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Thursday, February 23, 2012


8:15 AM

8:15 AM      House
Education Reform

Room: Basement State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Sondra Erickson
Agenda: HF2329 (Holberg) CPR training and instruction requirements clarified.
HF2293 (Davnie) School districts; ability to use prone restraints extended to one additional year, and data collection and reporting required.
Bills not completed on Tuesday the 21st may be added.


8:15 AM      House
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance

Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Denny McNamara
Agenda: HF2244 (ODriscoll) Permanent School Fund Advisory Committee changed into a legislative commission, and commission authority granted to employ a director to oversee, manage, and administer school trust lands.



8:15 AM      House
Judiciary Policy and Finance

Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Ron Shimanski
Bill(s) Added
Agenda: HF322 (Scott) Custody and parenting time provisions changed.
HF292 (Anderson) Child custody; parenting plans required by both parents.
HF2246 (Daudt) Convictions under the original criminal vehicular operation law allowed to enhance DWI offenses, and legislative oversight corrected.

If you would like to testify please email Committee Administrator Ryan Blodgett and Committee Legislative Assistant Brian Theis.


8:15 AM      House
State Government Finance

Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Morrie Lanning
Bill(s) Removed
Agenda: HF1975 (Drazkowski) State government outside contract restrictions removed.
HF1976 (Drazkowski) Federal E-Verify program use by state appointing authorities required.

NOTE: BILL REMOVED HF2169 (Beard) State agency rule review and reporting methods provided


8:30 AM
8:30 AM      Senate
***Revision 1: Agenda Addition(s)***
Committee on Finance

Chair: Sen. Claire A. Robling
Room 123 Capitol
Agenda: 
S.F. 1586 Limmer Criminal neglect of vulnerable adults penalties modifications.
S.F. 1713 Rosen Immigrant and minority pilot microloan program establishment and agroforestry loan program repeal.
S.F. 1260 Kruse County publication requirements modifications; Ramsey county community corrections department duties modifications; collective bargaining agreement on aggregate value of benefits modifications; local provisions repeal.
S.F. 1567 Ingebrigtsen Environmental permits efficiency; environmental review modifications; conservation rate structure requirement elimination; appropriation.
 

8:30 AM      Senate
Committee on Taxes

Chair: Sen. Julianne E. Ortman
Room 15 Capitol
Agenda: 
School Finance presentation by Eric Nauman (continuation of Feb. 15th hearing)
S.F. 1636 DeKruif Sales and Use Tax related to rent/lease-to-own used vehicles.
S.F. 780 Pederson Repealing the 2% contractor withholding tax requirement.
 

10:15 AM

10:15 AM      House
Agriculture and Rural Development Policy and Finance

Room: Basement State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Rod Hamilton
Agenda: HF2159 (Swedzinski) Immigrant and minority microloan program established, and Rural Finance Authority provisions modified.


Bill(s) Removed: HF539 (Anderson) Horses as livestock classification modified.


10:15 AM      House
Government Operations and Elections

Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Joyce Peppin
Agenda: HF2132 (Lohmer) Washington County Housing and Redevelopment Authority; jurisdiction clarified.
HF1708 (Marquart) Minnesota Youth Council established.
HF2174 (ODriscoll) Interest-bearing deposit investments authorized, and designated depositories provided.
HF2392 (Dettmer) Anoka County Housing and Redevelopment Authority powers and jurisdiction provided.
HF2169 (Beard) State agency rule review and reporting methods provided.



10:15 AM      House
Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance

Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Tony Cornish
Agenda: HF1945 (Gottwalt) Criminal neglect of vulnerable adult penalty modified.
HF2333 (Swedzinski) Motor fuel theft specifically included in the theft crime, and permissive inference created.
HF2302 (Kriesel) Predatory offenders prohibited from serving as hotel or motel employees, and background check required.
HF1774 (Kriesel) Fireworks manufacture, sale, and use regulated.



10:15 AM      House
Taxes

Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Greg Davids
Agenda: HF1216 (Downey) "Tax expenditure" and "tax relief" definitions provided and applied.
Completion of presentation on the 2012 Tax Expenditure Budget - Dr. Paul Wilson, Department of Revenue
No action will be taken on HF1216 .


11:00 AM
11:00 AM      Senate
Senate


The Senate will be in Session at 11 a.m.
 

12:30 PM

12:30 PM      House
Education Finance

Room: Room 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Pat Garofalo
Bill(s) Added
Bill(s) Removed
Agenda: HF2291 (Mariani) Adult basic education; process created for contact hours lost due to a service disruption.
SF946 (Erickson) School district pilot project established to examine joint operations to provide innovative delivery of programs and activities and share resources.
HF2037 (Garofalo) Community education, school readiness, and Early Childhood Family Education fund balance penalties eliminated.
HF2433 (Garofalo) At least 40 percent of the arts and cultural heritage funding required to be devoted to programs for school-age children.
HF2433 (Informational Only)

Bill(s) Removed: HF1858 (Quam) School district operating referenda required to be held at the general election in even-numbered years.


12:30 PM      House
Health and Human Services Finance

Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jim Abeler
Agenda: HF2097 (Peppin) Child care accreditation provisions modified.
HF2230 (Abeler) Pediatric care coordination services provided, demonstration providers required to include in provider networks all providers that agree to standard contract terms, patient-centered decision making required under all medical assistance, managed care and county-based purchasing plans required to reduce the incidence of low birth weight, competitive bidding program established for the metro area, and draft methodology report required.
Other bills maybe added to the agenda

If you wish to testify, email Christine Kiel at christine.kiel@house.mn


12:30 PM      House
Higher Education Policy and Finance

Room: Basement State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Bud Nornes
Agenda: HF1036 (Sanders) State passenger vehicle fleet management and consolidation provided.
HF1916 (Howes) Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities prior appropriations modified.
HF1960 (Banaian) St. Cloud State University hockey center project 2008 appropriation modified.
Committee recommendation for 2012 capital budget requests


12:30 PM      House
Jobs and Economic Development Finance

Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Bob Gunther
Bill(s) Removed
Agenda: HF2305 (Gunther) Barber licenses and fees changed, penalties created, and money appropriated.
HF1721 (Gunther) Redevelopment demolition loans authorized.
HF1883 (Brynaert) Mankato; arena improvement and event center expansion funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1677 (Hackbarth) St. Paul regional ballpark funding provided, city authorized to use design-build or construction manager at-risk method of project delivery, bonds issued, and money appropriated.


Bill(s) Removed: HF1400 (Champion) Minneapolis; Nicollet Mall Phase I renovation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.


1:00 PM
1:00 PM      Senate
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

Chair: Sen. Warren Limmer
Room 15 Capitol
Agenda: 
S.F. 1825 Nienow Prior driving while impaired (DWI) drivers license revocations and convictions criminal penalty enhancements authority.
S.F. 1958 Limmer Explosives possession permit applicants law enforcement background checks electronic civil commitment data access authorization.
S.F. 1298 Thompson State agencies civil penalties imposition regulation and prevailing parties fees and expenses awards.
 

1:00 PM      Senate
Committee on Transportation

Chair: Sen. Joe Gimse
Room 123 Capitol

S.F. 413 and S.F. 1497 have been added to the agenda. Bills will be heard for informational purposes only. Those wishing to testify, please contact Patrick Murray at patrick.murray@senate.mn.

Agenda: 
S.F. 1685 Pederson Local road improvement bond issue and appropriation.
S.F. 1686 Pederson Local bridge replacement and rehabilitation bond issue and appropriation.
S.F. 120 Miller Port development assistance bond issue and appropriation.
S.F. 1439 Goodwin Safe routes to school program establishment, bond issue and appropriation.
S.F. 413 Wolf Anoka county trunk highway #10 noise barrier bond issue and appropriation.
S.F. 1497 Reinert Duluth transit center bond issue and appropriation.
S.F. 1762 Gimse Water and soil resources board (BWSR) wetland replacement and preservation bond issue and appropriation.
 

3:00 PM

3:00 PM      House
The House Meets in Session


3:00 PM      Senate
Committee on Education

Chair: Sen. Gen Olson
Room 15 Capitol
Agenda: 
Presentation by Katherine Kersten-"Our Immense Achievement Gap"
S.F. 1908 Hall School district cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillator instruction requirement clarification.
 

3:00 PM      Senate
***Revision 1: Agenda change***
Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications

Chair: Sen. Julie A. Rosen
Room 123 Capitol
Agenda: 
Trends in the natural gas industry
     Presentation by Chris McGill from the American Gas Association
 

3:00 PM      Senate
***Revision 1: Agenda change***
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Chair: Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen
Room 107 Capitol

If you would like to testify, please email Mike Karbo at michael.karbo@senate.mn as soon as possible before the committee meeting begins.

Agenda: 
S.F. 1885 Dahms Local water management provisions modification.
S.F. 1860 Pederson Concrete diamond grinding and saw slurry disposal provision in highway construction, improvement, or repair contracts requirement.
S.F. 1859 Carlson, J. Subsurface sewage treatment systems local ordinances rules adoption delay implementation modification.
 

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