TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING

STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FOURTH SESSION


HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

Representative Dan Wolgamott, Chair of the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee, called the meeting to order at 1:00 PM on March 12, 2026, in Room Capitol G23 in the State Capitol Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members Present:
WOLGAMOTT, Dan (DFL Chair)
ROBBINS, Kristin (GOP Chair)
COULTER, Nathan (DFL Vice Chair)
SCHWARTZ, Erica, (GOP Vice Chair)
ALLEN, Keith
DURAN, Bidal
HANSON, Jessica
HICKS, Kim
KLEVORN, Ginny
LIEBLING, Tina
NOOR, Mohamud
NOVOTNY, Paul
RARICK, Marion
SCOTT, Peggy

A quorum was present.

Representative Coulter moved the minutes of March 10, 2026, be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF3432 (Rehrauer) - Resident tuition rates provided to individuals who move to Minnesota for employment purposes

Representative Wolgamott moved that HF3432 be laid over.

Representative Wolgamott moved the A2 amendment to HF3432. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Wolgamott moved the A1 amendment to HF3432. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Testifier:
• Bernie Omann: MinnState Government Relations

Representative Wolgamott renewed the motion that HF3432 as amended be laid over.

The bill was laid over as amended.

HF3411 (Coulter) - Access by federal immigration officers to public postsecondary campuses limited, and access to educational data modified.

Representative Coulter moved that HF3411 be re-referred to the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee.

Representative Wolgamott moved the A4 amendment to HF3411. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Schwartz moved the HF3411DE1 amendment to HF3411.

Representative Rarick requested a roll call.

The clerk took the roll on the HF3411DE1 amendment:

AYES
Robbins
Schwartz
Allen
Duran
Novotny
Rarick
Scott

NAYS
Wolgamott
Coulter
Hanson
Hicks
Klevorn
Liebling
Noor

There being 7 AYES and 7 NAYS, THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.

Testifiers on HF3411:
• Jenna Chernega: IFO President and Winona State Sociology Faculty
• John Boehler: Policy Counsel, ACLU
• Will Luther: Director of State Affairs, Undergraduate Student Government
• Hans Hicks: Metro State Student, Legislative Fellow at Students United

Representative Coulter requested a roll call on HF3411 as amended.

Representative Coulter renewed the motion that HF3411, as amended, be re-referred to the Judiciary Finance and Policy Committee.

The clerk took the roll on HF3411 as amended.

AYES
Wolgamott
Coulter
Hanson
Hicks
Klevorn
Liebling
Noor

NAYS
Robbins
Schwartz
Allen
Duran
Novotny
Rarick
Scott


There being 7 AYES and 7 NAYS, THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.


The meeting adjourned at 2:51 PM.


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Representative Dan Wolgamott, Chair



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Carl Yaeger, Committee Legislative Assistant