Currently Posted Meetings

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF0400 (Perryman) Commissioner of commerce required to defray costs to health plan companies for additional benefits.

IV. HF 3388 (O’Driscoll) Reinsurance assessment authority extended.

V. Adjournment


*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.

I. Call To Order

II. Approval of Meeting Minutes 3.4.26

III. Presentation from Office of Legislative Auditor – Behavioral Health Administrative Grants

• Lori Leysen – Deputy Legislative Auditor for OLA’s Financial Audit Division
• Valentina Stone – Financial Audit Director
• Judy Randall – Legislative Auditor
• Commissioner Gandhi – Department of Human Services

IV. Adjournment – next hearing – Tuesday, March 10th at 8:15am



*Items to the agenda may be added or removed at the chair's discretion

HF 3477 (Long) Cause of action for violations of civil rights under color of law created, and state and local collaboration agreements with federal law enforcement agencies regulated.
Start no later than 8:30 a.m.: HF 3480 (Howard) Study of the economic impact of a federal immigration enforcement operation required, report required, and money appropriated.
Start no later than 8:45 a.m.: HF 3781 (Moller) Legislative Commission on Legislative Security established.
Start no later than 9 a.m.: HF 3357 (Curran) Possession of dangerous weapons prohibited in the Capitol complex.
Start no later than 9:20 a.m.: HF 3737 (Kraft) Sustainability provisions changed.
Start no later than 9:35 a.m.: HF 3664 (Freiberg) Compensation Council salary recommendation report date changed.
Start no later than 9:45 a.m.: HF 3621 (Klevorn) Fraud; payments to program participants withheld under certain circumstances.
*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.
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.

Presentations and Testimony on the Misclassification of Workers

What is misclassification and how does it impact workers and government?
Lee Atakpu, Attorney General’s Office

Testimony
Kevin Pranis, Marketing Manager, LIUNA Minnesota and North Dakota
Matt Wohlers, Braxton and Sons Construction, Construction Employer Alliance
Ben Baglio, Minnesota Nurses Association
Melissa Hysing, AFL-CIO
Aaron Rosenthal, Research Director, NorthStar Policy Action

Presentation on Attorney General’s Misclassification Taskforce
Carin Mrotz, Attorney General’s Office
Lee Atakpu, Attorney General’s Office

Update on the Misclassification Study and Report
Nichole Sorenson, Department of Labor and Industry

Update on Misclassification Enforcement
Josiah Moore, Department of Labor and Industry

Committee Questions and Discussion

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by Noon on Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Bonding Presentations:
• Minnesota Zoo
• Minnesota State
• University of Minnesota
• MN Department of Natural Resources
• Perpich Center for Arts Education
• MN Department of Military Affairs

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF 3874 (Liebling): Chief justice security provided, base funding beginning in fiscal year 2028 redistributed, judicial branch funding provided, and money appropriated.
IV. HF 3875 (Liebling): Publication process for court notices clarified; provisions regarding restitution, conciliation court, juror data, and no-fault arbitration modified; notices to public authorities clarified; and Supreme Court Council on Child Protection expiration date modified
V. HF 3378 (Schomacker): Commissioner of human services required to release unredacted initial Optum reports.
VI. 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 4, 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 4, 2026.

I. Call to order
II. Association of Minnesota Counties and Minnesota Inter-County Association Presentation
III. HF 3396 (Davids) Property tax task force established, and report required
IV. 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, March 4th, 2026.

 I. Approval of Minutes

II. Presentation from The Violence Prevention Project

III. HF 3653 (Greene) Safe schools revenue increased to school districts, safe schools aid to charter schools and cooperative units provided, and money appropriated.

IV. HF 2717 (Greene) Safe schools revenue increased, safe schools aid established, revenue expanded to all cooperative units, and money appropriated.

V. HF3451 (Rehm) Anonymous threat reporting system grants provided to schools, report required, and money appropriated.

VI. HF 3857 (Sencer-Mura) Student support personnel aid 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 4th. Public testimony on HF 3653 (Greene) and HF2717 (Greene) will be taken together.

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 4th.

Reliability Presentation
o Will Seuffert, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO)
o Mark Tiemeier, Director of Power System Risk Management, MRO

Office of the Legislative Auditor overview of grants management.
DNR presentation on Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund Community Grant Program Report.
*Additional bills/items may be added.

I. Call to Order

II. Presentation on the Agreement between the University of Minnesota, Fairview Health Services, and University of Minnesota Physicians

III. 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

Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee
Chair: Rep. Kristin Robbins
Vice Chair: Rep. Patti Anderson

Meeting: Monday, March 9th, 2026
Time: 8:15 – 10:00 a.m.
Location: Cap. 120

Agenda:
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. Presentation – The Honorable Tim O’Malley, Director of Program Integrity

a. Roadmap to Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention

IV. Discussion on Periodic Data Matching Reporting requirements.

a. Former House Speaker Kurt Daudt, Vice President - Stateside Associates

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.

I. HF3454 (Hanson); Requirements for the use of social work titles modified.

II. HF3917 (Mahamoud); Medication repository program procedures modified.

III. HF2906 (Smith); Psilocybin therapeutic use program established; protections for registered patients, designated cultivators, registered facilitators, and health care practitioners established; rulemaking authorized; civil actions authorized; fees established; advisory council established; and money appropriated.

IV. HF3832 (Zeleznikar); Definition of compounding of a drug amended to exempt the use of a flavoring agent.

V. HF3769 (Curran); Multiple levels of substance abuse care provided by the commissioner of corrections clarified in law, access to mental health unit beds for incarcerated persons expanded, and mandatory tuberculosis screening in correctional facilities clarified. ** Pending referral.

Co-Chair Tabke has the gavel.

AGENDA*
1. Call to order
2. Approval of Minutes from March 4, 2026
3. HF3919 (Cha) Benefits available to veterans of the Secret War in Laos modified, commissioner of veterans affairs directed to establish an eligibility process, and technical changes made.
4. HF1335 (Tabke) Electronic drivers' licenses authorized, and rulemaking authorized.
5. HF3864 (Luger-Nikolai) Requirements for validation sticker display on license plates eliminated, and conforming and technical changes made.
6. HF3864 (Luger-Nikolai) Requirements for validation sticker display on license plates eliminated, and conforming and technical changes made.
7. HF3728 (Koegel) Requirements on trunk highway system maintenance and expansion established, including to limit trunk highway capacity expansion projects in certain circumstances and to require transportation asset management plans; and technical changes made.
8. Adjournment

Next Meeting: Wednesday, March 11, 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 joe.marble@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 joe.marble@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
• DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Transportation 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.
• 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.

Agenda to be determined.