Currently Posted Meetings

HF3699 (Lee,K.) Child care improvement grant program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3826 (Keeler) Child care services grants funding provided for staff training, and money appropriated.
HF4950 (Keeler) Pregnant and parenting homeless youth study required, report required, and money appropriated.
HF4697 (Pinto) Membership and requirements for child mortality review panel modified, review process for child fatalities and near fatalities related to maltreatment modified, Department of Human Services child systemic critical incident review team requirements modified, and critical incident public information portal established.
HF4192 (Hollins) Child welfare system fiscal analysis directed, report required, and money appropriated.
HF5036 (Finke) Emergency shelter for LGBTQIA+ youth experiencing homelessness needs analysis funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

Agenda Items may be changed or added


Accessibility: 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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Meeting Materials: Presenters or members of the public are encouraged to provide all materials to be offered in Committee to the CA 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.

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

HF 4025 (Koegel) Minnesota Advisory Council on Infrastructure established, office powers and duties specified, implementation provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF 3345 (Jordan) Prohibition on banning merchant bags removed.
HF 4744 (Jordan) Hennepin County; majority vote required to approve budget.

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.
VIEWING: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

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

March 21, 2024 hearing minutes

HF4374 (Tabke) Rumble strips required at certain locations on trunk highway system.

HF4295 (Koegel) Community roadside landscape partnerships funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF4468 (Koegel) Pavement selection guidelines modified, and report required

HF4127 (Burkel) Karlstad airport relocation prior appropriation modified and funding provided, and money appropriated.

MnDOT presentation on Governor's recommendations.


Agenda items may be added or changed.


Notes:
• 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.
• For questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator, Matt Baumann, at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov or 651-296-3208.

Public Testimony:
Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator matt.baumann@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM the day before 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




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.

1. Welcome and Call to Order
2. Approval of the Minutes – Thursday, March 21st
3. Calendar for the Day – Thursday, April 4th
4. Adjournment

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.

Approval of the Minutes from March 21st, 2024
Presentations on Education Bonding Requests.
HF 2069 (Rarick) Buffalo; Wright Technical Center capital improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.**informational only
HF 3295 (Wiener) Browerville High School new gymnasium funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.**informational only
HF 5078 (Noor) Minnesota's Multipurpose Community Facility Projects to Support Community Revitalization, Connectedness and Equity by Promoting Education, Work and Heath program restrictions imposed.
HF 4986 (Lislegard) School district seasonal tax base replacement aid established.

Agenda items may be added or changed.


Notes:
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.
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 Monday, March 25th. Written testimony is encouraged. Testimony may be limited.

HF3889 (Hicks): Amino acid-based elemental formula health insurance coverage required.

HF3339 (Koegel): Orthotic and prosthetic device coverage required, and rulemaking authorized.

HF4557 (Klevorn): Health plans required to cover scalp hair prostheses.

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

HF4853 (Bierman): Health maintenance organization transaction oversight provided, and nonprofit health coverage entity conversion transaction requirements established, transaction conversion prohibited, enforcement authorized, and data classified.

Amendments: To receive consideration, amendments must be received by the Committee Administrator by 5:00PM Monday, March 25.

Bills may be added or removed at the discretion of the chair.

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 sign up to testify by contacting the Committee Administrator by 5pm the day prior to the hearing. Public testimony may be limited as time allows. Written testimony is encouraged, and should also be submitted by 5pm the day prior, in Word or PDF format. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record. It may be posted to the committee webpage.

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

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.

HF 3761 (Finke) Safety through Support Act established, visitation rights of incarcerated persons expanded, diversity task force established to approve licensed professionals to access incarcerated persons.

HF 4959 (Pinto) Task Force on Holistic and Effective Responses to Illicit Drug Use established, report required, and money appropriated.

Department of Corrections Budget and Bonding Presentations

Department of Public Safety Budget and Bonding Presentations

Items may be added or removed at the Chair’s discretion.

Written Testimony: The deadline to submit written testimony for all bills on the agenda will be 10:30 AM, March 25th. All written testimony must be submitted in a PDF document without clickable links. All testimony should be sent to the committee administrator, ellen.mcdaniel@house.mn.gov.

Testimony: 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 10:30 AM, March 25th.

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

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.

This meeting will include discussion of the February 2024 fiscal forecast.  Additional agenda information can be found by clicking the link below.

If you would like to provide public comment - either in person or in writing - please contact Amanda Schnabel at amanda.schnabel@lsohc.mn.gov or 651-284-6430 no later than 4:00pm Monday, March 25, 2024.

This is a remote hearing and may be viewed live via the following method:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpJfIRbmwRZ0N8BuzQtf0IQ/?guided_help_flow=5


If you have questions about accessibility, or to request an accommodation, please contact Amanda Schnabel at:

 amanda.schnabel@lsohc.mn.gov or 651-284-6430

To provide feedback on digital accessibility of meeting information, please submit comments through the Minnesota Legislature Accessibility & Usability Comment Form. To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access.

Notice: This is a remote hearing. Members may be participating remotely in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 13D.015.  There is a conference room available for use, should members of the public wish to observe in person on the capitol campus.  Please contact Amanda Schnabel at:  amanda.schnabel@lsohc.mn.gov or 651-284-6430 for more information.  This meeting is being held in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 13D.

For more agenda information, click here

The Agriculture Committee is not meeting.

I. HF4548 (Frederick) - Ombudsman for mental health and developmental disabilities provisions modified, and classification of recovery peers as independent contractors prohibited.

II. HF4073 (Hanson) - Remote worker training and development services permitted for community first services and supports.

III. HF3419 (Hicks) - Medical assistance for employed persons with disabilities program modified.

IV. HF3445 (Hicks) - Commissioner of human services required to issue request for proposals for a continuous improvement study of access to disability services, report required, and money appropriated.

*Agenda items may be taken up in any order. 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.

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.

HF 4390 (Wolgamott) Water service line design and installation by licensed well contractors allowed
Bruce Kleven

HF 4787 (Hill) Wage deductions for credit card charges modified
Wade Luneburg, UNITE HERE Minnesota
Troy Reding, Ally Restaurants
David Benowitz, Craft & Crew Hospitality

HF 3947 (Nelson) Construction codes and licensing provisions policy and technical changes made
Kate Perushek, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Labor and Industry

The A24 DE amendment consists of language from the following House Files: HF 4286 (Berg), HF 4050 (Kozlowski), HF 4787 (Hill), HF 3428 (Jordan), HF 3587 (Bahner), HF 3442 (Berg), HF 3516 (Moller), HF 3456 (Greenman), HF 3957 (Greenman), HF 4011 (Berg), HF 4390 (Wolgamott), HF 3947 (Nelson)

If you would like to testify or submit materials for the hearing, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 4pm on Monday, March 25

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.

HF4444 (Greenman) Misclassification of employees prohibited, penalties imposed, and data classified.
HF4572 (Greenman) Internal Revenue Code exclusion provided.
HF5002 (Gomez) Policy and technical changes made to individual income and corporate franchise taxes, sales and use taxes, property taxes and local government aids, and other miscellaneous taxes and tax-related provisions. (This is a vehicle bill.)

Items may be added/removed from the agenda. Discussion on HF4444 will be limited to the Tax Sections of the bill. 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) and the CLA (Lauren Sabes Lauren.Sabes@house.mn.gov) by 1 PM on Monday, March 25th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 1 PM on on Monday, March 25th. 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. Testimony may be limited to two minutes per testifier.

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.

HF3946 (Carroll) - Commercial property assessed clean energy program modified.
HF4177 (Acomb) - Technical and housekeeping changes made to various provisions governing or administered by Department of Commerce.
HF4975 (Acomb) - Renewable development account report repealed.
*Items may be added to the agenda

If you wish to submit written testimony or testify in person, please send the written testimony or the request to testify to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn.gov by 1 p.m. the day before the meeting. Written testimony is preferred and will be accepted after the deadline. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

This hearing may be viewed in person or via the House webcast schedule page

-To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access or email the LCC Accessibility Coordinator
-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.

*Agenda Change: Bills Added.

HF3705 (Fischer) Installation of permeable synthetic turf added to best management practices to control stormwater runoff.
HF4181 (Lislegard) All-terrain vehicle trails funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2791 (Pursell) Land, water quality, aquatic life, and wildlife protected from effects of using motorized recreational trails; environmental assessment worksheet required to construct or expand off-highway vehicle trails; and rulemaking required.
*HF2796 (Brand) River Watch program funding provided, and money appropriated.
*HF5084 (Dotseth) General C.C. Andrews State Nursery reopening report required.

Written Testimony must be submitted to Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov by 5:00pm, Monday, March 25, 2024. Submitted written testimony is public and will be posted on the committee website and included in the committee record.

If you would like to sign up to testify, please email Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov by 5:00pm, Monday, March 25, 2024.

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.

HF4614 (Norris) Land Bank Twin Cities funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF4618 (Her) Housing infrastructure program appropriation modified, and assistance provided to preserve naturally-occurring affordable housing.

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.