Schedule for Thursday, April 16, 2015 - Minnesota House of Representatives

Time	Location	Committee
(8:15 AM) 4/16/2015	[5 State Office Building]	Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance
(10:15 AM) 4/16/2015	[10 State Office Building] Location Changed	Agriculture Policy
(10:15 AM) 4/16/2015	[Basement Hearing Room]	Government Operations and Elections Policy
(10:15 AM) 4/16/2015	[200 State Office Building]	Taxes
(11:30 AM) 4/16/2015	[Basement]	Rules and Legislative Administration
(12:00 PM) 4/16/2015	[10 State Office Building] Location Changed	Ways and Means
(12:45 PM) 4/16/2015	[Basement State Office Building]	Capital Investment
(12:45 PM) 4/16/2015	[5 State Office Building]	Education Finance
(12:45 PM) 4/16/2015	[200 State Office Building]	Health and Human Services Finance
(1:00 PM) 4/16/2015	[500N]	Property Tax and Local Government Finance Division
(3:30 PM) 4/16/2015	House Chamber [House Chamber]	Floor Session

Thursday, April 16, 2015 , 8:15 AM
Time Note:

Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance

Chair: Rep. Denny McNamara
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:

Omnibus Environment Finance bill (HF846) markup. Amendments due to the Committee Administrator by 3:00 PM on 4/15/16.

Committee Documents:

H0846DE3
(4/13/2015)
HF846DE3
(4/13/2015)
H0846A37
(4/15/2015)
H0846A38
(4/15/2015)

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Thursday, April 16, 2015 , 10:15 AM

Agriculture Policy

Joint hearing: Agriculture Policy and Agriculture Finance

Location Changed

Co-Chair: Rep. Paul Anderson holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Rod Hamilton
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:

Avian influenza update from poultry producers and the Board of Animal Health..

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Thursday, April 16, 2015 , 10:15 AM

Government Operations and Elections Policy

Chair: Rep. Tim Sanders
Location: Basement Hearing Room

Bills Added

HF1971 (Nash)
Thrive MSP 2040 metropolitan development guide approval required before implementation, revision required after local government input, legislative approval provided for housing related plans and goals, and local government allowed to reject population and demographic assumptions.

Related Links:

Committee Documents:

H1971A1
(4/15/2015)
H1971A2
(4/15/2015)

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 , 10:15 AM

Taxes

Chair: Rep. Greg Davids
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:

The following bills with have an informational hearing:

HF 2182 (Davids) Nicotine solution used in electronic cigarettes tax rate changed

Bills Added

HF2131 (Nash)
Vendor sales tax allowance provided.

Related Links:

HF1825 (Slocum)
Automated sale suppression device use criminal penalties provided.

Related Links:

HF1479 (Wills)
Higher education expense refundable credit and subtraction established.

Related Links:

HF420 (O'Neill)
Science, technology, engineering, and math employees and long-term care employees tax credit provided.

Related Links:

HF749 (Hamilton)
Workforce housing grant program created, tax credits created for workforce housing, reports required, and money appropriated.

Related Links:

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 , 11:30 AM

Rules and Legislative Administration

Chair: Rep. Joyce Peppin
Location: Basement
Agenda:

I. Call To Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Calendar for the Day: April 20, 2015

V. Adjournment

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Thursday, April 16, 2015 , 12:00 PM
Time Note: Note time of convening change. Now noon. If necessary, committee will reconvene following session to complete the agenda.

Ways and Means

Location Changed

Chair: Rep. Jim Knoblach
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:

House Budget Resolution has now been removed from the agenda.
It will be added to the Friday, April 17th agenda.

Note: the committee will meet in Room 10 SOB

Bills Added

HF4 (Kelly)
Omnibus transportation policy and finance bill.

Related Links:

Bills Removed

HF1437 (Garofalo)
Omnibus jobs, economic development, and energy finance bill.

Related Links:

Committee Documents:

A40
(4/15/2015)
TH bond clarification
(4/15/2015)
Transit funds
(4/15/2015)
base adjustment
(4/15/2015)
Public private partnership
(4/15/2015)

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 , 12:45 PM

Capital Investment

Co-Chair: Rep. Paul Torkelson holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Chris Swedzinski
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:

Presentation by the Department of Administration on the Capitol restoration project out-of-scope spending.

Presentation by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency on last years housing bonding project.

Bills Added

HF621 (Torkelson)
Higher education asset preservation and repair provided.

Related Links:

HF622 (Torkelson)
Public land, buildings, and other capital improvement spending authorized; previous appropriations modified; new programs established and existing programs modified; bonds issued; and money appropriated.

Related Links:

Committee Documents:

Technical corrections amendment
(4/15/2015)
Housing project power point
(4/15/2015)

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 , 12:45 PM

Education Finance

Chair: Rep. Jenifer Loon
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:

House Education Finance Omnibus Bill

Committee Documents:

A4 Amendment
(4/15/2015)
A5 Amendment
(4/15/2015)
A6-1 Amendment
(4/15/2015)
A7 Amendment
(4/15/2015)
A9 Amendment
(4/15/2015)
A10-3 Amendment
(4/15/2015)
A11 Amendment
(4/15/2015)
A12 Amendment
(4/15/2015)
A13 Amendment
(4/15/2015)
A15 Amendment
(4/15/2015)
A17 Amendment
(4/15/2015)
A18 Amendment
(4/15/2015)
A19 Amendment
(4/15/2015)
A21 Amendment
(4/15/2015)
A22 Amendment
(4/15/2015)
A13-Other Amendment
(4/15/2015)

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 , 12:45 PM

Health and Human Services Finance

Chair: Rep. Matt Dean
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:

HF1638 will be the HHS Omnibus bill. The DE amendment to HF 1638 will be posted to the committee website no later than 9 am on Thursday, April 16th. The committee will walkthrough the DE amendment during our committee time. No official action will be taken on the amendment.

HF1654 (Atkins) will be an informational hearing. No official action will be taken.

Additional bills may be added.

Bills Added

HF1638 (Dean)
Omnibus health and human services finance bill.

Related Links:

HF1654 (Atkins)
Hospitals required to provide staffing at levels consistent with nationally accepted standards, reporting of staffing levels required, and civil penalties imposed.

Related Links:

Committee Documents:

H1638DE1 Amendment - HHS Omnibus Bill
(4/16/2015)
2016 Nursing Home Runs for House - HF316 DE1-2 amendment
(4/16/2015)
2015 HHS House Spreadsheet 4.16.2015 Revision 1
(4/16/2015)

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Thursday, April 16, 2015 , 1:00 PM

Property Tax and Local Government Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Steve Drazkowski
Location: 500N
Agenda:

HF 984 (Drazkowski) Division Report

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 , 3:30 PM

Floor Session

Location: House Chamber
Agenda:

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Currently Posted Meetings

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance

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Agriculture Policy

Joint hearing: Agriculture Policy and Agriculture Finance

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Government Operations and Elections Policy

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Taxes

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Rules and Legislative Administration

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Ways and Means

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Capital Investment

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Education Finance

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Health and Human Services Finance

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Property Tax and Local Government Finance Division

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Floor Session

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