaluation of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board.

Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance

3/29/2016
Bills Added:
HF3503 (O'Driscoll) - Minerals management account quarterly distributions made, and school trust land and university land expedited sale allowed.
HF3568 (McNamara) - Fire permit requirements modified.
Attachments:
H3568DE1.pdf (3/28/2016)

State Government Finance

3/29/2016
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Bills Added:
HF3001 (Loonan) - Federal penalty disclosure relating to purchase or sale of state bonds required.
HF2971 (Gruenhagen) - Fiscal note requirements added.
Attachments:
H2971A3.pdf (3/28/2016)

Taxes

3/29/2016
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Bills Added:
HF2272 (Franson) - Farm wineries tax credit provided.
HF2876 (Rosenthal) - Revenue commissioner assessment authority limited, private letter ruling program established, and money appropriated.
HF2505 (Johnson) - Past military service credit modified.
HF2314 (Davids) - Prepared food donation tax credit provided.

Agriculture Finance

3/29/2016
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Continuation of discussion on the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Livestock Industry Study report.

Agriculture Policy

3/29/2016
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Government Operations and Elections Policy

3/29/2016
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Agenda is subject to change. More bills may be added. Bills may be taken in any order.

Election bills will be laid over for possible inclusion in an elections omnibus bill.

If the agenda is not finished during the committee's allotted time, the committee will recess and the agenda will be continued in the evening.
Bills Added:
HF3123 (Howe) - Special election timeline to fill a vacancy on a school board modified.
HF2688 (Sanders) - Election and election administration provisions modified, timeline modified for when a special election is required to fill a vacancy on a school board, appointment of specified county offices authorized, and technical changes made.
HF2959 (McNamara) - In-person absentee ballot alternative method authorized.
HF2497 (Peterson) - Temporary family health care dwelling zoning regulated, and temporary family health care dwellings added to the definition of a housing with services establishment.
HF2344 (Zerwas) - Orthotics, prosthetics, and pedorthics regulated; licensure required; and fees established.
HF2740 (Norton) - Permanent child support task force created, and report required.
Attachments:
H2344A4.pdf (3/28/2016)
H2344A5.pdf (3/28/2016)
H2497DE3.pdf (3/28/2016)
H3123A2.pdf (3/28/2016)
H3123A3.pdf (3/28/2016)
H3123A4.pdf (3/28/2016)
H2740A2.pdf (3/29/2016)

Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance

3/29/2016
Bills Added:
HF2540 (Sanders) - Fantasy sports authorized.
HF0978 (Zerwas) - Genetic counselors licensed.
HF3482 (Zerwas) - Identity theft crimes statute of limitations extended.
HF3260 (Newberger) - Level III sex offender residency regulation by local governmental units allowed.
HF2741 (Lesch) - Nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images and nonconsensual sexual solicitation civil cause of action created, coercion crime amended to include threat of nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, stalking crime amended to include nonconsensual sexual solicitation, qualified domestic violence related offense and harassment definitions expanded, criminal penalties established for nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images and nonconsensual sexual solicitation, and criminal defamation law clarified.
Attachments:
H2741DE1-1.pdf (3/28/2016)
H2540A3.pdf (3/28/2016)

Greater Minnesota Economic and Workforce Development Policy

3/29/2016
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Bills Added:
HF3210 (Baker) - Explore Minnesota Tourism event destination pilot project funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3377 (Fabian) - Workforce and affordable homeownership development program established, reports required, and portion of proceeds of the mortgage registry tax and the deed tax appropriated to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for creation of workforce and affordable ownership housing.
HF3601 (Norton) - Greater Minnesota internship program modified, grant program established, tax credit repealed, and money appropriated.
Attachments:
H3377A1.pdf (3/28/2016)

Capital Investment

3/29/2016
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Representative Smith will present the Hwy 610 project.
Bills Added:
HF0481 (Newberger) - Watab; trunk highway interchange and frontage road construction funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1569 (Hoppe) - Chaska; Trunk Highway 212 and Carver County Road 140 interchange construction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1562 (Miller) - Appleton; roadway upgrade to facilitate commerce and improve safety funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2629 (Heintzeman) - Baxter; Cypress Drive improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Health and Human Services Finance

3/29/2016
Additional bills may be added.

If you would like to testify, please contact Chris Stolarzyk, Committee Legislative Assistant, at chris.stolarzyk@house.mn
Bills Added:
HF0564 (Hamilton) - Intermediate care facility reimbursement rates modified for persons with developmental disabilities and home and community based service providers.
HF2684 (Kresha) - Northstar Care for Children basic monthly rate modified.
HF0559 (Zerwas) - Income medical assistance eligibility limit, asset limits, and excess income standard for the blind, disabled, and elderly increased.
Attachments:

Education Finance

3/29/2016
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Those wishing to testify should contact the Committee Administrator by email at jody.withers@house.mn.
Bills Added:
HF1529 (Fenton) - Education Savings Accounts for Students with Special Needs Act created, and money appropriated.
HF1368 (Kresha) - Prekindergarten educational program credit for donations provided, districts required to accept scholarships funded by donations, and report required.
HF2670 (Kresha) - Early learning scholarships, home visiting programs, and parent aware activities funding increased; early learning scholarship cap eliminated; and eligible age range for early learning scholarships and targeted home visiting program expanded.
Attachments:
H1368DE1.pdf (3/28/2016)
H1529DE1.pdf (3/28/2016)
H2670A2.pdf (3/28/2016)
H2670A4.pdf (3/28/2016)
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