Currently Posted Meetings

HF1661 (Hicks)Informal kinship caregiver support grant program established; financial support expanded for adoptive, foster, and kinship families; and money appropriated.
HF1672 (Hicks) Quality Parenting Initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1479 (Hanson) Commissioner of human services directed to study and make recommendations for paperwork reduction relating to child protection cases, and report required.
HF612 (Daniels) Children; definition of neglect modified.

*Agenda items may be added or changed

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Amendments: All amendments that are substantive must be given to the CA by 1:00PM on the day prior to the committee hearing. This deadline may be waived at the discretion of the Chair

Meeting Materials: Presenters or members of the public are encouraged to provide all materials to be offered in Committee to the CLA at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Distribution of such materials is subject to approval by the Chair; a copy will be kept by Committee staff. These materials should be in accessible (Optical Character Recognition) format for posting to the committee webpage; contact the Committee

Administrator for more information about acceptable electronic formats.

Testimony: Bill authors must arrange their own testifiers and provide each testifier’s name, position title, and email address to the CA 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Written testimony is also encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage prior to the meeting.

1. HF 774 (Kozlowski) Duluth; First Witness Child Advocacy Center funding provided, and money appropriated.
2. HF 133 (Becker-Finn) Tribally enrolled or descendent student educational data sharing allowed with Tribal nations.
3. HF 393 (Stephenson) Procedure to resolve disputes between public utilities and residential customers provided.
4. HF 685 (Agbaje) Corporate entities, developers, and contractors prohibited from converting single-family home into rental property unit.

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.

HANDOUTS: Handouts in Word or PDF format should be emailed to the committee administrator by 10am the business day before the hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It will be posted to the committee webpage if received by deadline.
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 administrator by 5pm the business day before the hearing.
DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law webpage.
ACCESSIBILITY: 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.

To be announced. 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.

H.F. 1695 (Nelson, M) Service Employees International Union (SEIU) healthcare agreement ratified.
H.F. 1409 (Frazier) Public educational radio stations funding provided, and money appropriated.
H.F. 1145 (Huot) Public stations block grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
H.F. 1231 (Freiberg) Grant funding provided to perpetuate public land survey stem monuments and associated data, report required, and money appropriated.
H.F. 1693 (Klevorn) Legislative commissions and councils and other state councils provisions changed.

HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT and emailed to the committee administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 40 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 administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the State and Local Government Finance and Policy webpage.
ACCESSIBILITY: 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.

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

Clean Electric Transportation Presentation

HF2045 (Tabke) Transit enforcement governing requirements amended, transit service intervention project established, working group established, and money appropriated.


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*Hearing canceled*
Approval of the Minutes from February 22nd, 2023
HF 933 (Rehm) Eastern Carver County; Independent School District No. 112 transportation hub lease levy authorized.
HF 1045 (Hill) Community education for adults with disabilities program funding increased, and money appropriated.
HF 683 (Edelson) Community education revenue program funding increased, and money appropriated.

Agenda items may be added or changed

Notes:
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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 Wednesday, February 22nd. Written testimony is encouraged.

HF91 (Liebling): Abortion regulating statutes repealed.

No testimony will be taken on HF91.

HF898 (Bierman): Medical assistance coverage expanded for adult dental services.

HF1296 (Reyer): Critical access dental infrastructure program established, and money appropriated.

HF1814 (Reyer): Commissioner of human services required to establish dental home pilot project, project criteria specified, report required, and money appropriated.

HF1541 (Reyer): Rebasing of dental payment rates under medical assistance and MinnesotaCare required.

PUBLIC TESTIMONY: If you would like to submit written testimony or sign up to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator at Josh.Sande@house.mn.gov. Testifiers must contact the Committee Administrator by 5pm the day prior to the hearing in order to sign up to testify in person. In person testimony may be limited as time allows. Written testimony should also be submitted by 5pm the day prior, in Word or PDF format.

Remote or virtual testimony is not available.

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Presentation from the Office of Higher Education on the history of state funding to Higher Education systems and programs.

HF1126 (Pelowski) Postsecondary attainment goals, student financial aid, institutional licensure provisions, and institutional grant program policy changes provided.

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HF 267 (Finke) Crime of the transfer of an infectious agent for a communicable disease from one person who knowingly harbors the agent to another repealed.

HF 1279 (Edelson) State required to pay medical examination costs for criminal sexual conduct victim.

HF 100 (Stephenson) Omnibus cannabis bill.*

* Discussion of HF 100 will be limited to the provisions in the bill that fall within the
committee’s jurisdiction: Criminal penalties, expungement, and lawful cannabis use. The amendment deadline for HF 100 will be 2:00 PM on Wednesday, Feb. 22nd. The amendment to the amendment deadline will be 5pm on Feb. 22nd.

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.

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

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H.F. 1492 (Klevorn) University of Minnesota; Forever Green Initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.
H.F. 1645 (Brand) Continuous living cover crops and cropping systems funding provided, and money appropriated.
H.F. 1314 (Pursell) Carbon storage contract provisions prohibited.
H.F. 1316 (Pursell) Soil health financial assistance program established, pilot program modified, and money appropriated.

HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT and emailed to the committee administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 40 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 administrator by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Agriculture Finance and Policy webpage.
ACCESSIBILITY: 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.

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

I. HF1626 (Hassan) - Permanent increases in reimbursement rates established for qualified early intensive development and behavioral intervention providers, and money appropriated.*

II. HF1043 (Hicks) - Task Force on Disability Services Accessibility and pilot project established, report required, and money appropriated.

III. HF1660 (Hicks) - Medical assistance income and spenddown limits increased for persons with disabilities and persons age 65 and over.

*Agenda item added. Agenda items may be added or removed.

HANDOUTS: All handouts must be provided electronically to the Committee Administrator and Committee Legislative Assistant at least 12 hours prior to the start of a committee meeting. Handouts should be in accessible (Optical Character Recognition) format for posting to the committee webpage. Contact the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov to submit handouts or for more information about acceptable electronic formats.

TESTIFYING: In-person public testimony will be taken as time allows. Testifiers must contact the Committee Administrator at sean.herring@house.mn.gov by 5pm the day prior to the hearing in order to sign up to testify. Written testimony is encouraged and will be posted on the committee webpage.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Human Services Finance webpage.

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HF 1859 (Feist) New enforcement provisions created for construction workers wage protection.

HF 1522 (Nelson) Occupational Safety and Health Act citation data classified.
Nicole Blissenbach, Commissioner, Department of Labor and Industry
Adam Duininck, NSRCC
Paul Aasen, President, MN Safety Council

*Other Bills May Be Added*

If you would like to testify or provide materials for the committee, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 5:00pm on Wednesday, 2/22/23

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UPDATE: This hearing has been canceled.

HF1938 (Gomez) Individual income and corporate franchise taxes, sales and use taxes, property taxes, local government aids, and other miscellaneous taxes and tax provisions modified; income tax additions, subtractions, and credits modified; taxes on capital gains modified; child tax credit proposed; advance on payment and one-time refundable tax credit proposed; cannabis-related sales and use tax provisions modified; sales tax exemption for entities proposed; eligibility for property tax programs modified; formula modified and definitions for calculation of local government aids added; new forms of local government aids proposed; and money appropriated. (Pending Re-Referral)

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 Wednesday, February 22nd. Testimony will be limited to two minutes per testifier. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 5 PM on on Wednesday, February 22nd to the Committee Administrator and the Committee Legislative Assistant Lauren Sabes (Lauren.Sabes@house.mn.gov). 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.

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1. Introduction of members and staff
2. Adopt agenda
3. Election of chair and vice chair
4. Open Meeting Law and Data Practices Act
5. Consider proposed policies
   • Data Practices Policy for Members of the Public
   • Data Practices Policy for Data Subjects
6. Duties of the council
7. Agency head salary ranges
7. Presentation of prior recommendations
8. Minnesota Management and Budget overview
9. Council discussion

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