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HF2543 (Reyer); Various statutory forms pertaining to garnishment modified.

HF2566 (Reyer); Process for removing fraudulent business filings established, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.

HFXXXX (Huot); MDH policy provisions (Senate amendment posted for reference)
**This bill will be heard informationally, no official action will be taken**

HF2627 (Norris); Pet shops prohibited from selling cats and dogs.

Bills may be added, removed, or taken up in any order at the discretion of the Co-Chairs

If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email simon.brown@house.mn.gov and jonathan.cotter@house.mn.gov no later than March 31, at 1:00pm.

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

Note: Testifier and Testimony Deadline is Monday, March 31st at Noon.
*The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing*

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF2367 (Nadeau) Community first services and supports reimbursement rates modified, consumer-directed community supports budgets increased, Minnesota Caregiver Defined Contribution Retirement Fund Trust established, and money appropriated.
a. Tiffini Flynn-Forslund, Personal Care Assistant & Member, SEIU Healthcare MN & IA

IV. HF2319 (Agbaje) Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board rule establishing nursing home minimum wage standards affecting medical assistance reimbursement rates made effective.
a. Sam Knigge, Dietary Aide, South Shore Care Center & Member, AFSCME 65
b. Travis Burth, Nursing Home Worker & Member, SEIU Healthcare MN & IA
c. Erin Huppert, VP of Advocacy LeadingAge Minnesota & Long-Term Care Imperative
d. Kyle Berndt, Senior Director of Advocacy, Care Providers of Minnesota & Long-Term Care Imperative

V. HF2523 (Pérez-Vega) HIV/AIDS support services funding provided, and money appropriated.
a. Kat Rohn, Executive Director, Outfront Minnesota
b. Terral Ewing, HIV Services and Prevention Advocate
c. Hank Urban HIV Services and Prevention Advocate
d. Lisa Lane, Chief External Affairs Officer, Open Arms of Minnesota

VI. HF1742 (Pérez-Vega) Direct support professional certification pilot project establishment.
a. Jesse Bethke Gomez, Executive Director, Metropolitan Center for Independent Living

VII. HF671 (Hicks) Grant programs established for various purposes related to children’s mental health, provisions governing long-term care consultation services modified, children’s mental health service rates modified, psychiatric residential treatment facility working group established, reports required, and money appropriated.
a. Jennifer Gustafson, Clinical Supervisor, Dakota County Juvenile Service Center
b. Dr. Margot Zarin-Pass, Hospital Pediatrician, Children’s Minnesota
c. Todd Archbold, Chief Executive Officer, PrairieCare
d. Jill Pooler, Supervisor, Wright County [Zoom]

VIII. HF2331 (Noor) Assisted living service providers exempted from direct care staff compensation requirements.
a. Ken Bence; Director of Research, Analysis, and Policy; ARRM
b. Jon Sondergaard, Co-Founder, ProviderCAS

IX. HF2722 (Noor) Positive support professional and support analyst qualifications modified relating to human services.
a. Donna Cobb, Intervention Services Director, Affinity Care MN
b. Heather Wilford, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Mains’l Services, Inc.
c. Jessica Simacek, Director, TeleOutreach Center & Institute on Community Integration

X. HF2406 (Curran) Abbreviated annual reassessments of people receiving disability waiver services.
a. Katy Molinare, Social Services Deputy Director, Ramsey County

XI. HF1674 (Curran) Funding increased for regional and local dementia grants, and money appropriated.
a. Robert Freeman, Vice-President for Public Policy, Alzheimer’s Association MN-ND

XII. Adjournment

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Testimony: Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format (with Optical Character Recognition) and emailed to the Committee Administrator Nick.Stumo-Langer@house.mn.gov by Noon (12PM) 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.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Previous Meeting Minutes

III. Office of the State Auditor Presentation

IV. Office of the Attorney General Presentation

V. HF627 (Torkelson) Ranking minority members of standing legislative committees allowed to request fiscal notes.

VI. HF474 (Long) Funding provided for the erection of a new statue in the United States Capitol Statuary Hall, and money appropriated.
- HF474 will be informational only as the bill is not in possession of the committee

VII. HF361 (Klevorn) Nonstate funding applied for implementation of the Capitol Mall Design Framework, funding provided to improve the livability in the Capitol Area and to support grantmaking for community vitality grants, and money appropriated.

VIII. HF1837 (Klevorn) Department of Administration technical changes made, and statutory section revived and reenacted.
- Monday, March 31, 2025: A delete-everything (DE) amendment to HF 1837 will be posted Monday and will serve as the State Government Policy bill
- Tuesday, April 1, 2025: Committee walkthrough and public testimony; no official action will be taken
- Thursday, April 3, 2025: Additional testimony, mark-up, and passage

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

Presentation on Child Care and Workforce in Minnesota
Ericca Maas, Minnesota Business for Early Learning
Scott Marquardt, Southwest Initiative Foundation
Darielle Dannen, Economic Development Association of Minnesota

HF 2582 (Lee, K) Child care improvement grants funding provided
Darielle Dannen, Economic Development Association of Minnesota
Suzanne Pearl, First Children’s Finance

HF 2266 (Sencer-Mura) YWCA Minneapolis grant funding provided
Stephanie Thomas, YWCA Minneapolis Vice President, Early Childhood Education
Lauryn Spencer, YWCA Minneapolis Assistant Director, South Early Childhood Education
Tiffany Behrends

HF 2518 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) WomenVenture grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated
LeeAnn Rasachak, CEO, WomenVenture
Tyra Payer, CanIHaveSome

Informational Hearing on bill Language for HF XXXX (Kotyza-Witthuhn) relating to workforce development; requiring a report; appropriating money for a grant to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office for a child care pilot program to assist with retention of law enforcement and first responders.
Dawanna S. Witt, Hennepin County Sheriff

HF 2039 (Sencer-Mura) Minnesota youth program funding provided
Nicole Swanson, Minnesota Association of Workforce Boards, Director of the Anoka County Job Training Center
Aiden John Grabau, Minnesota Youth Program Participant
Kris Chisholm, Minnesota Youth Program Employer, Car Care Program

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 1pm on Monday, March 31

Calendar for the Day: Thursday, April 3, 2025

Bill Removed:
HF1972 (Backer) Breckenridge community center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Bill Added for info only hearing:
HF 229 (Murphy) Otter Tail County; youth transitional facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Action will be taken on:
HF1090 (Lee, F.) Library construction grant program renamed.

The following 22 bills will be heard on an informational-only basis with no formal action taken. Each bill will be allotted 3 minutes.
HF0203 (Feist) Columbia Heights; public works facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0206 (Curran) Vadnais Heights; regional trail funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0207 (Freiberg) Golden Valley; Phase II of a new fire station funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0208 (Perez-Vega) Minnesota Latino Museum funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0211 (Fischer) Maplewood; East Metro Public Safety Training Facility expansion funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0216 (Hill) Stillwater; Myrtle Street reconstruction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0222 (Koegel) Hilltop; new emergency shelter and other municipal improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0224 (Hansen, R.) South St. Paul; new public works facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0225 (Hansen, R.) South St. Paul; new swimming pool and aquatics center predesign and design funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF0227 (Huot) Dakota County Technical College driver training facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0246 (Greene) Edina; Highway 100 and Vernon Avenue interchange funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0427 (Kozlowski) Duluth International Airport capital improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0466 (Tabke) Merriam Junction Regional Trail segment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0502 (Smith) Olmsted County; materials recovery facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0680 (Frazier) New Hope Golf Course; capital improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF0971 (Momanyi-Hiltsley) Brooklyn Park Northwest Metro Regional Athletic Facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1084 (Moller) Arden Hills; pedestrian and bicycle trail segment funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1307 (Hussein) Jimmy Lee Recreation Center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1274 (Tabke) Shakopee; Innovation Hub funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1609 (Fischer) Little Canada; school supply distribution and educator resource center funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2110 (Wolgamott) St. Cloud; 322nd Street reconstruction funding provided, and money appropriated.
REMOVED: HF1972 (Backer) Breckenridge community center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
ADDED: HF229(Murphy) Otter Tail County; youth transitional facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF 2233 (Niska) Uniform Special Deposits Act adopted. [informational hearing - no official action will be taken on HF 2233]
IV. HF 1999 (Greene) Data request clarification.
V. HF 1995 (Frederick) Substance use disorder treatment provisions modified.
VI. HF 1614 (Kraft) Child in need of protection or services definition modified to clarify when a child is considered to be without the special care made necessary by a physical, mental, or emotional condition.
VII. HF 2781 (Pinto) Definition of custodian modified for purposes of orders of protection.
VIII. HF 1775 (Pinto) Criminal case information reporting required, and money appropriated.
IX. HF 1316 (Curran) Independent contractors and payors added to the centralized work reporting system, and payors required to report independent contractors to the centralized work reporting system.
XI. HF 2127 (Curran) Judicial official real property records classified as private, access limited, and criminal penalties imposed.*
XII. HF 2521 (Frazier) Petition to court for relief from stay of adjudication permitted.
XIII. HF 689 (Frazier) County attorneys authorized to use administrative subpoenas in wage theft investigations.
XIV. Adjournment

*Public testimony on HF 2127 was taken on March 18, 2025. No further public testimony on HF 2127 will be taken at this hearing.

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 chair's discretion.

TESTIMONY: If you would like to testify on a bill, please email the Committee Administrator, anna.borgerding@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM the business day before the hearing. 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, anna.borgerding@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM the business day before the hearing.

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

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HF0160 (Bahner) Tax increment financing; special rules authorized for the city of Maple Grove.
HF0512 (Klevorn) Plymouth; special rules authorized.
HF0158 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Tax increment financing; special rules authorized for the city of Eden Prairie.
HF0157 (Fischer) Tax increment financing; special rules authorized for the city of Maplewood.
HF1746 (Lillie) Oakdale; special tax increment financing rules authorized.
HF2585 (Hollins) St. Paul; special tax increment financing rules authorized.
HF1159 (Youakim) Eligible uses of increment from tax increment financing districts expanded to include transfers to local housing trust funds, and requirements on use of transferred increment imposed.
HF2574 (Hollins) Tax increment financing; use of increment to convert vacant or underused commercial or industrial buildings to residential purposes authorized, and calculation of increment and findings required for a district converting vacant or underused property modified.
HF2839 (Jones) Minneapolis; special tax increment financing rules authorized.
HF0338 (Skraba) Tax increment financing; five- and six-year rules for certain districts extended, and income restrictions removed for certain housing districts.

Items may be added/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 (Shamat Abraha Shamat.Abraha@house.mn.gov) by 1 PM on Monday, March 30th. Materials to be distributed to the Committee members are also due by 1 PM on Monday, March 30th. 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.

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THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

I. Call To Order
II. Roll Call
III. Approval of Minutes
IV. Bills May Be Taken in Any Order
• HF51 (Virnig) - Education finance; roof projects authorized as part of the long-term facilities maintenance program, and money appropriated.
• HF1161 (Igo) - School district seasonal tax base replacement aid established, and money appropriated.
• HF2201 (Myers) - Local optional aid for schools increased, state-paid free school lunches to families with incomes at or below 500 percent of the federal poverty level limited, and money appropriated.
• HF2786 (Bennett) - Requirements for grants from the Department of Education modified.
• HF1053 (Bakeberg) - Reenrollment after student withdrawal from school encouraged, and notification and resources required for the family of an unenrolled child.

V. Adjournment

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 Monday, March 31, 2025.

HF2928 (Acomb) - Preapplication filings for large water appropriation projects required, permit application information for large water appropriation projects added, level of environmental review for data centers specified, data centers exempted from making financial contributions to an energy conservation and optimization plan, and other data center provisions modified.
HF2912 (Her) - Macalester College geothermal energy system funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2297 (Myers) - Special license plate established for solar pollinator programs, and agrivoltaic solar sites made eligible for solar site management practices.
Revisor Code 25-04891 (Kraft) - Virtual power plants
***25-04891 is pending introduction

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.

HF647 (Schultz) - Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer water appropriations authorized.
HF2824 (Nash) - Continuous open season for taking largemouth and smallmouth bass provided.
HF1249 (Jacob) - State land added to Carley State Park (this will be the vehicle for the annual Lands Bill).
HF623 (Swedzinski) - Shotgun zone for taking deer eliminated.
BILL REMOVED FROM AGENDA: HF820 (Skraba) - Chippewa Bands authorized to establish open seasons for big game in accordance with 1854 treaty, and money appropriated.

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (amy.zipko@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 (amy.zipko@house.mn.gov) by 3 p.m. the day prior to the hearing.

Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee

Chair: Rep. Marion Rarick
Date: April 1, 2025
Location: Capitol G23
Time: 1-2:45


I. Call to Order
II. Approval of the Minutes
III. HF2634 (Bakeberg) North Star Promise scholarship's eligibility conditions limited to students in programs in high-demand industries and occupations.
IV. HF2241 (Scott) In-state residency and work requirement for recipients of North Star Promise scholarships imposed.
V. HF2649 (Knudsen) Disclosure of employment opportunities for fields of study required, institution eligibility for state student aid modified, and report required.
VI. HF2520 (Skraba) University of Minnesota's Natural Resources Research Institute Minnesota Green Iron Initiative funding provided, and money appropriated.
VII. HF2610 (Rarick) Cybersecurity permitted to be offered as an applied doctoral degree.
VIII. Adjournment

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or 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.

Next meeting Thursday, April 3rd, 2025

I. Call to order
II. Roll Call
III. HF2436, West, Department of Children, Youth, and Families governor's budget bill;
department administration, child safety permanency, and early childhood
provisions modified; and money appropriated.
IV. HF470, West, Early leaning scholarships funding provided, and money
appropriated.
V. HF2643, West, Indication of self-report on child care licensing notifications
required.
VI. HF2456, Scott, Cost-of-living adjustments in maintenance or child support orders
repealed, and conforming changes made.
VII. HF102, Curran, Circumstances under which the public authority must direct
support to an obligee modified.
VIII. HF1367, Pinto, Judicial review of child maltreatment occurring outside of Minnesota
allowed, and local welfare agency responsibility for assessing or investigating
alleged maltreatment occurring outside of state provided.
IX. Adjournment

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

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony for the hearing must email the committee administrator by 8:00 AM on the day of the hearing. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

I. Call To Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Bills
• HF 1306 (Jordan) - Kindergarten through grade 12 education changes made; general education, education excellence, charter schools, Read Act, special education, school nutrition, and state agencies provisions modified; and reports required.
o This is the Minnesota Department of Education agency bill, which will serve as a vehicle for the committee’s policy bill.
• H1306DE1 – Committee Delete-All Amendment

• Note: Committee walk through of the DE1 Amendment, public testimony, member discussion. No formal action on the amendment or HF1306 until Wednesday, April 2, 2025.

V. Adjournment


Testimony: Individuals wishing to testify and/or provide written testimony/handouts to the posted amendments (as they become available) 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 31, 2025.
• Testimony will be limited regarding provisions previously heard in committee.

Items may be added/removed
- Amendment deadline will be 1:00PM on Monday, March 31st
- The DFL holds the gavel for this hearing


I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF1143 (Howard) Greater Minnesota housing infrastructure program funding provided, and money appropriated. (Bill will be used as a backup vehicle, testimony will not be taken.)

IV. HF1548 (Kozlowski) Housing and redevelopment authorities authorized to establish local housing trust funds.

V. HF1340 (Lee, F) Use of housing infrastructure bonds allowed on adaptive reuse to develop supportive housing and permanent housing for households at or below 50 percent of the area median income.

VI. HF2549 (Lee, K) Housing infrastructure bonds authorized, and money appropriated.

VII. HF2559 (Hussein) Rondo Community Land Trust grant funding provided, and money appropriated.

VIII. HF1673 (Howard) Accessible Housing Task Force established, reports required, and money appropriated.

IX. HF2740 (Howard) Report on the affordable housing industry required, maximum compliance period for certain low-income tax credit commitment requirements set, commissioner of Minnesota Housing Finance Agency required to identify avenues for potential regulatory relief to affordable housing providers, and money appropriated.

X. HF2507 (Momanyi-Hiltsley) African American workforce and affordable homeownership development program established, and money appropriated.

XI. HF2461 (Norris) Housing development fund money transferred, and money appropriated for the manufactured home down payment assistance program and the manufactured home park cooperative purchase program.

XII. HF2381 (Norris) Standards for rent and utility payments, fees, and charges in manufactured home park provided; safety inspections required; sale of manufactured home parks provisions modified; and penalties modified.

XIII. 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 Sowmya.Kannan@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
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Chair Moller will have the gavel.

HF 1354 (Moller) Scope of video made available by Bureau of Criminal Apprehension limited for officer-involved death investigations. *

*A DE to HF 1354 will be posted when it is available. The DE will contain language that will make up the House Public Safety Policy bill. Please see PDF attachment with a list of bills that will be included.

HF 1901 (Moller) School safety provisions modified, anonymous threat reporting system grants provided for schools, active shooter incidents and active shooter threats reporting required, Minnesota Fusion Center reporting modified, report required, and money appropriated.

HF 2124 (Hussein) Ramsey County Sheriff's Office grant provided for event security and community engagement, and money appropriated.

HF 2130 (Kraft) Length of driver's license revocations related to certain offenses, length of time individuals must participate in the ignition interlock program modified, and ignition interlock program participants required to complete a treatment or rehabilitation program before reinstatement of full driving privileges.

HF 2260 (Curran) Department of Human Services policy bill sections modified on background studies, fraud prevention, Department of Corrections reconsiderations, kickback crimes, and appeals divisions worker protections; and criminal penalties provided. *

*Testimony and discussion of HF 2260 will focus on the provisions that fall within the Public Safety Committee’s jurisdiction. Section 27 related to criminal penalties.

HF 2099 (Johnson, P) Local government emergency management provided, reports required, and money appropriated.

HF 104 (Feist) Confidentiality established for restorative justice practices participants, and data classified. *

*No further testimony will be taken on HF 104. The bill was heard in the Public Safety Committee on March 26, 2025, where public testimony was taken.

HF 134 (Feist) Violence prevention project research center funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF 1769 (Feist) Community supervision funding provided, and money appropriated.

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 31st, 2025. 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 31st, 2025. All written testimony must be submitted in PDF format and not include hyperlinks.

1. Approval of March 25, 2025, meeting minutes.
2. SF 1122 (Frentz); HF 139 (O'Driscoll): PERA Police and Fire Plan; State Patrol Plan; Increasing postretirement adjustments; eliminating the waiting period for a postretirement adjustment for the PERA Police and Fire Plan.
   • SF1122-HF0139 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Erin Leonard, Executive Director, Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS)
     • Doug Anderson, Executive Director, Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA)
     • Mike LeDoux, President, MN State Patrol Troopers Assoc. (MSPTA), Handout 1 Highlighted principles, Handout 2, COLA study presentation
     • David Titus, Deputy Director, MN Police & Peace Officers Assoc. (MPPOA), retired police officer
     • Scott Vadnais, President, MN Professional Fire Fighters (MPFF)
     • Brad Jacobsen, retired police officer
     • Karen Fasulo, surviving spouse of Edina firefighter Wally Fasulo
     • Brian Rice, attorney, lobbyist, MN Retired Police Pension Association, Excerpt from the LCPR COLA Study, Purchasing Power Protection slide
     • Adam A. Grobove III, retired peace officer; Board Member, Peace Officer Pension Association-MN; Elected Official of a Township in Chisago County with Fire & Peace Officer retirees
   • Submitted testimony:
     • Hennepin Co. Assoc. of Paramedics and EMTs(HCAPE) letter in support of the bill; submitted by Shane Hallow, President
     • Rob Molstad, retired, St. Louis Park Police Department
     • Minnesota Sheriffs' Association letter in support of the bill; submitted by James Stuart, Executive Director
3. SF 3192; HF 2821 (O'Driscoll): PERA General Plan; Increasing the postretirement adjustment; revising the expiration of the additional employer contribution.
   • SF3192-HF2821 Summary
   • Testifier: Doug Anderson, Executive Director, PERA, Exhibit, SF3192-HF2821
4. Bill draft LCPR25-031 (Pappas): PERA; Expanding the privatization chapter to cover all governmental subdivisions that privatize, not just medical facilities; modifying the withdrawal liability calculation.
   • LCPR25-031 Summary
   • Testifier: Doug Anderson, Executive Director, PERA, Example of Privatization Bill Impact on an Employer
5. Report of the Amortization Work Group.
   • Bill draft CPR25-009: Amortization Work Group bill.
   • Amendment LCPR25-009-1A
   • First Amendment to the Standards for Actuarial Work
   • Testifiers:
     • Erin Leonard, Executive Director, MSRS
     • Doug Anderson, in two capacities:
       1. on behalf of the Amortization Work Group, Amortization Work Group Presentation
       2. as Executive Director on PERA's Board position
     • Tim Maurer, Executive Director, TRA, Layered Amortization Considerations for TRA
     • Phill Tencick, Executive Director/CIO, St. Paul Teachers
6. Bill draft LCPR25-030: Firefighter Relief Associations; Repealing the Investment Business Recipient Disclosure annual reporting requirement.
   • LCPR25-030 Summary
   • Testifier: State Auditor Julie Blaha

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1. Call to Order

2. Approval of March 24, 2025, Meeting Minutes

3. Adoption of the House Budget Resolution

4. HF601 (Burkel) Depredation compensation payment funding provided, and money appropriated

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: There will be no public testimony. Individuals wishing to submit written testimony or handouts for the hearing must e-mail the committee administrator (harry.kennedy@house.mn.gov) and the committee legislative assistant (allie.spellman@house.mn.gov) by Noon on the day prior to the hearing. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF 1545 (O’Driscoll) Persons 17 years of age permitted to serve alcoholic beverages.

IV. HF 2426 (West) Plant canopy that medical cannabis combination business may use to cultivate cannabis that will be sold as medical cannabis flower or medical cannabinoid products increased.

V. Public Testimony on HF 1615 (Stephenson) Omnibus Cannabis Policy Bill

VI. Public Testimony on HF 2403 (O’Driscoll) Omnibus Commerce Policy Bill

VII. Adjournment

If you would like to testify or provide handouts to the committee please email jonathan.cotter@house.mn.gov and simon.brown@house.mn.gov no later than April 1, at 1:00pm.

1. Call To Order

2. Approval of Meeting Minutes 4/1/2025

3. HF 2963 (Anderson, P.E) Office of Inspector General established, powers and duties provided, enhanced grant oversight provided, retaliation prohibited, existing executive Offices of Inspector General transferred or repealed, detection and prevention of fraud provided, penalties provided, and money appropriated.

4. HF 2040 (Nadeau) Commissioner of human services directed to provide updates and seek federal approval for children's mental health projects, gaps in children's residential facilities funded, crisis stabilization facility established, legislative task force established, and money appropriated
a. Jeffrey Lunde, Hennepin County Commissioner
b. Suwana Kirkland, Community Corrections Director, Dakota County
c. Suzanne Arntson, Health and Human Services Deputy Director, Scott County

5. HF2416 (Nadeau) County cost of care provisions modified, required admission timelines modified, report required, and money appropriated
a. Tarryl Clark, Stearns County Commissioner
b. Angela Youngerberg, Blue Earth County Human Services Director of Business Operations
c. County Attorney Kevin Magnuson, Washington County Attorney, Minnesota County Attorney’s Association
d. Sheriff Bryan Welk, Cass County Sheriff, Minnesota Sheriff’s Association – zoom

6. HF 1502 (Reyer) Presumptive disability determination process established for medical assistance eligibility.

7. HF2421 (Noor) Council on direct support professionals established, report required, and money appropriated

8. HF 2212 (Fischer) Senior nutrition programs funding provided, and money appropriated

9. HF 1914 (Curran) Emergency service grant funding provided for innovative homelessness response grants, innovative homelessness response grants, and provider capacity building, and money appropriated
a. Rena Moran – Ramsey County Commissioner
b. Reed Olson – Executive Director of the Nameless Coalition for the Homeless - zoom
c. Rico Morales

10. HF 2799 (Schomaker) Minnesota Age in Place Network funding provided, and money appropriated
a. Patrick Lund, Executive Director, Age Well at Home


11. HF 2647 (Schomaker) Changes made to assisted living facilities and services
a. Nicole Mattson, LTC Imperative
b. Erin Huppert, LTC Imperative

12. HF 2646 (Schomaker) Governor's Council on an Age-Friendly Minnesota converted into the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council, existing grants codified, and money appropriated
a. Sherrie Pugh, Chair of the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council

13. Adjournment



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.

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

1. Call to order
2. Approval of Minutes from March 26, 2025
3. HF2773 (Clardy) Lutheran Social Services CORE program funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
4. HF3005 (Gottfried) Metro Meals on Wheels funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
5. HF982 (Clardy) Education benefit established for dependents of disabled veterans
6. HF1845 (Cha) Veterans definition expanded to include units operating from Laos and or naturalized under the federal Hmong Veterans'
Naturalization Act.
7. HF1511 (Clardy) Commissioner of veterans affairs funding provided for a veteran mentorship program for Black youth, and money
appropriated.
8. HF1514 (Clardy) Veterans resilience project funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
9. HF1516 (Clardy) Commissioner of veterans affairs funding provided for a grant to an organization to establish a Black veterans support
program, and money appropriated.
10. Adjournment

*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.
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Agenda
I. H.F. 3030 (Igo) – pending referral: providing additional unemployment insurance benefits
II. H.F. 2390 (Sexton) - Southeast Minnesota Workforce Development Area grant funding
III. H.F. 2468 (Nelson) - Mental health in the construction industry funding provided
IV. H.F. 3033 (Van Binsbergen) - INFORMATIONAL HEARING: appropriating money for a wastewater industrial facility for First District in Litchfield, MN
V. H.F. 2882 (Baker) - Certain well contractors exempted from Department of Labor and Industry plan review and inspection requirements

If you would like to testify or provide materials to the committee, please contact spencer.johnson@house.mn.gov by 1pm on Tuesday, April 1st.

The Legislative Audit Commission Evaluation Subcommittee will select the semifinalist topics for the legislative survey.

Agenda

LAC Policy on Topic Selection

Topics by Policy Requirement

Topics by Subject

Most to Least Promising for 2025

Criteria Comparison Matrix for 2025

Background Papers for the 18 semifinalists for 2025

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PUBLIC VIEWING INFORMATION:  This meeting will also be livestreamed via YouTube, which will be closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

TESTIFYING:  The Legislative Audit Commission and its subcommittees typically do not take public testimony. 

MEETING DOCUMENTS:  Materials will be posted above and on the Office of the Legislative Auditor website in the Notices section as soon as they are available, and posted to our Minutes page soon after.

Presentation of the key findings and recommendations of the evaluation, Guardianship of Adults.

Office of the Legislative Auditor:
Jodi Munson Rodríguez, Deputy Legislative Auditor, Program Evaluation Division
Caitlin Badger, Evaluation Manager

State Court Administrator's Office:
Dawn Torgerson, Deputy State Court Administrator

Judicial Branch:
Jamie Majerus, Branch Audit Manager

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PUBLIC VIEWING INFORMATION:  This meeting will also be livestreamed via YouTube, which will be closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

TESTIFYING:  The Legislative Audit Commission and its subcommittees typically do not take public testimony. 

MEETING DOCUMENTS:  Materials will be posted above and on the Office of the Legislative Auditor website in the Notices section as soon as they are available, and posted to our Minutes page soon after.

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF 2354 (Norris) Medicaid fraud provisions expanded and modified, subpoena and enforcement authority specified, penalties imposed, and money appropriated.
IV. HF 1672 (Reyer) Medical cannabis provisions modified.
V. HF 2389 (Finke) Data calls authorized, limited long-term care insurance provided and regulated, automobile insurance governing provisions modified, data classified, administrative rulemaking authorized, penalties provided, and technical changes made.
VI. HF 2870 (Freiberg) Various changes related to election administration made, absentee voting provisions modified, and terminology clarified.
VII. HF 2743 (Jordan) Office of the Inspector General provisions modified; access to records provided; data classified; immunity and confidentiality in reporting or participating in an investigation provided; process for notice, appeal, and withholding of payments established; and fraud, theft, waste, and abuse definitions modified.
VIII. HF 1918 (Hanson, J) Department of Children, Youth, and Families policy language; TEACH early childhood program, great start compensation support payment program, child welfare policies, and out-of-home placement plans updated; and provisions to prevent foster care placements modified.
IX. HF 2551 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Follow-up to 2024 children, youth, and families recodification; technical changes made.
X. HF 1671 (Pinto) Labor and industry; policy and technical changes made.
XI. Adjournment


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 chair's discretion.

TESTIMONY: If you would like to testify on a bill, please email the Committee Administrator, anna.borgerding@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM the business day before the hearing. 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, anna.borgerding@house.mn.gov by 12:00 PM the business day before the hearing.

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

ACCOMODATIONS:
- 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
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HF1721 (Freiberg) - Sweet Potato Comfort Pie organization funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2508 (Hiltsley) - African Career Education and Resource, Inc. funding provided; and money appropriated.
HF975 (Clardy) - Heroes and Heritage Interpretive Trail Loop funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF116 (Pérez-Vega) - Funding provided to expand arts programming that celebrates Latino cultural heritage, and money appropriated.
HF1640 (Xiong) - Funding provided to preserve the oral histories of Hmong veterans of the Secret War in Laos, and money appropriated.
HF1899 (Xiong) - United Hmong Family funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2085 (Lillie) - Commissioner of administration funding provided to facilitate cultural exchanges involving diverse Minnesota communities, and money appropriated.
HF2599 (Hussein) - Moorhead; funding provided to establish a cultural mall, and money appropriated.
HF1559 (Hussein) - Community festival grant program funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2379 (Lee) - Mixtape Strategy funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2970 (Klevorn) - Capitol campus improvements funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2979 (Sencer-Mura) - Minnesota Youth Poet Laureate funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3019 (Hiltsley) - Osseo sesquicentennial funding provided, and money appropriated.

* Each bill will be heard informationally.
* Each bill presentation will have three minutes to present and four minutes for questions.
* Handouts and letters of support or opposition are welcome.
* Additional in-person testimony will not be taken.

Items may be added or removed from the agenda.

If you wish to submit written testimony, please send the written testimony to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn.gov by 10 a.m. the day before the meeting.

I. Call To Order & Roll Call
II. Approval of the Minutes: April 1, 2025
III. Resolutions on Legal Fees
IV. Resolution on Implementing Agreement for House Organization – P101B
V. Amendment to Senate Concurrent Resolution 2
VI. Presentation on the Supplemental Agreement for House Organization
VII. Adjournment

I. Call to Order.
II. HF926 (Nash) - Sales of certain cigars exempted from the excise taxes imposed on tobacco products and premium cigars.
III. HF2437 (Davids) - Individual income taxes, corporate franchise taxes, property taxes, local government aids, sales and use taxes, and other taxes and tax-related provisions modified; certificate of rents paid provisions modified; cannabis tax provisions modified; and money appropriated.
IV. Adjourn

Written testimony or requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to the GOP Committee Administrator sam.moyer@house.mn.gov by 1:00 PM on Tuesday, April 1st, 2025

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Agenda note: HF2446 (Anderson) is the Governor’s recommended Agriculture budget. The committee will do a walkthrough and take testimony on the bill, but no action will be taken.

I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
III. HF 2792 (Niska) Certain legal fees and expenses relating to Minnesota Chamber of Commerce v. Choi funding provided, and money appropriated.
IV. HF 1917 (Anderson) Definition of public official in a city or county modified.
V. HF 2083 (Zeleznikar) Revenue threshold requiring cities to perform annual audits raised.
VI. HF 1665 (Schomacker) Public water and sewer systems authorized to install water and sewer pipelines in public road rights-of-way.
VII. HF 2709 (Jones) Canvassing access to multiple unit buildings by candidates and census workers standards modified.
VIII. HF 1378 (Freiberg) Elections; filing dates and reporting requirements modified.
IX. HF 2098 (Freiberg) Metropolitan Council; procedures and review period for certain metropolitan programs modified, reporting requirements for expenditures modified, and report eliminated.


-HF 2098 (Freiberg) will serve as the vehicle for the Local Government Policy Omnibus
-HF 1378 (Freiberg) will serve as the vehicle for the Elections Policy Omnibus
-HF 1378 will be heard pending rereferral.
-HF 1667 has been removed from the agenda.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the Minutes

III. HF 2769 (Dotseth) Requirements for green burials established, and amount of proceeds dedicated to permanent care and improvement funds modified.

IV. HF 2489 (Virnig) Epinephrine access in schools requirements modified.

V. HF 1935 (Backer) Reimbursement rates for long-term ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring services provided by diagnostic testing facilities raised.

VI. HF 2604 (Backer) Medical assistance capitation payment withhold related to verification of coverage established.

VII. HF 2955 (Backer) County-administered rural medical assistance program established; payment, coverage, and eligibility requirements for the CARMA program established; and commissioner of human services directed to seek federal waivers.

VIII. HF 2909 (Bahner) Coverage and payment for certain pharmacy services modified.

IX. HF 2242 (Nadeau) Single Pharmacy Benefit Manager

X. HF 1934 (Reyer) Requirements for dental administrator rates modified in the medical assistance and MinnesotaCare programs, dental administrator contract dates changed, critical access dental provider task force established, and report required.

XI. HF 1883 (Gillman) Central service technician requirements established.

XII. HF 2435 (Bierman) Department of Health, health care, pharmacy services, background studies, Department of Human Services program integrity, health-related licensing boards, and certain fee provisions modified; forecast adjustments made; and money appropriated.

XIII. HF 2464 (Backer) Environmental laboratories accreditation provisions modified.

XIV. Adjournment

If you would like to submit written testimony or sign up to testify, please contact both Committee Administrators at Jonathan.Cotter@house.mn.gov and Jack.Dockendorf@house.mn.gov by 5pm on Tuesday, April 1st.

11 bills will be heard by the committee:
Note: any bills not completed on April 2nd may be heard on part of the hearing
time on Monday April 7th.

• HF2554(Witte) Burnsville; Elmstrand Finseth Ruge Heroes Memorial Bridge designated.
• HF854(Baker) Kandiyohi County; marked Trunk Highway 23 segment designated as Joshua Schmidt Memorial Highway.
• HF2606(Olson) Delivery of liquid fuels exempted from retail delivery fee.
• HF1774(Davids) Delivery of aggregate materials excluded from the retail delivery fee.
• HF1468(Engen) Circle Pines; full-service deputy registrar's office established.
• HF750(Robbins) Driver's license suspensions expanded to include all cases where a person is believed to have committed criminal vehicular homicide or criminal vehicular operation, and peace officers required to report all cases where a person is believed to have committed vehicular homicide or criminal vehicular operation.
• HF2234(Anderson) Transportation; requirements on use of certain state and regional sources of funds allocated to metropolitan counties modified.
• HF2665(Schwartz) Definition qualifying agricultural products amended for purposes of special farm products permits.
• HF1521(Koegel) Pavement asset sustainability ratio targets established.
• HF2798(Fogelman) Escort vehicle requirements for overdimensional loads modified.
• HF423(Sexton) Medford; Steele County State-Aid Highway 12 segment speed limit established.

HF2732 (Pursell) Rural child care stabilization and support payment program.
HF1897 (Moller) Correction order requirements modified.
HF1424 (Hanson) Relative foster care licensing, training, and background study requirements modified; Minnesota family investment program modified; and money appropriated.
HF1383 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Program established to assist families with the cost of child care.
HF2728 (Coulter) Child care great start compensation support payments modified.
HF2863 (Kotyza-Witthuhn) Cross-references in the definition of child care background study subject corrected.

**Informational Hearing - No official action will be taken on the following bill: HF1685 (Kraft) Commissioner of Minnesota IT Services directed to integrate the transit assistance program into the Minnesota benefits web portal, and money appropriated.

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

TESTIMONY AND MATERIALS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Individuals wishing to testify or submit written testimony for the hearing must email the committee administrator by 8:00 AM on the day of the hearing. Handouts must be in PDF format with OCR capability. In-person testimony may be limited due to committee time constraints.

AMENDMENTS: Amendments must be emailed to the committee administrators by 3:00 PM the day before the committee hearing

Colie Colburn, DFL Committee Administrator, colie.colburn@house.mn.gov; and Lauren Hayward, GOP Committee Administrator, Lauren.Hayward@house.mn.gov

Adoption of DE Amendment to HF1306 (Jordan) - Kindergarten through grade 12 education changes made; general education, education excellence, charter schools, Read Act, special education, school nutrition, and state agencies provisions modified; and reports required.

HF1124 (Youakim) - School year allowed to start before Labor Day for two school years with approval by board vote, and report required.

HF2023 (West) - Overdose prevention education required in health education standards.

NOTE:
Testimony for bills were taken in previous committee hearings.

Amendments: Bill Authors and Committee Members wishing to present an amendment must submit amendments via email to Wilson Lee via email at wilson.lee@house.mn.gov and Jody Withers at jody.withers@house.mn.gov.