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House DFL announces committee structure and chairs

This afternoon the Minnesota House DFL announced the committee structure and chair assignments for the 2019-2020 biennium. Rep. Connie Bernardy, DFL-New Brighton, will chair the Higher Education Finance and Policy Division. Chairing the Capital Investment committee will be Rep. Mary Murphy, DFL-Hermantown. All committees and chairs are listed below.
Committee Name

Agriculture and Food Finance & Policy Division

Capital Investment Division

Commerce

Education Finance Division

Subcommittee on Early Childhood Finance & Policy

Education Policy

Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division

Subcommittee on Water

Energy and Climate Finance & Policy Division

Ethics

Government Operations

Subcommittee on Elections

Subcommittee on Local Government

Greater Minnesota Jobs and Econ Dev Finance Division

Health and Human Services Finance Division

Subcommittee on Long Term Care

Subcommittee on Early Childhood Finance & Policy

Health and Human Services Policy

Higher Education Finance & Policy Division

Housing Finance & Policy Division

Jobs & Economic Development Finance Division

Judiciary Finance & Civil Law Division

Labor

Legacy Finance Division

Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance & Policy Division

Subcommittee on Corrections

Rules and Legislative Administration

Subcommittee on Legislative Process Reform

State Government Finance Division

Taxes

Property and Local Tax Division

Transportation Finance & Policy Division

Veterans and Military Affairs Finance & Policy Division

Ways and Means


*Subcommittee of two divisions



Chair

Rep. Jeanne Poppe, Austin

Rep. Mary Murphy, Hermantown

Rep. Laurie Halverson, Eagan

Rep. Jim Davnie, Minneapolis

Rep. Dave Pinto, St. Paul*


Rep. Cheryl Youakim, Hopkins

Rep. Rick Hansen, South St. Paul


Rep. Peter Fischer, Maplewood

Rep. Jean Wagenius, Minneapolis

Rep. Mary Murphy, Hermantown

Rep. Mike Freiberg, Golden Valley

Rep. Raymond Dehn, Minneapolis

Rep. Sandra Masin, Eagan

Rep. Gene Pelowski, Winona


Rep. Tina Liebling, Rochester

Rep. Jennifer Schultz, Duluth

Rep. Dave Pinto, St. Paul*


Rep. Rena Moran, St. Paul

Rep. Connie Bernardy, New Brighton

Rep. Alice Hausman, St. Paul

Rep. Tim Mahoney, St. Paul

Rep. John Lesch, St. Paul

Rep. Mike Sundin, Esko

Rep. Leon Lillie, North St. Paul

Rep. Carlos Mariani, St. Paul


Rep. Jack Considine, Mankato

Rep. Ryan Winkler, Golden Valley

Rep. Gene Pelowski, Winona

Rep. Michael Nelson, Brooklyn Park

Rep. Paul Marquart, Dilworth

Rep. Diane Loeffler, Minneapolis

Rep. Frank Hornstein, Minneapolis

Rep. Rob Ecklund, International Falls


Rep. Lyndon Carlson
Important Links
  • Committee schedules can be found HERE
  • Many committee hearings and floor sessions are streamed live via the web or broadcast on television. More information and a schedule can be found HERE
Government Relations team:
Bernie Omann –  Bernie.Omann@MinnState,edu
Melissa Fahning - Melissa.Fahning@MinnState.edu
Tina Firkus - T ina.Firkus@MinnState.edu
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