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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

Dr. 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
Samia Mohamed
Maitreya Reeder
Joe Nathan
Khalique Rogers, Catalyst for Systems Change

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.
Megan Hoye, Director of Climate Equity Action, City of Minneapolis

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.

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
Bill Nyberg, Constituent

b. HF3436 (Allen) Vehicles approaching school buses required to stop for flashing red lights
Marty Seifert, Flaherty & Hood, Representing the Minnesota School Bus Operators Association
Kathryn Fobord, President, Minnesota School Bus Operators Association; Schmitty & Sons Transportation
Garrett Regan, Minnesota Coaches / Faribault Transportation
Lt. Brian Reu, Minnesota State Patrol

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.
Dallas Fischer, Fueling Minnesota
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.

HF3624 (Coulter) - Food shelf programs funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF3586 (Gander) - Regional food bank grant program established, and money appropriated.

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

Presentation: Impact of H.R. 1 on SNAP in Minnesota Recent Federal Actions

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. Presentation by Minnesota Housing Partnership on the state of housing

IV. Presentation on Supportive Housing in Minnesota

V. HF3425 (Howard) Supportive housing provider grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

VI. 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.

VII. HF1385 (Kozlowski) Statewide tenant education and hotline service funding provided, and money appropriated.

VIII. 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 2959 (Scott): Data protection requirements in certain property tax proceedings modified.
V. 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.

Presentation by the Legislative Budget Office on the Taxes Expenditures Review Commission
1. Legislative Budget Office presentation on the Tax Expenditure Review Commission 2025 Annual Report
2. LBO report on the TERC evaluation of Marriage Credit
3. LBO report on the TERC evaluation of Wind Energy Conversion Systems and Solar Energy Systems

No public testimony will be taken at this hearing.

 I. Approval of Minutes

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

III. Presentation from Attendance Pilot Project Participants

IV. 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.