Currently Posted Meetings

1. Approval of March 11, 2024, meeting minutes.
2. HF 3675 (Wolgamott); SF 3822 (Kupec): Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) General Plan; Unreduced early retirement annuity for select Department of Corrections employees if the employee is at least 62 years old or has at least 30 years of service.
   • Amendment H3675-1A
   • HF3675-SF3822 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Erin Leonard, Executive Director, MSRS
     • Katie Marek, Intensive Supervised Release Agent, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE)
     • Janene Altman, Ramsey County Probation Officer
     • Jim Hawkins, Ramsey County Probation Officer
     • Doug Anderson, Executive Director, PERA
     • Amy Strenge, Policy Director, PERA
        
3. HF 4081 (Stephenson); SF 4092 (Gustafson): Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) Correctional Plan; Increasing the benefit multiplier from 1.9% to 2.2% for prospective service; increasing employee and employer contributions.
   • HF4081-SF4092 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Doug Anderson, Executive Director, PERA
     • Amy Strenge, Policy Director, PERA
     • Anoka County Sheriff Brad Wise
   • Submitted Testimony:
     • MNCORA Letter of support
     • Letter from Association of Minnesota Counties & Minnesota Inter-County Association
4. HF 4933 (Nadeau); SF 4968 (Pappas): Teachers Retirement Association (TRA), St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association (SPTRFA); Extending the suspension of the earnings limitation for retired teachers who return to teaching.
   • HF4933-SF4968 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Holly Dayton, Legislative Liaison, TRA
     • Phillip Tencick, Executive Director/CIO, SPTRFA
     • Kate Lynne Snyder, Lobbyist, Education Minnesota
        
   HF 4899 (O'Driscoll); SF 5073 (Westlin): PERA Defined Contribution Plans; Defined contribution plan federal compliance.
   • Amendment H4899-1A
   • HF4899-SF5073 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Doug Anderson, Executive Director, PERA
     • Amy Strenge, Policy Director, PERA
        
5. HF xxxx; SF 5062 (Rasmusson): PERA Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Plan (SVF); Adding a defined contribution plan and making administrative changes.  
   • SF5062 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Doug Anderson, Executive Director, PERA
     • Amy Strenge, Policy Director, PERA

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PUBLIC VIEWING INFORMATION:  This meeting will be streamed live by the House (webcast schedule).

TESTIFYING: The deadline to request to testify or submit written testimony was 12:00 noon on March 14.

ACCESSIBILITY/ACCOMMODATION: To comment on digital accessibility to meeting information, please submit comments using the Accessibility Comment Form. To request an accommodation, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov.

MEETING DOCUMENTS will be posted both here and on the Commission meeting page as soon as they are available.

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HF3071 (Tabke) Plain language standards incorporation required for written driver's examinations, report required, and money appropriated.

HF4237 (Lislegard) Marked U.S. Highway 169 portion between taconite and Virginia designated as Senator David J. Tomassoni Memorial Cross Range Expressway.

Written Testimony: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov and Leah.Killian@house.mn.gov by 3pm Friday, March 15.

Amendments: Must be submitted to Owen.Wirth@house.mn.gov by 3pm, Friday, March 8.

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov

If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form

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State Agency Overviews of Governor's 2024 bonding recommendations:
Department of Human Services
Department of Administration
Minnesota Department of Education - with update on ARP Capital Project Funds for Community Facilities
Amateur Sports Commission
Minnesota Zoo
Minnesota State Academies
Perpich Center for Arts Education

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
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HF4100 (Reyer); Debt collection, garnishment, and consumer finance governing provisions modified; debtor protections provided; and statutory forms review required.
No testimony will be taken on this bill since the bill was heard previously by the committee.

HF3692 (Hassan); Contract requirements for deeds between investor sellers and purchasers of residential real property modified, recording provisions modified, disclosures required, right to cancel provided, and civil remedies authorized.

HF1930 (Freiberg); End-of-life option established for terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less, criminal penalties provided, data classified, reports required, immunity provided, and enforcement authorized.
Discussion and testimony limited to Article 1 Sec. 11 and Article 2 Sec. 1

HF4960 (Tabke); Insurers authorized to use weather-related losses for purposes of underwriting and rating.

HF4348 (Freiberg); Nonbank data security law established.

HF4034 (Cha); Consumer protections with respect to residential real estate established.

HF3330 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger); Health carriers required to provide coverage for rapid whole genome sequencing.

HF4557 (Klevorn); Health plans required to cover scalp hair prosthetics for hair loss caused by cancer treatment.

Bills may be added, removed, or taken up in any order at the Chair's discretion

If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email simon.brown@house.mn.gov, preferably 24 hours prior to the hearing.

The hearing will be broadcast through House Information Services, for more information visit: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/hinfo.asp

For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov

If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form

To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.

Items may be added

- HF4528 (Hicks) Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing membership modified.
a. Alicia Lane, Government Relations Director, Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing
b. Michele Isham, Board Member, Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing

- HF4552 (Virnig) Minnesota Statutes language concerning expired human services reports to the legislature removed.
a. Matt Burdick, Director of State Government Relations, Minnesota Department of Human Services

- HF4075 (Virnig) Lifeworks Services, Inc., payment provided for disability inclusion pilot project, and money appropriated.
a. Mamady Konneh, Founder and Executive Director, WeNetworkNow

- HF4563 (Vang) Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Education Center and youth care professional training program established, and rules for mental health providers modified.
a. Sue Abderholden, Executive Director, NAMI Minnesota

- HF4360 (Noor) County-provided adult mental health targeted case management requirements modified.

- HF4392 (Fischer) Minimum wage protections established for people with disabilities, person care assistance and community first services and supports remote reassessment requirements modified, disability waiver services provisions modified, and Deaf and Hard-of Hearing Services Act language modernized.
a. Kristy Graume; Legislative Director of Behavioral Health, Housing, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Administration; Minnesota Department of Human Services
b. Danielle Mahoehney, Community Living and Employment Specialist at Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota
c. Heidi Maghan, Executive Director, EpicEnterprise, Inc.
d. Dupree Edwards, Self-Advocate & Board Member, The Arc Minnesota
e. Matthew Bergeron, Minnesota Alliance of Rural Addiction Treatment Programs
f. Sue Hankner, President, A-Team Minnesota, Inc.
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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by 8:30am the day of each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

Accommodations:
- To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov.
- If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send you comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
- To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.

HF837 (Garofalo) - State veterans cemetery burial fee removed for spouses and dependents of eligible veterans.

HF4769 (Hudella) - Commissioner of veterans affairs funding provided for Eagle's Healing Nest grant, and money appropriated.

HF1666 (Hudella) - Veteran service officers authorized to receive vital records without a fee.

HF3677 (Elkins) - Counties authorized to appropriate money to organizations to defray expenses of Veterans Day exercises.

HF4742 (Rehm) - University of Minnesota landscape Arboretum requested to provided free access to disabled veterans.

HF4038 (Wiens) - Property tax exemption provided for land owned by congressionally chartered veterans service organizations, special classification removed for land owned by congressionally chartered veterans service organizations.

HF4134 (Wiens) - Veteran designation on drivers' licenses or Minnesota identification cards and burial in state veterans cemeteries eligibility amended, and money appropriated.

HF4976 (Wiens) - Tuition-free postsecondary educational program for veterans who have received Purple Heart and the veterans' dependents established, and money appropriated.

HF3454 (Norris) - Adjutant general authorized to establish referral bonus program for referrals leading to enlistment in or commissioning into the Minnesota National Guard.

HF4334 (Olson, B.) - Making a veteran, former service member, or their spouse/dependent not eligible for state-funded benefits, services, or programs if the veteran or former service member has forfeited federal benefits.

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

TESTIMONY: If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email jack.dockendorf@house.mn.gov no later than 5pm the day before the hearing. Written testimony received after this time may not be included in members' packets.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Housing Finance and Policy Committee 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, Jack Dockendorf (jack.dockendorf@house.mn.gov).

LIVESTREAM: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

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