Welcome to Minnesota House Live Webcast and Mobile Streaming

Member and staff introductions and co-chair statements

Minnesota Department of Commerce and MNsure presentation on the state of the private health insurance market

Minnesota Office of the Attorney General presentation on implementation and overview of the Consumer Fraud Restitution Fund

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

HANDOUTS: Handouts must be in PDF and OCR-compatible format and be emailed to the Committee Administrators at samuel.oneill@house.mn.gov and ben.frese@house.mn.gov by 10:00 AM the business day before the hearing.

TESTIFYING: The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair and is subject to change. If you would like to testify, please email the committee administrators by 1:00 PM the business day before the hearing.

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

Agenda:

I. Call To Order

II. Approval of Meeting Minutes (4.10.25)

III. HF3379 (Schomacker) A bill for an act relating to human services; repealing housing stabilization services

IV. Presentation from Department of Human Services – Implementation update on 2025 session initiatives
• Kristy Graume - DHS Director of State Government Relations
• Elyse Bailey – DHS Budget Director
•Written Testimony will be taken, if time allows, we will take public testimony

V. Adjournment



TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator, Megan Rossbach (megan.rossbach@house.mn.gov) by 12 p.m. (noon) the day prior to the hearing. Required testimony information includes name, organization and title (if applicable), email, phone number, and position on the bill. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

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

Co-Chair Xiong has the gavel.

AGENDA*

I. Overview of SGU task force recommendations by MDVA

II. Update from Randal Dietrich of the Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum

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 john.hultquist@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 john.hultquist@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
• DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Veterans and Military Affairs Division 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.
o To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), please contact the Committee Administrator at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
o To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, please contact the Committee Administrator at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
o For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
o If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form.

I. H.F. 3393 (Igo) – Iron ore mining additional unemployment benefits program
This bill will be formally introduced as H.F. 3393 on Tuesday, February 17th.

If you would like to testify, please notify spencer.johnson@house.mn.gov by 1pm on Tuesday, February 17th

Co-Chair Hansen and Co-Chair Anderson are jointly chairing this meeting.

Updates from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), Board of Animal Health (BAH), and Agricultural Research Utilization Institute (AURI).

Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board Appointees:
-Stephen Swanson
-David Asp
-King Banaian
-Charles Spevacek

Agenda items may be added or removed at the chair's discretion.

Co-Chair Backer has the gavel.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. Presentation on the Rural Health Transformation Program
a. Minnesota Department of Health

IV. HF 1925 (Schomacker) Nurse Licensure Compact created, and money appropriated.

V. Adjournment

If you would like to submit written testimony or sign up to testify, please contact both Committee Administrators at Hanna.Zimmerman@house.mn.gov and Jack.Dockendorf@house.mn.gov by 5:00pm on Tuesday, February 17.

Agenda
1. Call to order
2. Review of Committee Rules
3. Funding update from MN Transportation Alliance
- Margaret Donahoe - Executive Director
4. Connected and automated vehicles update by MNDOT
- Tara Olds, MnDOT Director of Connected and Automated Vehicles
5. High Subsidy Transit Route Analysis Legislative Report by Metropolitan Council
- Charles Colson - Director, Metropolitan Transportation Services (MTS)
6. Adjourn

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

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) Implementation Updates
o Social Services Information System (SSIS)
i. Jennifer Sommerfeld, DCYF Government Relations Director
o Electronic Attendance Tracking
i. Inspector General Randall Keys
IV. Presentation: Child Care Regulation Modernization
i. Inspector General Randall Keys
ii. Testifiers
1. Clare Sanford, Minnesota Child Care Association
2. Cyndi Cunningham, Lead & Care Minnesota

V. Adjournment

All agenda items subject to change at the discretion of the Co-Chairs.

HF3435 (Jordan) - Access to school sites limited.

HF3409 (Sencer-Mura) - Denial of an education based on immigration status prohibited, and civil cause of action provided when right to education is denied based on immigration status.

Agenda items may be added or removed at the chair's discretion.

For more information, including Committee Documents: Education Policy Home Page

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or provide written testimony/handouts on the scheduled bills should contact both CA Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and CLA Chloe Keller via email at chloe.keller@house.mn.gov by 3:00 PM on Tuesday, February 17th, 2026.

Amendments: Bill Authors and Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments via email to both CA Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and CLA Chloe Keller via email at chloe.keller@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM on Tuesday, February 17th, 2026.

Items may be added/removed
- Amendment deadline will be 1:00PM on Tuesday, February 17th
- The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing


I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF3403 (Kozlowski) A bill for an act relating to taxation; local government aids; establishing a onetime emergency rental assistance aid for counties; appropriating money.

IV. HF3410 (Sencer-Mura) A bill for an act relating to housing; amending provisions related to redemption in an eviction action for nonpayment of rent; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 504B.291, subdivision 1.

V. HF3424 (Agbaje) A bill for an act relating to housing; amending the notice requirements for an eviction action for nonpayment of rent; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 504B.321, subdivision 1a.

VI. Adjourn


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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator benjamin.brinks@house.mn.gov and Committee Legislative Assistant johnathan.smith@house.mn.gov by 3:00pm the day before each hearing. Public testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and preferred title. Testifiers may participate remotely at the Chair’s discretion. Testimony may be limited to two minutes per testifier. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

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

Accommodations:
- To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov.
- If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send you comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
- To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Minutes

3. HF 1567 (Duran) Personal information protections provided to public safety officers

4. HF 2809 (Hudson) Crime of residential protesting established

5. HF 3380 (Hudson) Aggravated durational departure required for certain violent offenders who use a firearm, certain sentences required to be imposed consecutively to other sentences, and certain offenders required to serve an entire announced sentence in prison (Note: HF 3380 was introduced when the Legislature reconvened on February 17, 2026. The program does not have a link to the bill. The language of the draft bill is attached).

6. Adjourn

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF 357 (Harder) Authorized card games expanded to include the game of hasenpfeffer.

IV. HF 3389 (O’Driscoll) Insurance producer continuing education requirements modified.

V. HF 2500 (Falconer) Algorithm and AI use prohibited during health insurance prior authorization request review.

VI. HF 1434 (Bakeberg) Age verification required for websites with material harmful to minors, enforcement by the attorney general provided, and private right of action created.

VII. HF 1606 (Stephenson) Nudification technology access prohibited.

VIII. Adjournment



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

HANDOUTS: Handouts must be in PDF and OCR-compatible format and be emailed to the Committee Administrators at samuel.oneill@house.mn.gov and ben.frese@house.mn.gov by 10:00 AM the business day before the hearing.
TESTIFYING: The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair and is subject to change. If you would like to testify, please email the Committee Administrators by 1:00 PM the business day before the hearing.
LIVESTREAM: This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

Discussion of program integrity efforts – presentation from Department of Human Services staff

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

Presentations on fraud updates
--Office of the Attorney General
--Department of Minnesota IT Services
--Department of Revenue

HF 1338 (Norris) Office of the Inspector General created, reports required, and money appropriated.

Economic and Workforce Impact of Federal Immigration Activity in Minnesota

Presentations:
Minnesota Management and Budget - Governor's 2026 Bonding Recommendations
Department of Administration -2026 Bonding Recommendations; 2025 Asset Preservation Summary Report; and 2025 CAPRA Report

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. Presentation by the Minnesota Competency Attainment Board
IV. Presentation by the Minnesota Guardian ad Litem Board
V. HF 2825 (Hudson): Access to expunged conviction records of applicants for licenses and positions in private security and private detective industry provided.
VI. Adjournment

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, marissa.manteufel@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Wednesday, February 18, 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, marissa.manteufel@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.

Agenda: 
I. Approval of Minutes

II. Presentations on the Impact of Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota's Students and School Communities

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. 

Co-Chair Acomb and Co-Chair Swedzinski are jointly chairing this meeting.

Update from Department of Commerce
Update from Public Utilities Commission

Items may be added or removed from the agenda.

If you wish to submit written testimony, please send the written testimony to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn.gov by 1 p.m. the day before the meeting.

MPCA presentation on PFAS (anticipated topics to include "PRISM" reporting system and fees, and status update on current unavoidable uses of PFAS rulemaking).

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (amy.zipko@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.

I. Call to Order

II. Presentation on the Enrollment Fraud Working Group from Minnesota State

III. Adjournment

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

HANDOUTS: All handouts and written testimony must be provided electronically to the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov by 3pm the day prior to the hearing. Handouts should be in PDF format with OCR (Optical Character Recognition) capability.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Higher Education Finance & Policy webpage.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Welcome and Call to Order

Approve Meeting Agenda and Previous Minutes

Social Media Partnership- Tim Terrell, Executive Director, Mississippi River Headwaters Board

Discussion on Colorado Scenic Byways

Roadside Storybook Project

Commission Business

MRPC Committee Updates

2026 Transportation Funding Opportunities

Drive the Great River Road Month Planning

Further Discussions/Updates

Adjourn

Minnesota Department of Commerce presentation on the Homeowner Association Ombudsman Office.

SF1750 (Bahner) - Common interest communities rights and duties modified, unit owner rights modified, termination threshold modified, meet and confer process established, notice of meetings modified, and governing bodies prohibited from requiring or incentivizing creation of homeowners associations.

HF704 (Freiberg) - Mortgage payment satisfaction provisions modified.

HFXXXX (Freiberg) – Clarifying right to postpone a mortgage sale, Revisor #SC3494-3. **pending introduction and referral**

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

HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT, have OCR capability, and emailed to the Committee Administrators at samuel.oneill@house.mn.gov and ben.frese@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 45 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 Administrators at samuel.oneill@house.mn.gov and ben.frese@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.

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

Presentations of the key findings and recommendations for the performance audits:

Minnesota State: Faculty Payroll
Department of Natural Resources: Outdoor Heritage Fund Grants

Office of the Legislative Auditor:
Judy Randall, Legislative Auditor
Lori Leysen, Deputly Legislative Auditor - Financial Audit Division
Kayla Borneman, Audit Director
Ryan Baker, Audit Director

Minnesota State:
Eric Davis, Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
Barb Biljan, Senior System Director for Human Resources Operations

Department of Natural Resources:
Mary Robison, Chief Financial Officer

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I. Approve the committee minutes from Thursday 2/19

II. State Agency Governor Bonding Recommendations Presentations:
a. Department of Agriculture
b. Amateur Sports Commission
c. Department of Corrections
d. Direct Care and Treatment
e. Department of Education
f. Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)

Overview and updates on groundwater management, water sustainability, and community tree planting from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Metropolitan Council.