Pinto from the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2476, A bill for an act relating to child care assistance; removing obsolete language; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 245H.03, subdivision 1.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Klevorn from the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 3431, A bill for an act relating to state government; making technical changes under the governance of the Department of Administration; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 16B.055, subdivision 1; 16B.48, subdivision 4; 16C.137, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 307.08, subdivision 3a.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Hassan from the Committee on Economic Development Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 3449, A bill for an act relating to economic development; making technical changes to certain appropriations; amending Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 15, section 32, subdivision 6.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Vang from the Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 3763, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; increasing base funding for the agricultural growth, research, and innovation program; amending Laws 2023, chapter 43, article 1, section 2, subdivision 4.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Hansen, R., from the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 3911, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying grant terms for a previous appropriation for a grant to the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center; amending Laws 2023, chapter 60, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Acomb from the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 4177, A bill for an act relating to energy; making technical and housekeeping changes to various provisions governing or administered by the Department of Commerce; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216C.10; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 216C.08; 216C.09.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Freiberg from the Committee on Elections Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 4411, A bill for an act relating to elections; transferring money to the voting operations, technology, and election resources account.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Liebling from the Committee on Health Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 4738, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing an Office of Emergency Medical Services to replace the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board; specifying duties for the office; transferring duties; establishing advisory councils; establishing alternative EMS response model pilot program; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 62J.49, subdivision 1; 144E.001, by adding subdivisions; 144E.16, subdivision 5; 144E.19, subdivision 3; 144E.27, subdivision 5; 144E.28, subdivisions 5, 6; 144E.285, subdivision 6; 144E.287; 144E.305, subdivision 3; 214.025; 214.04, subdivision 2a; 214.29; 214.31; 214.355; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 15A.0815, subdivision 2; 43A.08, subdivision 1a; 152.126, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144E; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 144E.001, subdivision 5; 144E.01; 144E.123, subdivision 5; 144E.50, subdivision 3.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Pursuant to Joint Rule 2.03 and in accordance with Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8, H. F. No. 4738 was re-referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Acomb from the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 4975, A bill for an act relating to state government; repealing the renewable development account report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 116C.779, subdivision 1.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Pursuant to Joint Rule 2.03 and in accordance with Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8, H. F. No. 4975 was re-referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Long from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration to which was referred:

H. F. No. 4984, A memorial resolution requesting the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress of the United States Congress to approve replacement of the statue of Henry Mower Rice now on display in National Statuary Hall in the Capitol of the United States.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.

Klevorn from the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 5040, A bill for an act relating to retirement; authorizing eligible employees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities who are members of the higher education individual retirement account plan to elect coverage by the Teachers Retirement Association and purchase past service credit; requiring an annual report; appropriating money for offsetting the cost of service credit purchases; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 354B.20, subdivision 18, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 354B.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Pursuant to Joint Rule 2.03 and in accordance with Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8, H. F. No. 5040 was re-referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Xiong from the Committee on Workforce Development Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 5205, A bill for an act relating to economic development; making supplemental budget adjustments for the Department of Employment and Economic Development; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 116L.43, subdivision 1; Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 20, section 2, subdivisions 4, 6; article 21, section 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116J.439.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Nelson, M., from the Committee on Labor and Industry Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 5217, A bill for an act relating to state government; modifying supplemental appropriations and other provisions related to the Bureau of Mediation Services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 626.892, subdivision 10; Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 19, section 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 179.81; 179.82; 179.83, subdivision 1; 179.84, subdivision 1; 179.85; Minnesota Rules, parts 5520.0100; 5520.0110; 5520.0120; 5520.0200; 5520.0250; 5520.0300; 5520.0500; 5520.0520; 5520.0540; 5520.0560; 5520.0600; 5520.0620; 5520.0700; 5520.0710; 5520.0800.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Gomez from the Committee on Taxes to which was referred:

H. F. No. 5237, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for supplemental funding for prekindergarten through grade 12 education; modifying provisions for general education, education excellence, the Read Act, American Indian education, teachers, charter schools, special education, school facilities, school nutrition and libraries, early childhood education, and state agencies; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 120A.41; 122A.415, by adding a subdivision; 122A.73, subdivision 4; 124D.093, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 124D.19, subdivision 8; 124D.957, subdivision 1; 124E.22; 126C.05, subdivision 15; 126C.10, subdivision 13a; 127A.45, subdivisions 12, 13, 14a; 127A.51; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 120B.018, subdivision 6; 120B.021, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 120B.024, subdivision 1; 120B.1117; 120B.1118, subdivisions 7, 10, by adding a subdivision; 120B.12, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3, 4, 4a; 120B.123, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 7, by adding a subdivision; 120B.124, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 121A.642; 122A.415, subdivision 4; 122A.73, subdivisions 2, 3; 122A.77, subdivisions 1, 2; 123B.92, subdivision 11; 124D.111, subdivision 3; 124D.151, subdivision 6; 124D.42, subdivision 8; 124D.65, subdivision 5; 124D.81, subdivision 2b; 124D.901, subdivision 3; 124D.98, subdivision 5; 124D.995, subdivision 3; 124E.13, subdivision 1; 126C.10, subdivisions 2e, 3, 3c, 13, 18a; 256B.0625, subdivision 26; 256B.0671, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2023, chapter 18, section 4, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 54, section 20, subdivisions 6, 24; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivisions 2, as amended, 8; article 2, section 64, subdivisions 2, as amended, 6, as amended, 14, 16, 31, 33; article 3, section 11, subdivisions 3, 4; article 5, sections 64, subdivisions 3, as amended, 5, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16; 65, subdivisions 3, 6, 7; article 7, section 18, subdivision 4, as amended; article 8, section 19, subdivisions 5, 6, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B; 123B; repealing Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 10, section 4.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Hornstein from the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 5242, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing a Tribal worksite training program; establishing a transportation facilities capital program; authorizing collection of passenger rail user fees and revenue; modifying previous appropriations; appropriating money for driver's license testing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 174.02, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 174.634, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 3; Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 2, sections 2, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 7, 9; 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Becker-Finn from the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law to which was referred:

H. F. No. 5245, A bill for an act relating to judiciary; increasing reimbursement amount for attorney fees and other necessary services provided to indigent defendants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 611.21; 611.27, subdivision 16.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Gomez from the Committee on Taxes to which was referred:

H. F. No. 5247, A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying property taxes, individual income and corporate franchise taxes, gross receipts taxes, and local government aids; clarifying the definition of certain attachments and appurtenances; proposing advanced payments of the child tax credit; clarifying the credit for research calculation for the gross receipts tax; modifying the effective date of a reduction in the limitation on the deductibility of net operating losses; modifying Tribal Nation aid payment dates; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 272.02, subdivision 19; 273.38; 273.41; 289A.08, subdivision 1; 295.53, subdivision 4a; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 290.0661, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 477A.40, subdivisions 4, 5; Laws 2023, chapter 64, article 1, section 44.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Klevorn from the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 5274, A bill for an act relating to horse racing; providing for the conduct of advance deposit wagering, card playing, and pari-mutuel betting; prohibiting the authorization of historical horse racing and other games; providing definitions; making clarifying and conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 240.01, subdivisions 1c, 5, 8, 14, by adding subdivisions; 240.30, subdivision 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 240.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.

Stephenson from the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 5295, A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying fees assessed by the Department of Commerce; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 45.0135, subdivision 7; 62Q.73, subdivision 3.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Pelowski from the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 5299, A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing for funding and related policy changes to certain licensure and grant provisions; establishing fees; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 136A.69, subdivision 1; 136A.824, subdivisions 1, 2; Laws 2022, chapter 42, section 2.

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Long from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration to which was referred:

H. F. No. 4975, A bill for an act relating to state government; repealing the renewable development account report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 116C.779, subdivision 1.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Joint Rule 2.03 has been waived for any subsequent committee action on this bill.

Long from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration to which was referred:

H. F. No. 5040, A bill for an act relating to retirement; accelerating the effective date from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2024, for the change in the normal retirement age for the teachers retirement association from 66 to 65; reducing the employee contribution rates for two years by 0.25 percent for St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association; extending the suspension of earnings limitation for retired teachers who return to teaching; authorizing eligible employees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities who are members of the higher education individual retirement account plan to elect coverage by the Teachers Retirement Association and purchase past service credit; implementing the recommendations of the State Auditor's volunteer firefighter working group; adding a defined contribution plan and making other changes to the statewide volunteer firefighter plan; modifying requirements for electing to participate in the public employees defined contribution plan; increasing the multiplier in the benefit formula for prospective service and increasing employee and employer contribution rates for the local government correctional service retirement plan; eliminating the workers' compensation offset for the Public Employees Retirement Association general and correctional plans; clarifying eligibility for firefighters in the public employees police and fire plan; making changes of an administrative nature for plans administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System; authorizing employees on a H-1B, H-1B1, or E3 visa to purchase service credit for a prior period of employment when excluded from the general state employees retirement plan; codifying the right to return to employment and continue receiving an annuity from the State Patrol plan; adding additional positions to the list of positions eligible for the correctional state employees retirement plan coverage and permitting the purchase of past service credit; establishing a work group on correctional state employees plan eligibility; modifying the Minnesota Secure Choice retirement program by permitting participation by home and community-based services employees; modifying requirements for Minnesota Secure Choice retirement program board of directors; allowing employer matching contributions on an employee's qualified student loan payments under Secure 2.0 and modifying investment rates of return and fee disclosure requirements and other provisions for supplemental deferred compensation plans; resolving a conflict in the statute setting the plans' established date for full funding and establishing an amortization work group; restructuring statutes applicable to tax-qualified pension and retirement plans that impose requirements under the Internal Revenue Code; modifying the authority of pension fund executive directors to correct operational and other errors and requiring an annual report; changing the expiration date for state aids by requiring three years at 100 percent funded rather than one year before the state aid expires; making other administrative and conforming changes; appropriating money to the IRAP to TRA transfer account, the Teachers Retirement Association, and St. Paul Teachers Retirement Association; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 352.01, subdivision 13; 352.03, subdivision 5; 352.113, subdivision 1; 352.1155, subdivision 3; 352.12, subdivisions 1, 2, 2b, 7, 8; 352.95, subdivision 4; 353.028, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5; 353.03, subdivision 3a; 353.27, subdivision 4; 353.33, subdivisions 7, 7a; 353.64, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5a; 353.65, subdivision 3b; 353.87, subdivision 1; 353D.02, as amended; 353E.03; 353E.04, subdivision 3; 353E.06, subdivision 6; 353G.01, subdivisions 9, 9a, 11, by adding subdivisions; 353G.05, as amended; 353G.08, subdivision 2; 354.435, subdivision 4; 354.436, subdivision 3; 354A.011, subdivision 7; 354A.021, subdivisions 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9; 354A.05; 354A.091; 354A.094; 354A.12, subdivisions 3a, 3c, 5; 354A.31, subdivision 3a; 354A.32, subdivision 1a; 354B.20, subdivision 18, by adding subdivisions; 356.215, subdivisions 2, 3; 356.24, subdivision 3; 356.611, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 356.62; 356.635, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding subdivisions; 356A.06, subdivision 5; 423A.02, subdivision 5; 423A.022, subdivision 5; 424A.001, subdivisions 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, by adding subdivisions; 424A.003; 424A.01, subdivisions 1, 2, 5; 424A.015, subdivisions 1, 5, 7; 424A.016, subdivisions 2, 6; 424A.02, subdivisions 1, 3, 7, 9; 424A.021; 424A.092, subdivision 6; 424A.093, subdivision 6; 424A.094, subdivision 1; 424A.095, subdivision 2; 424A.10; 424B.22, subdivisions 2, 10; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 187.03, by adding a subdivision; 187.05, subdivision 7; 187.08, subdivisions 1, 7, 8; 352.91, subdivision 3f, as amended; 353.335, subdivision 1; 353D.01, subdivision 2; 353G.01, subdivisions 7b, 8b, 12, 12a, 14a, 15; 353G.02, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 353G.03, subdivision 3; 353G.07; 353G.08, subdivision 1; 353G.09, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2; 353G.10; 353G.11, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 353G.115; 353G.12, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 353G.14; 354.05, subdivision 38; 354.06, subdivision 2; 354A.12, subdivision 1; 356.215, subdivision 11; 356.24, subdivision 1; 477B.02, subdivision 3; Laws 2021, chapter 22, article 2, section 3; Laws 2022, chapter 65, article 3, section 1, subdivisions 2, 3; Laws 2023, chapter 46, section 11; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 352B; 353G; 354B; 356; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 353.33, subdivision 5; 353.86; 353.87, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 353D.071; 353G.01, subdivision 10; 356.635, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9a, 10, 11, 12, 13; 424A.01, subdivision 5a; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 353.335, subdivision 2; 353G.01, subdivisions 7a, 8a; 353G.02, subdivision 6; 353G.08, subdivision 3; 353G.11, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3, 4; 353G.112; 353G.121.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Joint Rule 2.03 has been waived for any subsequent committee action on this bill.