Last Friday marked the second legislative committee deadline, when committees needed to act favorably on bills, or companions of bills, that met the first deadline in the other house in order for the bill to advance. Now that the first two deadlines have been met, finance divisions will work over the next two weeks preparing their omnibus finance bills in order to meet the third and final committee deadline of Friday, April 12. Omnibus bills are a compilation of bills reviewed earlier in session that fit within the committee's assigned budget target. Throughout the last couple months, committees have been hearing and laying over bills for possible inclusion in their respective omnibus bills.
After the final deadline of April 12, lawmakers are scheduled to head home to their districts for the annual Easter/Passover legislative break, scheduled April 13-22. When legislators return to St. Paul, both the House and Senate will take up the multiple omnibus bills on the floor, along with other bills that have made it through the committee deadline process.
As a reminder, the Senate budget target for higher education is $65.7 million. This is in comparison to $304.9 million for higher education in the House budget target, and $164 million for higher education in Governor Walz’s budget proposal. We will have a better idea of how that money is spent in the Senate and House later this week.
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This Week at the Capitol
Monday, April 1
9:45 a.m.
House Ways and Means
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Lyndon Carlson
Agenda:
HF 1706 (Lippert) Specifying duties and services of soil and water conservation districts
HF 1024 (Wolgamott) Designating a portion of marked Interstate Highway 94 as Kenneth E Sellon and Eugene B Schlotfeldt Memorial Highway
HF 1584 (Lee) Small business loan program for environmental improvement modified
HF 1127 (Baker) Designating a segment of marked Trunk Highway 23 in Kandiyohi County as Ryane Clark Memorial Highway
HF 2697 (Murphy) Claims bill
HF 1586 (Becker-Finn) Omnibus lands bill
HF 1623 (Hornstein) Transportation miscellaneous policy changes made
HF 1781 (Mahoney) Modifying use of Minnesota Investment Fund
HF 2401 (Davnie) Modifying general education aid
HF 836 (Albright) Richard J. Ames Memorial Highway designation
HF 2009 (Cantrell) Health plan companies and commissioner of human services prohibited from requiring enrollees to follow metastatic cancer step therapy protocols.
11:00 a.m.
Senate in Session
12:00 p.m.
House Education Finance
Room: Basement hearing room – State Office Building
Chair:
Rep. Jim Davnie
Agenda: Walk through of the Early Childhood Finance and Policy Division Report & the Education Finance Omnibus bill:
HF 2400 (Davnie) School district abatement aid calculation modified.
Amendments to the Education Finance Omnibus DE amendment are due on Tuesday, April 2 at 5 pm.
Public testimony will begin after the walk through of HF 2400's DE amendment and will conclude in the following meeting should it not be completed today.
1:00 p.m.
Senate Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy
Room: 1150 Senate Building
Chair: Sen. Eric R. Pratt
Agenda:
S.F. 384-Bakk: Workforce development training program funds availability extension.
S.F. 2709-Miller: Hmong Chamber of Commerce grant appropriation.
S.F. 216-Hoffman, J.: African Economic Development Solutions (AEDS) grant program for immigrant entrepreneurs.
S.F. 1652-Pratt: Minnesota High Tech Association grant for SciTechsperience appropriation.
S.F. 1559-Housley: Radon mitigation work performed by state contractor licensees authorization
3:30 p.m.
House in Session
6:00 p.m.
House Capital Investment
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mary Murphy
Agenda:
HF 1216 (Schultz) Duluth; regional exchange district establishment authorized, state general sales tax exemption provided, advisory board created, powers and duties conferred, tax abatement and tax increment financing rules provided, local sales and use tax imposition authorized, state appropriation bonds issued, and money appropriated.
The Next Step - continued
Tuesday, April 2
8:00 a.m.
House Jobs and Economic Development Finance
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Tim Mahoney
Agenda:
HF1533 (Olson) - Duluth; Minnesota Investment Fund loan to paper mill provided.
HF 2208 (Mahoney) Omnibus Jobs and Economic Development Finance Division
8:00 a.m.
House Capital Investment
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mary Murphy
Agenda: The Next Step - continued
9:45 a.m.
House Agriculture and Food Finance and Policy
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jeanne Poppe
Agenda: HF2200 (Poppe) Omnibus Agriculture & Food Finance Bill - walk through of DE Amendment
9:45 a.m.
House Education Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair:
Rep. Jim Davnie
Agenda:
Public testimony relating to the Ed Finance Omnibus bill and DE amendment.
HF 2400 (Davnie) School district abatement aid calculation modified.
Amendments to the Education Finance Omnibus DE amendment are due today at 5 pm.
10:30 a.m.
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy
Room: 1100 Senate Building
Chair: Sen. Gary H. Dahms
Agenda: S.F. 2611-Pratt: Miscellaneous jobs, economic development and housing appropriations.
2:30 p.m.
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Connie Bernardy
Agenda:
HF 434 (Noor) - Teacher candidates of color financial aid provided, and money appropriated.
HF 2730 (Wolgamott) - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities program to increase open textbook usage created, reports required, and money appropriated.
HF 2663 (Pryor) - Higher education state grant program parameters adjusted.
HF 405 (Koegel) - Anoka Technical College fabrication lab grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
5:00 p.m.
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement
Room: G3 Capitol
Chair: Rep. Mary Murphy
Agenda:
HF 2683 (Murphy, by request)
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SF xxxx: MnState; Eliminating the expiration of an early retirement incentive; making nonsubstantive style and form changes.
Wednesday, April 3
8:00 a.m.
House Jobs and Economic Development Finance
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Tim Mahoney
Agenda: HF 2208 (Mahoney) Omnibus Jobs and Economic Development Finance Division
1:00 p.m.
Senate Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy
Room: 1150 Senate Building
Chair: Sen. Eric R. Pratt
Agenda:
S.F. 2117-Anderson, P.: Minnetonka lactic acid production initiative grant appropriation.
S.F. 496-Bakk: Cook county higher education board educational programming and academic support service to remote regions appropriation.
S.F. 1386-Simonson: Duluth paper mill loan from the Minnesota Investment Fund authorization.
S.F. 2378-Utke: Workers compensation advisory council recommendations adoption authorization.
2:30 p.m.
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Connie Bernardy
Agenda: HF 2544 (Bernardy) - Office of Higher Education, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, University of Minnesota, and other related programs funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
7:00 p.m.
Governor Tim Walz State of the State Address
Minnesota House Chamber
Thursday, April 4
8:00 a.m.
House Capital Investment
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Mary Murphy
Agenda: The Next Step - continued
8:00 a.m.
House Jobs and Economic Development Finance
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Tim Mahoney
Agenda: HF 2208 (Mahoney) Omnibus Jobs and Economic Development Finance Division
8:30 a.m.
Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy
Room: 1100 Senate Building
Chair: Sen. Bruce D. Anderson
Agenda: S.F. 2358 will serve as the vehicle for the committee's omnibus bill. A delete-all amendment and spreadsheet will be posted on April 3.
9:45 a.m.
House Agriculture and Food Finance and Policy
Room: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Jeanne Poppe
Agenda: HF 2200 (Poppe) Omnibus Agriculture & Food Finance bill - amendments and final vote
9:45 a.m.
House Education Finance
Room: 5 State Office Building
Chair:
Rep. Jim Davnie
Agenda:
Markup of the Education Finance Omnibus bill and vote out.
HF 2400 (Davnie) School district abatement aid calculation modified.
Markup will resume a half hour in a TBD location after the conclusion of the Floor Session and will continue until completion.
