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Mark up and vote on HF238 as amended, which will serve as the committee's budget bill.
HF238 (Pinto) - Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) general citizenship requirements modified.
*Agenda items may be added or changed.


Amendments: All amendments that are substantive must be given to the CA by 3:00PM on Wednesday, March 29th. Note that amendments that are not balanced (change the cost of the overall bill) will be considered out of order.

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1. HF 1580 (Becker-Finn) Onetime market adjustment provided to district court law clerks' starting salary to align with competitive corridor, and money appropriated.
NOTE: The committee will mark up and vote on the delete everything (DE) amendment, labeled H1580DE4, to HF 1580 containing the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law's finance omnibus. Public testimony was taken on the DE on March 28, 2023. No further public testimony will be taken.


DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law webpage.
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State & Local Government Finance Omnibus Bill
***Monday, March 27, 2023: finance omnibus bill HF 1830 (Klevorn) – a delete everything amendment and spreadsheet will be posted.
***Tuesday, March 28, 2023: walk through and public testimony. No official action will be taken.
***12 pm noon, Wednesday, March 29, 2023: amendments due.
***Thursday, March 30, 2023: additional testimony, mark up, and passage.

Barb Juelich, Controller/Chief Financial Officer, House Budget and Accounting.
HF1830 (Klevorn) Types of collateral the Executive Council may approve for deposit with commissioner of management and budget specified. Delete everything amendment – mark up and passage.

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.

HF2887 (Hornstein) Active transportation program funding provided, and money appropriated.

Walk-through of Delete-All amendment to HF2887 (Hornstein) Transportation Omnibus Bill.

Start or Public Testimony for the Delete-All amendment to HF2887 (Hornstein) Transportation Omnibus Bill.

*The deadline to submit amendments to the DE electronically to the Committee Administrator (Enid.Swaggert@house.mn.gov) is 2:30PM on Thursday, March 30, 2023.

**If you would like to sign up to testify or submit written testimony, please email Enid.Swaggert@house.mn.gov by 2:30PM, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Submitted written testimony is public and will be posted on the committee website and included in the committee record.

***Additional bills/items may be added


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1. Welcome and Call to Order
2. Approval of the Minutes – Tuesday, March 28th
3. Consent Calendar for the Day – Monday, April 3rd
4. Calendar for the Day – Monday, April 3rd
5. Adjournment

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Approval of the Minutes from March 29th, 2023
Mark up of HF 2497 (Youakim) Prekindergarten through grade 12 education funding provided; general education, education excellence, teacher, special education, facilities, nutrition, libraries, early childhood, community education, and state agencies provisions modified; reports required; and money appropriated. NOTE: A DE Amendment to HF 2497 (Youakim) that will serve as the House Omnibus Education Finance bill will be posted on Monday March 27th.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
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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.
Amendments to the DE to HF 2497 (Youakim) will be due at 5pm on Wednesday, March 29th.

Public Testimony:
Testimony on HF 2497 (Youakim) will be taken on Wednesday, March 29th. If you are interested in providing testimony on HF 2497 (Youakim) please contact the committee administrator at: polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov no later than 5pm on Tuesday, March 28th. Written testimony is encouraged. Testimony may be limited.

Markup and voting on the Health Finance & Policy budget omnibus and DE amendment.

No public testimony will be taken.

AMMENDMENTS: Substantive amendments must be received by the Committee Administrator by 5:00PM Wednesday, March 29 to receive consideration.

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Markup and vote on HF2073 (Pelowski) Higher Education Omnibus Bill.

There will be no public testimony during this meeting.

HF38 (Pelowski) Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities undergraduate tuition reduction funding provided, and money appropriated. (HF38 is a vehicle bill)
HF39 (Pelowski) Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities funding provided to expand low-cost course material options and fund an undergraduate tuition reduction, and money appropriated. (HF39 is a vehicle bill)

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HF 2890 (Moller) Judiciary, public safety, corrections, human rights, firearm, and 911 Emergency Communication System statutory policy provisions amended; reports provided; rulemaking authorized; various judiciary, public safety, and corrections entities funding provided; and money appropriated.

NOTE: The Committee will mark up and vote on the DE amendment to HF 2890 containing the Public Safety Finance and Policy Omnibus bill. Public testimony was taken on March 28th, 2023. No further public or written testimony will be taken.

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THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Agriculture Finance Omnibus Bill
***Monday, March 27, 2023: finance omnibus bill HF 2278 (Vang) – a delete everything amendment and spreadsheet will be posted.
***Tuesday, March 28, 2023: walk through and public testimony. No official action will be taken.
***12 pm noon, Wednesday, March 29, 2023: amendments due.
***Thursday, March 30, 2023: additional testimony, mark up, and passage.

HF2278 (Vang) Board of Animal Health funding provided, and money appropriated. Delete everything amendment – mark up and passage.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Agriculture Finance and Policy webpage.
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*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

I. HF2847 (Noor) - Mark-up of the Delete-All amendment to the Human Services Finance Omnibus.

*In-person public testimony on the DE Amendment will be taken as time allows on Tuesday, March 28 at 1pm.

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

AMENDMENTS: The author’s delete-all amendment to HF2847 (Noor) will be posted to the committee webpage on Monday, March 27, 2023. The deadline to submit amendments to the DE is 1:00pm on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

TESTIFYING: In-person public testimony on the DE Amendment 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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HF 2755 (Nelson) Governor's biennial budget established for Department of Labor and Industry, Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, and Bureau of Mediation Services

NOTE: A DE amendment and spreadsheet to HF 2755 (Nelson) will be posted on Monday, March 27. The committee will take action on submitted amendments at this hearing, as well as voting on referring the bill to Ways and Means.

All amendments to be considered for this hearing need to be received by the Committee Administrator by 1:00 on Wednesday, March 29. Please email travis.reese@house.mn.gov

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HF0100 (Stephenson) Omnibus cannabis bill.

The Taxes Committee will be focused on the tax provisions of the bill. Bills may be added or removed. Materials will be posted to the Committee website when they are available. Public testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and preferred title to the Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) by 5 PM on Wednesday, March 29th. Testimony will be limited to two minutes per testifier. The number of testifiers may be limited due to time constraints. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 5 PM on Wednesday, March 29th to the Committee Administrator and the Committee Legislative Assistant Lauren Sabes (Lauren.Sabes@house.mn.gov). Please 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.

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HF2887 (Hornstein) Active transportation program funding provided, and money appropriated.

8:30AM - 9:30AM Public Testimony to Delete-All amendment to HF2887 (Hornstein) Transportation Omnibus Bill.

9:30AM-12:00PM Markup of Delete-All amendment to HF2887 (Hornstein) Transportation Omnibus Bill.

*The deadline to submit amendments to the DE electronically to the Committee Administrator (Enid.Swaggert@house.mn.gov) is 2:30PM on Thursday, March 30, 2023.

**If you would like to sign up to testify or submit written testimony, please email Enid.Swaggert@house.mn.gov by 10:00AM, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Submitted written testimony is public and will be posted on the committee website and included in the committee record.

***Additional bills/items may be added

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HF 2233 (Xiong) Department of Employment and Economic Development policy provisions modified.

All amendments to be considered for this hearing need to be received by the committee administrator by 10:00am on Thursday, March 30. Please email travis.reese@house.mn.gov

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HF 3028 (Hassan) Department of Employment and Economic Development, Public Utilities Commission, and Explore Minnesota biennial budget established; governing provisions modified; reports required; and money appropriated.

All amendments to be considered for this hearing need to be received by the committee administrator by Noon on Thursday, March 30. Please email travis.reese@house.mn.gov

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HF1723 (Freiberg); Secretary of state funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF1723 will be the vehicle for the elections finance and policy omnibus bill.
The bill will be posted early the week of March 27.
Public testimony to **new provisions** will be taken on Wednesday, March 29. **no testimony will be taken to provisions already heard**
Markup and passage will take place on Friday, March 31.

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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The hearing will be broadcast through House Information Services, for more information visit: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/hinfo.asp

1. Approval of March 27, 2023, meeting minutes.
    
2. 2023 Pension Budget Omnibus Bill
   • Delete-everything Amendment H3100.S3162-DE1
   • Updated spreadsheet
   • Motion: Authorizing staff to make any necessary technical corrections
   • Final action on the 2023 Pension Budget Omnibus Bill:
     • Adoption of HF3100 (Her); SF3162 (Frentz), as amended, as the 2023 Pension Budget Bill

Working session to narrow list to 10 topics for placement on legislative survey

This meeting will be streamed via YouTube.  

Morning Agenda:
HF3 (Greenman) Voter registration provisions modified; absentee voting provisions modified; voting instructions and sample ballot required to be multilingual and interpreters required to be provided; intimidation, deceptive practices, and interference with registration and voting regulated; campaign finance provisions modified; express advocacy definition expanded; penalties provided; reports required; and money appropriated.
HF23 (Wolgamott) Safe workplaces for meat and poultry processing workers provided, report required, and money appropriated.
HF463 (Vang) Rural Finance Authority funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Afternoon Agenda:
HF 100 (Stephenson) Omnibus cannabis bill. (Pending referral from the Taxes committee)
HF 1999 (Lillie) Clean water, parks and trails, and arts and cultural heritage funds funding provided, and money appropriated. (Pending referral from the Legacy Finance committee)
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. (Pending referral from the Higher Education Finance & Policy committee)

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Action will be taken on:
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 received a full hearing on Monday, February 27. The A6 amendment (attached below) was adopted and the HF 24 was laid over as amended.

Amendments to HF 24 (Jordan) as amended are due by 1:00 pm on Friday, March 31. Please email amendments to: jenny.nash@house.mn.gov by 1:00 pm on Friday.

Public testimony was previously taken on HF 24 and will not be taken on Monday, 4/3.

All bills (other than HF 24) will be heard on an informational-only basis. No formal action will be taken.

HF0532 (Grossell) Lake of the Woods County; new law enforcement and government facilities funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1446 (Edelson) Edina; community health and safety center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1519 (Urdahl) Bird Island elementary school redevelopment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1985 (Kiel) Crookston; Care and Share grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2276 (Hassan) Minneapolis; Parents in Community Action funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2547 (Hanson) Burnsville; cleanup of freeway landfill and dump funded, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2851 (Urdahl) Gibbon, Fairfax, and Winthrop; vacant GFW school district properties redevelopment funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3077 (Hornstein) Minneapolis; Rise Up Center funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3152 (Pelowski) Lewiston; public safety facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2863 (Lillie) Wildlife rehabilitation facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF XXX (Vang) ACER Economic Hub - revisor draft attached below
HF XXX (Edelson) Crosstown Pedestrian Bridge- revisor draft attached below
HF XXX (Wolgamott) East African Cultural Mall- revisor draft attached below

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HF2323 (Pinto): Children's cabinet modified; Department of Children, Youth, and Families established.

HF402 (Bierman): Health care entity transaction requirements established, expiration date changed on moratorium conversion transactions, health system required to return charitable assets received from the state to the general fund, study required on regulation of transactions, report required, and money appropriated.

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.

Remote or virtual testimony is not available.

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TBD