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HF1392 (Lee, K.); Consumer protection restitution account established, report required, and money appropriated

HF2233 (Niska); Uniform Special Deposits Act adopted.

HF695 (Finke); Places of entertainment required to provide access to potable water at events.

HF2228 (Elkins); Task force on homeowners and commercial property insurance established, report required, and money appropriated.

HF1289 (Stephenson); Social media platforms required to post a mental health warning label and timer notifications.

Bills may be added, removed, or taken up in any order at the discretion of the Co-Chairs

If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email simon.brown@house.mn.gov and jonathan.cotter@house.mn.gov no later than March 19, at 1:00pm.

The hearing will be broadcast through House Information Services, for more information visit: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/hinfo.asp

*Items may be added*
*The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing*

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF2216 (Moller) Conditions for admission to or continued residence in certain facilities prohibited, review and approval of increases in amounts charged by assisted living facilities required, termination or nonrenewal of assisted living contracts on certain grounds prohibited, and arbitration in assisted living contracts governing provisions modified.
a. Susan Bastyr, Child of Assisted Living Facility Resident
b. Don Varney, Child of Assisted Living Facility Resident

IV. HF1978 (Norris) Consumer-directed community supports budget exception for persons with certain diagnoses established
a. Kristi OKeefe, Parent
b. Shawn OKeefe, Parent

V. HF2354 (Norris) Medicaid fraud provisions expanded and modified, subpoena and enforcement authority specified, penalties imposed, and money appropriated.
a. John Keller, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Minnesota Attorney General’s Office
b. Nicholas Wanka, Minnesota Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Director, Minnesota Attorney General’s Office
c. Musab Khalif, Personal Care Assistant, Community Provider Alliance

VI. HF1963 (Frederick) Medical claims filing timelines, withdrawal management services, and mental health diagnostic services assessments provisions modified; and closure planning requirements imposed on peer recovery supports providers.
a. Brian Zirbes, Executive Director, Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and Chemical Health (MARRCH)
b. Mike Beltowsky, Vice President of Program Development, Horowitz Health & Treasurer, Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and Chemical Health (MARRCH)

VII. HF1994 (Frederick) Payment rates established for certain substance use disorder treatment services, and vendor eligibility recodified for payments from the behavioral health fund.
a. Brian Zirbes, Executive Director, Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and Chemical Health (MARRCH)
b. Roy John Sutherland, Vice President of Addiction Services, Nystrom and Associates & Board Member, Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and Chemical Health (MARRCH)
c. Sadie Broekemeier, Board Member, Minnesota Alliance of Rural Addiction Treatment Programs [Zoom]

VIII. HF1995 (Frederick) Substance use disorder treatment provisions modified, commissioner of human services directed to make recommendations related to transition support services, and report required.
a. Brian Zirbes, Executive Director, Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and Chemical Health (MARRCH)
b. Lew Zeidner, Chief Executive Officer, EOSIS

IX. HF1894 (Virnig) Family residential services and life sharing services new rate implementation delayed, Advisory Task Force on Family Residential Services established, reports required, and money appropriated.
a. Johnny Tvedt, Policy and Engagement Manager, ARRM
b. Alicia Olson, Family Residential Services Provider

X. Adjournment

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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format (with Optical Character Recognition) and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by Noon (12PM) the day before each hearing. 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.

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Informational hearing on HF xxxx (Pinto) Governor’s fraud prevention bill.
HF 1470 (Bierman) Members added to opioids, substance use, and addiction subcabinet.
HF 1310 (Stephenson) Office of Cannabis Management included as an agency for the purpose of having a government-to-government relationship with Tribal governments.
HF 1837 (Klevorn) Department of Administration technical changes made, and statutory section revived and reenacted.

*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.
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DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the State Government Finance and Policy webpage.
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Co-Chair Dave Pinto will have the gavel

HF 1936 (Johnson, P) Minnesota Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs funding provided, and money appropriated
Bryan Donaldson, Exec. Director of the MN Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs
Chandra Jackson, Club Director of Jerry Gamble Boys & Girls Club
Kengcha Xiong, Boys & Girls Clubs alumni member

HF 849 (Kozlowski) Duluth Promise initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.
John Magas, Superintendent of Duluth Public Schools
Dr. Barbara McDonald, President of the College of St. Scholastica
Charles Nies, PhD., Chancellor of the University of Minnesota Duluth

HF 989 (Hollins) 30,000 Feet funding provided, and money appropriated
Vanessa Young, Co-Founder of 30,000 Feet
Michael Maceda, 30,000 Feet Student

HF 1130 (Coulter) Bloomington; workforce development efforts funding provided, and money appropriated
Kim Berggren, Community Development Director
Warsan Artan, Bloom Program Facilitator

HF 1223 (Frazier) Big Brothers Big Sisters funding provided for youth programming, and money appropriated.
Pat Sukhum, CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters
Jackie Johnson, Executive Director, Big Brothers Big Sisters
Princess Awa-Ada Kisob, VP of Programs, Big Brothers Big Sisters

HF 1907 (Frazier) Youthprise funding provided, and money appropriated
Kristy Snyder, Policy and System Transformation Officer, Youthprise
Caitlin Cole, Director of Career and College Readiness, Achieve Twin Cities
Sharif Hared, Executive Director, Somali Community Resettlement Services

HF 1847 (Bakeberg) STEM Ecosystem grant provided, and money appropriated.
Emily Saed, Executive Director, Stem Ecosystem
Heidi Jedlicka Halvarson, Medtronic
Jason Bruns, Minn State
Colton Mehlhoff, Stratasys

HF 1957 (Elkins) Minnesota Technology Association grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Jeff Tollefson, MN Tech Association
Andrew Thomas, Service Desk Analyst, Superior Managed IT

Testimony and Materials should be submitted to Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 1pm on Wednesday, March 19

Rep. Niska hold the gavel for this hearing.

I. Welcome and Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes – Tuesday, March 18th

III. Calendar for the Day – Monday, March 24th

IV. Adjournment

Agenda
I. Call to order
II. Approval of the Previous Meeting Minutes from Tuesday March 18, 2025
III. Informational Hearing only on 6 Local Water Sewer Infrastructure Bonding Projects.
5-minute maximum time limit per presentation. Maximum 1 page handout.
• HF2080 (Scott) Andover; mitigate contaminants funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
• HF356 (O’Driscoll) Sauk Rapids; abatement and mitigation of PFAS contamination funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
• HF1968 (Gillman) Cokato; Dassel-Cokato school campuses connected to city water supply, bonds issued, and money approriated.
• HF228 (Gillman) Biscay; water infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
• HF569 (Zeleznikar) Two Harbors; public infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
• HF603 (Burkel) Kennedy; underground water storage tank funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

IV. Presentations on Red River Basin Flood Hazard Mitigation and Minnesota River Basin Flood Hazard Mitigation: These will be 10 to 15 minute presentations allowed for these.
• HF692 (Burkel) Red River Basin flood hazard mitigation projects funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
• HF1455 (Torkelson) Minnesota River Basin Area II flood hazard mitigation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
BILL ADDED:
HF2224 (Joy) City of Moorhead, Clay County, and Buffalo-Red River Watershed District flood mitigation funding provided; bonds issued; and money appropriated.

V. Additional committee presentations: 10-15 minutes presentations each
• HF1361 (Perez-Vega) St. Paul; CHS Field improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
• Xcel Arena Complex Renovations: presentation and committee discussion

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF 1379 (Baker): Use of nonopioid directives authorized, and immunity for certain acts or failures to act established.
IV. HF 1596 (Acomb): Government data classification of investigative information pertaining to certain Metropolitan Council personnel modified.
V. HF 2260 (Curran): Department of Human Services policy bill sections on background studies, Department of Corrections reconsiderations, kickback crimes, and appeals divisions worker protections; criminal penalties provided.
VI. HF 1429 (Liebling): Emergency medical services overdose data modified.
VII. 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 chair's 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 19, 2025. 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 19, 2025.

HF2254 (Hanson) Income tax; baby bonus established within the Minnesota child credit.
HF2302 (Norris) 18-year-old children allowed to qualify for Minnesota child credit.
HF2502 (Rehm) Individual income tax; child credit phaseout increased to eliminate the marriage penalty.
HF2315 (Norris) Targeting additional property tax refund expanded.
HF2475 (Tabke) Homestead credit refund co-pays reduced.
HF2086 (Wolgamott) Requirements for the senior citizens' property tax deferral program modified.

Items may be added/removed from the agenda. Public testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and preferred title to the DFL Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) and the DFL CLA (Shamat Abraha Shamat.Abraha@house.mn.gov) by 1 PM on Wednesday, March 19th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 1 PM on Wednesday, March 19th. Please 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. Testimony may be limited to two minutes per testifier. Testifiers may participate remotely at the Chair’s discretion.
To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed. To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed. To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed. For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions. If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form.

I. Approval of Minutes

II. HF1048 (Youakim) Charter school general education revenue calculation clarified.

III. HF1049 (Youakim) School district eligibility for school library aid clarified.

IV. HF 745 (Feist) School's compensatory revenue eligibility calculated on the basis of both direct certification and the application of education benefits, percent of compensatory revenue spent at each site under certain conditions, Compensatory Revenue Task Force established, reports required, and money appropriated.

V. HF2210 (Rehm) Additional school unemployment aid funding provided, and money appropriated.

Agenda items may be added or changed.

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 19th.

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 19th.

I. Call to Order

II. Minutes from March 18, 2025

III. HF 701 (Johnson, W) - Louisville Township anaerobic digestor township system funding provided, and money appropriated.

IV. HF 1226 (Igo) - Natural gas utilities authorized to sell extraordinary event bonds under certain circumstances, account established, and money appropriated.

V. HF 2248 (Sexton) - Definition of large energy facility modified.

VI. Adjournment

*All agenda items subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.

If you wish to testify or submit written testimony, please email aj.borowiak@house.mn.gov by 1:00 PM on 3/19/2025.

HF2034 (Bierman) Minnesota Zoological Garden funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1843 (Rehm) Lawns to legumes program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1611 (Hansen) Lawns to lunch pilot program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1012 (Pursell) Commissioner of natural resources required to consider decommissioning a road or trail designated for off-highway vehicle use; land, water quality, aquatic life, and wildlife protected from effects of using motorized recreational trails; environmental assessment worksheet required to construct or expand off-highway vehicle trails; rulemaking required; and money appropriated.
HF1527 (Fischer) Fishing in the neighborhood program funding provided, and money appropriated.

*Additional bills/items may be added.

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov) by 1 p.m. the day prior to the hearing. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

AMENDMENT DEADLINE: Amendments must be e-mailed to the committee administrator by 3 p.m. the day prior to the hearing.

UPDATED AGENDA: Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee

Chair: Rep. Marion Rarick
Date: March 20, 2025
Location: Capitol G23
Time: 1-2:45


I. Call to Order
II. Approval of the Minutes
III. Minnesota Private College Council
IV. HF2312 (Rarick) OHE Policy Bill Walk-through
V. HF2431 (Wolgamott) OHE Budget Bill Walk-through
VI. Adjournment

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator by 3 p.m. the day prior to the hearing. 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.

Next meeting, Tuesday, March 25th, 2025

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

1. Approve March 14 meeting minutes
2. Orientation to data available to members
3. Presentation of proposals from the chair
4. Direct Care and Treatment board daily compensation
5. Break
6. Agency head salaries
7. Lunch break
8. Judicial salaries
9. Constitutional officer salaries (excluding governor)
10. Instructions to staff to prepare draft report and next meeting
11. Governor salary
12. Adjourn

Presentation of key findings and recommendations in the Office of the Legislative Auditor's evaluation report, Department of Employment and Economic Development Grants Management.

Office of the Legislative Auditor: 
Jodi Munson Rodriguez, Deputy Legislative Auditor; and
Mariyam Naadha, Evaluation Manager

Department of Employment and Economic Development: 
Matt Varilek, Commissioner;
Kevin McKinnon, Deputy Commissioner of Economic Development; and
Bree Maki, Office of Broadband Development Division Director

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PUBLIC VIEWING INFORMATION:  This meeting will also be livestreamed via YouTube, which will be closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

TESTIFYING:  The Legislative Audit Commission and its subcommittees typically do not take public testimony. 

MEETING DOCUMENTS:  Materials will be posted above and on the Office of the Legislative Auditor website in the Notices section as soon as they are available, and posted to our Minutes page soon after.

Co-Chair Backer has the gavel.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF 2371 (Robbins) Informed consent for sensitive examinations performed on an anesthetized or unconscious patient required, and criminal penalty provided.

IV. HF 2147 (Schultz) Requirements for use of hot water pools on certain rental properties established.

V. HF XXXX (Nadeau) Directing the hospital surcharge to the Health Care Access Fund

VI. HF 1165 (Bahner) Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority restructured and renamed to Minnesota Health and Education Facilities Authority, authority to construct and finance health care facilities authorized, and bonding capacity increased.

VII. HF 2466 (Backer) Provider taxes contingent reduction provisions modified.

VIII. HF 2465 (Backer) Commissioner of health governing fees provision modified.

IX. HF 2482 (Bierman) Health care utilization review provisions and prior authorization clinical criteria applicability modified.

8 bills will be heard:

HF 639 Murphy Loss of consciousness or voluntary control amendment provisions rulemaking required.
HF1243 Joy Car window glazing requirements exception modified.
HF1087 Greene I-494 Corridor Commission funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF739 Olson Husbandry speed limit increased relating to transportation.
HF2382 Engen Accident report requirements modified, and local law enforcement authorized to provide certain data to contracted service providers for purposes of accident reporting. (Contact lobbyist Judy Cook for CarMax ) - DVS -
HF2337 Olson Dealer plate provisions modified to provide for the use of a vehicle for courtesy purposes.
HF1220 Olson Definition of motor vehicle dealer modified to include dealers licensed under the laws of a contiguous state.
HF712 Koegel Transportation department efficiency requirements modified.

Note: If you would like to testify for or against a bill, please contact Committee Legislative Assistant Cyndy Wallin by 3pm on Friday March 21, 2025. Email: Cyndy.Wallin@house.mn.gov. Testimony will be limited to 2 minutes maximum per testifier and the Chair reserves the right to limit testimony on a bill. Also, no more than one testifier per organization. Any handouts or letters should be emailed to the committee legislative assistant by 3 pm on Friday March 21, 2025.

TBD