Currently Posted Meetings

Member and staff introductions and co-chair statements

Minnesota Department of Commerce and MNsure presentation on the state of the private health insurance market

Minnesota Office of the Attorney General presentation on implementation and overview of the Consumer Fraud Restitution Fund

*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.

Agenda:

I. Call To Order

II. Approval of Meeting Minutes (4.10.25)

III. HF3379 (Schomacker) A bill for an act relating to human services; repealing housing stabilization services

IV. Presentation from Department of Human Services – Implementation update on 2025 session initiatives
• Kristy Graume - DHS Director of State Government Relations
• Elyse Bailey – DHS Budget Director
•Written Testimony will be taken, if time allows, we will take public testimony

V. Adjournment



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

Co-Chair Xiong has the gavel.

AGENDA*

I. Overview of SGU task force recommendations by MDVA

II. Update from Randal Dietrich of the Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum

Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 25, 2026


*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 both committee administrators at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov AND john.hultquist@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 both committee administrators at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov AND john.hultquist@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
• DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Veterans and Military Affairs Division webpage.
• VIEWING: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
• ACCESSIBILITY: To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
o To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), please contact the Committee Administrator at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
o To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, please contact the Committee Administrator at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
o For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
o If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form.

I. H.F. 3393 (Igo) – Iron ore mining additional unemployment benefits program
This bill will be formally introduced as H.F. 3393 on Tuesday, February 17th.

If you would like to testify, please notify spencer.johnson@house.mn.gov by 1pm on Tuesday, February 17th

Co-Chair Hansen and Co-Chair Anderson are jointly chairing this meeting.

Updates from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), Board of Animal Health (BAH), and Agricultural Research Utilization Institute (AURI).

Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board Appointees:
-Stephen Swanson
-David Asp
-King Banaian
-Charles Spevacek

Agenda items may be added or removed at the chair's discretion.

Co-Chair Backer has the gavel.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. Presentation on the Rural Health Transformation Program
a. Minnesota Department of Health

IV. HF 1925 (Schomacker) Nurse Licensure Compact created, and money appropriated.

V. Adjournment

If you would like to submit written testimony or sign up to testify, please contact both Committee Administrators at Hanna.Zimmerman@house.mn.gov and Jack.Dockendorf@house.mn.gov by 5:00pm on Tuesday, February 17.

Agenda
1. Call to order
2. Review of Committee Rules
3. Funding update from MN Transportation Alliance
- Margaret Donahoe - Executive Director
4. Connected and automated vehicles update by MNDOT
- Tara Olds, MnDOT Director of Connected and Automated Vehicles
5. High Subsidy Transit Route Analysis Legislative Report by Metropolitan Council
- Charles Colson - Director, Metropolitan Transportation Services (MTS)
6. Adjourn

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 Minutes
III. Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) Implementation Updates
o Social Services Information System (SSIS)
i. Jennifer Sommerfeld, DCYF Government Relations Director
o Electronic Attendance Tracking
i. Inspector General Randall Keys
IV. Presentation: Child Care Regulation Modernization
i. Inspector General Randall Keys
ii. Testifiers
1. Clare Sanford, Minnesota Child Care Association
2. Cyndi Cunningham, Lead & Care Minnesota

V. Adjournment

All agenda items subject to change at the discretion of the Co-Chairs.

HF3435 (Jordan) - Access to school sites limited.

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.

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 CA Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and CLA Chloe Keller via email at chloe.keller@house.mn.gov by 3:00 PM on Tuesday, February 17th, 2026.

Amendments: Bill Authors and Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments via email to both CA Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and CLA Chloe Keller via email at chloe.keller@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM on Tuesday, February 17th, 2026.

Items may be added/removed
- Amendment deadline will be 1:00PM on Tuesday, February 17th
- The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing


I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF3403 (Kozlowski) A bill for an act relating to taxation; local government aids; establishing a onetime emergency rental assistance aid for counties; appropriating money.

IV. HF3410 (Sencer-Mura) A bill for an act relating to housing; amending provisions related to redemption in an eviction action for nonpayment of rent; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 504B.291, subdivision 1.

V. 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.

VI. 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 1567 (Duran) Personal information protections provided to public safety officers

4. HF 2809 (Hudson) Crime of residential protesting established

5. HF 3380 (Hudson) Aggravated durational departure required for certain violent offenders who use a firearm, certain sentences required to be imposed consecutively to other sentences, and certain offenders required to serve an entire announced sentence in prison (Note: HF 3380 was introduced when the Legislature reconvened on February 17, 2026. The program does not have a link to the bill. The language of the draft bill is attached).

6. Adjourn