Currently Posted Meetings

Governor's bonding recommendations:
MN Housing Finance Agency
Metropolitan Council

Presentation by the Children's Cabinet

Update on the Preschool Development Grant

HF3325 (Claflin) - Displaced homemaker program language modernized.
HF3323 (Sauke) - Independent living center funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3375 (Ecklund) - Workforce training pilot project funding provided, and money appropriated.

Bills may be added to the agenda.

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. HF 1303 (Persell) Community Service and Equipment Grants for Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations

IV. HF 2490 (Wolgamott) Skate Park Construction Grant Program established

V. HF 1372 (Long) Voters allowed to request being placed on list for permanent receipt of absentee ballots for all federal, state and local elections (pending receipt of fiscal note)

Additional Bills May Be Added

V. Adjournment

I. Presentation of Tax Expenditure Budget from the Department of Revenue

Rules and Legislative Administration
Chair: Rep. Ryan Winkler


Meeting:
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
9:30 AM to 9:45 AM
400 South State Office Building

Agenda:
I. Call To Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes for February 24, 2020

IV. Calendar for the Day for February 27, 2020

V. Adjournment

I. MN Department of Agriculture update on meat processing/meat inspectors
- Dr. Nicole Neeser, Dairy & Meat Inspection Division Director

II. University of Minnesota report on Kosher and Halal meat
-Anne Dybsetter, Executive Director, Southwest Regional Sustainable Development Partnership
-Ariel Kagan, MDA Strategy & Innovation Specialist
-Maryan Abdinur, Food, Land and Community Program Lead at Hope Community Inc.

III. HF 3420 (Lippert) Poultry processing plant and associated industrial park planning grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
-Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, CEO, Regenerative Agriculture Alliance
-Stu Lourey, MN Farmers Union
-Felipe Illescas, Legislative & Policy Director, MN Council on Latino Affairs

IV. HF 3458 (Petersburg) Farmamerica grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
-Jessica Rollins, Farmamerica


Other bills may be added

Informational presentation on trauma-informed schools

Book discussion on The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Dr. Bruce Perry

*HF3556 (Moran) – Trauma-informed school incentive aid funding provided, and money appropriated. (*INFORMATIONAL ONLY)

More agenda items may be added.


NOTE: All presentations during the Tuesday, February 25 hearing will be informational only and no outside testimony will be taken.

HF3368 (Long) - Community solar garden program modified.

Bills may be added to the agenda.

HF3429 (Dehn) Elections; various technical and policy changes made.

HF3006 (Freiberg) Eliminate required legislative approval for spending federal Help America Vote Act funding.

HF2766 (Bahner) Gender-neutral terms provided, and constitutional amendment proposed.

TESTIFYING: Testimony will be limited. Please plan accordingly. If you would like to testify, please inform the committee administrator.

HANDOUTS: Handouts must be in PDF format and emailed by 3 p.m. the day before the meeting to the committee administrator. If you are bringing hard copies, please bring 60 copies and email the handout.

*Bills may be added or removed from the agenda.

o HF 1530(Poppe): relating to veterinary medicine; providing immunity for animal cruelty reporting
o HF 3008 (Lesch) : A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article I, section 2; prohibiting slavery or involuntary servitude as criminal punishment for a crime


*Bills may be added to, or removed from, the agenda. Bills may be taken in any order.

**If you have questions, or wish to testify on an agenda item, please contact Committee Administrator, Rachel Ganani: rachel.ganani@house.mn