The committee will recess at 4:45 PM and reconvene at 6:00 PM to take up the remaining bills on the agenda.

Chair Moller will have the gavel.

HF 2354 (Norris) Medical assistance fraud governing provisions added and modified, attorney general provided subpoena and enforcement authority, criminal penalties provided, conforming changes made, and money appropriated. *
* Committee discussion will focus on the sections of the bill that relate to criminal penalties, these include Sections 3, 4 and 5.

HF 3407 (Pinto) Sale and possession of ghost guns prohibited, 3D printing of guns limited to federally licensed firearms manufacturers, distribution of 3D printer firearm design files prohibited, firearm serial numbers required, public notice required, and limits on assembling firearms without license provided.

HF 4359 (Berg) 2024 amendment to definition of trigger activator reenacted, 2024 changes to crime of transferring a firearm to an ineligible person reenacted with amendments, and affirmative defense repealed for transfers of a firearm to an ineligible person by family or household members.

HF 4192 (Pinto) Fraud prevention in registrations, licenses, passes, and permits issued by the commissioner provided; and criminal penalties provided.

HF 3356 (Huot) Removal of identifying equipment and insignia from emergency vehicles sold to the public required.

RECESS

HF 3695 (Johnson) Task force on standardized identification for emergency responders established, report required, and money appropriated.

HF 1597 (Norris) Task Force on Establishing a Yellow Alert System established, and report required.

HF 3155 (Tabke) Gift card fraud included in organized retail theft.

HF 3871 (Moller) Venue in child sexual abuse material law provided; on-scene preview of digital evidence in child sexual abuse material investigations; possession, sale, creation, dissemination, and purchase of child-like sex dolls prohibited; and defense of duress modified to include victims of trafficking.

HF 4437 (Greenman) Wagers and other activities regarding prediction markets prohibited.

HF 4446 (Johnson, P) Survivor benefits eligibility expanded to include when a public safety officer dies in the line of duty from an exposure-related cancer.

HF 3990 (Novotny) Provisions for employment or occupation due to conviction of a crime changed. *

* HF 3990 will be used as the vehicle bill for a Public Safety Policy Package. A DE amendment has been posted. A PDF with a list of bills likely to be included in the DE amendment has been posted. No official action will be taken on HF 3990 on March 24th. The committee will be taking testimony.

Items may be taken up in any order, items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.

TESTIMONY: Requests for in-person testimony must be submitted to the Committee Administrator of this hearing, Ellen.McDaniel@house.mn.gov, by 3:00 PM, March 23rd, 2026. Testimony is limited. The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair and is subject to change. Please plan accordingly.

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1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Minutes

3. HF 4371 (Lee, F.) Bureau of Criminal Apprehension required to perform background checks at the request of the Office of the Legislative Auditor.

4. HF 4317 (Nash) Peace officer access to surplus badges provided.

5. HF 2817 (Knudsen) Service line of duty death benefits provided for part-time, paid on-call, and volunteer firefighters.

6. HF 4425 (Myers) Statute of limitations for crimes involving medical assistance fraud or other theft of money belonging to the government increased.

7. HF 3496 (Harder) Inmates required to complete restitution payments before being placed on supervision abatement status

8. HF 4151 (Witte) Eligibility of certain applicants for licenses to serve as private detectives or protective agents modified.

9. HF 3826 (Witte) Identity theft crime; definitions modified and added, attorney general and county attorneys provided with additional subpoena authority, and statutes of limitation altered for fraud-related offenses.

10. HF 3990 (Novotny / Moller) Public Safety Policy Package.
• Consideration of amendments, markup of bill, and passage out of committee. The DE1 with the language of the policy package is posted.

11. Adjourn

Agenda note: Bills may be added or removed from the agenda. Agenda items may be taken up in any order at the discretion of the Chair and to accommodate schedules.

Testimony: Written testimony or requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to john.hultquist@house.mn.gov, the Committee Administrator for this hearing, no less than 24 hours prior to the start of the committee hearing. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints. Amendments and committee documents will be posted in advance of the hearing.

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This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.