Welcome to Minnesota House Live Webcast and Mobile Streaming

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF 357 (Harder) Authorized card games expanded to include the game of hasenpfeffer.

IV. HF 3389 (O’Driscoll) Insurance producer continuing education requirements modified.

V. HF 1434 (Bakeberg) Age verification required for websites with material harmful to minors, enforcement by the attorney general provided, and private right of action created.

VI. HF 2500 (Falconer) Algorithm and AI use prohibited during health insurance prior authorization request review.

VII. HF 1606 (Stephenson) Nudification technology access prohibited.

VIII. Adjournment



*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

HANDOUTS: Handouts must be in PDF and OCR-compatible format and be emailed to the Committee Administrators at samuel.oneill@house.mn.gov and ben.frese@house.mn.gov by 10:00 AM the business day before the hearing.
TESTIFYING: The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair and is subject to change. If you would like to testify, please email the Committee Administrators by 1:00 PM the business day before the hearing.
LIVESTREAM: This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

Discussion of program integrity efforts – presentation from Department of Human Services staff

Items may be added, removed, or taken up in any order at the Chair’s discretion

Presentations on fraud updates
--Office of the Attorney General
--Department of Minnesota IT Services
--Department of Revenue

HF 1338 (Norris) Office of the Inspector General created, reports required, and money appropriated.

Economic and Workforce Impact of Federal Immigration Activity in Minnesota
Matt Varilek, Commissioner, Dept of Employment and Economic Development
Sarah K. Peterson, Immigration Attorney
Allison Thorson, Workforce Development Manager, Unidos MN
RT Rybak, President and CEO, Minneapolis Foundation
Jo-Anne Stately, Senior Vice President of Impact, Minneapolis Foundation
Lill Bloise, Director of Operations, Latino Economic Development Center
Emery John, Community Development, City of Northfield
Nicole Mattson, Vice President of Advocacy & Workforce Development, Care Providers of Minnesota
Erin Huppert, LeadingAge MN
Jake Schwitzer, Executive Director, NorthStar Policy Action

Presentations:
Minnesota Management and Budget - Governor's 2026 Bonding Recommendations
Department of Administration -2026 Bonding Recommendations; 2025 Asset Preservation Summary Report; and 2025 CAPRA Report

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. Presentation by the Minnesota Competency Attainment Board
IV. Presentation by the Minnesota Guardian ad Litem Board
V. 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 chairs 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, February 18, 2026. 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, February 18, 2026.

Agenda: 
I. Approval of Minutes

II. Presentations on the Impact of Operation Metro Surge on Minnesota's Students and School Communities

Agenda items may be added or changed.
 
Viewing: This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions. 

Co-Chair Acomb and Co-Chair Swedzinski are jointly chairing this meeting.

Update from Department of Commerce
Update from Public Utilities Commission

Items may be added or removed from the agenda.

If you wish to submit written testimony, please send the written testimony to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn.gov by 1 p.m. the day before the meeting.

MPCA presentation on PFAS (anticipated topics to include "PRISM" reporting system and fees, and status update on current unavoidable uses of PFAS rulemaking).

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (amy.zipko@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.

I. Call to Order

II. Presentation on the Enrollment Fraud Working Group from Minnesota State

III. Adjournment

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

HANDOUTS: All handouts and written testimony must be provided electronically to the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov by 3pm the day prior to the hearing. Handouts should be in PDF format with OCR (Optical Character Recognition) capability.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Higher Education Finance & Policy webpage.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Welcome and Call to Order

Approve Meeting Agenda and Previous Minutes

Social Media Partnership- Tim Terrell, Executive Director, Mississippi River Headwaters Board

Discussion on Colorado Scenic Byways

Roadside Storybook Project

Commission Business

MRPC Committee Updates

2026 Transportation Funding Opportunities

Drive the Great River Road Month Planning

Further Discussions/Updates

Adjourn

Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee
Chair: Rep. Kristin Robbins
Vice Chair: Rep. Patti Anderson

Meeting:
Monday, February 23rd, 2026
8:15 – 10:00 a.m.
Cap. 120

Agenda:
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. Presentation – Minnesota Department of Human Services – Presentation on the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) Benefits.

IV. Chair Presentation

V. HF 3542 (Hudson) Disclosure of certain investigations and withholding of payments required within 30 days of a request.

VI. Adjourn

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to 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.

This agenda is subject to change and bills may be added at the discretion of the Chair.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of May 18, 2025, Meeting Minutes

III. Presentation
Jennifer Byers, Vice-President; Sean O'Neil, Senior Director of Economic Development and Research - Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
2026 Business Benchmarks Report

IV. Presentation
John Phelan, Economist, Center of the American Experiment
Accounting for Growth in Minnesota: Performance and Prospects

V. Adjournment

This agenda is subject to change at the discretion of the Chair.
Agenda items may be added or removed.

- Update from the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Office of Broadband Development
- HF XXXX (Anderson) Farm Downpayment Assistance Program Modifications (Pending introduction; Revisor number 26-06857)
- HF XXXX (Anderson) Restricting Grain Indemnity Account transfer for other purposes (Pending introduction; Revisor number 26-06622)
- HF XXXX (Nelson) Dairy Assistance, Investment, Relief Initiative (DAIRI) modification (Pending introduction; Revisor number 26-06826)

HF362 (Pinto) Licensure for massage therapy and Asian bodywork therapy established, fees established, criminal penalties provided, and money appropriated.

HF2590 (Norris) Clinical art therapist licensure established, Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy membership modified, fees and civil penalties imposed, and money appropriated.

HF2760 (Mahamoud) Reimbursement procedures for federally qualified health centers modified.

HF3444 (Mahamoud) Prior authorization prohibited for treatment of opioid use disorder.

HFXXXX (Mahamoud) Modifying medication repository program procedures. *

* This bill has not been introduced and the language will be heard on an informational basis only.

Items may be added, removed, or taken up in any order at the Chair's discretion.

Co-Chair Tabke has the gavel.

AGENDA*
1. Approval of Minutes from February 18, 2026
2. Traffic Safety presentation by Joe Harrington and Michael Wojcik
3. HF3429 (Kraft) Intelligent speed assistance program established, revocation period for certain speeding offenses extended, speed-controlled license restriction created, rulemaking required, and money appropriated.
4. HF3418 (Tabke) Community-based pedestrian safety program established, and money appropriated.
5. HF3431 (Sencer-Mura) Traffic safety camera system pilot program modified and made permanent.
6. HF1597 (Norris) Task Force on Establishing a Yellow Alert System established, report required, and money appropriated.


Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 25, 2026


*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 both committee administrators at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov AND joe.marble@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.
• TESTIFYING: Testimony is limited. The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair, and is subject to change. Please plan accordingly. If you would like to testify, please email both committee administrators at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov AND joe.marble@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
• DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Transportation Finance and Policy webpage.
• VIEWING: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
• ACCESSIBILITY: To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Minnesota Department of Commerce presentation on the Homeowner Association Ombudsman Office.

SF1750 (Bahner) - Common interest communities rights and duties modified, unit owner rights modified, termination threshold modified, meet and confer process established, notice of meetings modified, and governing bodies prohibited from requiring or incentivizing creation of homeowners associations.

HF704 (Freiberg) - Mortgage payment satisfaction provisions modified.

HF3479 (Freiberg) – Right to postpone a mortgage sale clarified. ***Pending introduction and referral***

Items may be added, removed, or taken up in any order at the Chair's discretion.

HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT, have OCR capability, and emailed to the Committee Administrators at samuel.oneill@house.mn.gov and ben.frese@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 45 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.

TESTIFYING: Testimony is limited. The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair, and is subject to change. Please plan accordingly. If you would like to testify, please email the Committee Administrators at samuel.oneill@house.mn.gov and ben.frese@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.

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

Presentations of the key findings and recommendations for the performance audits:

Minnesota State: Faculty Payroll
Department of Natural Resources: Outdoor Heritage Fund Grants

Office of the Legislative Auditor:
Judy Randall, Legislative Auditor
Lori Leysen, Deputly Legislative Auditor - Financial Audit Division
Kayla Borneman, Audit Director
Ryan Baker, Audit Director

Minnesota State:
Eric Davis, Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
Barb Biljan, Senior System Director for Human Resources Operations

Department of Natural Resources:
Mary Robison, Chief Financial Officer

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I. Approve the committee minutes from Thursday 2/19

II. State Agency Governor Bonding Recommendations Presentations:
a. Department of Agriculture
b. Amateur Sports Commission
c. Department of Corrections
d. Direct Care and Treatment
e. Department of Education
f. Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. Overview of the State of Civil Rights in Minnesota: ACLU of Minnesota
IV. HF3414 (Long): Cause of action for violations of civil rights under color of law created, and state and local collaboration agreements with federal law enforcement agencies regulated.
V. HF3477 (Long): Clone of HF3414.
VI. HF103 (Feist): Government entities prohibited from requesting or obtaining reverse-location information, uses of reverse-location data by various entities prohibited, and civil cause of action provided when data is obtained by a government entity.
VII. HFXXX (Gomez): Acquisition and use of facial recognition technology by government entities prohibited. Clone of HF3146 (Gomez), to be introduced.
VIII. 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 chairs discretion.

TESTIMONY: If you would like to testify on a bill, please email the Committee Administrator, josh.sande@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Monday, February 23, 2026. 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, josh.sande@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Monday, February 23, 2026.

House DFL holds the gavel.

House Research and House Fiscal Overview of 2025 Taxes Bill/Chapter 13/HF9 1st Special Session

No public testimony will be taken at this hearing.

Presentation from Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority
HF 2986 (Kraft) - Additional information in a public utility's resource plan required, public utilities directed to file a virtual power plant tariff and program with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, cost recovery provided, and reports required.
Revisor Code 26-06795 (Kraft) - regulating the installation and operation of a plug-in solar photovoltaic device
***Revisor Code 26-06795 is pending introduction on Monday

Items may be added or removed from the agenda.

If you wish to submit written testimony or testify, please send the written testimony or the request to testify to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn.gov by 1 p.m. the day before the meeting. Written testimony is preferred and will be accepted after the deadline. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

Overview and updates on groundwater management, water sustainability, and community tree planting from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Metropolitan Council.

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes:
3. Presentation: Small Think Report on WeVision
i. Dr. Nicole Smerillo, Small Think Director of Data, Research, and Policy
ii. Ericca Mass, Small Think
4. Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) Implementation Updates
i. Jennifer Sommerfeld, DCYF Government Relations Director
ii. Inspector General Randall Keys
iii. Shana Morse, DCYF Legislative Director for Early Childhood
5. Adjournment

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

Chair Moller will have the gavel.

HF 3433 (Greenman) Possession of semiautomatic military-style assault weapons banned, and criminal penalties provided.

HF 3402 (Tabke) Possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines banned.

HF 3412 (Finke) Circumstances when a person may conceal their identity in public modified and specific exceptions for law enforcement officers created.

HF 3405 (Moller) Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's Use of Force Investigations Unit required to conduct investigations of incidents involving federal agents.

HF 3404 (Klevorn) Criminal penalty for impersonating a peace officer increased, crime of impersonating a peace officer while possessing a firearm established, enhanced penalties established, persons presenting as peace officers required to fulfill duty to identify, and criminal penalties established.

Items may be taken up in any order, items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.

TESTIMONY: Requests for in-person testimony must be submitted to the Committee Administrator of this hearing, Ellen.McDaniel@house.mn.gov, by 3:00 PM, February 23rd, 2026. Testimony is limited. The number of testifiers and length of time permitted is at the discretion of the chair and is subject to change. Please plan accordingly.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY: Requests to submit written testimony must be submitted to the Committee Administrator of this hearing, Ellen.McDaniel@house.mn.gov, by 3:00 PM, February 23rd, 2026. All written testimony must be submitted in PDF Format and not include hyperlinks.

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

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2026 Governor's Bonding Recommendations
Presentations:
Public Facilities Authority
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
Metropolitan Council