Currently Posted Meetings

HF4133 (Moller) - Certain exclusions in homeowner's insurance policies prohibited when damage is done by a peace officer.
HF3419 (Greenman) - Certain powers of entities retracted and regranted.

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: 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.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Commerce Finance and Policy Committee webpage.

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

HF3174 (Frazier); Chief judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings allowed to set aside certain permanent disqualifications.

HF3800 (Hicks); Individual authorized budget reduction limit on reductions resulting from implementation of waiver reimagine phase II established, and cost-of-living adjustment in the waiver reimagine phase II methodology required.

HFXXXX (Noor); Continuity of care – complex transitions
Informational hearing – no action will be taken. Draft language has been posted to the House website.

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

HF 3455 (Klevorn) State Office Building renamed after Melissa Hortman.
HF 3936 (Klevorn) Greater Minnesota public television station operations funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 3860 (Bahner) Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity extended.
HF 3656 (Luger-Nikolai) Responsibilities of the attorney general in civil law enforcement actions specified.
HF 4060 (Luger-Nikolai) Office of Attorney General funding provided for additional attorneys, and money appropriated.

*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. 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.

I. Presentation and status of Minnesota’s workforce competitiveness

a. Labor Market Information Office presentation
b. Minnesota Chamber of Commerce benchmarks report overview
c. John Spry, Professor, University of St. Thomas Opus School of Business
d. Society of Human Resource Management

*other items or bills may be added

I. Call To Order
II. Approval of the Minutes: May 15, 2025
III. Approval of the Minutes: March 10, 2026
IV. Calendar for the Day: March 16, 2026
V. Adjournment

MN STATE bonding presentation
University of Minnesota bonding presentation
Debt Capacity Forecast Report, Minnesota Management and Budget Office
Bond Proceeds Cancellation Report, Minnesota Management and Budget Office

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF 3560 (Niska): Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act enacted.
IV. HF 3295 (Gordon): Open Meeting Law; meeting broadcasting through social media authorized.
V. HF 2937 (McDonald): Use of parenting consultants in family court cases regulated.
VI. HF 3540 (Bliss): Protection for veterans provided in the Minnesota Human Rights Act.
VII. Adjournment

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, marissa.manteufel@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Wednesday, March 11, 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, marissa.manteufel@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.

HF4119 (Rehrauer) Property tax refunds and renters credits increased by reducing co-pay percentages.
HF3959 (Huot) Property tax refunds; targeting property tax refund expanded to cover homestead property tax increases that were greater than six percent.
HF3792 (Youakim) Individual income tax subtraction for AmeriCorps stipends and living allowances established.
HF3913 (Howard) Commissioner of revenue authorized to implement a tax compliance program, and money appropriated.
HF3752 (Baker) Commissioner of revenue temporary authority to not include certain taxpayers on liquor posting provided.

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 Wednesday, March 11th. Written materials are also due to Patrick McQuillan and Sumira Sheikh by Wednesday, March 11th 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.

 I. Approval of Minutes

II. HF3790 (Greene) Lease levy authority restored for space necessary for graduation ceremonies.

III. HF3654 (Greene) Local optional revenue program renamed, program funding increased, and money appropriated.

IV. HF3371 (Rehrauer) Local optional revenue increased for school districts with limited referendum revenue authority, and money appropriated.

V. HF3470 (Virnig) Independent School District No. 197, West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan fund transfer authorized.

VI. HF1099 (Sencer-Mura) Share of unreimbursed special education aid paid by the resident school district to a charter school reduced, state portion of special education aid for unreimbursed charter school expenditures increased, and money appropriated.

VII. 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, March 11th. 

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, March 11th.

- The Future of Net Metering - discussion led by Representative Dave Baker

HF1531 (Heintzeman) - Expiration of crossbow hunting and fishing allowance removed. (No testimony will be taken as this issue was discussed extensively during the 2/26/26 hearing).
HF4017 (Johnson) - Notice of unlawfully transported infectious waste required, inspections of infectious waste generators required, financial penalties for unlawfully transporting infectious waste assessed, and money appropriated.
HF3399 (Johnson) - Lake Elmo; requirements to issue water-use permits modified.
HF4146 (Igo) - Temporary drill core storage.

Bill Added to agenda:
HF 4019 (Schultz) - Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer appropriation permits eligibility criteria expanded.

Bill Removed from Agenda:
HF3677 (Warwas) - Motorized trails receiving grants-in-aid closed to nonmotorized use unless designated for that use.

*Items 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.

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

I. Call to Order

II. HF3432 (Rehrauer) - Resident tuition rates provided to individuals who move to Minnesota for employment purposes.

III. HF3411 (Coulter) - Access by federal immigration officers to public postsecondary campuses limited, and access to educational data modified.

IV. Adjournment

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

HANDOUTS: All handouts and written testimony must be provided electronically to the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov by 3pm the day prior to the hearing. Handouts should be in PDF format with OCR (Optical Character Recognition) capability.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Higher Education Finance & Policy webpage.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business