Yesterday at the Capitol
Budget discussion is beginning to take center stage at the Capitol this week. The House Ways and Means Committee met yesterday morning and among other things, discussed the House budget resolution that will be adopted by March 24. The budget resolution sets the amount of general fund money the House plans to spend over the 2016-2017 biennium. Finance committees, including higher education, will receive their targets in the budget resolution and will begin to craft their omnibus bills. Finance committees need to have their bills out of committee by April 24.
At 1:00 p.m. today, Governor Mark Dayton will hold a press conference to announce his supplemental budget proposal.
Today at the Capitol
8:15 a.m.
House Civil Law and Data Practices
Room: 10 State Office Buiding
Chair: Rep. Peggy Scott
Agenda:
HF742 (O’Neill): Campus sexual harassment and sexual violence; various provisions modified relating to campus sexual assault policies, good faith reporting, postsecondary institution and law enforcement coordination, online reporting systems, data access, data classifications, security officer and administrator training, and student health services
HF582 (Anderson): Agricultural operations’ nuisance liability modified
HF1047 (Whelan): Born Alive Infants Protection Act created, and civil remedies and protections provided
HF864 (Sanders): Response or incident data regulated, administrative penalty for insurance fraud provided, and process of deauthorization of the right of health care providers to receive payments created
8:15 a.m.
House Education Innovation Policy
Room: Basement Hearing Room
Chair: Rep. Sondra Erickson
| Agenda: HF1591 | Erickson | Early childhood and kindergarten through grade 12 education policy provided. |
10:15 a.m.
House Agriculture Policy
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Paul Anderson
Agenda:
HF1415 (Torkelson): Roadway use access modified
HF1451 (Miller): Livestock industry study required
HF1098 (Sundin): Rural Finance Authority loan state participation limit increased
HF1554 (Anderson): Agriculture policy and technical changes made to various provisions; and agricultural growth, research, and innovation program sunset repealed
12:45 p.m.
House Education Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jenifer Loon
Agenda:
HF1259 (Backer) Early education services authorized for students from adjoining states.
HF1636 (Christensen) School district authority to transfer certain money among funds and accounts extended.
HF603 (Kresha) Early learning scholarship program provided funding, and money appropriated.
HF1220 (Kresha) Early learning scholarship parameters clarified, and money appropriated.
HF1368 (Kresha) Tax credit provided for contributions to qualified foundations
2:00 p.m.
Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Terri E. Bonoff
Agenda:
S.F. 951-Kiffmeyer: National guard members resident status for higher education grants and scholarship purposes.
S.F. 1300-Benson: Postsecondary education institutions sexual harassment and sexual violence policies modification.
S.F. 1273-Petersen: Alternative teacher preparation grant program establishment.
S.F. 1535-Bonoff: Higher education technical and policy changes.
S.F. 1194-Bonoff: Higher education student grant assigned family responsibility amounts, state grant tuition caps, and living expenses allowance modifications
2:45 p.m.
House Higher Education Policy and Finance Committee
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Bud Nornes
Agenda:
HF384 (Urdahl) School year-long student teaching programs made part of teacher preparation, and money appropriated.
HF987 (Selcer) Postsecondary study abroad program regulation clarified.
HF488 (Knoblach) Labor agreements and compensation plans ratified.
HF1306 (Bernardy) Minnesota State colleges and Universities required to establish a transfer curriculum.
HF551 (O’Neill) Competency standards for dual training identification required by commissioner of labor and industry, dual training competency grant program created, and money appropriated.
5:30 p.m.
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement
Room: 10, State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Tim O’Driscoll
Agenda:
Approval of mortality assumption changes proposed for seven monthly benefit volunteer firefighter relief associations.
H.F. 477 (Mahoney); S.F. 580 (Hawj): PERA; Service credit purchase for unreported St. Paul Public Schools employment.
H.F. 1114 (Hansen); S.F. 1342 (Metzen): MSRS; Service credit purchase for pre-1996 Department of Revenue seasonal employment.
H.F. 1121 (Sanders); S.F. xxxx: PERA; Service credit purchase for uncredited employment by Hennepin County Medical Center employee.
H.F. 1521 (Hoppe); S.F. 1373 (Pappas): MSRS-General, MSRS-Unclassified; Clarification of coverage for part-time legislative employees.
H.F. 1292 (Nelson); S.F. xxxx: MSRS-Unclassified; MSRS-General; Election options for legislators.
H.F. 1717 (Johnson, C.); S.F. xxxx: PERA; Coverage for Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging employees.
Other one-person or small group bills introduced before March 17, 2015.
Looking Ahead
Wednesday, March 18
8:30 a.m.
Senate Education
Room: 112 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Charles W. Wiger
Agenda:
S.F. 811-Wiger: Pre-kindergarten through grade 12 education funding.
S.F. 334-Johnson, A.: Childhood screening program vision screening requirement modification.
S.F. 343-Kent: National association of sport and physical education kindergarten through grade 12 standards and benchmarks adoption requirement.
S.F. 1495-Wiger: Education policy bill
10:15 a.m.
House Government Operations and Elections Policy
Room: Basement Hearing Room
Chair: Rep. Tim Sanders
Agenda:
HF1281 (Daudt) Legislative budget office created.
HF1677 (Albright) Human services policy modifications provided, tobacco inspector staff authorized to use unmarked vehicles, background study expense requirements modified, cost of care requirements for persons committed by tribal courts modified, and Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act compliance required.
HF195 (Runbeck) Metropolitan Council prohibited from indebtedness secured by pledge of motor vehicle sales tax revenue.
HF1297 (Uglem) Metropolitan Council nominating committee membership modified.
HF1324 (Backer) Volunteer firefighters; areas eligible for aid expanded, and program made ongoing.
HF328 (Loon) Crowdfunding transactions provided an exemption from securities regulation.
HF1525 (Loon) Transportation Advisory Board of the Metropolitan Council composition modified.
HF1170 (Bennett) Teacher shortage loan forgiveness program provided, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.
HF283 (Kresha) Camp Ripley nearby lands designated as sentinel landscape, coordinating committee created, and report required.
HF606 (Kiel) Facilities that perform abortions licensure required, licensing fee required, and money appropriated.
HF1116 (Zerwas) Transfer for divided lands restriction rules modified.
HF1152 (Daniels) Home care employee work group established to review and make recommendations on vaccinating and screening home care employees, and money appropriated.
HF XXXX (Pierson) Requiring the commissioner of human services to contract with a vendor for eligibility verification audit services for public health care programs
HF 1460 (Drazkowski) Commissioner of human services required to contract with a vendor to verify the eligibility of medical assistance and MinnesotaCare enrollees, and money appropriated.
12:00 p.m.
Senate Environment, Economic Development and Agriculture Budget Division
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. David J. Tomassoni
Agenda:
S.F. 468-Stumpf: Workforce housing grants program establishment.
S.F. 816-Dahms: Workforce housing grant program and appropriation; land trusts income tax credit and creation.
S.F. 282-Hawj: Housing opportunities made equitable (HOME) pilot project appropriation.
S.F. 456-Dibble: Housing finance agency (HFA) programs appropriations.
S.F. 420-Saxhaug: Rural workforce system coordinators establishment and appropriation; Minnesota youth program appropriation.
S.F. 461-Saxhaug: Resource, Inc. career education and job skills training appropriation
12:45 p.m.
House Job Growth & Energy Affordability Policy and Finance
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Pat Garofalo
Agenda:
HF713 (Loonan) Minnesota High Tech Association’s SciTechsperience program provided grant funding; science, technology, engineering, and math internships provided, and money appropriated.
HF1012 (Dean) Home and community-based setting residency ratio restrictions modified.
HF1400 (Lucero) Certificate of need issuance prohibition for new nuclear power plant abolished.
HF438 (Kresha) Minnesota New Markets Jobs Act adopted, capital for business growth in economically distressed communities provided, penalties imposed, and report required.
HF1105 (Vogel) Urban challenge grants program modified, and money appropriated
2:00 p.m.
Senate State and Local Government
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Patricia Torres Ray
Agenda:
S.F. 1823-Torres Ray: Ethnic affairs department creation; councils on Affairs of Chicano/Latino People, Black Minnesotans, and Asian-Pacific Minnesotans repeal; ombudsperson for American Indian families creation; appropriations.
S.F. 1676-Stumpf: Grant management provisions modifications.
S.F. 650-Bakk: Tofte municipal housing authority powers.
S.F. 1304-Bakk: Legislative budget office creation.
S.F. 1456-Rest: Historic conservation corps creation.
S.F. 1784-Rest: Needs of hearing-impaired people capital improvement projects inclusion requirement.
S.F. 995-Clausen: Concurrent education enrollment program establishment and appropriation
2:45 p.m.
House Higher Education Policy and Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Bud Nornes
Agenda:
HF880 (P. Anderson): Agricultural education teachers provided loan forgiveness, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.
HFXXXX (Pugh): Requiring student loan entrance counseling, and money appropriated.
HF820 (Applebaum): Merit-based academic excellence grant program established for Minnesota undergraduate students, and money appropriated.
HF1716 (Applebaum): Refundable credit for student loan interest allowed, and money appropriated.
HF1217 (Davnie): Concurrent enrollment provided, and money appropriated
Thursday, May 19
8:00 a.m.
Senate Education
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Charles W. Wiger
Agenda: S.F. 1495-Wiger: Education policy bill
8:15 a.m.
House Education Innovation Policy
Room: Basement Hearing room
Chair: Rep. Sondra Erickson
Agenda: HF1591 (Erickson): Early childhood and kindergarten through grade 12 education policy provided
Note: Mark-up/action on omnibus education policy bill.
10:15 a.m.
House Government Operations and Elections Policy
Room: Basement hearing room
Chair: Rep. Tim Sanders
Agenda:
HF43 (Winkler) Expressly advocating definition modified relating to elections and campaign finance, and electioneering communication disclosure provided.
HF538 (Drazkowski) Political contribution refund and public subsidy program and related expenditure limits repealed.
HF1745 (Swedzinski) Setback standards set, and local project approval for site permit required.
HF906 (Lohmer) Public participation in government protections modified.
HF236 (Zerwas) Eligible patients permitted the use of investigational drugs, biological products, or devices.
HF1406 (Hackbarth) Citizen oversight committee expiration extended; federal law compliance provided; enforcement provisions and provisions to take, possess, and transport wild animals modified. licenses provided, landowner’s bill of rights modified, and criminal penalties provided.
HF90 (Quam) Provisional balloting procedure established.
HF1659 (Peterson) Permitted ration of pharmacy technicians to pharmacists increased.
HF975 (Hamilton) State Quality Council and regional quality council requirements modified, and money appropriated.
HF1080 (Barrett) North Branch authorized to increase its public utilities commission from three to five members.
HF161 (Zerwas) Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (ABLE); accounts established for persons with disabilities.
HF1835 (Runbeck) Metropolitan Area Water Supply Advisory Committee modified and duties specified, and groundwater management area plan implementation delayed.
HF1845 (Swedzinski) Interagency feasibility study required.
HF1529 (Fenton) Education Savings Accounts for Students with Special Needs Act created, and money appropriated.
HF782 (Runbeck) Reverse referendum approval of debt issuance provided.
HF1584 (Albright) Health professional license requirements modified.
12:45 p.m.
House Education Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jenifer Loon
Agenda:
HF724 (Bernardy) College concurrent enrollment program full funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF768 (Schomacker) Independent School District No. 402, Hendricks exempted from the general reciprocity agreement.
HF1571 (Newton) PSEO payments to postsecondary institutions enhanced to include textbook and equipment costs, greater financial incentive for schools districts to encourage student participation in the PSEO program created.
HF1390 (Bly) Pupil unit provisions modified.
2:00 p.m.
Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development
Room: 107 Capitol
Chair: Sen. Terri E. Bonoff
Agenda: Office of the Legislative Auditor, presentation on findings related to the Dan Markingson Case at the University of Minnesota.
** The Office of the Legislative Auditor report will be available online on Thursday, March 19th at http://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/. **
Presentation on the External Review (Independent report) of Clinical Research involving Human Subjects at the University of Minnesota
Thank you.
Melissa Fahning
Director of Legislative Communications
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
651-201-1757 (work) 612-483-3741 (cell)
melissa.fahning@so.mnscu.edu
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