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Senator Oumou Verbeten moved that S.F. 1384, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Labor Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.
Testifiers: Mary Moriarty (Hennepin County Attorney); John Choi (Ramsey County Attorney)
A-1 – Westlin moves – adopted by voice
Be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
***Westlin presenting the bill
Testifiers: Taya Moxley-Goldsmith (Director, Data Practices Office)
A-3 amendment as amended – Westlin moves, adopted by voice
Oral amendment to A-3 – delete lines 2.10 and 2.11
Senator Westlin moved that S.F. 2225, as amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the State and Local Government and Veterans Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.
Testifiers: Dr. Jillian Peterson (Co-founder and President, The Violence Project); Dr. James Densley (Co-founder and President, The Violence Project)
Be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Testifiers: Tom Brace and Jon Nisja (both from MN Chapter of the National Fire Sprinkler Association)
Be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Testifiers: Mitch Kuhne (Corrections Sergeant, MCF – Lino Lakes); Paul Schnell (Commissioner, Department of Corrections); Ethan Vogel (Legislative Director, AFSCME Council 5)
A-1 – Oumou Verbeten moves, adopted by voice
Be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Testifiers: Ron Elwood (Legal Aid)
Be recommended to pass.
***Dibble presenting
Testifiers: Phil Steger (private citizen, affected business owner)
A-1 Oumou Verbeten moves – adopted by voice
Senator Oumou Verbeten moved that S.F. 1657, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION PREVAILED.
Senator Oumou Verbeten moved that S.F. 2042, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Health and Human Services Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.
A-1 – Oumou Verbeten offers, adopted by voice
Senator Kreun moved that S.F. 733, as amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.
Testifiers: Sarah Davis (Assistant Attorney, Hennepin County Attorney’s Office); Chauntyll Allen (Director of Criminal Justice Policy and Activism, Wayfinder Foundation); Myon Burrell (Prison Advocacy Project Coordinator, Wayfinder Foundation, and ex-incarcerated person); David Boehnke (Twin Cities Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee); Malaika Eban (Interim Exec Director, Legal Rights Center); Matt Bauer (Superintendent, Dakota County Juvenile Services Center; MACCAC); Eilliot Butay (Senior Policy Coordinator, NAMI Minnesota); Paul Schnell (Commissioner, Department of Corrections)
A-1 – Pappas moves, adopted by voice
Senator Pappas moved that S.F. 1972, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the State and Local Government and Veterans Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.
Testifiers: LeAnne Renteria (St. Paul, former police officer, therapist); Scott Boerboom (Chief of Police, Minnetonka)
A-2 – Oumou Verbeten moves, adopted by voice
As amended, laid over and may become part of omnibus bill.
Testifiers: Paul Schnell (Commissioner, Department of Corrections); Kevin Anderson (Commissioner, Hennepin County); Karla Bigham (Commissioner, Washington County); Carly Stark; Waniyetu Bald Eagle (Community Member)
A-3 as amended – Seeberger moves, adopted by voice
A-4 adopted to the A-3 and moved as one author’s amendment
Senator Seeberger moved that S.F. 2380, as amended and referred to the State and Local Government and Veterans Committee without recommendation. - MOTION PREVAILED.
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Senator Ron Latz, Chair |
Diana Rico, Legislative Assistant |