Welcome to Minnesota House Live Webcast and Mobile Streaming

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

Meeting:
Monday, February 23rd, 2026
8:15 – 10:00 a.m.
Cap. 120

Agenda:
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. Presentation – Minnesota Department of Human Services – Presentation on the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) Benefits.

IV. Chair Presentation

V. HF 3542 (Hudson) Disclosure of certain investigations and withholding of payments required within 30 days of a request.

VI. Adjourn

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator by 3 p.m. the day prior to the hearing. 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 May 18, 2025, Meeting Minutes

III. Presentation
Jennifer Byers, Vice-President; Sean O'Neil, Senior Director of Economic Development and Research - Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
2026 Business Benchmarks Report

IV. Presentation
John Phelan, Economist, Center of the American Experiment
Accounting for Growth in Minnesota: Performance and Prospects

V. Adjournment

This agenda is subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.
Agenda items may be added or removed.

Please note: Eligibility for the Dairy Assistance, Investment, Relief Initiative (DAIRI) program modified, now HF 3508 (Nelson), is removed from the agenda.
- Update from the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Office of Broadband Development

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF 1667 (Schomacker) Water and sewer districts added to the definition of municipality, and maximum tort liability for certain water and sewer districts set.
IV. HF 2526 (Duran) Exceptions to prohibition against gifts to local officials expanded.
V. HF 68 (Quam) Retention elections for persons appointed to certain county offices required.

HF362 (Pinto) Licensure for massage therapy and Asian bodywork therapy established, fees established, criminal penalties provided, and money appropriated.

HF2590 (Norris) Clinical art therapist licensure established, Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy membership modified, fees and civil penalties imposed, and money appropriated.

HF2760 (Mahamoud) Reimbursement procedures for federally qualified health centers modified.

HF3444 (Mahamoud) Prior authorization prohibited for treatment of opioid use disorder.

HFXXXX (Mahamoud) Modifying medication repository program procedures. *

* This bill has not been introduced and the language will be heard on an informational basis only.

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

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.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

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.

HF3479 (Freiberg) – Right to postpone a mortgage sale clarified.

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.

Presentation on HR1 from Department of Human Services – discussion of impact on state Medicaid programs

Presentation on HR1 from MACSSA/AMC – discussion of impact on counties

No testimony will be taken on this item. If you'd like to submit written testimony, please email Simon Brown at simon.brown@house.mn.gov by Monday, February 23 at 4:00pm.

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

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Previous Meeting Minutes

III. SF856 (Norris) Office of the Inspector General creation and appropriation.

IV. HF3168 (Hudson) Pool of alternate members for ethnic councils established, and reports required.

V. HF3528 (Sexton) Board of Barber Examiners provisions modified.

VI. Adjournment

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

I. Department of Employment and Economic Development presentation on implementation of the Paid Family Medical Leave program

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)

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. Overview of the State of Civil Rights in Minnesota: ACLU of Minnesota
IV. HF3477 (Long): Cause of action for violations of civil rights under color of law created, and state and local collaboration agreements with federal law enforcement agencies regulated.
V. HF3414 (Long): Cause of action for violations of civil rights under color of law created, and state and local collaboration agreements with federal law enforcement agencies regulated.
VI. HF103 (Feist): Government entities prohibited from requesting or obtaining reverse-location information, uses of reverse-location data by various entities prohibited, and civil cause of action provided when data is obtained by a government entity.
VII. HF3661 (Gomez): Acquisition and use of facial recognition technology by government entities prohibited.
VIII. 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, josh.sande@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Monday, February 23, 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, February 23, 2026.

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.

House DFL holds the gavel.

House Research and House Fiscal Overview of 2025 Taxes Bill/Chapter 13/HF9 1st Special Session

No public testimony will be taken at this hearing.

School Safety Proposals

Bills:
HF3492 (Duran, Jr.) - Commissioner of education authorized to award school safety facility grants to schools to enhance safety for students and staff, Northern Lights Express funds cancelled, and money appropriated.
HF3493 (Lawrence) - Safe schools revenue increased; safe schools revenue available to charter schools, cooperative units, nonpublic schools, and Tribal contract schools made; and money appropriated.
HF3494 (Lawrence) - Safe schools aid for school districts, charter schools, and cooperative units created; student support personnel aid repealed; and money appropriated.
HF3495 (Duran, Jr.) - School safety grant eligibility expanded to nonpublic and Tribal contract schools, and money appropriated.
HF3602 (Curran) - Schools required to develop school safety plans, School Safety Advisory Council established, Minnesota School Safety Center funding provided, and money appropriated.

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 Monday, February 23, 2026.

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 Monday, February 23, 2026.

Presentation from Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority
HF 2986 (Kraft) - Additional information in a public utility's resource plan required, public utilities directed to file a virtual power plant tariff and program with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, cost recovery provided, and reports required.
HF 3555 (Kraft) Installation and operation of a plug-in solar photovoltaic device regulated.

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.

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

Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee Hearing
February 24th, 2026
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
G23

Agenda:

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of the Minutes
III. Office of Higher Education

Garrick Spennewyn
Committee Administrator
Higher Education Finance and Policy
(651) 297-8159

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes:
3. Presentation: A Better Future for Minnesota Child Care Licensing and Quality
i. Dr. Nicole Smerillo, Think Small Director of Data, Research, and Policy
ii. Ericca Maas, Think Small
4. Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) Implementation Updates
i. Inspector General Randall Keys
5. Adjournment

All agenda items are subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.

Presentations by Minnesota Department of Education

- Proposed Statewide Health Standards

- Implementation of Social Studies Standards & Ethnic Studies Course Offering

Bills for Consideration:
HF3489 (Bennett) - Field trip policy established, reporting to licensing boards required, and criminal offense of grooming established.

HF3550 (Bennett) - School districts allowed to implement local health education standards.

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or provide written testimony/handouts on the posted bills should contact both Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 3:00 PM on Monday, February 23, 2026. Testimony on the MDE presentations will be limited and at the discretion of the Co-Chair holding the gavel.

Amendments: Bill Authors and Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments via email to both Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM on Monday, February 23, 2026.

Housing Finance and Policy Committee
Chair – Represnetative Igo
Co-Vice Chair – Representative Dotseth

Meeting: Tuesday, February 24th, 2026
3:00 – 4:45 p.m.
Cap. G3

Agenda:
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. Presentation – Minnesota Housing

IV. Presentation - Minnesota Realtors Association

V. Adjourn

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator by 3 p.m. the day prior to the hearing. 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.

Chair Moller will have the gavel.

HF 3433 (Greenman) Possession of semiautomatic military-style assault weapons banned, and criminal penalties provided.

HF 3402 (Tabke) Possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines banned.

HF 3412 (Finke) Circumstances when a person may conceal their identity in public modified and specific exceptions for law enforcement officers created.

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

HF 3404 (Klevorn) Criminal penalty for impersonating a peace officer increased, crime of impersonating a peace officer while possessing a firearm established, enhanced penalties established, persons presenting as peace officers required to fulfill duty to identify, and criminal penalties 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, February 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.

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, February 23rd, 2026. All written testimony must be submitted in PDF Format and not include hyperlinks.

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

The accessibility language below is currently populated and will appear on each posting already:

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.

   ***PLEASE NOTE: The meeting location has been changed to G15 in the Capitol.***

1. Introduction of new Commission member

                 • Appointment of Representative Pete Johnson, in place of Representative Dan Wolgamott, effective February 20, 2026

2. Approval of the May 17, 2025, meeting minutes

3. Introduction of the new LCPR Commission Assistant

4. Annual Update by the Commission actuary, VIA Actuarial Solutions

                 • Mark W. Schulte, FSA, EA, MAAA, President and Consulting Actuary

5. Annual Updates by the Pension Fund Executive Directors

                 • Erin Leonard, Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS)

                 • Doug Anderson, Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA)

                 • Tim Maurer, Teachers Retirement Association (TRA)

                 • Phill Tencick, St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association (SPTRFA)

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I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. Update on the Financial Crimes and Fraud Section after the integration of the Commerce Fraud Bureau.

IV. Presentation and discussion on the report from the Task Force on Homeowners and Commercial Property Insurance.

V. 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.

I. Call To Order

II. Approval of Meeting Minutes 2.24.26

III. HF3378 (Schomacker) Commissioner of human services required to release unredacted initial Optum reports

IV. Pre-Payment Review Overview

• Department of Human Services
• Optum
*Written testimony will be accepted. There will be no public testimony taken

VI. Adjournment – next hearing – Thursday, February 26th at 8:15am



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

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Approval of Minutes

4. HF 3540 (Bliss) Protection for Veterans provided in the Minnesota Human Rights Act

5. HF 3522 (Duran) Commissioner of Veterans affairs allowed to close Veterans homes under certain circumstances

6. HF 3544 (Repinski) Certain Veterans or former members of the armed forces who have forfeited federal benefits made ineligible for state-funded benefits, services, or programs; and environmental hazards information and assistance program for Veterans discontinued

7. Commanders Task Force presentation

8. Adjourn

Susan Brower, Minnesota State Demographer

Lauren Bennett McGinty, Executive Director, Explore Minnesota

HF 3004 (Hussein) Funding provided to create a centralized digital platform to provide youth with information about workforce opportunities, report required, and money appropriated.

HF 3663 (Jones) State Building Code; funding provided for competitive grants to assist municipalities with streamlining State Energy Code compliance report required, and money appropriated.

If you would like to testify or provide materials for the hearing, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by Noon on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Thank you

Presentation on Legacy Budget Reserves
Presentation from Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council

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 10 a.m. the day before the meeting.

I. Call to order
II. House Research and House Fiscal Overview of Federal HR1.
III. HF 387 (Norris) Blaine; certain special tax impositions authorized.
IV. Adjourn

No public testimony will be taken on the overview.
Written testimony or requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to the Committee Administrator
sam.moyer@house.mn.gov by 1:00 PM on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

HF3474 (Hansen) Agricultural Utilization Research Institute grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3475 (Hansen) Per diem compensation for Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council officers and Agricultural Utilization Research Institute board of directors modified.
HF3508 (Nelson) Eligibility for the Dairy Assistance, Investment, Relief Initiative (DAIRI) program modified.

*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 1 p.m. the day prior to the hearing.

HF3351 (Pinto) - State preemption of local units of government regulating firearms repealed.

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

For more information, including Committee Documents: Elections Finance and Government Operations Home Page

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or provide written testimony/handouts on the scheduled bills should email wilson.lee@house.mn.gov by 12pm (noon) Tuesday, February 24th.

Amendments: Bill Authors and Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments via email to Wilson Lee at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov by 12pm (noon) Tuesday, February 24th.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF 3136 (Momanyi-Hiltsley) Establishment of a task force on prevention of female genital mutilation required, report required, and money appropriated.

IV. HF 3521 (Backer) Exception to the hospital construction moratorium provided.

V. HF 1807 (Gillman) Nonopioid drugs coverage required for treatment or management of pain.

VI. HF 1270 (Gillman) Licensing for practice of acupuncture and herbal medicine modified.

VII. HF 2070 (Dippel) Provisions for the cost of health records changed.

VIII. Adjournment

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

If you would like to submit written testimony or sign up to testify, please contact Hanna.Zimmerman@house.mn.gov by 5:00pm on Tuesday, February 24.

Agenda
1. Call to order
2. Approve the minutes from Monday Feb. 23
3. MNDOT Cost Participation Policy Report presentation
Philip Schaffner, MnDOT Office of Transportation System Management Director
Jim Foldesi, St. Louis County Public Works Director/Highway Engineer
Deb Heiser, City of St. Louis Park Engineering Director.

The following bills will be heard:
a. HF3131 (Franson) Issuance of cancer-related disability parking certificates authorized
b. HF3436 (Allen) Vehicles approaching school buses required to stop for flashing red lights
c. HF3106 (Allen) Fines for failure to provide vehicle insurance increased
d. HF3241 (Stier) Certain limitations on display of dynamic electronic content while operating a motor vehicle modified
Mike Hanson - Director of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety
Colonel Christina Bogojevic - MN State Patrol Chief

e. HF3531 (Joy) Certain retail fuel transactions exempted from retail delivery fee.
Tony Kwilas, Minnesota Propane Association

Presentation: County Impact and Perspective of HR 1 on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

HF45 (Pérez-Vega) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Outreach Program funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF1148 (Coulter) Prepared meals food grant program established, and money appropriated.

HF777 (Coulter) Food shelf program funding provided, and money appropriated

Pending Introduction:

26-06438 (Gander) Regional food bank grant program established, and money appropriated.

SC3756-1 (Lee, X.) Minnesota supplemental nutrition​ assistance program established.

Presentation: Current Federal Landscape, Update on Federal Funding Actions, Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF)

All agenda items subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony for the hearing must email the committee administrator by 8:00 AM on the day of the hearing. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

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.

Current State of Gun Violence in Schools - Sandy Hook Presentation.

HF3487 (Rehrauer) - Anonymous threat reporting systems required, and report required.

HF3401 (Greene) - Circumstances when firearms are permitted on school property modified, and uniform storage requirements for firearms permitted on school property established.

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 Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 3:00 PM on Tuesday, February 24th, 2026.

Amendments: Bill Authors and Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments via email to both Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM on Tuesday, February 24th, 2026.

Items may be added/removed
- Amendment deadline will be 1:00PM on Tuesday, February 24th
- The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of the Minutes
III. HF3425 (Howard) Supportive housing provider grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
IV. 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.
V. HF1385 (Kozlowski) Statewide tenant education and hotline service funding provided, and money appropriated.
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 2358 (Van Binsbergen) Coercion crime causing great bodily harm or death of victim enhanced criminal penalties imposed

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

5. HF 3504 (Duran) Crime of physically assaulting a hospital or clinic security officer established

6. HF 2169 (Schwartz) Unintentional murder in the second-degree offense modified to include cases involving violation of protective orders issued in additional jurisdictions

7. HF 3440 (Stier) Availability of funds appropriated for law enforcement use of force training extended

8. Adjourn

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.

Note: All persons visiting the Minnesota State Capitol must go through security screening.

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

HF3642 (Koegel) Virtual currency kiosks prohibited

HF2700 (Elkins) Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act modified to make consumer health data a form of sensitive data, and additional protections added for sensitive data

HF3615 (Hanson, J.) Cannabis laboratory testing requirements extended.

*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 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 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 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.

AMENDMENTS: Amendments must be 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.

HF3423 (Hicks); Requirements for provider enrollment in medical assistance modified.

HF2354 (Norris); Medicaid fraud provisions added and modified, attorney general provided subpoena and enforcement authority, criminal penalties provided, conforming changes made, and money appropriated.

HF3634 (Noor); Expansion of electronic visit verification


TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator, Simon Brown (simon.brown@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.

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

Office of the Secretary of State update on fraud protection: business identity recovery.
HF 3422 (Hicks) Enhanced agency oversight of state grants required.
HF 3461 (Luger-Nikolai) Benefit rights for legislative leaves of absence from state and local government employment aligned. (See documents. Link to bill is not currently working.)
HF 2904 (Reyer) Public employees insurance program regulated, participation by certain school employers required, and money appropriated.

1) Minnesota P-20 Education Partnership Program presentation

2) Discover Your Future presentation

3) Department of Labor and Industry update on Registered Teacher Apprenticeship program

4) HF3650 (Mueller) - Student career pathways framework

5) HF2238 (Bakeberg) - Youth Skills Training Programs in the trades

If you would like to testify or provide written materials, please contact spencer.johnson@house.mn.gov by 1pm on Wednesday, February 25th.

2026 Governor's Bonding Recommendations
Presentations:
Public Facilities Authority
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
Metropolitan Council

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF XXXX (Nash): Relating to the Safe at Home program.
IV. HF 3233 (Harder): Risk level III predatory offender name changes made public information.
V. HF 2959 (Scott): Data protection requirements in certain property tax proceedings modified.
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 25, 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 25, 2026.

 I. Approval of Minutes

II. Introduction of New Staff

III. Presentation on the Minnesota Department of Education on the Calculation of Average Daily Membership and Compensatory Aid

IV. Presentation from Attendance Pilot Project Participants

V. Presentations on Attendance Issues and Student Mental Health

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. 

- A Retired Administrative Law Judge’s Experience with Rate Cases
- Affordability Presentation

DNR Crossbow Use Report
DNR Outdoor Recreation Endorsement Report
MN School Trust Lands Recreational Use Study
*HF 624 will be laid over.
*Items may be added, removed, or taken up in any order at the Chair's discretion.

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.

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

I. Call to Order

II. Presentations on the Impact of Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota's Colleges and Universities

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.