Currently Posted Meetings

I. Call to Order
II. Department of Commerce Budget Proposal
III. Adjournment

Meeting: Wednesday, February 12, 2025; 8:15 AM to 10:00 AM; 123 Capitol


I. Call To Order
II. Approval of Meeting Minutes
III. Testimony and Presentation from Association of MN Counties
IV. Public Testimony on Governor’s Budget

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator (megan.rossbach@house.mn.gov) by 12 p.m. (noon) the day prior to the hearing. Required testimony information includes name, organization and title (if applicable), email, phone number, and position on the bill. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

1. Call to Order
2. Member and staff introductions
3. Committee Rules
4. Overview of Minnesota Department of Military Affairs
5. Overview of Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
6. HF 194 (Knudsen) - Veterans with a disability homestead exclusion increase provision. Note: This bill is the House companion to SF 262. The House bill will be introduced on Monday, February 10.
7. HF 195 (Bennett) - Property tax exemption establishment for certain property owned and operated by a congressionally chartered veterans service organization. Note: this bill is the House companion to SF 255. The House bill will be introduced on Monday, February 10.
8. Adjourn

Testimony: Written testimony or requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to Committee Administrator john.hultquist@house.mn.gov no less than 24 hours prior to the start of the committee hearing. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

Agenda
I. Overview by Legislative Budget Office and Department of Employment and Economic Development regarding financial estimate processes
a. Overview of LBO office
b. Fiscal note and actuarial study creation process

Member and staff introductions
Clean Water Council presentation

I. Call to Order.
II. HF 100 (Repinski) - Individual income tax provisions modified, and unlimited Social Security subtraction allowed
III. HF 179 (Wiener) - Browerville Public Schools; refundable sales and use tax exemption for construction materials provided.
IV. HF 174 (Davids) - taxation of certain cooperative association property modified.
V. HF XXX (Harder) - Watertown sales tax exemption for construction materials authorization. *Informational only. The House bill will be introduced Thursday, February 13th, 2025.
VI. Adjourn

- Presentation from Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI)
- Presentation from DEED Office of Broadband Development
- Presentation from Center for Rural Policy and Development

I. Call to Order
II. Office of the Legislative Auditor: Office of the Secretary of State Performance Audit
Testifiers:
• Jordan Bjonfald, Audit Director, Financial Audit Division
III. Office of the Legislative Auditor: Voter Registration Evaluation Report
Testifiers:
• Judy Randall, Legislative Auditor
IV. Discussion of Member Priorities
V. Adjournment

I. Call to Order
II. HF 25 (Zeleznikar) - Supporting Women Act
III. HF 24 (Knudsen) - Born Alive Act
IV. Adjournment

Agenda:

I Call to order
II Approval of Minutes from Monday 2/10/25
III Presentations:
a. Corridors of Commerce Changes / Overview - Matt Burress – House Research

b. Minnesota Transportation Alliance - Margaret Donahoe – Executive Director
Testifying: Krysten Foster, Otter Tail County Engineer.
Margaret Donahoe, Executive Director, Minnesota Transportation Alliance

IV. Bills Heard:
HF14 (Robbins) Temporary moratorium on certain light rail transit expenditures
Established.
Testifiers for HF14:
Transportation 2.12.2025 Committee Testifiers
Jeremiah Ellison, Minneapolis Councilmember
Nas Nourkadi, Move Minnesota Action
Joshua Houdek, Senior Project Manager, Sierra Club North Star Chapter
Irene Fernando, Hennepin County Commissioner
Hollies Winston, Mayor Brooklyn Park
Aaron Wagner, Robbinsdale Council Member
Ricardo Perez, Organizer, Blue Line Coalition
Anndrea Young, Heritage Park Neighborhood Association
Alesha Alexcee, Policy Advocate, Housing Justice Center


Note: If you would like to testify for or against this bill, HF14, please contact Committee Legislative Assistant Cyndy Wallin by 3pm on Tuesday February 11, 2025. Phone: 651-297-5723 Email: Cyndy.Wallin@house.mn.gov. Testimony will be limited to 2 minutes maximum per testifier and no more than 20 minutes each of testimony for and against. Also no more than one testifier per organization. Any handouts or letters should be emailed to the committee legislative assistant by 3 pm on Tuesday February 11,2025..

V. Adjournment

Agenda
I. Call to order
II. Roll Call
III. Hearing HF0022, Gillman, Parents Bill of Rights
Testimony
a. Meg Luger Nikolai, Staff Attorney, Education Minnesota
b. Karin Miller, Faith in Action
c. Rebecca Delahunt, Director of Public Policy, Minnesota Family Council and Institute
d. Cristine Trooien, Executive Director, Minnesota Parents Alliance
e. Alecia Leiviska, Minnesotans for Health and Parental Rights
f. Dori Trossen
g. William Wagner, Vice President of ParentalRights.org (via zoom)
h. Jill Grunewald, Protective Parent Coalition
IV. HF0045, Perez-Vega, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Outreach Program appropriation
Testimony
a. Mesa Siebert, Second Harvest Heartland
b. Janet Gracia, President, Neighborhood House
c. Ivette Izea-Martinez, Greater Twin Cities United Way
V. Adjournment


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

I. Call To Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Bills

V. Adjournment

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify on HF 6 (Bennett) should contact the Committee Administrator Jody Withers via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 3:00 PM on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.

I. Legislative Coordinating Commission - HOA Working group Findings
A. Andrew George
B. Representative Mekeland, Representative Bahner

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes
3. HF 128 (Rarick) Penalties for engaging in prostitution with minors increased.
4. HF 131 (Knudsen) Persons subject to stays of adjudication in criminal sexual conduct cases required to register as predatory offenders.
5. HF 127 (Knudsen) Penalties for creating, distributing, and possessing sexually explicit materials involving children increased.
6. HF 286 (Perryman) Local units of government authorized to conduct criminal background checks under certain circumstances.
7. HF 130 (Harder) Mandatory minimum sentences established for certain sex trafficking offenses.
8. HF 129 (Repinski) Director of child sex trafficking prevention required to submit a program evaluation each odd-numbered year to the legislature.
9. Adjourn

*Note: These bills will be introduced on Monday, February 10, 2025. Below is the language of the bills.

Testimony: Written testimony or requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to Committee Administrator john.hultquist@house.mn.gov no less than 24 hours prior to the start of the committee hearing. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.