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Monday, February 8, 2021

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Monday, February 8, 2021
Monday, February 8, 2021 , 8:30 AM
Time Note: Please note time change. The committee will convene at 8:30am.

Ways and Means

Chair: Rep. Rena Moran
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
**Bills may be added**

Note: HF445 added

HF445 (Mariani) State Aid For Emergencies (SAFE) account and aid program established to reimburse local governments and state agencies for emergency response expenses
HF133 (Becker-Finn) Conveying state land interests provisions modified, state parks added to and deleted from, and state land sales authorized
HF30 (Hansen) Environment and natural resources trust fund money appropriated, and previous appropriations modified (LCCMR FY21 Recommendations)
HF91 (Hansen) Dry cleaner environmental response and reimbursement account expenditures prioritized, perchloroethylene banned, cost-share program funding provided



• This meeting will be held in accordance with House 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 chris.mccall@house.mn.


Public Viewing Information:
This remote hearing will be live-streamed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

NOTE: Channels 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.

Meeting documents will be posted on the House Ways and Means Committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92029
Bills Added
Bills Removed

Monday, February 8, 2021 , 1:00 PM

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Mike Sundin
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
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

I. Continue program/budget reviews: MN Department of Agriculture
- Agriculture Advancement: Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation Grants (AGRI)
II. Dairy presentation
- Shelly DePestel, Vice President, MN Milk Producers Association
- Kristine, Ryan and/or Kate Spadgenske, MN Milk Producers of the Year (https://youtu.be/cX8vfMAXAeg)

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.

Meeting documents will be posted on the House Agriculture Finance & Policy Committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92001
Monday, February 8, 2021 , 1:00 PM

Education Policy

Chair: Rep. Ruth Richardson
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
HF505 (Lee) - Community education teacher continuing contract and tenure status provisions modified.
HF561 (Urdahl) - School districts required to establish teach mentoring programs, and staff development revenue allowed uses modified.
HF603 (Jordan) - Public labor relations modified.

*Agenda items may be added or removed. Bills may be taken in any order*

This remote meeting will be held in accordance with House Rule 10.01 which can be found here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.asp

Public Viewing Information:
This remote hearing will be live-streamed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

Due to the nature of zoom meetings, written testimony is highly encouraged as an alternative to testifying live. Written testimony must be a PDF file in OCR format, but an MS Word document can be converted if needed. Written testimony can be submitted to Laura.Taken-Holtze@house.mn. Please email written testimony/handouts by 5:00 pm the previous business day to ensure it will be posted as part of the virtual committee packet. It will also be accepted up to 24 hours after the hearing to become part of the record.

Please email Laura.Taken-Holtze@house.mn by 5:00 P.M. the previous business day to sign up to provide live testimony via zoom, so you can receive instructions. You will have up to 2 minutes. We will do our best to hear from everyone who signs up. If we run out of time, you are encouraged to submit your remarks as written testimony.

NOTE: Channels 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.


Monday, February 8, 2021 , 1:00 PM

Health Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Tina Liebling
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
HF526 (Klevorn) Birth and death record access changed.
HF475 (Huot) Comprehensive advanced life support educational program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF569 (Morrison) Tobacco use prevention and cessation activity funding provided, and money appropriated.
HFXXX (Morrison) Bill requiring certain litigation proceeds to be deposited in a dedicated account; appropriating money for tobacco use prevention and cessation activities (NEW-Informational Only-EK015-1.pdf)


Agenda items may be added.

Members of the public interested in testifying should email Patrick McQuillan at Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn by 1 pm on Sunday, February 7th. Testimony will be limited to two minutes.

This meeting will be held in accordance with House Rule 10.01, which may be viewed here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/comm/docs/HmNgjtZ_KkKBF3cKO2DXmw.pdf

Public Viewing Information:
This remote hearing will be live-streamed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

NOTE: Channels 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.

Meeting documents will be posted on the House Health Finance and Policy Committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92011.

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. For other questions, please contact Patrick McQuillan (patrick.mcquillan@house.mn).

The MN House of Representatives is currently working on establishing the processes and technology that allow remote meetings to be held that are accessible to the public. Thank you for your patience as we adapt.


Monday, February 8, 2021 , 1:00 PM

Workforce and Business Development Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Mohamud Noor
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
Presentation from the Center for Rural Policy and Development
Julie Tesch, President and CEO
Kelly Asche, Research Associate

HF 410 (Petersburg) Owatonna and Steele counties; workforce training funding provided
Jinny Rietmann, Executive Director of Workforce Development, Inc
Sonji Davis, Area Manager for Steele County, Workforce Development, Inc
Brad Meier
Jim Kingsley
Philip Sayles
Jennifer Copeland

HF 524 (Lislegard) Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency grant funding provided
Jack Larson, Transit Director, Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency
Colette Hanson, Transit Manager, Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency

HF 413 (Olson) Minnesota Initiative Foundation funding provided for childcare
Scott H. McMahon, Executive Director, Greater Minnesota Partnership
Diana Anderson, President/CEO, Southwest Initiative Foundation

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.

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




Monday, February 8, 2021 , 3:30 PM

Floor Session

Location: House Floor
Agenda: