Minutes

Present: Senator Richard J. Cohen - Chair, Senator Ellen R. Anderson, Senator Linda Berglin, Senator Don Betzold, Senator Steve Dille, Senator Michelle L. Fischbach, Senator Leo T. Foley, Senator Linda Higgins, Senator James P. Metzen, Senator Steve Murphy, Senator Gen Olson, Senator Sandra L. Pappas, Senator Pat Pariseau, Senator Claire A. Robling, Senator David H. Senjem, Senator David J. Tomassoni, Senator Jim Vickerman, Senator Charles W. Wiger

Absent: Senator Dennis R. Frederickson, Senator LeRoy A. Stumpf

Senator Richard J. Cohen called the meeting to order at 8:52 a.m. A quorum was present Senator Cohen passed the gavel to Senator Berglin at 9:20 a.m. Senator Cohen assumed the gavel at 9:34 a.m.

S.F. 2383: Senator Dille: Minnesota couples on the brink project establishment; premarital education statements notary public (notarized) license requirement removal; marriage license fee disposition modification.



Senator Dille moved that S.F. 2383, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION CARRIED.

S.F. 2682: Senator Erickson Ropes: Fillmore county veterans cemetery funding.



Senator Vickerman moved that S.F. 2682, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION CARRIED.

S.F. 2493: Senator Moua: Crime of identity theft expansion to include scanning and reencoder use to acquire information from payment cards.



Senator Murphy moved that S.F. 2493, be recommended to pass. - MOTION CARRIED.

S.F. 2880: Senator Moua: State Guardian Ad Litem board establishment.



Senator Higgins moved that S.F. 2880, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION CARRIED.

S.F. 2725: Senator Moua: Gang and drug oversight council name change to violent crime oversight council; multijurisdictional gang and drug task forces certification process; criminal gang investigative data systems; intrastate data classification; cell phone tracking devices.



Senator Pappas moved that S.F. 2725, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION CARRIED.

S.F. 2634: Senator Moua: Forfeiture of seized property procedure modification.



Senator Anderson moved that S.F. 2634, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION CARRIED.

S.F. 2620: Senator Bonoff: Service innovation commission establishment.



Senator Wiger moved that S.F. 2620, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Rules and Administration Committee. - MOTION CARRIED.

S.F. 487: Senator Michel: Office of early learning creation.



Senator Berglin moved that S.F. 487, be laid on the table. - MOTION CARRIED.

S.F. 560: Senator Latz: Criminal records expungement law provisions expansion and modifications.



Senator Berglin moved that S.F. 560, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION CARRIED.

S.F. 2874: Senator Pogemiller: State government streamlining; employment and economic development (DEED) and labor and industry departments abolishment; task force and employee participation committee establishment; Taxpayers Accountability Act.



Senator Murphy moved that S.F. 2874, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION CARRIED.

S.F. 3079: Senator Sheran: Postsecondary enrollment options program modifications.



Senator Pappas moved that S.F. 3079, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION CARRIED.

S.F. 2496: Senator Rummel: Policy innovation and research task force.



Senator Wiger moved that S.F. 2496, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Rules and Administration Committee. - MOTION CARRIED.

S.F. 214: Senator Betzold: Notaries public regulations and fees modifications.



Senator Betzold moved that S.F. 214, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION CARRIED.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

Senator Richard J. Cohen, Chair	Nicole Kaplan, Legislative Assistant