Last week of Session
This is the final week of the 2018 legislative session, and we can expect long days and nights while lawmakers and Governor Dayton negotiate an end-of-session agreement. There is movement in the supplemental budget conference committee. Conferees will begin to adopt language today. Also today, the House Ways and Means committee will discuss an amendment to the House budget resolution. The bonding bill will likely be debated on the House floor, and the Senate bonding bill will be taken up in Senate Finance later today.
Although the constitutionally-mandated adjournment date is next Monday, May 21, Sunday is the last day lawmakers can pass bills this session. Monday is often reserved for ceremonial traditions and administrative matters.
Tax agreement reached
On Friday, conferees of the House and Senate Tax Omnibus conference committee
released a joint conference position
on the tax bill. The proposal maintains a cut in both the state’s lowest income tax rate and second income tax tier, as proposed by the Senate and House respectively. Over the course of the next two years, the rates for the state’s lowest income earners would fall from 5.35% to 5.25% and for the second tier, from 7.05% to 6.85%. The passage of the federal tax bill has created an urgent need for conformity at the state level. Failure to pass a bill would result in a tax increase for many Minnesotans, something legislators and Governor Dayton have all agreed they want to avoid. However, Gov. Dayton has not signed off on the deal yet.
The spreadsheet detailing the agreement can be found
HERE.
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This Week at the Capitol
Monday, May 14
9:30 a.m.
House Ways and Means
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jim Knoblach
Agenda: The committee discuss an amendment to the House Budget Resolution. The Committee will then recess to the Call of the Chair and, pending referral to the Committee, consider SF2620 (O'Driscoll).
Committee Documents:
10:00 a.m.
Senate in Session
Special Orders:
S.F. 3504 (Mathews) - Carbon reduction facility designation for certain nuclear energy electric generating facilities
H.F. 390 (Ingebrigtsen)- Trunk highway or airport traffic access obstruction penalties increase; transit obstruction crime modification
S.F. 3326 (Latz) - Revisor's bill
H.F. 2940 (Ingebrigtsen) - Pollution control agency (PCA) fees increase prohibition without legislative approval
H.F. 2802 (Weber) - Municipalities constructing publicly owned treatment works regulatory certainty for effluent limitations compliance
H.F. 2847 (Ruud) - Cuyuna country state recreation area citizens advisory council modification
H.F. 4003 (Chamberlain) - Groundwater appropriation permit requirements temporary enforcement and groundwater management area permit requirements
H.F. 2945 (Utke) - Intensive residential treatment service provider entities and crisis stabilization services requirements modification
H.F. 3689 (Abeler) - Birth defect information system modifications
H.F. 3015 (Nelson) - Child care licensing correction order posting requirements and foster care licensing moratorium modifications; adult foster care licensing analysis requirement
H.F. 3089 (Tomassoni) - Mine inspection requirements modifications
10:00 a.m.
House in Session
Calendar for the Day:
HF3421
(Fabian) Natural Resource commissioner's duties modified, and provisions for elk licenses modified.
HF3422
(Fabian) Bait and equipment requirements for infested waters modified.
HF3423
(Fabian) Department legal representation provisions modified, training and licensing of wildland firefighters provided, and approved firewood provisions modified.
SF3638
(Neu) Snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle privileges revoked following a conviction for driving under the influence.
SF3245
(O'Driscoll) Energy improvements program modified, consumer protections for residential property assessed clean energy loans provided, and remedies provided.
HF4404
(Urdahl) Omnibus Capital Investment bill.
HF3221
(O'Driscoll) Elections administration technical and policy changes made.
HF3380
(Scott) Owner and rental agreement definitions amended, late fees and collection costs allowed to be included in liens imposed by self-service storage facilities, and property sale requirements for self-service storage facilities clarified.
HF3799
(Hoppe) Fraternal benefit societies regulated.
HF4133
(Anderson, P.) Agricultural technical and policy provisions changed, and agricultural research data maintained by the University of Minnesota classified.
HF4425
(Miller) Rural Finance Authority funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF3666
(Fabian) Loan program terms modified, and disposal facility certificate rulemaking required.
HF3759
(Fabian) Pipeline construction and routing authorized.
SF3461
(Franke) GI Bill statutory language recodified, and technical changes made.
HF3790
(Scott) Miscellaneous technical corrections to laws and statutes made; erroneous, obsolete, and omitted text and references corrected; and redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions removed.
SF3000
(Neu) State active service and pay for armory rentals authorized.
11:00 a.m.
Supplemental Budget Conference Committee
Room: 120 Capitol
Chair: Rep. Jim Knoblach and Sen. Julie Rosen
Agenda: The Conference Committee on SF3656 will meet to begin adoption of language. The first three areas in which the Committee will consider adopting language will be Agriculture, Higher Education, and Environment. The Committee will continue to meet throughout the day to adopt language in other budget areas.
At the call of the Chair
Senate Finance
Room: 1200 Senate Building
Chair: Sen. Julie Rosen
Agenda:
S. F. 3420-Utke: Workers compensation advisory council recommendations adoption; workers compensation court of appeals quorum requirements modification.
H.F. 2835-Newman: Deputy registrars reimbursement grants appropriation.
S.F. 4013-Senjem: Omnibus capital investment bill
Tuesday, May 15
8:15 a.m.
House Government Operations and Elections Policy
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Tim O’Driscoll
Agenda:
HF4488 (Marion O'Neill): Labor agreements ratified.
HF3497 (Marion O'Neill): Application fees for wireless facility applications limited (informational only)
