Currently Posted Meetings

HF1606 (Hanson, J.) Nudification technology access prohibited.

HF3733 (Carroll) Recreational camping area owners prohibited from charging fees associated with the use of utility services.

HF743 (Howard) Use of step therapy protocol prohibited for insulin drugs.

HF2627 (Norris) Pet shops prohibited from selling cats and dogs.

HF4071 (Koegel) Various provisions governing securities broker-dealers and broker-dealers' agents modified, penalties provided, and administrative rulemaking authorized.

*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.

HF3797 (Fischer); Definition of partnership policy expanded for purposes of the Minnesota partnership for long-term care program.

HF3780 (Hicks); Community first services and supports requirements for shared services clarified, wage increases for support workers providing shared services required, and community first services and supports definitions renumbered.

HF4068 (Noor); Commissioner's authority to impose sanctions against individuals or entities that receive payments from medical assistance or provide goods or services for which payment is made from medical assistance clarified, and medical assistance sanctions and monetary recovery provision recodified.

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

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Previous Meeting Minutes

III. HF1234 (Scott) - Payment transparency required in public contracts.

IV. HF3528 (Sexton) - Board of Barber Examiners provisions modified.

V. HF3672 (Quam) - Recommendations of the legislative auditor regarding agency grant, inventory, and debt collection practices implemented.

VI. HF3679 (Nash) - Mandatory reports required to be submitted to members of legislative committees electronically.

VII. HF3680 (Nash) - State agencies required to provide certain data to the Legislative Budget Office.

VIII. HF1944 (Freiberg) - Recognition of federal standard time year-round beginning in 2025 and expiring upon enactment of a federal law authorizing states to recognize advanced standard time year-round provided.

*Testimony is limited. The number of testifiers and the length of time permitted are at the chair's discretion and subject to change. Written testimony is highly encouraged.
**Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

I. HF3545 (Mekeland) - requirement to adopt a new residential energy code repealed

II. HF4004 (Baker) – Explore Minnesota councils membership modifications

III. Minnesota Chamber of Commerce survey of Paid Family Medical Leave business user experience

IV. Update by the Department of Employment and Economic Development on the Unemployment Insurance additional assessment increase

If you would like to testify to either of the bills on the agenda, please contact spencer.johnson@house.mn.gov by 1pm on Monday, March 9th.

I. Welcome and Call to Order
II. Approval of the Minutes – May 15th, 2025 and May 16th, 2025
III. Calendar for the Day – Thursday, March 12th
IV. Adjournment

Agenda:
Presentation: Current Cost Drivers for Drinking Water & Sewer Infrastructure Projects
Testifiers:
Brian F. Bollig, P.E.. Principal Engineer; Bollig Engineering
Laura Ostlie; Funding Program Manager; Bollig Engineering
Bill Dunn; Senior Funding Advisor; Bollig Engineering

Governor agency bonding requests presentations continued:
MN Dept of Veteran Affairs (MDVA)
Jon Kelly, MPA, Director of Government Affairs

MN Dept of Transportation (MNDOT)
Nancy Daubenberger, Commissioner, MNDOT
Erik Rudeen, Government Affairs Director, MNDOT

MN Historical Society (MHS)
Kent Whitworth, Director and CEO
David Kelliher, Vice President, Government Relations and Public Policy
Marais Bjornberg, Senior Director, Capital Planning and Archaeology

MN Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Kirk Koudelka, Assistant Commissioner

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

HF3621 (Klevorn): Fraud; payments to program participants withheld under certain circumstances.

HF3429 (Kraft): Intelligent speed assistance program established, revocation period for certain speeding offenses extended, speed-controlled license restriction created, rulemaking required, and money appropriated.

HF3483 (Feist): Trespass offenses modified to require a warrant signed by a judicial officer for immigration enforcement, and detention of persons subject to civil immigration detainers issued by the federal government prohibited.

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, March 9, 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, March 9, 2026.

HF2715 (Tabke) Homestead credit refund co-pays reduced.
HF2499 (K. Lee) Renter's credit expanded to provide parity with the homestead credit refund.
HF3420 (K. Lee) Hennepin County and Ramsey County deed and mortgage taxes expiration extended.
HF3657 (Norris) Property tax task force established, and report required.
HF2303 (Norris) Income definition used to calculate homestead credit refunds simplified.

Items may be added or removed from the agenda. Public 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 2:00 PM on Monday, March 9th. Written materials are also due to Patrick McQuillan and Sumira Sheikh by Monday, March 9th at 2 PM. 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 may be limited to two minutes per testifier. Testifiers may participate remotely at the Chair’s discretion.

HF3490 (Myers) - Scholarship-granting organizations authorized.

HF4040 (Bakeberg) - Advance payments of the K-12 education credit provided, and report required. (INFORMATION ONLY)

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or submit written testimony, including handouts for the posted bills 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, March 9, 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, March 9, 2026.

HF3458 (Acomb) - Tribal lands exempted from provisions governing exclusive service areas for electric utilities.
HF3777 (Mahamoud) - Commission required to promote affordable service and consider customers' ability to pay rates.
HF3778 (Mahamoud) - Public utilities and cooperative electric associations required to report revenue authorized and collected.
HF3912 (Hollins) - Utility allowed to charge a fee to a customer who has entered into a payment agreement and whose household income is above 50 percent of state median income, utility allowed to charge a reconnection fee, and utility allowed to charge a late payment charge subject to conditions.

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.

*Agenda Change: Bill added.

HF3793 (Pursell) Certain users of large amounts of groundwater required to apply for their own water-use permit instead of modifying an existing municipal permit.
HF3699 (Gottfried) State park license plate contest requirements added.
HF793 (Scott) Certified salt applicator program established, liability limited, and report required.
*HF3322 (Franson) Plastic bottle excise tax proposed.
HF3426 (Jordan) Funding provided from environment and natural resources trust fund, and prior appropriations extended.

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 3 p.m. the day prior to the hearing.

Agenda:
I. Call to order
III. Approval of the Minutes
IV. Chair Remarks (If Necessary)
V. HF1323 (Schultz) - Undocumented noncitizens made ineligible for state financial
aid programs.
a. Representative Schultz
VI. HF3500 (Duran) - Bemidji State University storm damage relief funding provided,
and money appropriated.
a. Representative Duran
VI. Adjournment

1. HF XXXX (West) Informational Hearing Only: Requiring cameras in licensed child care centers that receive state funding, titled "Harvey's Law".


TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony for the hearing must email the committee administrator, Ryann Woods, ryann.woods@house.mn.gov. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

AMENDMENTS: Amendments must be emailed to the committee administrators by 8:00 AM the day of the committee hearing
Ryann Woods, GOP Committee Administrator, ryann.woods@house.mn.gov; and Colie Colburn, DFL Committee Administrator, colie.colburn@house.mn.gov

READ Act Implementation Update
- Minnesota Department of Education
- Professional Educator Licensing Standards Board (PELSB)
- Local Perspectives

Evidence-Based Math Discussion
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- Minnesota Math Corps

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or provide written testimony/handouts on HF 3421 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, March 9, 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 at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM on Monday, March 9, 2026.

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

Meeting: March 10th, 2026
Time: 3:00 – 4:45 p.m.
Location: Cap. G3

Agenda:
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF3600 (Perryman) – Competitive selection processes modified for certain housing development programs.


IV. HF3809 (Dotseth) – Requirements in an expedited eviction process modified.


V. HF3608 (Myers) - Homestead market value exclusion modified.


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.

Chair Moller will have the gavel.

HF 3465 (Liebling) Enhanced penalties for theft from a vulnerable adult established.

HF 3782 (Moller) Disclosure of chemical irritants used in certain buildings required.

HF 4075 (Moller) Uniform procedure for imposition, implementation, and oversight of firearm restrictions resulting from certain criminal convictions and judicial orders established.

HF 391 (Scott) Enforcement of judicially ordered firearms restrictions provided for abusing parties.

HF 3946 (Moller) Definition of domestic abuse modified for purposes of obtaining an order for protection, law enforcement agencies required to report information in domestic abuse cases, authorizing certain arrests for suspected nonfelony domestic abuse, other domestic abuse provisions modified, and money appropriated.

HF 2976 (Hollins) Mitigated departures provided for certain offenders who have been victims, presentence investigation reports required to include certain information, certain offenders who have been victims allowed to apply for a pardon or for clemency, and Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission directed to include an additional mitigating factor.

HF 3350 (Pinto) Lifetime firearms ban on persons who are convicted of certain misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor domestic assault offenses 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, March 9th, 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, March 9th, 2026. All written testimony must be submitted in PDF Format and not include hyperlinks. Written testimony submitted to the committee administrator will be posted online on the committee’s webpage prior to the hearing.

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

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***Revised Agenda***

1. Approval of the March 3, 2026, meeting minutes.
    
2. Annual Update from the State Board of Investment.
   • Jill Schurtz, Executive Director/CIO
     • SBI Presentation: SBI Overview
   • Testifiers:
     • David Kubes
     • Mark Haveman, Executive Director, Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence
        
3. Report on the Minnesota Secure Choice Retirement Program.
   • Chad Roberts, Executive Director

     • Secure Choice Presentation: Program Update
        

4. SF 3897 (Gustafson); HF 3703 (Nadeau): Modifying the process for terminating a firefighter relief association retirement plan.
   • Amendment S3897-1A
   • Amendment S3897-2A
   • SF3897-HF3703 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Julie Blaha, MN State Auditor
     • Troy Denneson
     • Matt Percy, Mayor, Circle Pines
     • Patrick Antonen, City Administrator, Circle Pines
     • Russ Koski, Council Member, Centerville
     • Athanasia Lewis, City Administrator, Centerville
     • Brent Hood, Treasurer, Centennial Fire Relief Association
     • Darren Eckart, President, Centennial Fire Relief Association
     • Michael Walstien, paid on-call firefighter, member of the State Auditor's Fire Relief Association Working Group.
     • Brian Rice, attorney for Circle Pines Firefighters Relief Association, Rice, Walther & Mosley LLP
        
5. Revisor No. 26-07426 (O'Driscoll): Teachers Retirement Association (TRA); requiring the employer of a reemployed annuitant to make employer contributions to TRA.  
   • Revisor No. 26-07426 Summary
      
6. Report from MN State and the SBI on missing IRAP account for SF 1213 (Miller); HF 2117 (Repinski): Special legislation requiring MN State to find an individual's IRAP account or pay $25,000.
   • Amendment S1213-1A - adopted by the Commission on March 3
   • SF1213-HF2117 Summary
      
7. If time permits:
7. Revisor No. 26-07226 (Nadeau): TRA Administrative bill; adding "physician assistant" to list of medical providers for disability applications.
   • Revisor No. 26-07226 Summary
      

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