Currently Posted Meetings

I. Call To Order

II. Approval of Meeting Minutes 4.15.26

• HF4338 (Schomacker) Program integrity finance package
*This is the vehicle for the Human Services finance bill dedicated to program integrity.
i. Testimony will not be taken

III. Adjournment

HF 3732 (Pinto) Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Bill

Amendments to the Amendment are due by 5pm on Wednesday, April 15, 2026

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov as soon as you're able.

HF 4074 (Lillie) Administrative changes made to statutes governing the retirement plans administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System, correctional employees clarified to remain in the correctional employees retirement plan while working for a labor organization, various other retirement provisions modified.

Overview of the governor’s Office of Inspector General bill.

*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 Administrator at amanda.rudolph@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. Written testimony is highly encouraged. Please plan accordingly. If you would like to testify, please email the Committee Administrator at amanda.rudolph@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
AMENDMENTS: Amendments must be emailed to the Committee Administrator at amanda.rudolph@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the State Government Finance and Policy webpage.
VIEWING: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

Local Bonding Projects will be heard.
Each project/bill will be allowed a maximum of two (2) testifiers and will be given a maximum of four (4) minutes to present including all bill author comments and testifier testimony. These will be informational hearings on the bills, and no formal actions will be taken. Testifiers may submit a one-page handout for members on the project.
17 bills will be heard:
HF4680 (Robbins) Greenfield; wastewater treatment facility improvements
Nick Roehl, Mayor, City of Greenfield
Ron Wagner, Engineer Consultant
HF4047 (Robbins) Medina water treatment plant expansion
HF4590 (Igo) Tamarack; municipal infrastructure improvements
HF4589 (Igo) Funding provided for a regional facility for housing and senior nutrition services programs,
HF3757 (Gander) East Grand Forks; education learning center bonds issued
HF3569 (Gander) Sand Hill River Watershed District flood hazard mitigation project
HF4507 (Heintzeman) Local road wetland replacement program
HF4426 (Niska) Rogers; local road and related infrastructure improvements and new river crossing planning
HF4927 (Torkelson) Hanska, new water tower funding
HF4788 (Zeleznikar) Hermantown; Essentia Wellness Center expansion funding
HF4757 (Jacob) Method in which Pollution Control Agency ranks multicommunity projects for the point source implementation grant program adjusted.
HF4747 (Murphy) Prairie Lakes Municipal Solid Waste Authority regional solid waste management facilities funding provided
HF3561 (Skraba) Ely; water infrastructure improvements funding
HF4014 (Skraba) Cook; public infrastructure funding
HF4013 (Skraba) Crane Lake area; wastewater treatment system improvements
HF4689 (Myers) Spring Park; municipal infrastructure improvements
HF4766 (Myers) Spring Park; water tower rehabilitation funding

HF3874 (Liebling): Chief justice security provided, base funding beginning in fiscal year 2028 redistributed, judicial branch funding provided, and money appropriated.

Markup of Judiciary budget package. The committee will entertain amendments, then move to advance the bill.

HF962 (Novotny): Prosecuting authority provided protection of accessed data.

NOTE: To receive consideration, amendments must be received by the Committee Administrator, josh.sande@house.mn.gov by 10:00 AM on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.

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 Wednesday, April 15, 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 Wednesday, April 15, 2026.

I. Call to order
II. HF4094 (Davis)- Crosby authorized to impose a local sales tax.
III. HF3390 (Sexton) - Owatonna; local sales and use tax imposition authorized, and use of certain other revenues authorized.
IV. HF3813 (Sexton) - Waseca County authorized to impose a local sales tax.
V. HF3583 (Burkel) - Roseau; local sales tax imposition authorized.
VI. HF3751 (Baker) - Kandiyohi County authorized to impose a local sales tax.
VII. HF4324 (Fogelman) - Windom authorized to impose local sales and use tax.
VIII. HF4789 (Zeleznikar) - Hermantown local sales tax authorization modified.
IX. HF3596 (Mueller) - Austin; local sales and use tax authorized.
X. HF4033 (Dotseth) - Cloquet Area Fire District authorized to impose a local sales tax.
XI. HF4424 (Mekeland) - Sherburne County authorized to impose a local sales and use tax.
XII. HF4053 (Anderson) - Forest Lake authorized to impose a local sales tax.
XIII. Adjourn

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 15th, 2026.

I. Approval of Minutes

II.  Presentation on Special Education Evaluation and Identification

III. HF 4893 (Youakim) Student support personnel aid allowances modified, and money appropriated.

IV.  Presentation and Testimony on Governor's K12 Education Budget

V. Adjournment 

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. 

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or submit written testimony including handouts, 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 Wednesday, April 15th. 

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 Wednesday, April 15th.

Agenda to be determined.

*Agenda Change: Bill Added. Bill Removed

HF4211 (Virnig) Grant for purchasing and installing a continuous emission monitoring system to measure lead emissions from a permitted facility funded.
HF3426 (Jordan) Funding provided from environment and natural resources trust fund, and prior appropriations extended.
HF4819 (Kozlowski) Funding for study of critical materials in the waste stream provided, and money appropriated.
HF3466 (Vang) Mandatory environmental assessment worksheet requirements for drainage projects established, and rulemaking required.
**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. (*HF3793 received a full hearing with testimony on March 10, 2026 and discussion, as amended, on March 26, 2026. No further testimony will be taken on the bill.)

*HF3339 (Pursell) has been removed from the agenda.

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
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF4252 (Wolgamott) Student aid reporting requirements modified, additional accommodations for parenting students required, American Indian Scholars program eligibility modified and reports required.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business