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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

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Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 8:30 AM
Time Note: We will not be meeting at the usual Committee time on Tuesday, 3/23, instead we will meet on Wednesday, 3/24 8:30-10AM.

Human Services Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Jennifer Schultz
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Remote Hearing
This meeting is held in accordance with House Rule 10.01


Agenda:


1. HF312 (Becker-Finn) Court-appointed counsel requirement in child protection cases modified, report required, and money appropriated.

2. HF1943 (Pinto) Child welfare and maltreatment provisions modified.

3. HF2084 (Jordan) Recovery community organization grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

4. HF2011 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health service eligibility, training, and service requirements modified.

5. HF1929 (Bahner) Children's mental health grant service type modified, and money appropriated for the first psychotic episode and first mood disorder grant programs.

6. HF2116 (Frederick) Commissioner of human services directed to make substance use disorder treatment provider paperwork reduction and improvement recommendations, and money appropriated.

Agenda items may be added or removed.


Public Viewing:

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp.

Notes:

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to 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 Yingya.Vang@House.mn

If you wish to testify, please contact Committee Administrator Yingya Vang at Yingya.Vang@House.mn by 8:30AM on Tuesday, March 23 and you will be provided with further instructions. Written testimony is encouraged and may be submitted for the record up to 24 hours after the hearing ends.

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.

Bills Added

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 8:30 AM

Legacy Finance

Chair: Rep. Leon Lillie
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
Presentation on Parks and Trails Legacy Budget Request
Continuation of HF1905 (Christensen) - Public television grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2350 (Jordan) - Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1327 (Anderson) - Central Square Cultural and Civics Center funding provided, and money appropriated.

*Bills may be added to the agenda

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01.

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. Do not contact Jenny about the content of this meeting.

Public Testimony:
• Members of the public who are interested in testifying must email Mike.Molzahn@house.mn by 3:00 p.m. the day before the meeting to ensure consideration. Testimony may be limited due to time constraints.
• If you plan to submit written testimony, please send it to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn by 3:00 p.m. the day before the meeting.

Meeting documents will be posted on the committee website: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92022

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 8:30 AM

Local Government Division

Chair: Rep. Sandra Masin
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
HF718 (Vang) Cities authorized to adopt pesticide control ordinances.
*This bill will be heard for informational purposes. No action will be taken.

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

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 Local Government Division website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92010

Public Testimony:
• Members of the public with questions about this process or who are interested in testifying at this meeting may email committee staff at Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn
• If you wish to testify, please contact Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn and copy Josh.Kilgard@house.mn by 4:00pm on Tuesday, March 23, 2021
• If you plan to submit written testimony, please send to Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn by 8:30 am, Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 10:30 AM

Education Finance

Chair: Rep. Jim Davnie
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
HF 709 (Sandell) Minnesota Council on Economic Education funding increased, and money appropriated.
HF 1169 (Sandstede) Student reading improvement singing-based pilot program supported, report required, and money appropriated.
HF 681 (Frederick) Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 1144 (Feist) Compensatory spending required to be delivered through evidence-based programs, at least 80 percent of compensatory revenue required to remain at the site where the revenue was earned, compensatory revenue formula modified, and money appropriated.
*More items may be added to the agenda or items may be removed. Items may not be taken in the order listed*
* The committee will recess at noon & resume in the evening *

Instructions to the public on testimony:
• If you wish to testify on a bill, please contact brittney.sunderland@house.mn and copy sarah.burt@house.mn by close of business (COB) the day prior to the hearing to get instructions. Clearly indicate the House File number you will be speaking to in the subject of your email. Due to technology constraints testifying on multiple bills is not possible.
• Written testimony is welcome, please see the template saved under permanent committee documents and submit your comments by COB the day prior to the committee by emailing them to: sarah.burt@house.mn

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

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.

Bills Added

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 10:30 AM

Human Services Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Jennifer Schultz
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Remote Hearing
This meeting is held in accordance with House Rule 10.01


Agenda:


1. HF1825 (Edelson) Human services background study disqualification statute task force established to review and recommend improvements, report required, and money appropriated.

2. HF1512 (Edelson) Human Services; licensed individuals exempted from background studies under chapter 245C.

3. HF2127 (Schultz) Children and family services, community supports, direct care and treatment, and chemical and mental health services provisions modified; forecast adjustments made; reports required; technical and conforming changes made; and money appropriated.



Agenda items may be added or removed.


Public Viewing:

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp.

Notes:

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to 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 Yingya.Vang@House.mn

If you wish to testify, please contact Committee Administrator Yingya Vang at Yingya.Vang@House.mn by 10:30AM on Tuesday, March 23 and you will be provided with further instructions. Written testimony is encouraged and may be submitted for the record up to 24 hours after the hearing ends. We will be taking testimony for HF2127 on March 24th and 25th, if you wish to testify, please sign up for only one day.

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.

Bills Added

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 10:30 AM

Preventing Homelessness Division

Chair: Rep. Aisha Gomez
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
I. Presentation by Steven Foldes on Youth Homelessness

II. Presentation on Foster Care and Youth Homelessness

III. Informational Hearing on HF2371 (Gomez) - Homeless Youth Act grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

If you would like to sign up to testify or submit written testimony, please email sean.herring@house.mn at least two hours prior to the start of the remote hearing. Public testimony will be taken at the end of the hearing if time is available. If there is not time for testimony during the hearing, members of the public will be asked to submit their testimony in writing.

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

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 Preventing Homelessness Division website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92017

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
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 1:00 PM

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Mike Sundin
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
I. HF 2147 (Anderson) County agricultural inspector grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
II. HF 2298 (Vang) Establishing an emerging farmer account; funding an emerging farmer office and outreach coordinator; appropriating money for emerging farmer grants; transferring money; requiring reports;
III. *HF 600 (Winkler) Cannabis; Cannabis Management Board and advisory councils established; use and sale reports required; adult use and possession limited and legalized; business licensing, inspection, and regulation provided; testing and labeling of cannabis and related products required; advertisement limited; private residence cultivation provided; regulatory authority transferred; adult-use sale taxed; grant and loan programs established; criminal penalties amended; expungement procedures established; labor standards established; nuisance civil cause of action created; marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols scheduling amended; data classified; and money appropriated.
IV. MDA update on revised Governor's agriculture-related budget recommendations and American Rescue Plan Act impact on ag

* For HF 600, the focus will be on sections within the jurisdiction of the Agriculture Committee.

Amendment deadline is 4:00 PM, Tuesday, March 23, 2021.

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

PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Please contact nancy.conley@house.mn by 4:00 PM, Tuesday, March 23, 2021 if you would like to sign up to testify (testimony may be limited to 2 minutes/person). Written testimony is encouraged and should be submitted by 4:00 PM, March 23rd to ensure it will be posted on the committee website and provided to members in advance of the hearing. Please note: Public testimony on HF 600 should be related to issues within the jurisdiction of the Agriculture Committee and will be limited to 10 minutes total for supporters and 10 minutes total for those in opposition.

PUBLIC VIEWING: 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.

PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY: 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: Meeting documents will be posted on the House Agriculture Finance & Policy Committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92001

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 1:00 PM

Taxes

Chair: Rep. Paul Marquart
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
I. HF 2114 (Marquart) Individual income tax and corporate franchise tax modified, previously taxed income addition created, and foreign corporations deemed to be domestic corporations
II. HF 2228 (Howard) Worldwide combined reporting required
III. HF 1456 (Marquart) Agricultural asset sale beginning farmer tax credit eligibility modified
IV. HF 1975 (Lislegard) Film production credit proposed, and credit allowed to be transferrable to offset insurance premium tax
V. HF 1733 (Hansen) Counties allowed to collect soil and water conservation district fees on deed transfer and mortgage registration, and clean water fund grant eligibility for counties established
VI. HF 2293 (Franson) Alexandria; disaster recovery related to properties destroyed by fire sales tax exemption provided, and money appropriated

Other bills may be added to the agenda. Tax Committee will meet at 6pm to finish any remaining bills that were not heard in the 1pm time slot.

If you are interested in providing testimony on any of these bills, please contact the committee administrator at: nathan.jesson@house.mn no later than 5pm the day before the hearing. Written testimony is encouraged.

This remote may be viewed via the House webcast page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp NOTE HTV1 and HTV2 will have live closed captioning. Video archives of 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. Do not contact her with questions about the substance of the agenda.

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01.

Bills Added
Attachments:

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 1:00 PM

Workforce and Business Development Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Mohamud Noor
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
HF 1200 (Richardson) Paid Family Medical Leave
Debra Fitzpatrick, Policy and Legislative Affairs Director, Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota
Nonoko Sato, Associate Director, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Nancy Jost, Director of Early Childhood, West Central Initiative Foundation
Lauryn Schothorst, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
Liz Harris, Owner of a family childcare business, Cottage Grove
Shannon Berns, Owner of Du Nord Consulting, Alexandria
Sarah Piepenburg, Owner of Vinaigrette, Minneapolis
Lyn Peterson, Cook at Fridley Public Schools
Ruth DiRose, Registered Nurse, Minnesota Prenatal to Three Coalition
Toni Mangskau, Family caregiver, Rochester
Maggie Swanlund, Peer Coach, Wayzata Public Schools

If you would like to testify please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn at least three hours prior to the start of the hearing.

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
Bills Added

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 3:00 PM

Commerce Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Zack Stephenson
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
HF 2036 (Haley) - Commissioner of commerce evaluation of geographic rating areas required, reports required, and money appropriated.

HF 2364 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) - Residential Internet service contracts required to be prorated.

SF 694 (Stephenson) - Minnesota premium security plan operation extended.

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

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 Jenny regarding agenda items, testimony, or the substance of the hearing.

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

Any meeting documents will be posted on the House Commerce committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92003

To submit written testimony to be included in the official record, please email the Committee Administrator no later than 4:30 pm on Thursday, March 25th, at adeline.miller@house.mn. To request to testify orally, please email the Committee Administrator as soon as possible (no less than 24 hours ahead of time preferred) at adeline.miller@house.mn. **To have materials included in the members’ digital folders and posted online before committee, they must be submitted by 2:00 pm the day of the hearing.



Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 3:00 PM

Health Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Tina Liebling
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
UPDATE: We will focus on the DHS Sections on Tuesday, 3/23 of the Governor's budget (HF2128) and the MDH/Licensing Boards section of the budget on Wednesday, 3/24.

HF2128 (Liebling) Health care, human services, and licensing and background study provisions modified; health and human services budget established; technical and conforming changes made; money transferred; and money appropriated.

Agenda items may be added/removed.

HF2128 is the Governor's budget in the Health Committee's jurisdiction. The language of the Governor's supplemental budget will be available Monday afternoon and heard on Tuesday. Members of the public who are interested in testifying should contact Patrick McQuillan at patrick.mcquillan@house.mn by 3 pm on Monday, March 22nd and let him know which sections of the bill you would like to speak to. Testimony will begin on Tuesday, March 22nd and may continue on Wednesday, March 23rd. Testimony will be limited to two minutes. Written testimony will be accepted.

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.

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 3:00 PM

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Connie Bernardy
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
*Agenda Updated*

I. Overview of Select Committee on Racial Justice Recommendations by Dr. Bruce Corrie.*

II. HF2393 (Mariani) - A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying parameters in the state grant program; modifying restrictions on developmental education in state colleges and universities; creating new grant programs within the Office of Higher Education and the Minnesota State system.

III. HF1895 (Sandstede) - University of Minnesota Natural Resources Research Institute funding increased, and money appropriated.*

IV. HF2205 (Davnie) - Direct admissions pilot project established, and money appropriated.*

*Agenda items may be added or removed.

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

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 Higher Education Finance & Policy Committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92015

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
Bills Added

Chair: Rep. Rob Ecklund
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
HF 752 (Ecklund) Adjutant general appointment, rank, term, and vacancy provisions modified.
DE3 Author’s Amendment is the proposed language for Omnibus bill for Veterans Affairs and Military Affairs

Walkthrough by House Nonpartisan Staff - Helen Roberts and Jeff Diebel
Don Kerr, Executive Director, Minnesota Department of Military Affairs
Larry Herke, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Veteran Affairs

This hearing will be to review proposed language and take testimony, no action will be taken at this hearing.

If you would like to testify please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn at least three hours prior to the start of the hearing.

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
Bills Added

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 3:00 PM

Property Tax Division

Chair: Rep. Cheryl Youakim
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
I. HF 1735 (Youakim) Division report. HF 1735 has a delete everything amendment (A21-0106) that is included below, that is the language for the division report.
II. Member discussion and consideration of amendments on the division report

This remote hearing is held in accordance with Rule 10.01.

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

NOTE: HTV1 and HTV2 will have 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. Do not contact her with questions on the substance of the agenda.


Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 5:00 PM

Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement

Hearing Canceled
Chair: Sen. Julie Rosen
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 6:00 PM

Early Childhood Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Dave Pinto
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
House File 1268 (Richardson): Healthy development of babies during pregnancy and postpartum grant for black, indigenous, or people of color families funding provided; and money appropriated. **Informational only
House File 2287 (Munson): Little Lakers Day Care Center grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Presentation on Federal COVID Relief Funds
Presentation on Governor's Supplemental Budget - Minnesota Department of Human Services

Agenda items may be added.


Public Viewing:
This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

Notes:
This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01, which may be viewed here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/permrule.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 accommodationFor questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator, Polly Cerkvenik, at polly.cerkvenik@house.mn or 651-296-1921.

to view, participate in, or otherwise access a remote hearing, please contact Jenny Nash by emailing her at jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact Jenny Nash with questions about the agenda.
Public Testimony:
Members of the public who are interested in testifying must email polly.cerkvenik@house.mn by 3:00 p.m. the day before the meeting to ensure consideration. Testimony may be limited due to time constraints.
If you plan to submit written testimony, please send it to polly.cerkvenik@house.mn by 3:00 p.m. the day before the meeting. Written testimony is encouraged and may be submitted for the record up to 24 hours after the hearing ends.

Bills Added

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 6:00 PM

Education Finance

Chair: Rep. Jim Davnie
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
HF 1530 (Lee) Adult basic education aid calculation modified, and money appropriated.
HF 1710 (Wolgamott) Regional public library system aid distribution modified, and money appropriated.
HF 1997 (Agbaje) Girls in Action programming grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Presentation from MDE on the Governor's Supplemental Budget
HF 1081 (Richardson) Prekindergarten through grade 12 provisions modified including general education, education excellence, teachers, charter schools, special education, health, safety, nutrition, libraries, facilities, and state agencies; and report required. <--Addition as of 1:15 pm, Wednesday, March 24 **

** On Wednesday, March 17th Ed Finance heard HF 1081 (Richardson) informationally and discussed the bill then. At the time the bill was not in the possession of the committee. The motion the committee will be taking on HF 1081 during this hearing is to lay the bill over for possible inclusion.

A note to the public: testimony on this bill was taken on Wednesday, March 10th in the Ed Policy committee, therefore, no public testimony will be taken this evening in Ed Finance on HF 1081 (Richardson). Please reach out to me directly if you have any questions about this addition to the hearing scheduling tonight.

*More items may be added to the agenda or items may be removed. Items may not be taken in the order listed*

Instructions to the public on testimony:
• If you wish to testify on a bill, please contact brittney.sunderland@house.mn and copy sarah.burt@house.mn by close of business (COB) the day prior to the hearing to get instructions. Clearly indicate the House File number you will be speaking to in the subject of your email. Due to technology constraints testifying on multiple bills is not possible. Reminder, we are not taking public testimony this evening on HF 1081 (Richardson)
• Written testimony is welcome, please see the template saved under permanent committee documents and submit your comments by COB the day prior to the committee by emailing them to: sarah.burt@house.mn

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

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.


Attachments:

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 , 6:00 PM

Taxes

Chair: Rep. Paul Marquart
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:
I. At 6pm tax committee will take up the remaining bills that were not heard in the 1pm time slot.

If you are interested in providing testimony on any of these bills, please contact the committee administrator at: nathan.jesson@house.mn no later than 5pm the day before the hearing. Written testimony is encouraged.

This remote may be viewed via the House webcast page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp NOTE HTV1 and HTV2 will have live closed captioning. Video archives of 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. Do not contact her with questions about the substance of the agenda.

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01.

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