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HF4974 (K. Lee) Income and property tax refunds; homestead credit refund co-pays reduced, commissioner of revenue authorized to implement a tax compliance program, and money appropriated.
HF4845 (Hollins) Aids to local governments; new fifth tier individual income tax rate established, and local government aid and county program aid appropriations increased.
HF1041 (A. Smith) Corporations with high principal executive officer additional tax imposed to median worker pay ratios, and companies disqualified from receiving state subsidies and grants.
HF4677 (Davids) Indian Tribe property tax exemption established.
HF4678 (Davids) Indian Tribe property tax exemption modified.

Items may be added or removed from the agenda. testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and preferred title to the DFL Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) and the DFL CLA (Sumira Sheikh (Sumira.Sheikh@house.mn.gov) by 11:00 AM on Tuesday, April 28th. Written materials are also due to Patrick McQuillan and Sumira Sheikh by 11:00 AM on Tuesday, April 28th. 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. Testimony will be limited to two minutes per testifier. Testifiers may participate remotely at the Chair’s discretion.

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of April 27, 2026, Committee Minutes

3. HF4466 (Bierman) Health-related licensing boards, the Department of Health, directed payments, and medical assistance federal conformity provisions modified; allowable disclosures expanded to commissioner of human services; work or community engagement requirements established; fees established; and money appropriated. HF4466 is the Health Supplemental Finance Bill.

4. HF4338 (Schomacker) Human services policy and finance bill.
HF4338 is the Human Services Supplemental Finance Bill.

5. HF729/SF476 (Noor) Human services; various provisions modified relating to Direct Care and Treatment, the Department of Health, health care, medical assistance provider enrollment, aging and disability services, behavioral health, homelessness, housing, and maltreatment of vulnerable adults; housing stabilization supports provisions removed; rulemaking required; release of initial Optum reports required; Optum prohibited from disseminating private data; reports required; and money appropriated.

SF476 will be the Human Services Policy Bill. The Committee will take up the senate file; delete the Senate language; and amend the House language onto SF476.

6. SF856 (Norris) Office of the Inspector General created, advisory committee created, conforming and technical changes made, interagency agreements provided, reports required, and money appropriated.

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

Agenda items may be added or removed.

DOCUMENTS: There will not be public testimony in Ways and Means. Individuals wishing to submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (harry.kennedy@house.mn.gov) and the committee legislative assistant (allie.spellman@house.mn.gov)
by 12pm on Tuesday, April 28. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability. Meeting documents may be found on the Ways & Means Committee webpage.

I. Call to order
II. SF4455 (Altendorf) - Public utilities commission procedures modified, Lake City port authority powers modified, and length of terms for appointees to the Red Wing Port Authority changed.
III. HF5040 (Anderson) - Tax on certain individuals and organizations convicted of and benefiting from fraud established.
IV. HF5071 (Schwartz) - St. Peter local sales tax modified.
V. HFxxx (Igo) - Minerals Article
VI. Adjourn

HFxxx (Igo) Minerals article technical changes will be introduced Tuesday, April 28th. Minerals Article language will be amended onto the bill. Bill language will be posted shortly.

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 Wednesday, April 29th, 1:00 PM.

The Ways and Means Committee will meet on Thursday, April 30, at 12:15PM in Capitol Room 120.

Agenda to be Announced.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

I. Call To Order
II. Approval of the Minutes: 4.28.26
III. Ethics Complaints
• Representative Engen
• Representative Hudson
• Representative Falconer
IV. Ethics Committee Recesses for Executive Session – pursuant to House Rule 6.10, this portion of the meeting will be closed to the public.
V. Ethics Committee Reconvenes
VI. Adjourn

No testimony will be taken at this hearing.

TBD

1. Review information about the preliminary topics and select semi-finalists for the legislative survey. 
 

Office of the Legislative Auditor:
Jodi Munson Rodriguez, Deputy Legislative Auditor, Program Evaluation Division

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MEETING DOCUMENTS:  Materials will be posted on the Office of the Legislative Auditor website in the Notices section as soon as they are available, and posted to our Minutes page soon after.