Currently Posted Meetings

Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee
Chair: Rep. Kristin Robbins
Vice Chair: Rep. Patti Anderson

Meeting: Monday, March 2nd, 2026
Time: 8:15 – 10:00 a.m.
Location: Cap. 120

Agenda:
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. Presentation – Minnesota Department of Human Services – Nonemergency Medical Transportation (NEMT).

IV. Adjourn

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator by 8:15 a.m. the day prior to the hearing (for Monday hearings this deadline would be on the preceding Friday). Testimony information must include name, organization, and title (if applicable), email, phone number, and position on the bill. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

This agenda is subject to change and bills may be added at the discretion of the Chair.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF3425 (Howard) - Supportive housing provider grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.*

IV. Presentation from Minnesota Management and Budget on the February Budget Forecast

V. Adjournment

*Agenda item added. Items may be added or removed.

DOCUMENTS: There will not be public testimony in Ways and Means. Individuals wishing to submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (sean.herring@house.mn.gov) by Noon on Friday, February 27, 2025. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability. Meeting documents may be found on the Ways & Means Committee webpage.

- Greeting from state FFA officers
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture update on the Agricultural Growth, Research and Innovation (AGRI) grant program.
*Items may be added or removed from the agenda.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Minutes

III. HF 2614 (Mekeland) Governing bodies prohibited from requiring or incentivizing creation of homeowners associations, and governing bodies prohibited from requiring terms not required under state law in homeowners association documents.

IV. HF 3587 (Gordon) Election judges who assist a voter outside of a polling place required to handle only one voted ballot at a time.

V. HF 3589 (Gordon) Voter permitted to briefly leave a polling place to address an unexpected need, at the discretion of the head election judge.

VI. HF 3588 (Quam) Eligible persons who may request a public information list expanded.

VII. Adjournment


Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or provide written testimony/handouts on the scheduled bills should reach out to Pat Kaluza via email at pat.kaluza@house.mn.gov by 12pm (noon) on Friday, February 27, 2026. Written testimony must be in PDF format.

Amendments: Bill Authors and Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments via email to Pat Kaluza, pat.kaluza@house.mn.gov by 12pm (noon) on Friday, February 27, 2026.

HF3668 (Bierman); Office of gun violence prevention established in the Department of Health, report required, and money appropriated.

HF2779 (Reyer); Health care entities required to report information on ownership or control to the commissioner of health, annual public reports required, enforcement provided, penalties authorized, and money appropriated.*

HF2771 (Reyer); Private equity company acquisitions of nursing homes and assisted living facilities regulated, study required, and money appropriated.

* HF2779 was amended and laid over during the 2025 Session. An unofficial engrossment of the bill is included in the meeting documents.

Agenda items may be moved, added, or removed at the discretion of the Chair.

Co-Chair Tabke has the gavel.

AGENDA*
1. Call to order
2. Approval of Minutes from February 25, 2026
3. HF3418 (Tabke) Community-based pedestrian safety program established, and money appropriated.
4. HF3739 (Koegel) Marked Trunk Highway 610 designated as Hortman Memorial Highway.
5. HF3791 (Greene) Security and protective services of certain state officials provided, report required, and money appropriated.
6. HF3356 (Huot) Removal of identifying equipment and insignia from emergency vehicles sold to the public required.
7. HF3695 (Johnson, P.) Task force on standardized identification for emergency responders established, report required, and money
appropriated.
8. Adjournment

Next Meeting: Wednesday, March 4, 2026


*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

• HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT, have OCR capability, and emailed to both committee administrators at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov AND joe.marble@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 20 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 both committee administrators at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov AND joe.marble@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
• DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Transportation 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.
• ACCESSIBILITY: To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business

1. HF 3542 (Hudson) Disclosure of certain investigations and withholding of payments required within 30 days of a request.

2. HF XXXX (West) Modifying licensure requirements and establishing program integrity requirements for the childcare assistance program.

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony for the hearing must email the committee administrator, Ryann Woods, ryann.woods@house.mn.gov. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

AMENDMENTS: Amendments must be emailed to the committee administrators by 12:00 PM the day before the committee hearing
Ryann Woods, GOP Committee Administrator, ryann.woods@house.mn.gov; and Colie Coburn, DFL Committee Administrator, colie.coburn@house.mn.gov

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF 3604 (Van Binsbergen) Exemption criteria for bulk fuel delivery of nonoxygenated gasoline modified.

IV. HF 2236 (O’Driscoll) Commerce obsolete language removed.

V. HF 3709 (Perryman) Virtual-currency custody services allowed to be offered and performed.

VI. HF 3766 (Perryman) Licensing and registration of limited lines travel insurance producers and travel retailers provided, and sale and regulation of travel insurance provided.

VII HF 2400 (Huot) Real estate appraisers disciplinary sanction matrix established.

VIII. Adjournment



*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

HANDOUTS: Handouts must be in PDF and OCR-compatible format and be emailed to the Committee Administrators at samuel.oneill@house.mn.gov and ben.frese@house.mn.gov by 10:00 AM the business day before the hearing.
TESTIFYING: 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 Administrators by 1:00 PM the business day before the hearing.
LIVESTREAM: This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

I. Call To Order

II. Approval of Meeting Minutes 2.26.26

III. HF3526 (Schomacker) Method of deposit of fines collected related to home care licensing surveys and investigations modified, criteria for appointment to home care and assisted living program advisory council modified, special projects grant program established, and money appropriated.

IV. HF3375 (Curran)Disability waiver rate system unit-based services with programming limits modified.

V. HF3469 (Virnig) Appropriation availability for the Direct Care and Treatment County correctional facility support pilot program extended.

VI. Update from Department of Human Services on CMS directives

• Deputy Commissioner and State Medicaid Director John Connolly

VII. Adjournment – next hearing – Wednesday, March 4th at 8:15am


*Bills may be added or removed at the chair's discretion

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator, Megan Rossbach (megan.rossbach@house.mn.gov) by 12 p.m. (noon) the day prior to the hearing. Required testimony information includes name, organization and title (if applicable), email, phone number, and position on the bill. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Previous Meeting Minutes

III. HF3676 (Nash) Protections and remedies provided and various provisions modified of the Safe at Home program, and criminal penalties established.

IV. HF3683 (Nash) Inclusions of the impacts of fraud in budget forecasts required.

V. HF3395 (Niska) Fraud Isn't Free Act established; corrective action plans, enrollment freezes, agency budget reductions, and employee dismissal required when fraud is committed against a program administered by the state; and other fraud prevention provisions established.

*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

HF 3707 (Berg) Unemployment insurance judges and paid leave judges designated as judicial officials
HF 3732 (Pinto) Different unfunded programs of the Department of Employment and Economic Development repealed, and conforming changes made
HF 2581 (Frazier) Fortis Capital grant funding provided for a revolving loan fund, report required, and money appropriated.
HF 3731 (Greenman) Class A installer license eliminated from the electrical code.
Presentation from Department of Labor and Industry on Worker Protections

*Other Items May Be Added*

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by Noon on Monday, March 2, 2026. Thank you

Committee Presentation:
PFAS Chemicals Up Close and Personal
Presenter: Sandy Wynn, Co-Chair of the Great Lakes PFAS Action Network and co-Facilitator of the National PFAS Contamination Coalition

HF3661 (Gomez): Acquisition and use of facial recognition technology by government entities prohibited.

HF2380 (Hicks): Discrimination based on disability status prohibited.

HF3468 (Huot): Civil action against a person for failure to render aid in certain circumstances permitted.

HF3483 (Feist): Trespass offenses modified to require a warrant signed by a judicial officer for immigration enforcement, and detention of persons subject to civil immigration detainers issued by the federal government prohibited.

Committee discussion of all bills will be limited to the provisions within the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee. Items may be taken up in any order; items may be added or removed at the chairs discretion.

TESTIMONY: If you would like to testify on a bill, please email the Committee Administrator, josh.sande@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Monday, March 2, 2026. Include the bill number, your name, title and/or organization where applicable, and whether your testimony will be in support of or opposition to the bill.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY & HANDOUTS: Please send electronically in accessible .pdf format to the Committee Administrator, josh.sande@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM on Monday, March 2, 2026.

I. Call to order
II. HF 3127 (Davids) Expiration of the pass-through entity tax modified
III. HF 3524 (Robbins) Federal individual income tax deduction for qualified overtime compensation adopted
IV. HF 3525 (Robbins) Federal individual income tax deduction for qualified tip income adopted
V. HF 3754 (Joy) Internal Revenue Code conformed to the federal exclusion from gross income for employer contributions to Trump accounts
VI. Adjourn


Written testimony or requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to the Committee Administrator
sam.moyer@house.mn.gov by 1:00 PM on Monday, March 2nd, 2026.

Minnesota Department of Education
- Organizational and Funding Overview

Perpich Center for Arts Education
- Program Activities and Funding Overview

Bills May be Added

HF3556 (Acomb) - Community solar garden program named for Melissa Hortman.
Presentation from MPCA: Climate Action Framework and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report

Items may be added or removed from the agenda.

If you wish to submit written testimony or testify, 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.

HF3426 (Jordan) Funding provided from environment and natural resources trust fund, and prior appropriations extended.
HF3428 (Jordan) Requirement for commissioner approval of certain land acquisitions repealed.

*Additional bills/items may be added.

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov) by 1 p.m. the day prior to the hearing. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

AMENDMENT DEADLINE: Amendments must be e-mailed to the committee administrator by 3 p.m. the day prior to the hearing.

Agenda:
I. Call to order
III. Approval of the Minutes
IV. Chair Remarks (If Necessary)
V. Minnesota State – Ghost Students, Bemidji State storm damage, Bonding Requests
a. Testifiers
VI. Adjournment

Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB)
- Educator Licensing Overview
- Current and Anticipated Rulemaking Overview
- Teacher Preparation Program Overview

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or provide written testimony/handouts on the posted bill language should contact both Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 3:00 PM on Monday, March 2, 2026. Bill testimony may be limited based on time available for bill presentation and member discussion.

Amendments: Bill Authors and Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments via email to both Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM on March 2, 2026.

Housing Finance and Policy Committee
Committee Co-Chair – Representative Igo
Committee Co-Chair Representative Howard
Co-Vice Chair – Representative Dotseth
Co-Vice Chair – Representative Kozlowski

Meeting: March 3rd, 2026
Time: 3:00 – 4:45 p.m.
Location: Cap. G3

Agenda:
I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HFXXXX Starter Homes Act

IV. HFXXXX State Housing Tax Credit Bill

V. Adjourn

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator by 3 p.m. the day prior to the hearing. Testimony information must include name, organization, and title (if applicable), email, phone number, and position on the bill. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

This agenda is subject to change and bills may be added at the discretion of the Chair.

Chair Moller will have the gavel.

HF 3405 (Moller) Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's Use of Force Investigations Unit required to conduct investigations of incidents involving federal agents.

HF 3413 (Hollins) State, county, and local government units prohibited from entering into certain immigration enforcement agreements; and termination of certain existing immigration enforcement agreements required.

HF 3769 (Curran) Multiple levels of substance abuse care provided by the commissioner of corrections clarified in law, access to mental health unit beds for incarcerated persons expanded, and mandatory tuberculosis screening in correctional facilities clarified.

HF 3768 (Curran) Department of Corrections licensed juvenile and adult community-based residential correctional facilities responsibilities clarified.

HF 3771 (Johnson, P) Reporting date on the disaster assistance contingency account.

HF 3465 (Liebling) Enhanced penalties for theft from a vulnerable adult established.

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

TESTIMONY: Requests for in-person testimony must be submitted to the Committee Administrator of this hearing, Ellen.McDaniel@house.mn.gov, by 3:00 PM, March 2nd, 2026. 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.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY: Requests to submit written testimony must be submitted to the Committee Administrator of this hearing, Ellen.McDaniel@house.mn.gov, by 3:00 PM, March 2nd, 2026. All written testimony must be submitted in PDF Format and not include hyperlinks. Written testimony submitted to the committee administrator will be posted for the public prior to the hearing.

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

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.
• To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
• For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
• If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form.

1. Approval of February 24, 2026 meeting minutes.


2. SF3588 (Pappas); HF3456 (Cha): Recommended legislation from the State Auditor's Fire Relief Association Working Group.
   • Staff review: Aleena Wilson


3. SF3828 (Limmer); HF3512 (Robbins): Special Legislation for the Maple Plain Fire Department; revising the allocation of surplus assets to firefighters upon termination from the Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Plan.
   • Staff review: Susan Lenczewski


4. SF3897 (Gustafson); HF3703 (Nadeau): Modifying the process for terminating a firefighter relief association retirement plan.
   • Staff review: Susan Lenczewski


5. SF1213 (Miller); HF2117 (Repinski): Special legislation requiring MN State to find an individual's IRAP account or pay $25,000.
   • Staff review: Susan Lenczewski


6. LCPR26-003 (Frentz): Amending salary definitions to exclude payments for Minnesota paid leave.
   • Staff review: Aleena Wilson


7. LCPR26-009 (Frentz): Moving the investment return assumption for calculating joint and survivor annuities (6.5%) to the Standards' Appendix.
   • Staff review: Aleena Wilson

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HF3794 (Greenman) - Surveillance-based price and wage discrimination prohibited.

HF3408 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) - Surveillance-based price setting prohibited.

Presentation from the Minnesota Office of the Attorney General on the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act.

*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT, have OCR capability, and emailed to the Committee Administrators at samuel.oneill@house.mn.gov and ben.frese@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 20 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 Administrators at samuel.oneill@house.mn.gov and ben.frese@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.

AMENDMENTS: Amendments must be emailed to the Committee Administrators at samuel.oneill@house.mn.gov and ben.frese@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.

HF3738 (Bierman); Due date of the pediatric hospital-to-home transition pilot program report modified.

HF2295 (Virnig); Dakota County mental health crisis services funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF3520 (Gillman); Intensive residential treatment services and intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health services requirements modified, and room and board services specified to be eligible for behavioral health fund payment.

HF3666 (Fischer); Home and community-based services case management modified, waiver case management quality working group established, and reports required.

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrator, Simon Brown (simon.brown@house.mn.gov) by 12 p.m. (noon) the day prior to the hearing. Required testimony information includes name, organization and title (if applicable), email, phone number, and position on the bill. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

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

Co-Chair Xiong has the gavel.

AGENDA*

I. Presentation by Meals on Wheels

II. HFXXX (Cha) SGU Task Force Recommendations

III. HF3467 (Rehrauer) Commissioner of veterans affairs allowed to direct agency resources to veterans' initiatives, and reports required.

IV. HF3741 (Hill) Educational assistance for veterans' children and spouses modified, and money appropriated.

Next Meeting: Wednesday, March 11, 2026


*Agenda items (including bills) may be added or removed, and/or order may change.

• HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT, have OCR capability, and emailed to both committee administrators at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov AND john.hultquist@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 20 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 both committee administrators at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov AND john.hultquist@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (noon) the business day before the hearing.
• DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Veterans and Military Affairs Division webpage.
• VIEWING: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. All video events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
• ACCESSIBILITY: To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.

1) I. Presentation and update on the implementation of the 2023 Promise Act

If you would like to testify or provide materials, please contact spencer.johnson@house.mn.gov by 1pm on Tuesday, March 3rd.

Office of the Legislative Auditor presentation on DNR Outdoor Heritage Fund Grants Performance Audit Report
*HF 3564 will be laid over.

AMENDMENT DEADLINE: Amendments must be e-mailed to the committee administrator by Noon on Tuesday, March 3.

HF3611: (Finke) State individual income tax subtraction allowed for damage awards.
HF3659: (Hollins) Taxpayers who earned Minnesota-source income while participating in immigration enforcement activities required to file an income tax return.
HFXXXX (Hanson) Gross Receipts Tax for private detention centers. (CK131/Attached: Pending Introduction)

Items may be added or removed from the agenda. Public testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and preferred title to the DFL Committee Administrator (Patrick.McQuillan@house.mn.gov) and the DFL CLA (Sumira Sheikh (Sumira.Sheikh@house.mn.gov) by 2:00 PM on Tuesday, March 3rd.

Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 2:00 PM on Monday, May 5th. 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. Testifiers may participate remotely at the Chair’s discretion.

Presentation on the economic consolidation of agriculture by Austin Frerick.

HF3718 (Anderson, P.H.) Provisions relating to the practice of veterinary medicine and veterinary technology modified.

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (Peter.Strohmeier@house.mn.gov) by 1 p.m. the day prior to the hearing. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

AMENDMENT DEADLINE: Amendments must be e-mailed to the committee administrator by 1 p.m. the day prior to the hearing.

HF3363 (Freiberg) - Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board prohibited from posting on its website the street address of an individual disclosed on a campaign report, data classified, political material disclaimer governing laws modified, and local campaign finance report content requirements modified.

HF3362 (Freiberg) - Elected officials required to be given access to multiple unit dwellings under certain circumstances.

HFXXXX - modifying small business contracting​ requirements and requiring report to the legislature on compliance; repealing​ compliance plan requirements for certain public contracts over a threshold amount.

HFXXXX - modifying requirements for certain​ Metropolitan Council programs; modifying certain reporting requirements to the​ legislature; removing Metropolitan Council and regional development commission​ review of certain city housing finance programs; making technical corrections.

HFXXXX - clarifying water supply planning and reporting​ requirements.

HFXXXX - adding Tribal governments as eligible​ recipients of certain Metropolitan Council grant programs; making technical​ changes.

Agenda items may be added or removed at the chair's discretion.

For more information, including Committee Documents: Elections Finance and Government Operations Home Page

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify may do so in the following two ways:
1) In-person - Email wilson.lee@house.mn.gov with your full name (unless minor then first name), an email, referencing House bill number and For or Against Position.
2) Written testimony/Handouts: Follow the format here and email the PDF version to wilson.lee@house.mn.gov by 12pm (noon) Tuesday, March 3rd.

Amendments: Bill Authors and Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments to the CA at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov by 12pm (noon) Tuesday, March 3rd.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. Presentation by the National Conference of State Legislatures on H.R. 1 Conformity

IV. HF 3439 (Nadeau) Eligibility for medical assistance and expedited disability determinations modified, review of death master file required, and contract requirements for managed care plans provided.

V. HF 3763 (Nadeau) Community engagement requirements for the medical assistance program established.

VI. Adjournment

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

If you would like to submit written testimony or sign up to testify, please contact Hanna.Zimmerman@house.mn.gov by 1:00pm on Tuesday, March 3.

HF3576 (Knudsen) Authority for third-party road tests for school bus drivers amended, and technical changes made.
HF3553 (Backer) Vehicle platoon pilot project authorized for certain roads in Wilkin County and Grant County, and report required
HF3576 (Koznick) Autonomous vehicles regulated.

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must email the committee administrators, Joe Marble and Matt Baumann by 12 p.m. (noon) the day prior to the hearing. Required testimony information includes name, organization and title (if applicable), email, and phone number. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

*Bills may be added or removed at the chair's discretion

Minnesota Department of Education - COMPASS Attendance Presentation

HF3585 (Keeler) - Interagency Council on Student Attendance established, report required, and money appropriated.

HF3557 (Kraft) - Climate literacy seal established, and report required.

HF3776 (Sencer-Mura) - Screen time prohibited for children in preschool and kindergarten.

Agenda items may be added or removed at the chair's discretion.

For more information, including Committee Documents: Education Policy Home Page

Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify may do so in the following two ways:
1) In-person - Email wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and jody.withers@house.mn.gov with your full name (unless minor then first name), an email, referencing House bill number and For or Against Position.
2) Written testimony/Handouts: Follow the format here and email the PDF version to wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 3pm Tuesday, March 3rd.

Amendments: Bill Authors and Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments to the CAs at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 3pm Tuesday, March 3rd.

Items may be added/removed
- Amendment deadline will be 1:00PM on Tuesday, March 3rd
- The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF3806 (Howard) - Issuance of housing infrastructure bonds authorized, and money appropriated.

IV. HF2687 (Agbaje) - Single-family home ownership restricted for corporate entities, increased deed tax rates on conveyances of single-family homes provided to corporate owners, state portion of revenues dedicated from the increased deed tax rates for the workforce and affordable homeownership program, and statewide landlord database created.

V. HF497 (Agbaje) - Community Mediation Minnesota funding provided for a statewide housing mediation program, and money appropriated.

VI. Adjourn

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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator benjamin.brinks@house.mn.gov and Committee Legislative Assistant johnathan.smith@house.mn.gov by 3:00pm the day before each hearing. Public testifiers should email their full name, organization (if applicable) and preferred title. Testifiers may participate remotely at the Chair’s discretion. Testimony may be limited to two minutes per testifier. 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.

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Minutes

3. HF 962 (Novotny) Peace officers excluded from discipline for inclusion on Brady-Giglio lists, and report required.

4. HF 3541 (Duran) Division of Capitol Security's responsibilities clarified.

5. HF 2936 (Duran) Commissioner of corrections required to submit certain proposed rules for legislative approval prior to implementation.

6. HF 3762 (Witte) Chiefs of police and sheriffs authorized to open certain expunged records to determine eligibility to purchase, receive, or carry a firearm.

7. HF 2879 (Witte) Organized Retail and Supply Chain Crimes Advisory Board established, report required, and money appropriated.

8. Adjourn

Agenda note: Bills may be added or removed from the agenda.  Agenda items may be taken up in any order at the discretion of the Chair and to accommodate schedules.

Testimony: Written testimony or requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to john.hultquist@house.mn.gov, the Committee Administrator for this hearing, no less than 24 hours prior to the start of the committee hearing. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints. Amendments and committee documents will be posted in advance of the hearing.

Note: All persons visiting the Minnesota State Capitol must go through security screening.

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

I. Call To Order

II. Approval of Meeting Minutes 3.4.26

III. Presentation from Office of Legislative Auditor – Behavioral Health Administrative Grants

• Lori Leysen – Deputy Legislative Auditor for OLA’s Financial Audit Division
• Valentina Stone – Financial Audit Director

IV. Adjournment – next hearing – Wednesday, March 4th at 8:15am


*Items to the agenda may be added or removed at the chair's discretion

Presentations and Testimony on the Misclassification of Workers

*Other Items May Be Added*

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by Noon on Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Bonding Presentations:
• Minnesota Zoo
• Minnesota State
• University of Minnesota
• MN Department of Natural Resources
• Perpich Center for the Arts
• MN Department of Military Affairs

 I. Approval of Minutes

II. Presentation from The Violence Prevention Project

III. HF 3653 (Greene) Safe schools revenue increased to school districts, safe schools aid to charter schools and cooperative units provided, and money appropriated.

IV. HF 2717 (Greene) Safe schools revenue increased, safe schools aid established, revenue expanded to all cooperative units, and money appropriated.

V. HF3451 (Rehm) Anonymous threat reporting system grants provided to schools, report required, and money appropriated.

VI. Adjournment 

Agenda items may be added or changed.

Viewing: This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
 
Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or submit written testimony including handouts, should contact both Polly Cerkvenik, via email at polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM on Wednesday, March 4th. Public testimony on HF 3653 (Greene) and HF2717 (Greene) will be taken together.

Amendments: Bill Authors or Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments via email to both Polly Cerkvenik, via email at polly.cerkvenik@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers, via email at jody.withers@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM (Noon) on Wednesday, March 4th.

Office of the Legislative Auditor overview of grants management.
DNR presentation on Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund Community Grant Program Report.
*Additional bills/items may be added.