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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 8:30 AM

Elections Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Mike Freiberg
Location: Room 200, State Office Building
Agenda:
HF204 (Bahner); Voter electronic signatures allowed for purposes of electronic rosters.

HF799 (Agbaje); Persons allowed to be absent from work to vote in person before election day.

HF642 (Freiberg); Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote enacted.

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

If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email simon.brown@house.mn.gov no later than 5pm the night before, and preferably 24 hours prior to the hearing.

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

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


Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 8:30 AM

Sustainable Infrastructure Policy

Chair: Rep. Erin Koegel
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
1. Agencies presentation on sustainability items in the Governor's budget recommendations.

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 8:30 AM

Workforce Development Finance and Policy

Location Changed
Chair: Rep. Jay Xiong
Location: 120 Capitol
Agenda:
HF 20 (Greenman) Wage credits modified and reimbursement provided, and general fund transfer authorized.
Steve Grove, Commissioner, Department of Employment and Economic Development
Julia Wolfe
Scott H. McMahon, MN School Bus Operators Association
Denise Dittrich, Minnesota School Boards Association
Laura Carpenter
Cat Briggs, Bus Driver, District 196
Teresa Greniger, Para Educator, Deer River Schools
Erin McKinney, Para Educator, Deer River Schools
Bill Schwandt, Program Management Aide, Bloomington Public Schools
Mick Kelly, U of M
Christina Magee, U of M
Maggie Vyskocil, Hennepin Technical College

The committee is no longer accepting testifiers for this hearing. If you would like to submit testimony in writing please send it to travis.reese@houes.mn.gov

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

Bills Added

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 10:30 AM

Economic Development Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Hodan Hassan
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF 318 (Hassan) Community wealth-building grant program created
Elena Gaarder, CEO, Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers
Mikeya Griffin, Executive Director, Rondo Community Land Trust
LaTishia Bradley, Owner, TBZ Custom Boutique
Jamar Smith, Director, Northside Investment Cooperative Enterprise

If you would like to testify, please contact Committee Administrator Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

Bills Added
Attachments:

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 10:30 AM

Education Finance

Chair: Rep. Cheryl Youakim
Location: Capitol 120
Agenda:
Approval of the Minutes from January 31st, 2023
HF 22 (Her) English learner programming funding increased, English learner cross subsidy aid added, and money appropriated.
HF 8 (Berg) Student personnel aid established, and money appropriated.

Agenda items may be added or changed

Notes:
To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.
For questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator, Polly Cerkvenik, at polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov or 651-296-5524.

Public Testimony:
If you are interested in providing testimony on the scheduled please contact the committee administrator at: polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov no later than 2pm on Tuesday, January 31st. Written testimony is encouraged.



Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 10:30 AM

Legacy Finance

Chair: Rep. Leon Lillie
Location: Room 200 - State Office Building
Agenda:
Clean Water Council Presentation

Items may be added to the agenda.

This hearing may be viewed in person or via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

Attachments:

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 10:30 AM

Property Tax Division

Chair: Rep. Dave Lislegard
Location: Room 5, State Office Building
Agenda:
HF880 (Gomez) Tax increment financing provisions modified, various pooling provisions clarified, administrative expense limitations clarified, and application of violations and remedies expanded.
HF825 (Lislegard) Payment in lieu of taxes provisions modified, payments increased, valuation modified, and report required.
HF735 (Reyer) Soil and water conservation district aid program established.

Additional items may be added to the agenda. Materials will be posted to the Committee website when they are available. Public testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and title to the Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) by 5 PM on Tuesday, January 31st. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 5 PM to the Committee Administrator on Tuesday, January 31st. 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.

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

Bills Added

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 1:00 PM

Capital Investment

Chair: Rep. Fue Lee
Location: Room 120 State Capitol
Agenda:
State Agency bonding overviews:
Department of Human Services
Department of Public Safety
Pollution Control Agency
Department of Employment and Economic Development
Department of Corrections

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 1:00 PM

Commerce Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Zack Stephenson
Location: Room 10, State Office Building
Agenda:
HF402 (Bierman); Health system required to return charitable assets received from state to general fund in certain circumstances.
A1 Amendment

HF16 (Hollins); Children or vulnerable adult conversion therapy prohibited, medical assistance coverage prohibited for conversion therapy, and misrepresentation of conversion therapy services or products prohibited.

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

If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email simon.brown@house.mn.gov, preferably 24 hours prior to the hearing.

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

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

Bills Added

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 1:00 PM

Human Services Policy

Chair: Rep. Peter Fischer
Location: State Office Building, Room 200
Agenda:
*Items may be added*

- Informational Hearing Only HFXXX (23-00202 - Finke) Clarification to Court Examiner eligibility.
a. Carrie Briones, Legislative Director for Direct Care and Treatment, Minnesota Department of Human Services

- Informational Hearing Only HFXXX (23-00192 - Frederick) Modifying information collected in long-term care surveys.
a. Nicole Stockert, Legislative Director for Aging and Adult Protection Services, Minnesota Department of Human Services

- HF905 (Youakim) Minors age 16 or older authorized to consent to nonresidential mental health services.
a. Sage Hartman, Student and Mental Health and Well-Being Chair, Minnesota Youth Council
b. Samia Osman, Student, Hopkins High School

- HF732 (Her) Income definitions modified for housing support.
a. Lorna Schmidt, Director of Public Policy & Advocacy, Catholic Charities Twin Cities
b. Tyra Thomas, Leader, Street Voices of Change
c. Kristy Janigo, Legislative Chair, American Legion Department of Minnesota
d. Kristy Graume; Legislative Director for Disability Services, Behavioral Health, Housing, and Deaf-Hard-of-Hearing Services; Minnesota Department of Human Services

AMENDMENTS: Deadline for amendments is 1pm on Tuesday, January 31st, 2023.
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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by 8:30am the day of 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.

This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed-captioned.

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.


Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 1:00 PM

Taxes

Chair: Rep. Aisha Gomez
Location: Room 5, State Office Building
Agenda:
HF152 (Bahner) Sales and use tax provisions modified, and North Metro Range construction material sales tax exemption provided.
HF414 (Lislegard) Sales and use tax provisions modified, refundable exemptions provided for construction materials for school buildings, and money appropriated.
HF351 (Jacob) Properties destroyed by fire; sales and use taxes modified, and sales tax exemption extended for construction materials.

Additional items may be added to the agenda. Materials will be posted to the Committee website when they are available. Public testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and preferred title to the Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) by 5 PM on Tuesday, January 31st. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 5 PM to the Committee Administrator on Tuesday, January 31st. 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.


To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

Bills Added

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 3:00 PM

Climate and Energy Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Patty Acomb
Location: Room 200 - State Office Building
Agenda:
HF747 (Reyer) - Program established to award grants for installation of solar energy generating systems on public buildings, report required, and money appropriated.
HF772 (Kraft) - State Building Code; energy code for new commercial building adoption process modified.
Items may be added to the agenda.

If you wish to submit written testimony or testify in person, 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.

This hearing may be viewed in person or via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

Bills Added
Attachments:

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 3:00 PM

Education Policy

Chair: Rep. Laurie Pryor
Location: 120 Capitol Room
Agenda:
Informational hearing on Educational Options and Flexibility for Student Learning

HF613 (Rep. Hanson) - High school students allowed to earn elective credits through employment with health care providers.

HF620 (Rep. Youakim) - Paraprofessional paid orientation required.

HF923 (Rep. Bennett) - Nonpublic pupil transportation service agreements authorized.

*Agenda items may be added or removed at the Chair's discretion

Notes:
HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT and emailed to the committee administrator by 12p.m. (noon) the day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 40 copies.

TESTIFYING: Remote testimony is available as needed. 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 administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the day before the hearing.
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.

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

For questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov or 651-296-1913.

Attachments:

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 3:00 PM

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Rick Hansen
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
*Agenda Change: Bill Added.

*HF372 (Hollins) Products containing PFAS notice required, and rulemaking required.
**Please note that HF372(Hollins) received a full hearing with public testimony on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. The committee will be limited to member questions and final action.

HF672 (Lee) Public meeting required every five years for nonexpiring air emission permits, denial of request for permit review required to be in writing and to state reason for denial, and creation of full-time equivalent position required.
HF645 (Lee) Disposition of money recovered from litigation or settlement of environmental permit violations provided.
HF673 (Lee) Air toxics emissions reporting required, and rulemaking to regulate air toxics emissions required.

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

Bills Added

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 3:00 PM

Housing Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Michael Howard
Location: Room 5
Agenda:
Presentation of the Governor's Budget by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
Presenter: Commissioner Jennifer Ho

HF 302 (Howard) Eligible use of housing infrastructure bonds added, issuance of housing infrastructure bonds prescribed, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.

Bills Added

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 , 4:45 PM

Floor Session

Location: House Floor
Agenda:
THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION