STATE OF MINNESOTA FIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
CRIME VICTIMS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND CIVIL JUSTICE POLICY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Lesch, Chair, called the meeting to order at 11:10 A.M. on Friday, March 16, 2007, in Room 500N of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
PRESENT EXCUSED
Lesch (Chair) DeLaForest
Kalin Holberg
Johnson Smith
Lillie
Olin
Paymar, Ex-Officio
A quorum was present.
HF 1273 (Kranz): A bill for an act relating to crimes; providing testimonial confidentiality for certain sexual assault counselors; eliminating the "mistake of age" defense for certain criminal sexual assault offenders; enhancing penalties for certain nonconsensual sexual contact offenses committed by professionals engaged in massage or bodywork; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 595.02, subdivision 1; 609.341, subdivision 11; 609.344, subdivision 1; 609.345, subdivision 1; 609.3451, subdivision 3.
Chair Lesch moved the bill before the committee.
Chair Lesch moved to orally amend the bill as follows:
Page 4, line 28, delete "n" and insert "o"
THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE ORAL AMENDMENT WAS INCORPORATED.
Representative Kranz presented his bill
Testifying for the bill:
Kaarin Long, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Abuse
Eric Woodford, Senior Assistant Olmsted County Attorney
Shelley Kramer, victim, Zumbro Falls
Barbara York, President, Minnesota Therapeutic Massage Network
Chair Lesch moved that HF 1273, as amended, be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice with a further recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Chair Lesch withdrew his HF 239 from consideration as it is the same as Representative Kranz's HF 1273.
HF 414 (Liebling): A bill for an act relating to crime victims; authorizing the Department of Public Safety to make emergency grants to crime victims; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 611A.675.
Representative Kalin moved HF 414 before the committee, and moved that the bill be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice with the further recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Finance.
Crime Victims Subcommittee of the
Public Safety and Civil Justice Policy Committee
Minutes for Friday, March 16, 2007
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Representative Liebling presented HF 414.
Testifying for the bill:
ÿ Joanne Martin, DFO Victim Services
Representative Kalin renewed his motion. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF 1841 (Simon): A bill for an act relating to landlord and tenant; permitting victims of domestic abuse to terminate a lease in certain circumstances; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
Representative Johnson moved HF 1841 before the committee, and moved that the bill be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice with a further recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Finance.
Testifying for the bill:
Melinda Hugdahl, Legal Services Advocacy Project
Larry McDonough, Attorney, Minneapolis Legal Aid
Gerry Kaluzay, Attorney, Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services
Loreline Arevalos, domestic abuse victim, White Bear Lake
Jack Horner, Minnesota Multi-Housing Association
Representative Johnson renewed his motion. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF 1354 (Paymar): A bill for an act relating to crimes; prohibiting mandatory polygraphs for criminal sexual conduct victims; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 611A.
Representative Paymar presented HF 1354 and moved that the bill be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice, with a further recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Finance.
Testifying for the bill:
Kaarin Long, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Abuse
Roger Peterson, Chief of Police, Rochester
Representative Paymar renewed his motion. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF 506 (Olin): A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse; making repeat offenders who violate domestic abuse no contact orders guilty of a felony; defining qualified domestic violence-related offenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 518B.01, subdivision 22; 609.02, subdivision 16.
Representative Olin presented HF 506 and moved that the bill be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Testifying for the bill:
David Voigt, Assistant Minnesota Attorney General
Representative Olin renewed his motion. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF 1858 (Cornish): A bill for an act relating to public safety finance; appropriating money for peace officer training related to domestic violence no contact orders.
Chair Lesch moved HF 1858 before the committee and moved that the bill be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice, with a further recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Finance.
Crime Victims Subcommittee of the
Public Safety and Civil Justice Policy Committee
Minutes for Friday, March 16, 2007
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Chair Lesch moved adoption of the
H1858A1 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Chair Lesch moved adoption of the
A07-0302 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Chair Lesch moved to orally amend HF 1858 as follows:
Page 1, line 1.14, delete “, and attempt to increase peace officer empathy for victims of domestic violence"
THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE ORAL AMENDMENT WAS INCORPORATED.
Representative Cornish presented HF 1858.
Testifying for the bill:
Carla Ferrucci, Director of Public Policy, Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women
Vicki Seliger Swenson, sister of murdered victim, Minnetonka
Chair Lesch moved to orally amend HF 1858 as follows:
Page 1, line 1.13, delete the comma and insert “and"
THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE ORAL AMENDMENT WAS INCORPORATED.
Chair Lesch renewed his motion on passage of the bill. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF 1220 (Hilstrom): A bill for an act relating to child advocacy centers; providing for grants for child advocacy centers that perform certain core functions; appropriating money.
Representative Olin moved HF 1220 before the committee, and moved that the bill be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice, with the further recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Finance.
Representative Hilstrom presented HF 1220.
Testifying for the bill:
Dr. Carolyn Levitt, Director, MCRC
Kayla Bjortomt, sexual abuse victim, Two Harbors
Representative Olin renewed his motion. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF 1859 (Cornish): A bill for an act relating to judiciary finance; appropriating money for a uniform statewide no contact order form.
Chair Lesch moved HF 1859 before the committee.
Chair Lesch moved adoption of the
A07-0385 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Representative Cornish presented HF 1859.
Chair Lesch moved that HF 1859, as amended, be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice, with the further recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:45 P.M.
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Representative John Lesch, Chair
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Vickie Benson, Committee Legislative Assistant