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Children and Families Finance and Policy

FIRST JOINT MEETING - PUBLIC SAFETY FINANCE AND POLICY

2023-2024 Regular Session - Thursday, February 29, 2024

STATE OF MINNESOTA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FIRST JOINT METING
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION


JOINT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE AND PUBLIC SAFETY FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

Representative Kelly Moller, Chair of the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee, called the meeting to order at 10:30 AM on, February 29th, 2024, in Room 200 of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistants noted the roll.

Children and Families Finance and Policy Members Present:
PINTO, Dave (Chair)
KEELER, Heather (Vice Chair)
BURKEL, John
COULTER, Nathan
DAVIS, Ben
HUDSON, Walter
KOTYZA-WITTHUHN, Carlie
NELSON, Nathan
ZELEZNIKAR, Natalie

Children and Families Finance and Policy Members Excused:
DANIELS, Brian (GOP Lead)
HANSON, Jessica
HEMMINGSEN-JAEGER, Amanda
HICKS, Kim
LEE, Liz
PÉREZ-VEGA, Maria Isa

Public Safety Finance and Policy Members Present:
MOLLER, Kelly, (Chair)
FEIST, Sandra, (Vice Chair)
NOVOTNY, Paul, (GOP Lead)
BECKER-FINN, Jamie
CURRAN, Brion
ENGEN, Elliot
FRAZIER, Cedrick
GROSSELL, Matt
HOLLINS, Athena
HUDSON, Walter
HUOT, John
MUELLER, Patricia
PINTO, Dave
WITTE, Jeff

Public Safety Finance and Policy Members Excused:
TABKE, Brad

A quorum was present.

Chair Pinto assumed the gavel.

Presentation titled, Trends in Pediatric Injury Related Deaths

Presenting:
• Rebekah Mannix, Professor of Pediatricts, Harvard Medical School and Senior Associate, Boston Children’s Hospital.
Chair Moller assumed the gavel.

HF4300 (Becker-Finn) Standards for safe storage of firearms and criminal penalties established for failing to meet those standards.

Chair Becker-Finn presented HF4300.

Testifiers:
• Kristin Song, President, The Ethan Miller Song Foundation
• Jed Schlegelmilch
• Hillary Brasel
• Stefan Gingerich, MDH
• Maria Sarabia, Assistant Commissioner for Health Improvement, MDH
• Rob Doar, Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus
• Brian Gosch, National Rifle Association
• Karl Kaufman
• Jim Anderson

Chair Pinto assumed the gavel.

The Joint Committee Adjourned at 11:35 AM.




____________________________________________
Representative Kelly Moller, Chair



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Representative Dave Pinto, Chair



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Christian Lohrenz, Committee Legislative Assistant



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Caleb Rohrer, Committee Legislative Assistant

More Info On This Meeting..
Bills Added:
  • HF3721 (Coulter) - School-age care programs expanded, and school-age care levy modified.
  • HF3785 (Pérez-Vega) - Voluntary prekindergarten program modified.
  • HF4176 (Pérez-Vega) - Early learning programs modified.
Documents:
Audio:
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House TV Video:
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00:26 - Update on 2023 Department of Education Investments in Early Care and Learning.
18:15 - HF3721 (Coulter) School-age care programs allowed to provide preschool care, and school-age care revenue increased.
45:14 - HF4176 (Pérez-Vega) Early learning programs modified.
56:04 - HF3785 (Pérez-Vega) Voluntary prekindergarten program modified.
Runs 1 hour, 11 minutes.

House TV Video:
View Archive

00:00 - Introductory Comments.
03:00 - Gun violence and the impact on children.
21:15 - HF4300 (Becker-Finn) Standards for safe storage of firearms and criminal penalties established for failing to meet those standards.
1:05:10 -- The House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee adjourned.
1:05:43 -- The House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee reconvened as a standalone committee.
1:06:09 - Further consideration of HF4300 (Becker-Finn) Standards for safe storage of firearms and criminal penalties established for failing to meet those standards.
1:31:12 - HF601 (Her) Lost and stolen firearms required to be reported promptly to law enforcement.
Runs 1 hour, 40 minutes.

Presentation: Update on 2023 Minnesota Department of Education Investments in Early Care and Learning
HF4176 (Pérez-Vega) Early learning programs modified.
HF3785 (Pérez-Vega) Voluntary prekindergarten program modified
HF3721 (Coulter) School-age care programs allowed to provide preschool care, and school-age care revenue increased.
*Agenda Items may be changed or added



For further information on accommodations, please visit 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 your 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.

Meeting Materials: Presenters or members of the public are encouraged to provide all materials to be offered in Committee to the CA at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Distribution of such materials is subject to approval by the Chair; a copy will be kept by Committee staff. These materials should be in accessible (Optical Character Recognition) format for posting to the committee webpage; contact the Committee Administrator for more information about acceptable electronic formats.

Testimony: Bill authors must arrange their own testifiers and provide each testifier’s name, position title, and email address to the CA 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Written testimony is also encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage prior to the meeting.

Amendments: All amendments that are substantive must be given to the CA by 1:00 PM on the day prior to the committee hearing. This deadline may be waived at the discretion of the Chair.
More Info On This Meeting..
Bills Added:
  • HF4300 (Becker-Finn) - Firearm safe storage standards established and criminal penalties provided for failing to meet those standards, and money appropriated.
  • HF0601 (Her) - Lost and stolen firearms required to be reported promptly to law enforcement, and money appropriated.
Documents:
Audio:
Listen Now
House TV Video:
View Archive

00:26 - Update on 2023 Department of Education Investments in Early Care and Learning.
18:15 - HF3721 (Coulter) School-age care programs allowed to provide preschool care, and school-age care revenue increased.
45:14 - HF4176 (Pérez-Vega) Early learning programs modified.
56:04 - HF3785 (Pérez-Vega) Voluntary prekindergarten program modified.
Runs 1 hour, 11 minutes.

House TV Video:
View Archive

00:00 - Introductory Comments.
03:00 - Gun violence and the impact on children.
21:15 - HF4300 (Becker-Finn) Standards for safe storage of firearms and criminal penalties established for failing to meet those standards.
1:05:10 -- The House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee adjourned.
1:05:43 -- The House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee reconvened as a standalone committee.
1:06:09 - Further consideration of HF4300 (Becker-Finn) Standards for safe storage of firearms and criminal penalties established for failing to meet those standards.
1:31:12 - HF601 (Her) Lost and stolen firearms required to be reported promptly to law enforcement.
Runs 1 hour, 40 minutes.

Topic: Gun violence and the impact on children.

HF 4300 (Becker-Finn) Standards for safe storage of firearms and criminal penalties established for failing to meet those standards.

HF 601 (Her) Lost and stolen firearms required to be reported promptly to law enforcement.

* Public Testimony was taken during the 2023 session. We will not be taking additional in-person testimony. Written testimony can still be submitted to the Committee Administrator.

Written Testimony: The deadline to submit written testimony will be 12pm, Feb. 28th. All written testimony must be submitted in a PDF document without clickable links. All testimony should be sent to ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov.

The Joint Committee hearing on Feb. 29th will be a ticketed event. The hearing will be broadcasted on the Minnesota House Live Webcast and Mobile Streaming. There will also be an overflow room.

This hearing will have remote testimony capability.

Items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.

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

For further information on accommodations, please visit 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 your 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.