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1. Approval of March 16, 2023, meeting minutes.
    
2. HF 1234 (Her), 1st Engrossment; SF 1959 (Frentz): Modifying peace officer and firefighter duty disability provisions; requiring a report; appropriating money.
   • Amendment H1234-2A
   • Amendment H1234-5A
   • Amendment H1234-6A
   • Submitted testimony:

     Joint letter of support from the League of Minnesota Cities, Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, Metro Cities, Municipal Legislative Commission, and Minnesota Association of Small Cities
     Letter of support from the Association of Minnesota Counties
     Travis and Shari Serafin
     Frank Hintz
     Nick Weidner
     Karl Olson
     Mike Helman
     Tim Schwab
     Susan Steward
     Heidi Murphy
     Michelle Rockwood
     Tim Evens
     Chris and Alison Hetland
     Nick Larson
     John Mott
     Tracy Gross
     Shaun Harrington
     Duty Disability Recipient
     Lindsay Herron

3. HF 2713 (Nelson, M.); SF 2371 (Frentz): PERA; Increasing post-retirement adjustments for members receiving a basic member annuity from the general plan.
   • Staff Summary
      
4. HF 1923 (Wolgamott); SF 2140 (Seeberger): PERA; Authorizing transfer of past service credit from the PERA general plan to the police & fire plan for two Metropolitan Airports Commission police officers.
   • Staff Summary
   • Letter of support from the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association
      
5. HF 1669 (Anderson, P.H.): PERA Defined Contribution Plan; Expanding coverage to include local government officials, whether elected or appointed. Note: Identical to HF 2487 (Wolgamott); SF 2897 (Seeberger)
   • Amendment H1669-1A
   • Amendment H1669-2A
   • Amendment H1669-3A
   • Staff Summary
      
6. SF 208 (Howe): PERA; Extending the payment period for the purchase of service credit for periods of military service.
   • Amendment S0208-1A
   • Staff Summary
      
7. LCPR23-033: St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association; Permits members who are in a same-sex marriage to designate their spouse as a survivor, even if they are in pay status.
   • Staff Summary

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1. Welcome and Call to Order

2. Approval of the Minutes – Thursday, March 16th

3. Deadline Waivers
HF1596 PACE program funding mechanism established (Reyer)
HF2552 Minnesota Board of Recovery Services created (Edelson)
HF2709 Exception to size limitation required for customized living (Curran)

4. Re-referral of Governor’s budget bills
HF2940 Governor’s state government budget bill (Klevorn)
HF2930 Governor’s MDH budget bill (Liebling)

NOTE: The jurisdiction of the Rules Committee for HF1596, HF2552, HF2790, HF2940, and HF2930 only extends to their recommendation for a re-referral for a substantive hearing, pursuant to Joint Rule 2.03. No public testimony or amendments will be accepted in this hearing on these bills.

5. 2023-P5 Policy on Legal Fees
Barb Juelich, Controller

6. Motions on Payment of Legal Fees for 2022 Recounts
Barb Juelich, Controller

7. Adjournment


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Working session to review suggested topics and narrow list to 15 topics

• Agenda
• Possible Evaluation Topics
• Topic Selection Criteria
• Topic Selection Schedule

This meeting will be streamed via YouTube.  

HF1278 (Pelowski) Disaster assistance contingency account funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2286 (Noor) Commissioner of human services procedures established related to transition from public health emergency, continuous medical assistance eligibility provided for children, and money appropriated.

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All bills will be heard on an informational-only basis. No formal actions will be taken.

NOTE: HFXX (Kraft) Improvements to Cedar Lake Rd & Louisiana Ave has been replaced with HF 2952 (Kraft) - Hennepin County; Cedar Lake Road and Louisiana Avenue improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

NOTE: Removed: HF2635 (Lislegard) - Filmmaking and film education facility funding provided, and money appropriated HF 2635 will be rescheduled on Wednesday, March 22.

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Budget Presentation - Commissioner Grace Arnold, Department of Commerce

HF100 (Stephenson); Omnibus cannabis bill. **testimony limited to the amendments**

HF2503 (Bahner); Equal coverage of services provided by pharmacist required, and medical assistance and MinnesotaCare requirements for coverage and payment of pharmacy services set.

HF1751 (Kotyza-Witthuhn); Loan resolution and financial stability program funding provided for a character-based innovative loan program, and money appropriated.

HF1336 (Kotyza-Witthuhn); Minnesota Council on Economic Education grants provided, reports required, and money appropriated.

HF1459 (Freiberg); Consumer protection violation civil remedies amended for individual or family farmer.

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

**Public testimony may be limited at the Chair’s discretion. Testimony will be taken in the order signed up. If testimony is limited, you will be informed by email**

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I. HF2141 (Norris) - Counties allowed to provide in-house training for training and technical assistance programs.

II. HF2215 (Noor) - Community residential setting licensing moratorium exception modified.

III. HF2087 (Bierman) - Medical assistance reimbursement rates increased for home care nursing.

IV. HF1811 (Fischer) - Minnesota Alliance for Volunteer Advancement grant funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.

V. HF895 (Anderson) - Big Stone County; intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities rate increase provided

VI. HF777 (Petersburg) - Intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities rate increase provided.

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

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TESTIFYING: In-person public testimony will be taken as time allows. Testifiers must contact the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov by 5pm the day prior to the hearing in order to sign up to testify. Written testimony is encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage.

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HF 2470 (Hill) Forest Lake; veterans memorial funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF 587 (Norris) Blaine; National Sports Center capital improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

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THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

HF135 (Feist) Hennepin County; persons experiencing homelessness funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1686 (Hollins) Ramsey County; funding provided for families experiencing homelessness, and money appropriated.
HF2138 (Hicks) Olmsted County; funding provided for persons experiencing homelessness, and money appropriated.
HF2008 (Kozlowski) Homeless youth cash stipend pilot project established, report required, and money appropriated.
HF2845 (Fischer) St. Paul and Minneapolis; Catholic Charities funding provided for its operation of homeless elders program, and money appropriated.
HF1074 (Brand) Minnesota Initiative Foundations funding provided, and money appropriated.

*Agenda items may be added or changed.

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Amendments: All amendments that are substantive must be given to the CA by 1:00PM on the day prior to the committee hearing. This deadline may be waived at the discretion of the Chair

Meeting Materials: Presenters or members of the public are encouraged to provide all materials to be offered in Committee to the CLA at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Distribution of such materials is subject to approval by the Chair; a copy will be kept by Committee staff. These materials should be in accessible (Optical Character Recognition) format for posting to the committee webpage; contact the Committee Administrator for more information about acceptable electronic formats.

Testimony: Bill authors must arrange their own testifiers and provide each testifier’s name, position title, and email address to the CA 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Written testimony is also encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage prior to the meeting.

1. HF 2269 (Kraft) Owners of certain buildings required to enter energy use data into benchmarking tool, public disclosure of energy use data required, grants provided, and money appropriated. (pending referral)
2. HF 1873 (Kozlowski) Enforcement authority modified for appropriating water.
3. HF 1750 (Huot) Data practices changes made, Office of Collaboration and Dispute Resolution established, Office of Enterprise Sustainability established, expired report on state government use of eligible contractors removed, and historic properties and fair campaign practice provisions modified. (pending referral)
4. HF 1580 (Becker-Finn) Onetime market adjustment provided to district court law clerks' starting salary to align with competitive corridor, and money appropriated.
5. HF 2611 (Frazier) State Board of Public Defense membership increased.
6. HF 635 (Greenman) Election official intimidation prohibited, interference with performance of duty of election administration by election official prohibited, tampering with or unauthorized access to types of election systems and equipment prohibited, penalties provided, and money appropriated.
7. HF 2788 (Agbaje) Board of Pardons provisions modified, Clemency Review Commission established, report required, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated. (pending referral)
8. HF 2369 (Hassan) Transportation network company driver protections established.


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.

HANDOUTS: Handouts in Word or PDF format should be emailed to the committee administrator by 10am the business day before the hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It will be posted to the committee webpage if received by deadline.
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HF1012 (Petersburg) State general sales tax revenue allocation related to motor vehicle repair and replacement parts modified, and sales tax revenue dedicated to small cities assistance account and town road account.

HF2700 (Hornstein) Transit service funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF1992 (Hornstein) Transportation purposes funding provided, including Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, and Metropolitan Council activities; transportation policy changes made; noncompliant driver's license and Minnesota identification card requirements modified, including on eligibility, proof of lawful presence, primary and secondary documentation, and data practices; technical changes made; reports required; bonds issued; and money appropriated.


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Approval of the Minutes from March 17th, 2023
HF 629 (Edelson) Read Act established, schools required to use approved literacy curriculum, literacy specialists required, report required, and money appropriated.
HF 1269 (Pryor) Prekindergarten through grade 12 provisions modified including general education accountability and transparency, education excellence, American Indian education, charter schools, discipline, teachers, special education, and early learning; and reports required.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

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For questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator, Polly Cerkvenik, at polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov or 651-296-5524.

Public Testimony:
If you are interested in providing testimony on the scheduled bills please contact the committee administrator at: polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov no later than 2pm on Monday, March 20th. Written testimony is encouraged. Testimony may be limited.

10:30 AM Morning Session:

HF346 (Reyer): Mental health service rate increase bridge established.

HF402 (Bierman): Health system required to return charitable assets received from state to general fund in certain circumstances.

HF1279 (Edelson): State required to pay medical examination costs for criminal sexual conduct victim, and money appropriated.

HF1771 (Bierman): Medical assistance and insurance coverage of psychiatric collaborative care model provided.

Other bills may be added.

The committee will recess at 12:30PM and reconvene at 6:30PM in Room 5

6:30 PM Evening Session:

HF2930 (Liebling): Department of Health Budget Bill

PUBLIC TESTIMONY: If you would like to submit written testimony or sign up to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator at Josh.Sande@house.mn.gov. Testifiers must contact the Committee Administrator by 5pm the day prior to the hearing in order to sign up to testify in person. In person testimony may be limited as time allows. Written testimony is preferred, and should be submitted by 5pm the day prior, in Word or PDF format.

If you wish to testify on the budget proposal, please specify which provision you intend to speak to. Testimony on the budget may be limited to ONE MINUTE. Written testimony is strongly preferred.

Remote or virtual testimony is not available.

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HF2073 (Pelowski) Office of Higher Education, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, University of Minnesota, and Mayo Clinic funding and policy related changes provided; scholarship and student aid programs created and modified; direct admissions program created; reports required; and money appropriated.
HF1840 (Klevorn) University of Minnesota; operations and maintenance funding provided, and money appropriated.

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HF 2078 (Edelson) Supplemental nonprofit security grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF 1075 (Backer) Statewide public safety radio communication system equipment grant program established, and money appropriated.

HF 2415 (Noor) High-rise sprinkler system grant program established, cities required to report buildings that do not have sprinkler system, report required, and money appropriated.*Pending referral

HF 1273 (Tabke) Local emergency management grant funding provided for local planning and preparedness efforts, report required, and money appropriated.

HF 2026 (Huot) State fire marshal account established, and money appropriated.

HF 46 (Feist) Office of Juvenile Restorative Justice established, local steering committees required to establish local juvenile restorative justice programs, grants established, reports required, and money appropriated.

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

Anyone who would like to provide public testimony must sign up in advance by 10:30 AM on 3/20. Email the Committee Administrator to sign up. 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 is encouraged and must be submitted in word or PDF form to the Committee Administrator by 10:30 AM, 3/20.

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Agriculture Policy Omnibus Bill
Late Monday, March 20, 2023: Ag policy omnibus bill HF 1587 (Vang) will be posted.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023: walk through and public testimony.
12 pm noon, Wednesday, March 22: amendments due.
Friday, March 24, 8:30 am to 12 pm: mark up and passage.

HF 1587 (Vang) Restricted species provisions modified. DE amendment.

HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT and emailed to the committee administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 40 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 the committee administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the State and Local Government Finance and Policy webpage.
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*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

I. HF2876(Becker-Finn) - Board on Aging Native American elders coordinator position modified, and money appropriated.

II. HF1416 (Curran) - Integrated community supports modified.

III. HF2568 (Finke) - HIV/AIDS support services funding provided, and money appropriated.

IV. HF1494 (Frederick) - Human services provider workplace safety grants established, and money appropriated.

V. HF1664 (Norris) - Headway Emotional Health Services grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

VI. HF1184 (Clardy) - Statewide parent-to-parent program for families of children and youth with special health care needs funding provided, and money appropriated.

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

HANDOUTS: All handouts must be provided electronically to the Committee Administrator and Committee Legislative Assistant at least 12 hours prior to the start of a committee meeting. Handouts should be in accessible (Optical Character Recognition) format for posting to the committee webpage. Contact the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov to submit handouts or for more information about acceptable electronic formats.

TESTIFYING: In-person public testimony will be taken as time allows. Testifiers must contact the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov by 5pm the day prior to the hearing in order to sign up to testify. Written testimony is encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage.

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HF 1872 (Hollins) Micro-unit dwellings authorized on religious properties.
HF 2164 (Kraft) Contractor recovery fund modified to include claims against solar installers.
HF 2104 (Daniels) State Building Code; new buildings with pitched roofs exempted from requiring dedicated anchorages for window cleaning.
HF 1700 (Feist) Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act of 2023*

*For HF 1700, testimony and amendments must be within the jurisdiction of the committee:
Section 6. Subd 9. Page 10 - lines 10.27 through 10.30
Section 9. Subd 6. Page 14 - lines 14.10 through 14.12

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 5pm on Monday, March 20, 2023

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HF2620 (Pursell) - Distribution system upgrades funding provided to interconnect distributed energy projects, and money appropriated.
HF2892 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger) - Solar energy production incentive program extended, energy storage incentive program established, and money appropriated.
HF2336 (Greenman) - Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority established to provide financing and leverage private investment for clean energy and other projects, report required, and money appropriated.
HF2771 (Acomb) - Department of Commerce program to award rebates for purchase and installation of residential heat pumps established, program to train heat pump installers established, and money appropriated.
*Items may be added to the agenda.

If you wish to submit written testimony or testify in person, 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.

This hearing may be viewed in person or via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

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*Agenda Change: Bills Added.

HF2865 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Hennepin County; prairie and big woods remnants acquisition and preservation, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2105 (Hansen) Requirements modified for conveying easements and leasing state lands; state parks, forests, and waysides added to and deleted from; and state land sale and exchange authorized.
HF2304 (Curran) Issuance authorized and modification of water use permits prohibited, White Bear Lake Area Water Use Work Group established, comprehensive plan required, and money appropriated.
HF1900 (Hollins) Renewal of environment and natural resources trust fund provided, and constitutional amendment proposed.
HF2778 (Hansen) Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources membership and terms modified, availability of fund disbursements modified, and appointments provided.
*HF2833 (Hansen) Department of Natural Resources law enforcement supervisor transition provisions modified.
**HF2324 (Hansen) Drill core library funding provided, and money appropriated.
**HF1828 (Hansen) Water and soil conservation provisions modified.

**Please note that 2324 (Hansen) and HF1828 (Hansen) received full hearings with public testimony on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 (HF2324) and March 15, 2023 (HF1828). The committee will be limited to amendments and final action.

***Additional bills may be added.

If you would like to sign up to testify or submit written testimony, please email Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov by 5:00pm, Monday, March 20, 2023. Please note that testimony may be limited. Submitted written testimony is public and will be posted on the committee website and included in the committee record.

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HF 2632 (Hussein) Stable housing organization relief program established, and money appropriated.

HF 1579 (Perez-Vega) Neighborhood House funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF 1214 (Hussein) Community Stabilization Project grant funding provided for services to renters and property owners in low-income and underrepresented communities, and money appropriated.

HF 1705 (Kresha) Habitat for Humanity grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF 2612 (Hassan) Urban Homeworks grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

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1. Roll call attendance

2. Approve the minutes for January 24, 2023

3. Members report potential conflicts of interest regarding today's business

4. Introductions for new LCCMR Members

5. Director's report
- Final projects spreadsheet with soundbites

6. Action: Amendment to conservation easement to resolve violation, M.L. 2001, First Special Session, Chp. 2, Sec. 14, Subd. 04e3b, Big Woods Heritage Forest, DNR Division of Forestry, Christine Ostern
- MN DNR Letter dated November 21, 2022
- LCCMR Letter to legislative leads dated January 9, 2023

7. Action: Request to pay over market value for acquisition. M.L. 2021 Chp. 6, Art. 6, Sec. 02, Subd. 09u, State Parks and State Trails Inholdings, DNR Division of Parks and Trails, Shelby Kok
- MN DNR Letter dated March 9, 2023
- Map

8. Action: Election of Executive Committee Members - Memo

9. LCCMR Other Business
a. April meeting date for business items and to determine method for selecting proposals for presentation. Possible dates:
- Monday, April 17 or 24, 8:30 am - 10:00 am
- Tuesday, April 18 or 25, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Friday, April 14 or 21, 9:00 am - 11:00 am
- Friday, April 14 or 21, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Friday, April 14 or 21, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

10. Public Testimony
The public is asked to keep their comments brief. If you would like to testify, please contact Diana Griffith at diana.griffith@lccmr.mn.gov by 4:00 pm the day before the meeting. Please specify to which agenda item your testimony relates and the form of your testimony (oral or written). The chair will accommodate testimony at the requested agenda item as time allows.

11.      Adjourn

8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. Recess
HF 855 (Fraizer) Public safety innovation board established, community safety grants provided, body camera data storage provided, law enforcement policy provided, law enforcement civilian oversight provided, report required, rulemaking provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2483 (Greenman) Minneapolis; local sales and use tax provisions, lawful gambling tax provisions, and other stadium-related provisions modified; bonds made able to be retired early; operating expense and capital improvement requirements modified; and money appropriated.
HF 2250 (Newton) Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission funding provided to support upgrades to roof of ice arena complex at National Sports Center, and money appropriated.
HF 1859 (Feist) New enforcement provisions created for construction workers wage protection.

Reconvene 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HF 2321 (Pinto) Children's cabinet modified; Department of Children, Youth, and Families established; responsibilities of Department of Education, Department of Human Services, and Department of Public Safety transferred to Department of Children, Youth, and Families; reports required; rulemaking authorized; and money appropriated.
HF 2940 (Klevorn) State government entities including constitutional offices, legislature, and retirement accounts funding provided; compensation council provisions modified; state performance measures required; Offices of Enterprise Sustainability and Translation created; single grants management system and small agency studies required; postretirement adjustment for calendar year 2024 made; and money appropriated.
HF 2427 (Klevorn) Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board required to update Capitol Mall Design Framework, elements that must be included in updated framework specified, and money appropriated.

HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT and emailed to the committee administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 40 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 the committee administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the State and Local Government Finance and Policy webpage.
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*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

HF1489 (Coulter); Maximum refund permitted by political contribution refund program increased.

HF2793 (Coulter); Small donor political committees and funds regulated, small donor state match program established, candidate expenditures exempted from aggregate expenditure limits, campaign public subsidy program repealed, and money transferred.

HF1942 (Coulter); Mail balloting authorized in any town or city with fewer than 400 registered voters.
DE amendment

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

If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email simon.brown@house.mn.gov no later than 5pm the night before.

**Testimony may be limited at the Chair's discretion**

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HF 2233 (Hanson) DEED Policy Bill
Kevin McKinnon, Commissioner, Department of Employment and Economic Development

HF 2521 (Liebling) Southeast Minnesota health care simulation training center funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
Julie Nigon, Executive Director, GRAUC

HF 2559 (Hussein) Hmong American Partnership grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
May yer Thao, President and CEO, Hmong American Partnership
Vue Chu, community member

HF 2511 (Pryor) Mind the G.A.P.P. grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2583 (Gomez) MNCAPD, Roots Connect, and FRAYEO grant funding provided; and money appropriated.
HF 1724 (Wolgamott) Greater St. Cloud area; survivor employment readiness pilot project funding provided, and money appropriated.

If you would like to testify or provide materials, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by Noon on Tuesday, March 21, 2023

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HF 1922 (Smith) Explore MN Policy Bill *pending referral*
HF 2590 (Hassan) Funding provided for business loans, technical assistance, and capacity building to nonprofits serving African immigrant community; and money appropriated.
HF 2384 (Her) Minnesota Sports and Events grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2520 (Pursell) Rural economic development technical assistance grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2556 (Wolgamott) Initiative foundations grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2152 (Brand) Center for Rural Policy and Development funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2015 (Kozlowski) Latino Economic Development Center grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2440 (Kozlowski) LatinoLEAD grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2789 (Kozlowski) PFund Foundation and Quorum grant funding provided to establish business expansion program for LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs, and money appropriated.

Each bill will be given up to 10 minutes total on the agenda before being laid over for possible consideration in the omnibus bill, except HF 1922 which will be referred to the General Register

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Approval of the Minutes from March 21st, 2023
HF 2042 (Pursell) Career and technical education consortium grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2696 (Greenman) Civic education grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2068 (Clardy) Sanneh Foundation funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2214 (Frazier) Black Men Teach Twin Cities program grant authorized, report required, and money appropriated.
HF 2131 (Hicks) Alliance of Chicanos, Hispanics, and Latin Americans (ACHLA) funding provided for English language learner programming, and money appropriated.
HF 2398 (Acomb) Schools required to maintain supply of opiate antagonists, provisions modified for opiate antagonist administration in schools, and money appropriated.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
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If you are interested in providing testimony on the scheduled bills please contact the committee administrator at: polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov no later than 2pm on Tuesday, March 21st. Written testimony is encouraged. Testimony may be limited.

HF1965 (Finke) - Como Park Zoo and Conservatory funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF68 (Jordan) - Per diems increased for boards, councils, and commissions.
HF775 (Brand) - Arts and cultural heritage; county fair funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF901 (Urdahl) - Indian Affairs Council funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1154 (Hussein) - Minnesota Humanities Center funding provided, and money appropriated.
*Items may be added to the agenda.

If you wish to submit written testimony or testify in person, please send the written testimony or the request to testify to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn.gov by 10:30 a.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.

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Note: HF 2635 (Lislegard) Filmmaking and film education facility funding provided, and money appropriated has been added for informational only hearing. Other bills may be added.

HF 24 (Jordan) Authority modified to ensure safe drinking water, drinking water revolving fund provisions modified, grant program established to replace lead drinking water service lines, grant program established for mapping lead service lines, report required, and money appropriated.

NOTE: HF 24 was heard in Capital Investment on 2/27/23. The amendment coded A6 (attached below) was adopted and HF 24 second engrossment was laid over as amended. Public testimony was already taken in Capital Investment on HF 24 on 2/27 and will not be taken on 3/22.

Amendments to HF 24 are due to the Committee Administrator by 1:00 pm on Tuesday, March 21.

Other than HF 24, which will be acted upon, all other bills listed below will be heard on an informational-only basis. No formal actions will be taken.

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HF2823 (Lee); Deceptive trade practices and consumer fraud governing provisions modified.

HF2100 (Jordan); Air ventilation program established for public school buildings, grants authorized, and money appropriated.

HF1540 (Koegel); Mental Health Parity and Substance Abuse Accountability Office established in Department of Commerce, and money appropriated.

HF1189 (Freiberg); Time limitation requirements modified for motor vehicle insurance policies.

HF2891 (Torkelson); Automobile serf-insurance governing provisions modified.

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

**Public testimony may be limited at the Chair’s discretion. Testimony will be taken in the order signed up. If testimony is limited, you will be informed by email**

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I. HF1596 (Reyer) - PACE program funding mechanism established, and money appropriated.

II. HF1298 (Edelson) - Essential community supports modified, respite service grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

III. HF1434 (Edelson) - Parental contribution fees eliminated for services for children with disabilities.

IV. HF1043 (Hicks) - Task Force on Disability Services Accessibility and pilot project established, report required, and money appropriated.

V. HF1851 (Hicks) - Community services development program renamed as live well at home grants, projects and grants established, live well at home grants extended, and money appropriated.

VI. HF2553 (Fischer) - Mental health provider staffing, documentation, and diagnostic assessment requirements modified; commissioner of human services required to establish medical assistance mental health service provider certification process; assertive community treatment staff requirements modified; adult rehabilitative mental health services provider entity standards modified; behavioral health home services staff qualifications modified; managed care contract requirements for mental health and substance use disorder treatment services modified; school-linked behavioral health grant data and outcome reporting requirements modified; family peer support services eligibility modified; and report required.
*Agenda items may be added or removed.

HANDOUTS: All handouts must be provided electronically to the Committee Administrator and Committee Legislative Assistant at least 12 hours prior to the start of a committee meeting. Handouts should be in accessible (Optical Character Recognition) format for posting to the committee webpage. Contact the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov to submit handouts or for more information about acceptable electronic formats.

TESTIFYING: In-person public testimony will be taken as time allows. Testifiers must contact the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov by 5pm the day prior to the hearing in order to sign up to testify. Written testimony is encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Human Services Finance webpage.

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HF1398 (Hill) - Community energy transition grant program modified, and money appropriated.
HF2502 (Hanson) - Public utility allowed to file program with public utilities commission to promote deployment of electric school buses.
HF2747 (Rehm) - Solar for schools program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1853 (Acomb) - University of Minnesota Extension Service weather resilience program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2170 (Berg) - Establishment of global warming impact standards required for construction materials used in state buildings and roads, global warming standards integrated into procurement process, pilot programs established to report greenhouse gas emissions from manufacture of products, grant program established, technical advisory committee established, and reports required.
*Items may be added to the agenda.

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HF2037 (Rep. Berg) - School health services provided.

Notes:
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TESTIFYING: The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair, and is subject to change. Remote testimony is available upon request. Written testimony is encouraged and is accounted as official committee record; to be distributed to committee members and public. If you would like to testify or submit written testimony in PDF format, please email the committee administrator before 12 p.m. (noon), Tuesday, March 21st.

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HF2831 (Finke) Emerald ash borer response grant program established, and money appropriated.
HF2348 (Tabke) Shooting sports facility grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 1130 (Tabke) Cities authorized to adopt pesticide control ordinances.
HF 1317 (Hansen) Terms defined; Use, storage, disposal, and sale of pesticide-treated seed regulated; label statements for pesticide-treated seed required; consumer guidance required; rulemaking required; and money appropriated
HF2564 (Hansen) Snowmobile registration provisions modified, accounts established, state parks and trails provisions modified, Minnesota Naturalist Corps eligibility modified, timber provisions modified, water permit application requirements modified, resident license requirements modified, walk-in access program modified, use of motorized vehicles in wildlife management areas modified, permits to take wild animals under federal incidental take permit authorized, hunting and fishing and elk management provisions modified, nonlethal control of deer and elk causing damage provided, wanton waste provisions modified, open season dates clarified, and money appropriated.
HF1680 (Hansen) Sustainable diversion limits on groundwater appropriations provided.
HF1862 (Hansen) County approval requirements removed for land acquisitions.
HF1283 (Hansen) Environment; PFAS-related rulemaking required.
HF2745 (Myers) Deposit of waste prohibited outside a shelter, motor vehicle, or any other conveyance on ice of state waters; and report on options for funding additional enforcement of laws on ice of state waters required.

*Additional bills may be added.

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This hearing will go to 5:30, bills could be added or removed from the agenda

2334 (Lislegard) Northland Foundation funding provided, and money appropriated.

2585 (Hassan) Fee-based, first-time homebuyer home purchase financing program established; report required; and money appropriated.

2196 (Agbaje) JADT Development Group grant funding provided for Satori Village Development, and money appropriated.

2704 (Perez-Vega) Tenant's right to organize and penalties for retaliation for tenant organization provided.

HF 302 (Howard) Eligible use of housing infrastructure bonds added, and issuance of housing infrastructure bonds prescribed, bonds issued.

HF 1667 (Howard) Eligible uses for housing infrastructure bonds expanded.

HF 2938 (Johnson) Task force on student housing established, and reports required.

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TBA

Board of Private Detectives Board Budget Presentation

HF 2510 (Moller) Private detectives; license requirements modified.

MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission Budget Presentation

HF 2956 (Frazier) Sentencing Guidelines Commission membership expanded, and staggered terms for members provided.

HF 2295 (Pinto) Grant for study and report on pretrial release practices established, and money appropriated.

HF 2609 (Moller) Regulation of machine guns modified.

HF 2625 (Frazier) Grant funding provided to reduce crime and violence in African American communities, and money appropriated.

Anyone who would like to provide public testimony must sign up in advance by 10:30 AM on 3/21. Email the Committee Administrator to sign up. 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 is encouraged and must be submitted in word or PDF form to the Committee Administrator by 10:30 AM, 3/21.

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

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HF2618 (Hussein) St. Paul; Rice Street Capitol Area redesign project funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF2361 (Rehm) Various traffic safety provisions modified, including to establish an advisory council, modify traffic regulations, and authorize a pilot program; legislative reports required; and money appropriated.

HF2604 (Jordan) Transit service improvement funding provided, including transit fare elimination, transit shelters, zero-emission bus transition, arterial bus rapid transit planning, and transit signal priority system planning; working group established; reports required; and money appropriated.

HF1947 (Koegel) Intercity passenger rail corridors and project funding provided, and money appropriated.


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HF2451 (Bahner) Greater Twin Cities United Way grant program funding provided for trauma-sensitive care in preschool settings, and money appropriated.
HF2753 (Greenman) Family Enhancement Center funding provided for a grant to help families develop community connections, and money appropriated.
HF2864 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Statewide children's savings account program for higher education and business training established, local partner start-up and expansion grants established, report required, and money appropriated.
HF2961 (Keeler) Foster care licensing requirements modified for Tribal licensees, council membership expanded, required county performance added on child protection measures, Indian child welfare primary support grants modified, Indian Child Welfare Act compliance system review requirements modified, commissioner of human services required to develop and maintain Indian child welfare compliance tracking database, and money appropriated.
HF2141 (Norris) Counties allowed to provide in-house training for training and technical assistance programs. (Pending re-referral)
*Agenda items may be added or changed.

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Amendments: All amendments that are substantive must be given to the CA by 1:00PM on the day prior to the committee hearing. This deadline may be waived at the discretion of the Chair

Meeting Materials: Presenters or members of the public are encouraged to provide all materials to be offered in Committee to the CLA at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Distribution of such materials is subject to approval by the Chair; a copy will be kept by Committee staff. These materials should be in accessible (Optical Character Recognition) format for posting to the committee webpage; contact the Committee Administrator for more information about acceptable electronic formats.

Testimony: Bill authors must arrange their own testifiers and provide each testifier’s name, position title, and email address to the CA 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Written testimony is also encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage prior to the meeting.

State & Local Gov Policy Omnibus Bill
Monday, March 20, 2023: State & Local Gov policy omnibus bill (delete everything amendment to HF 1826 (Klevorn)) will be posted.
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 8:30 a.m.: walk through and public testimony.
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 6 p.m.: mark up and passage.

8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. Recess at 10 a.m.
Reconvene at 6 p.m. 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
HF 1826 (Klevorn) State government; interagency transfer reports repealed. Delete everything amendment: State & Local Gov policy omnibus bill.
Pensions policy omnibus bill; tbd.
HF 2204 (Freiberg) Metropolitan Council districts redistricting provided.

HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT and emailed to the committee administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 40 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 the committee administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the State and Local Government Finance and Policy webpage.
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*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

To be announced.

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Approval of the Minutes from March 22nd, 2023
HF 1502 (Sencer-Mura) Ethnic studies requirement created, Ethnic Studies Working Group created, rulemaking authorized, report required, and money appropriated.
HF 651 (Hassan) Personal finance class required for high school graduation, personal finance seal established for teacher licensure, and rulemaking authorized.
HF 759 (Lee, K.) Computer science education advancement provided, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.
HF 2968 (Hornstein) Education on the Holocaust, genocide of Indigenous Peoples, and other genocides required for middle and high school students; working group created; report required; and money appropriated. **pending referral
HF 1628 (Jordan) Pupil transportation services for homeless students fully funded, special education aid modified, and money appropriated.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
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Public Testimony:
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