Session Daily

Week in Review: March 20-24 (3/24/2023 4:30:00 PM)
Lawmakers consider proposal to accelerate gender-neutral bathroom construction in K-12 schools (3/24/2023 4:15:00 PM)
House Property Tax Division report heads to taxes committee (3/24/2023 3:46:10 PM)
Metro sales tax might foot bill for statewide rental assistance program (3/24/2023 2:46:00 PM)
Judiciary panel advances bill to reform aiding and abetting felony murder law (3/24/2023 2:40:00 PM)
Proposed redrawn Met Council district map gains committee approval (3/24/2023 12:40:00 PM)
House passes bill to establish Minnesota as a ‘trans refuge’ state (3/24/2023 5:21:00 AM)
House passes bill to unlock federal funds for renewable energy projects (3/24/2023 12:19:00 AM)
House passes private prison prohibition (3/23/2023 7:20:00 PM)
Labor committee's omnibus policy bill heads to House Floor on party-line vote (3/23/2023 5:30:00 PM)
State might take a smaller bite of pull tab revenue (3/23/2023 4:20:00 PM)

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Event Schedule

Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement
Monday, March 27 2023 3/27/2023 8:30 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF782, 1st Engrossment (Becker-Finn); SF413, 2nd Engrossment (Pappas) Minnesota Secure Choice Retirement Program.
Presentation and discussion of the draft budget spreadsheet for the Omnibus pension finance bill.

House Ways and Means Committee
Monday, March 27 2023 3/27/2023 10:30 AM
Watch: Live Event
HF36 (Greenman) Worker safety requirements established, and money appropriated.
HF23 (Wolgamott) Safe workplaces for meat and poultry processing workers provided, report required, and money appropriated.
HF70 (Hansen) Agricultural and food processing worker fair labor standard provisions modified.
HF10 (Lislegard) Skilled and trained contractor workforce use provided at petroleum refineries.

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, March 27 2023 3/27/2023 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF2680 (Stephenson) Omnibus commerce finance and policy bill (as amended by the DE amendment).
- Public testimony.
* Items may be taken up in any order, added, removed at the Chair’s discretion.

House Capital Investment Committee
Monday, March 27 2023 3/27/2023 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF2983 (Davids) Blufflands trail system extension funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1041 (Greenman) Minneapolis; Nicollet Bridge over Minnehaha Creek capital improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2375 (Greenman) Minneapolis; Minnesota Veterans Home historic building 6 capital renovation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2675 (Jordan) Minneapolis; Ukrainian American Community Center funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1046 (Jordan) East Side Neighborhood Services funding provided to provide food security and access, and money appropriated.
HF1105 (Howard) Richfield; veterans affordable housing development and construction funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2694 (Howard) Permanent campus location for Minnesota Independence College & Community and residential space for program participants funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF64 (Nelson, M.) Brooklyn Park; anaerobic digestion facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF760 (Norris) Anoka County; Trunk Highway 65 from 99th Avenue Northeast to 117th Avenue Northeast intersection and local road improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF587 (Norris) Blaine; National Sports Center capital improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1211 (Smith) Rochester; facility funding provided to colocate city operations, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1351 (Bierman) Apple Valley Red Line transit station improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1357 (Sencer-Mura) Pangea World Theater community arts and cultural center funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2594 (Sencer-Mura) Mni Sota Fund funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1735 (Bliss) Mahnomen; new hospital funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1869 (Rehm) Chaska; City Square West redevelopment project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1943 (Noor) Metropolitan Council; new Cedar Riverside Recreation Center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2932 (Franson) Carlos; new fire hall funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2578 (Reyer) State-owned public water access facilities funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF751 (Reyer) Acquisition of land and easements for habitat and natural area management purposes funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

House Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, March 27 2023 3/27/2023 1:00 PM
Watch: Live Event
HF3011 (Anderson, Patti) Veterans Campground wastewater system upgrade appropriation modified.
HF1937 (Newton) Omnibus veterans and military affairs finance and policy bill (as amended by the DE amendment).

Session Daily Update
Monday, March 27 2023 3/27/2023 3:25 PM
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Updates from the House.

House Floor Session
Monday, March 27 2023 3/27/2023 3:30 PM
Watch: Live Event
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
HF375 (Hollins) Open appointments to multimember agencies modifications made, and multimember agency appointments made subject to ban the box law.
HF1355 (Moller) Corrections; various provisions modified relating to e-filing of disposition of detainers, language access to limited English proficient individuals, statutory language regarding substance use disorder assessment process, facility for commitment of adjudicated delinquents based on rehabilitation needs, issuing warrant for convicted defendant not reporting to facility postsentencing, release of incarcerated persons, employment benefit participation, readmission to challenge incarceration program, Shakopee correctional facility offers challenge incarceration program, Advisory Council of Interstate Supervision and Interstate Commission for Juveniles, intensive community supervision program law, and mechanism for funding probation services resulting from transition of services to Department of Corrections.
HF1523 (Curran) Department of Corrections Fugitive Apprehension Unit authority expanded.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
HF1370 (Stephenson) Cause of action for nonconsensual dissemination of deep fake sexual images established, crime of using deep fake technology to influence an election established, and crime for nonconsensual dissemination of deep fake sexual images established.
HF2175 (Pfarr) Nonbank mortgage servicers regulated, and report required.
HF1327 (Tabke) Metropolitan Council authority to establish fare program and passes clarified.
HF581 (Petersburg) Motor vehicle titles and disclosure governing requirements technical change made.