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Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee
Chair: Rep. Kristin Robbins
Vice Chair: Rep. Patti Anderson

Meeting: Monday, March 2nd, 2026
Time: 8:15 – 10:00 a.m.
Location: Cap. 120

Agenda:
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. Presentation – Minnesota Department of Human Services – Nonemergency Medical Transportation (NEMT).

IV. Adjourn

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator by 8:15 a.m. the day prior to the hearing (for Monday hearings this deadline would be on the preceding Friday). Testimony information must include name, organization, and title (if applicable), email, phone number, and position on the bill. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

This agenda is subject to change and bills may be added at the discretion of the Chair.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF3425 (Howard) - Supportive housing provider grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.*

IV. Presentation from Minnesota Management and Budget on the February Budget Forecast

V. Adjournment

*Agenda item added. Items may be added or removed.

DOCUMENTS: There will not be public testimony in Ways and Means. Individuals wishing to submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (sean.herring@house.mn.gov) by Noon on Friday, February 27, 2025. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability. Meeting documents may be found on the Ways & Means Committee webpage.

- Greeting from state FFA officers
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture update on the Agricultural Growth, Research and Innovation (AGRI) grant program.
*Items may be added or removed from the agenda.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Minutes

III. HF 2614 (Mekeland) Governing bodies prohibited from requiring or incentivizing creation of homeowners associations, and governing bodies prohibited from requiring terms not required under state law in homeowners association documents.

IV. HF 3587 (Gordon) Election judges who assist a voter outside of a polling place required to handle only one voted ballot at a time.

V. HF 3589 (Gordon) Voter permitted to briefly leave a polling place to address an unexpected need, at the discretion of the head election judge.

VI. HF 3588 (Quam) Eligible persons who may request a public information list expanded.

VII. Adjournment


Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or provide written testimony/handouts on the scheduled bills should reach out to Pat Kaluza via email at pat.kaluza@house.mn.gov by 12pm (noon) on Friday, February 27, 2026. Written testimony must be in PDF format.

Amendments: Bill Authors and Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments via email to Pat Kaluza, pat.kaluza@house.mn.gov by 12pm (noon) on Friday, February 27, 2026.

HF3668 (Bierman); Office of gun violence prevention established in the Department of Health, report required, and money appropriated.

HF2779 (Reyer); Health care entities required to report information on ownership or control to the commissioner of health, annual public reports required, enforcement provided, penalties authorized, and money appropriated.*

HF2771 (Reyer); Private equity company acquisitions of nursing homes and assisted living facilities regulated, study required, and money appropriated.

* HF2779 was amended and laid over during the 2025 Session. An unofficial engrossment of the bill is included in the meeting documents.

Agenda items may be moved, added, or removed at the discretion of the Chair.

Co-Chair Tabke has the gavel.

AGENDA*
1. Call to order
2. Approval of Minutes from February 25, 2026
3. HF3739 (Koegel) Marked Trunk Highway 610 designated as Hortman Memorial Highway.
4. HFXXX (Greene) State Patrol Security for Minnesota Legislators
5. HF3430 (Kraft) Surcharges for all-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles modified, and vehicle weight surcharge established.
6. HF3356 (Huot) Removal of identifying equipment and insignia from emergency vehicles sold to the public required.
7. HF3695 (Johnson, P.) Task force on standardized identification for emergency responders established, report required, and money appropriated.
8. Adjournment

Next Meeting: Wednesday, March 4, 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.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

HF 3707 (Berg) Unemployment insurance judges and paid leave judges designated as judicial officials
HF 3732 (Pinto) Different unfunded programs of the Department of Employment and Economic Development repealed, and conforming changes made
HF 2581 (Frazier) Fortis Capital grant funding provided for a revolving loan fund, report required, and money appropriated.
HF 3731 (Greenman) Class A installer license eliminated from the electrical code.

*Other Items May Be Added*

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by Noon on Monday, March 2, 2026. Thank you

Committee Presentation:
PFAS Chemicals Up Close and Personal
Presenter: Sandy Wynn, Co-Chair of the Great Lakes PFAS Action Network and co-Facilitator of the National PFAS Contamination Coalition

HF3661 (Gomez): Acquisition and use of facial recognition technology by government entities prohibited.

HF2380 (Hicks): Discrimination based on disability status prohibited.

HF3483 (Feist): Trespass offenses modified to require a warrant signed by a judicial officer for immigration enforcement, and detention of persons subject to civil immigration detainers issued by the federal government prohibited.

Committee discussion of all bills will be limited to the provisions within the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee. Items may be taken up in any order; items may be added or removed at the chairs discretion.

TESTIMONY: If you would like to testify on a bill, please email the Committee Administrator, josh.sande@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Monday, March 2, 2026. Include the bill number, your name, title and/or organization where applicable, and whether your testimony will be in support of or opposition to the bill.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY & HANDOUTS: Please send electronically in accessible .pdf format to the Committee Administrator, josh.sande@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Monday, March 2, 2026.

Minnesota Department of Education
- Organizational and Funding Overview

Perpich Center for Arts Education
- Program Activities and Funding Overview

Bills May be Added

HF3556 (Acomb) - Community solar garden program named for Melissa Hortman.
Presentation from MPCA: Climate Action Framework and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report

Items may be added or removed from the agenda.

If you wish to submit written testimony or testify, please send the written testimony or the request to testify to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn.gov by 1 p.m. the day before the meeting. Written testimony is preferred and will be accepted after the deadline. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

HF3426 (Jordan) Funding provided from environment and natural resources trust fund, and prior appropriations extended.
HF3428 (Jordan) Requirement for commissioner approval of certain land acquisitions repealed.

*Additional bills/items may be added.

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov) by 1 p.m. the day prior to the hearing. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

AMENDMENT DEADLINE: Amendments must be e-mailed to the committee administrator by 3 p.m. the day prior to the hearing.

Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB)
- Educator Licensing Overview
- Current and Anticipated Rulemaking Overview
- Teacher Preparation Program Overview

Related bills or bill drafts may be added.

Chair Moller will have the gavel.

HF 3405 (Moller) Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's Use of Force Investigations Unit required to conduct investigations of incidents involving federal agents.

HF 3413 (Hollins) State, county, and local government units prohibited from entering into certain immigration enforcement agreements; and termination of certain existing immigration enforcement agreements required.

HF 3769 (Curran) Multiple levels of substance abuse care provided by the commissioner of corrections clarified in law, access to mental health unit beds for incarcerated persons expanded, and mandatory tuberculosis screening in correctional facilities clarified.

HF 3768 (Curran) Department of Corrections licensed juvenile and adult community-based residential correctional facilities responsibilities clarified.

HF 3771 (Johnson, P) Reporting date on the disaster assistance contingency account.

HF 3465 (Liebling) Enhanced penalties for theft from a vulnerable adult established.

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 2nd, 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.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY: Requests to submit written testimony must be submitted to the Committee Administrator of this hearing, Ellen.McDaniel@house.mn.gov, by 3:00 PM, March 2nd, 2026. All written testimony must be submitted in PDF Format and not include hyperlinks. Written testimony submitted to the committee administrator will be posted for the public prior to the hearing.

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

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:
• To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
• To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
• To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
• For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
• If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form.

Agenda to be determined.

Presentation on the economic consolidation of agriculture by Austin Frerick.

HF3718 (Anderson, P.H.) Provisions relating to the practice of veterinary medicine and veterinary technology modified.

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov) by 1 p.m. the day prior to the hearing. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

AMENDMENT DEADLINE: Amendments must be e-mailed to the committee administrator by 1 p.m. the day prior to the hearing.

HF3576 (Knudsen) Authority for third-party road tests for school bus drivers amended, and technical changes made.
HF3553 (Backer) Vehicle platoon pilot project authorized for certain roads in Wilkin County and Grant County, and report required
HF3576 (Koznick) Autonomous vehicles regulated.

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrators, Joe Marble and Matt Baumann by 12 p.m. (noon) the day prior to the hearing. Required testimony information includes name, organization and title (if applicable), email, and phone number. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

*Bills may be added or removed at the chair's discretion

Presentations and Testimony on the Misclassification of Workers

*Other Items May Be Added*

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by Noon on Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Bonding Presentations:
• Minnesota Zoo
• Minnesota State
• University of Minnesota
• MN Department of Natural Resources
• Perpich Center for the Arts
• MN Department of Military Affairs

 I. Approval of Minutes

II. Presentation from The Violence Prevention Project

III. HF 3653 (Greene) Safe schools revenue increased to school districts, safe schools aid to charter schools and cooperative units provided, and money appropriated.

IV. HF 2717 (Greene) Safe schools revenue increased, safe schools aid established, revenue expanded to all cooperative units, and money appropriated.

V. HF3451 (Rehm) Anonymous threat reporting system grants provided to schools, report required, and money appropriated.

VI. Adjournment 

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Viewing: This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
 
Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or submit written testimony including handouts, should contact both Polly Cerkvenik, via email at polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM on Wednesday, March 4th. Public testimony on HF 3653 (Greene) and HF2717 (Greene) will be taken together.

Amendments: Bill Authors or Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments via email to both Polly Cerkvenik, via email at polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers, via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM (Noon) on Wednesday, March 4th.

Agenda to be determined.