Currently Posted Meetings

Approval of Minutes – Thursday, March 26th, 2026

HF4456 (Elkins) - Data brokers required to register with the attorney general, account established, enforcement and civil penalties provided, and money appropriated.

HF4544 (Koegel) - License for artificial intelligence independent verification organizations established, advisory council established, rulemaking authorized, and reports required.

HF3698 (Gottfried) - Certain terms in libraries' electronic book and digital audiobook license agreements or contracts prohibited.
Adjournment

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.

AMENDMENTS: There is no amendment deadline for the Commerce Finance and Policy Committee. Amendments must be emailed to the Committee Administrators at samuel.oneill@house.mn.gov and ben.frese@house.mn.gov as soon as possible.

Governor’s Budget – Presentation by Direct Care and Treatment
Carrie Briones, Legislative Director, Direct Care and Treatment
Language has been posted to the House website.

Governor’s Budget – Presentation by the Department of Human Services
Elyse Bailey, Budget Director, Department of Human Services
Kristy Graume, Director of State Government Relations, Department of Human Services
Language will be posted when available

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. 2026 Office of the Legislative Auditor Recommendation Updates

IV. Minnesota Management and Budget, Office of the Legislative Auditor Report Response Framework

The following bills will be heard on an informational only basis:

HF3700 (Johnson, P) Duluth; Lake Superior Zoo capital improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF3982 (Johnson) Grant caps for port development assistance modified.
HF3927(Reyer) Dakota County park buildings and facilities replacement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF3933 (Cha) Woodbury; intersection improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF3949 (Howard) Richfield; water main construction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF4238 (Clardy) Inver Grove Heights; Minnesota Hockey Hall of Fame funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF4275 (Quam) History Center of Olmsted County Museum facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF4476 (Hanson) Marked Trunk Highway 13 and associated local road improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF4504 (Fogelman) Nobles County; wastewater system infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Overview on Department of Corrections Minnesota Regional and County Jails Consolidation or Merger Report

HF4621 (Rehm) Minnesota child tax credit amount increased.
HF4123 (Agbaje) Net investment income tax expanded to apply to all trade or business income that is exempt from self-employment taxes.
HF4616 (Gomez) Minnesota wealth tax established.
HF1183 (Greenman) Specific uncodified provision in federal law that relates to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code made inapplicable.

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 Monday, April 6th. Written materials are also due to Patrick McQuillan and Sumira Sheikh by Monday, April 6th at 11 AM. 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.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business

Special Education Overview & Discussion
- Special Education Enrollment and Expenditures by Category (MDE)
- Special Education Evaluation and Identification
- Special Education Expenditure Forecasting
- Blue Ribbon Commission Update (Daron Korte, Commission Chair)

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or submit written testimony, including handouts on HF4114 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, April 6, 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, April 6, 2026.

HF4560 (Acomb) - Technical and clarifying changes to statutes related to Public Utilities Commission made.
HF4559 (Acomb) - Commissioner of commerce's ability to enter into energy research partnerships or compacts expanded, energy security planning provided, and various energy-related grant programs extended and modified.
HF2317 (Kraft) - Wastewater treatment facility heat capture pilot program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3179 (Jones) - Certain buildings required to meet energy performance standards, reports required, and money appropriated.

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, but may not be printed. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

HF4261 (Heintzeman) - Motorboat operator provisions modified; game and fish license, reporting, and penalty provisions modified; penalties for false statements and alterations of applications, licenses, permits, and registrations created; invasive species provisions modified; and other natural resources provisions modified.
HF4263 (Heintzeman) - Natural resources; reporting requirements modified to improve efficiency.
HF4264 (Heintzeman) - Permitting efficiency provisions modified.
HF4787 (Heintzeman) - Crow Wing County easement required to be granted.

*Bills 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. Written testimony is preferred.

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

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: April 7th, 2026
Time: 3:00 – 4:45 p.m.
Location: Cap. G3

Agenda:
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of the Minutes
III. Presentation by MN Housing – Budgetary Process Overview
IV. SF2434 (Draheim) Informational Hearing only
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 1082 (Moller) Minnesota victims of crime account established, grants provided to crime victim service providers, fees and penalties for deposit in account increased, and money transferred from general fund to account. *

* A DE4 Authors Amendment to HF 1082 has been posted to the Committee Webpage.

HF 2099 (Johnson, P) Local government emergency management provided, reports required, and money appropriated.

HF 4177 (Frazier) Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit funding increased, and money appropriated.

HF 2742 (Frazier) Minnesota clearance grant program provided, law enforcement agency solve rate of crimes involving nonfatal shootings increased, and money appropriated.

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, April 6th, 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, April 6th, 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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Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee
Chair: Rep. Kristin Robbins
Vice Chair: Rep. Patti Anderson
DFL Lead, Rep. Dave Pinto

Meeting: Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
Time: 5:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Location: G3

Agenda:
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. Behavioral Health Administration Grant Performance Audit
a. Department of Human Services
b. Office of the Legislative Auditor

IV. Alleged Kickbacks in the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention Program
a. Department of Human Services
b. Office of the Legislative Auditor

V. Adjourn

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator by 8:15 a.m. the day prior to the hearing (for Monday hearings this deadline would be on the preceding Friday). 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.

1. Approval of the March 24, 2026, meeting minutes.
    
2. SF4765 (Rasmusson); HF4429 (Nadeau): TRA and SPTRFA; lowering the age at which a TRA member may enter into a return-to-work agreement; extending the suspension of the earnings limitation for retired teachers who return to teaching.
   • SF4765-HF4429 Summary
      
3. SF4588 (Frentz); HF4517 (Lillie): MSRS, PERA, TRA; moving investment return assumption for calculating joint and survivor annuities from statute to the Standards' Appendix.
   • SF4588-HF4517 Summary
      
4. SF4587 (Westlin); HF4694 (O'Driscoll): Eliminating the requirement that 403(b) and 457(b) vendors and administrators annually file investment fees and rates of return with the LCPR.
   • SF4587-HF4694 Summary
      
3. HF4402 (Jordan): PERA General; special legislation authorizing purchase of service credit for periods of omitted service.
   • HF4402 Summary
      
4. SF4721 (Frentz); HF4514 (Lillie): PERA Correctional; reducing the employee and employer contribution rates and increasing the postretirement adjustments.
   • SF4721-HF4514 Summary
      
7. SF3828 (Limmer); HF3512 (Robbins): Special Legislation for the Maple Plain Fire Department; revising the allocation of surplus assets to firefighters upon termination from the Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Plan.
   • Amendment S3828-1A - adopted by Commission on March 3
   • SF3828-HF3512 Summar

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