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Transportation Finance and Policy

EIGHTEENTH MEETING

2025-2026 Regular Session - Monday, February 23, 2026

STATE OF MINNESOTA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE EIGHTEENTH MEETING
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION


TRANSPORTATION FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE
MINUTES

Representative Brad Tabke, Co-Chair of the Transportation Finance and Policy Committee, called the meeting to order at 1:01 PM on Monday, February 23, 2026, in Room 123 of the Capitol Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:
TABKE, Brad Chair
KOZNICK, Jon, Chair
REHM, Lucy, Vice-Chair
MYERS, Andrew, Vice- Chair
ANDERSON, Patti
FOGELMAN, Marj
GREENE, Julie
JONES, Katie
JOY, Jim
KOEGEL, Erin
KRAFT, Larry
LUGER-NIKOLAI, Meg
MURPHY, Tom
OLSON, Bjorn
SENCER-MURA, Samantha
SKRABA, Roger

A quorum was present.

Chair Koznick moved that the minutes from February 18, 2026, be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Presentation from Our Streets

Presenting:
• Joe Harrington, Policy Manager, Our Streets
• Michael Wojcik, Executive Director, Bicycle Alliance MN

HF 3429 (Kraft) Intelligent speed assistance program established, revocation period for certain speeding offenses extended, speed-controlled license restriction created, rulemaking required, and money appropriated.

Representative Kraft moved that HF 3429 be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Representative Kraft moved the H3429A2 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Kraft presented HF 3429 as amended.

Testifying on HF 3429 as amended:
• Sarah Risser, Families for Safe Streets
• Julie Risser, Families for Safe Streets
• Pam Mason, Families for Safe Streets
• Ian Thomas, America Walks
• Mike Hanson, Director, Office of Traffic Safety

Rep. Kraft renewed the motion to re-refer HF3429, as amended, be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF 3431 (Sencer-Mura) Traffic safety camera system pilot program modified and made permanent.

Representative Sencer-Mura moved that HF 3431 be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Representative Sencer-Mura presented HF 3431.

Testifying on HF 3431:
• Ethan Fawley, Transportation Planning Manager, City of Minneapolis
• Anne Finn, Intergovernmental Relations Director, League of Minnesota Cities
• Abbey Bryduck, Executive Director, Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association
• Kaohly Her, Mayor, City of Saint Paul

Representative Fogelman moved that HF 3431 be laid on the table.

Representative Fogelman requested a roll call on HF 3431

The clerk took the roll on HF 3431:

AYES
Koznick
Myers
Anderson
Fogelman
Joy
Murphy
Olson
Skraba

NAYS
Tabke
Rehm
Greene
Jones
Koegel
Kraft
Luger-Nikolai
Sencer-Mura

There being 8 ayes and 8 nays, THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.

Representative Sencer-Mura renewed the motion that HF 3431 be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law.

Representative Koegel requested a roll call on HF 3431.

The clerk took the roll on HF 3431:

AYES
Tabke
Rehm
Greene
Jones
Koegel
Kraft
Luger-Nikolai
Sencer-Mura


NAYS
Koznick
Myers
Anderson
Fogelman
Joy
Murphy
Olson
Skraba

There being 8 ayes and 8 nays. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL.

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

Chair Tabke moved that HF 1597 be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy.

Representative Norris presented the H1597A2 amendment

Chair Tabke moved H1597A2 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADPOTED.

Representative Norris presented HF 1597 as amended.

Testifying on HF 1597 as amended:
• Alexie Stephani

Chair Tabke renewed the motion that HF 1597, as amended, be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:44 PM.





Representative Brad Tabke, Co-Chair



Tenzin Tsangyang, Committee Legislative Assistant

More Info On This Meeting..
Bills Added:
  • HF3429 (Kraft) - Intelligent speed assistance program established, revocation period for certain speeding offenses extended, speed-controlled license restriction created, rulemaking required, and money appropriated.
  • HF3418 (Tabke) - Community-based pedestrian safety program established, and money appropriated.
  • HF3431 (Sencer-Mura) - Traffic safety camera system pilot program modified and made permanent.
  • HF1597 (Norris) - Task Force on Establishing a Yellow Alert System established, and report required.
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02:42 - Traffic safety presentation.
26:09 - HF3429 (Kraft) Intelligent speed assistance program established, revocation period for certain speeding offenses extended, speed-controlled license restriction created, rulemaking required, and money appropriated.
1:09:10 - HF3431 (Sencer-Mura) Traffic safety camera system pilot program modified and made permanent.
1:36:12 - HF1597 (Norris) Task Force on Establishing a Yellow Alert System established, report required, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 43 minutes.

Co-Chair Tabke has the gavel.

AGENDA*
1. Approval of Minutes from February 18, 2026
2. Traffic Safety presentation by Joe Harrington and Michael Wojcik
3. HF3429 (Kraft) Intelligent speed assistance program established, revocation period for certain speeding offenses extended, speed-controlled license restriction created, rulemaking required, and money appropriated.
4. HF3418 (Tabke) Community-based pedestrian safety program established, and money appropriated.
5. HF3431 (Sencer-Mura) Traffic safety camera system pilot program modified and made permanent.
6. HF1597 (Norris) Task Force on Establishing a Yellow Alert System established, report required, and money appropriated.


Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 25, 2026


*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

• HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT, have OCR capability, and emailed to both committee administrators at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov AND joe.marble@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 20 copies. Note: submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It may be posted to the committee webpage if received by deadline.
• TESTIFYING: 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. If you would like to testify, please email both committee administrators at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov AND joe.marble@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
• DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Transportation Finance and Policy webpage.
• VIEWING: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
• ACCESSIBILITY: To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.