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Rules and Legislative Administration

FORTY FIFTH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Friday, May 5, 2023

STATE OF MINNESOTA FORTY FIFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-THIRD SESSION



Rules and Legislative Administration Committee Minutes

Representative Jamie Long, Chair of the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration, called the meeting to order at 11:01 am on May 5, 2023 in SOB Basement.

Members present:
Chair – Long, Jamie
VC – Hollins, Athena
Republican Lead –Demuth, Lisa
Howard, Michael
Huot, John
Jordan, Sydney
Moller, Kelly
Nash, Jim
Olson, Liz
O’Neill, Marion
Pelowski, Gene
Robbins, Kristin
Torkelson, Paul
Wolgamott, Dan

Members excused:
Engen, Elliot
Lillie, Leon

A quorum was present.

Leader Demuth moved the Minutes from May 4, 2023. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Vice Chair Hollins moved that HF1900 be referred to the General Register.

Testifiers:

Nels Paulsen, Conservation Minnesota
Mary Robison, Department of Natural Resources
Mike Verhoeven, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
Cecilia Calvo, Minnesota Environmental Partnership
Trevor Russell, Friends of the Mississippi River
Rob Schultz, Audubon
Carrie Jennings, Freshwater
Mike Harley, Environmental Initiative
Kateri Routh, Great River Greening

Vice Chair Hollins renewed her motion that HF1900 be referred to the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:12 pm.


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Jamie Long, Chair


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Isabel Rolfes, Committee Legislative Assistant







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Bills Added:
  • HF1900 (Hollins) - Environment and natural resources trust fund renewal provided and trust fund provisions modified, community grant program established, community grant program advisory council established, report required, money appropriated, and constitutional amendment proposed.
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00:37 - HF1900 (Hollins) Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund renewal provided, report required, money appropriated, and constitutional amendment proposed.
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HF1900 (Hollins) - Environment and natural resources trust fund renewal provided, report required, money appropriated, and constitutional amendment proposed.

Testifiers:
• Nels Paulsen, Conservation Minnesota
• Mary Robison, Department of Natural Resources
• Mike Verhoeven, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
• Cecilia Calvo, Minnesota Environmental Partnership
• Trevor Russell, Friends of the Mississippi River
• Rob Schultz, Audubon
• Carrie Jennings, Freshwater
• Mike Harley, Environmental Initiative
• Kateri Routh, Great River Greening
• Chris Stevens, Frogtown Green

AMENDMENTS: Deadline for amendments is 1:00 PM on Thursday, May 4th.

TESTIMONY: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be emailed to the Committee Administrator Jeanne.Stuart@house.mn.gov by 5:00 PM on Thursday, May 4th. 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.

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