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Thursday, February 4, 2021

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Thursday, February 4, 2021
Thursday, February 4, 2021 , 8:30 AM

Capital Investment

Chair: Rep. Fue Lee
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
B3 Sustainable Building 2030 (SB 2030)
Public Testimony (30 minutes)

The last 30 minutes of the 2/4 hearing is for public testimony related to the Capital Investment equity and energy/climate hearings held during the previous two weeks. Each testifier will be allotted two minutes and should sign up by 9:00 am on Wednesday, February 3, by emailing jenny.nash@house.mn and joe.lenczewski@house.mn with your name, phone number and email address. We ask that organizations, please limit testimony to one person.

Written testimony: Written testimony will be accepted by emailing jenny.nash@house.mn and joe.lenczewski@house.mn by 9:00 am on Wednesday, February 3. Written testimony is entered into the committee’s record, shared with committee members, and posted to the committee’s webpage.

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122.

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01, which you may view here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp

Thursday, February 4, 2021 , 8:30 AM

Early Childhood Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Dave Pinto
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
Presentations on Child Care Services - Minnesota Department of Human Services
Laurie Possin, Child Care Assistance Program Manager
Deb Swenson-Klatt, Director of Child Development Services

Agenda items may be added.

Public Viewing:
This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

Notes:
• This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01, which may be viewed here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp
• NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.
• If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation to view, participate in, or otherwise access a remote hearing, please contact Jenny Nash by emailing her at jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact Jenny Nash with questions about the agenda.
• For questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator, Polly Cerkvenik, at polly.cerkvenik@house.mn or 651-296-1921.

Thursday, February 4, 2021 , 8:30 AM

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Chair: Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
This meeting is held in accordance to House Rule 10.01
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp

1. HF 75 (Moller): Forfeiture Reform
2. HF 575 (Huot): Notary Publics authorized to perform civil marriages
3. HF 321 (Feist): Visa certification document timely processing by certifying entities required*
*Please note, the discussion of HF 321 will be limited to the provisions relevant to the Judiciary Finance & Civil Law Committee's jurisdiction. The relevant provision is Subd. 4, starting at line 2.15, related to data classification.*


**Agenda items may be added, deleted and/or taken in any order.

**If you are interested in providing written testimony, oral testimony, or a handout, please email the Committee Administrator and copy the Committee Legislative Assistant by 5 pm the day before the hearing to get instructions.

CA: Rachel.Ganani@house.mn
CLA: Anna.Borgerding@house.mn

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

NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact Jenny with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda. If you have questions regarding the substance of the agenda, please contact the Committee Administrator, Rachel Ganani.
Bills Added

Thursday, February 4, 2021 , 8:30 AM

State Government Finance and Elections

Chair: Rep. Michael Nelson
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
HF72 (Freiberg) Advanced standard time/daylight saving time provided year-round effective upon federal law authorization.

HF66 (Bahner) Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity established, and legislative appointments provided.

HF35 (Elkins) Website Accessibility Grant Advisory Council established, and money appropriated for grants to cities and counties to improve website accessibility.

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

TESTIFYING: If you would like to testify or submit written testimony, please email the committee administrator at amanda.rudolph@house.mn no later than 5 p.m. the business day before the hearing. Testimony will be limited and as time permits, therefore written testimony is encouraged. Please plan accordingly.

HANDOUTS: Handouts must be in PDF format with Optical Character Recognition ability and emailed to the committee administrator at amanda.rudolph@house.mn no later than 5 p.m. the business day before the hearing.

VIEW HEARING: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the State Government Finance and Policy Committee webpage https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/committees/home/92009

ACCESSIBILITY: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

RULE 10.01: Meetings are held in accordance with House Rule 10.01, https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/1001.htm
Bills Added

Thursday, February 4, 2021 , 10:30 AM

Climate and Energy Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Jamie Long
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
HF 70 (Freiberg) State building energy conservation revolving loan fund established, and money appropriated.
HF 257 (Wazlawik) Residential solar energy system use restrictions prohibited.
HF 278 (Long) Electric utility renewable energy standard obligations modified, and Public Utility Commission authority to issue electric generation facility site permits modified.
*If time permits we will continue with the amendments filed prior to 1/28/21 for HF 278
*Bills may be added or removed from the agenda

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01.

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

Note: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Do not contact Jenny about the content of this meeting.

Public Testimony:
• Members of the public who are interested in testifying must email Mike.Molzahn@house.mn by 3:00 p.m. the day before the meeting to ensure consideration. Testimony may be limited due to time constraints.
• If you plan to submit written testimony, please send it to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn by 3:00 p.m. the day before the meeting.

Meeting documents will be posted on the committee website: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92008
Bills Added
Attachments:

Thursday, February 4, 2021 , 10:30 AM

Education Finance

Chair: Rep. Jim Davnie
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
Governor's Budget Presentation from the Department of Education

*Other agenda items may be added.*

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01, which you may view here:
https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/1001.htm

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact her with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda.
Thursday, February 4, 2021 , 10:30 AM

Human Services Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Jennifer Schultz
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
Thursday, February 4, 2021
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Remote Hearing
This meeting is held in accordance with House Rule 10.01

NOTE: For the purpose of making a corrective referral, the following bill will be moved to the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee without recommendation:

HF566 (Fischer) Landlord permitted to require tenant to provide supporting documentation for service or animal need.

Agenda:

1. HF21 (Hassan) Emergency shelters funding provided, and money appropriated.
Testifiers:
• Cathy tenBroeke, Department of Human Services Assistant Commissioner, Executive Director of the Interagency Council on Homelessness
• Jen Theneman, Partners for Affordable Housing
• Dave Dunn, Olmsted County Housing and Redevelopment Authority Director

2. HF42 (Howard) COVID-19; emergency service, isolation spaces, and housing support funding provided; and money appropriated.
Testifiers:
• Cathy tenBroeke, Department of Human Services Assistant Commissioner, Executive Director of the Interagency Council on Homelessness
• Jordan May, Executive Director of Red Lake Shelter
• Amber Holstrom, Family and Community Services Housing Coordinator at West Central Minnesota Communities Action


3. HF315 (Howard) Emergency service grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Testifiers:
• Cathy tenBroeke, Department of Human Services Assistant Commissioner, Executive Director of the Interagency Council on Homelessness
• Christine Bridgeman, Higher Ground Shelter Manager, Catholic Charities


Additional agenda items may be added.


Public Viewing:

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

Notes:

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01, which may be viewed here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/1001.htm

Members of the public with questions about this process may contact committee staff at Yingya.Vang@House.mn

If you wish to testify, please contact Committee Administrator Yingya Vang at Yingya.Vang@House.mn by 10:30AM on Wednesday, February 3 and you will be provided with further instructions. Written testimony is encouraged and may be submitted for the record up to 24 hours after the hearing ends.

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp. NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122.


Thursday, February 4, 2021 , 1:00 PM

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Rick Hansen
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
HF78 (Wazlawik) Perfluorochemicals defined as hazardous substance under Minnesota Environment Response and Liability Act.
HF79 (Wazlawik) Food packaging chemical use regulated.
*Amendments are due for both bills by 1:00pm, Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Continuation of Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Overview.

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01, which you may view here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact her with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda.

Any meeting documents will be posted on the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92007

Public Testimony:
• Members of the public with questions about this process or who are interested in testifying at this meeting may email committee staff at Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn
• If you wish to testify, please contact Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn and copy Adam.Kopel@house.mn at least one hour prior to the start of the remote hearing to get instructions.
• If you plan to submit written testimony, please send to Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn by 1:00pm, Wednesday, February 3, 2021.

Bills Added

Chair: Rep. Carlos Mariani
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
Investing in Law Enforcement Excellence and Accountability

I. HF XXX (Mariani) Local Police Policy Manual Funding and Standardization
II. HF 593 (Frazier) Peace Officer Standards and Training Board required to revise peace officer conduct standards.

If you would like to sign up to testify, please email Jamael.Lundy@house.mn one hour before the committee start time. Public Testimony will be taken at the end of the hearing if time is available. If their is not time, members of the public will be asked to submit their testimony in writing.

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/live/1 NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact her with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda.

Meeting documents will be posted on the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92023
Thursday, February 4, 2021 , 1:00 PM

Taxes

Chair: Rep. Paul Marquart
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
I. Overview from Department of Revenue on tax provisions in Governor's budget

This hearing is informational only. If you would like to submit written testimony, please email it to the committee administrator at nathan.jesson@house.mn by 5 pm on Wednesday, February 3.

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact her with questions about the substance of the agenda, those questions should go to Nathan Jesson at nathan.jesson@house.mn

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01.
Thursday, February 4, 2021 , 1:00 PM

Transportation Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Frank Hornstein
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
Topics in Transportation Equity

Steve Belton, Twin Cities Urban League

Norma Miller, Twin Cities Urban League

Jamez Staples, Renewable Energy Partners

Saint Paul City Councilmember Mitra Jalali

Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott

Hennepin County Commissioner Angela Conley

Tawanna Black, Center for Economic Inclusion

Janiece Watts, Fresh Energy

Charles Frempong-Longdon, Sierra Club

HF336 (Becker-Finn) Drivers' license suspension authority of commissioner of public safety modified, retroactive driver's license reinstatement provided, technical changes made, and report required.

Agenda items may be added.

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

If you are interested in providing written or oral testimony on a scheduled bill, please contact the committee administrator at john.howe@house.mn by 5:00 p.m. the day before the hearing. As time will be limited, written testimony is encouraged.

Materials related to this meeting are available online: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/home/92028

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to House Rule 10.01, which you may view here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/1001.htm

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact her with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda.
Bills Added
Attachments:

Thursday, February 4, 2021 , 3:30 PM

Floor Session

Location: House Floor
Agenda: