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Jobs and Economic Development Committee
Thursday, March 23, 2023
5:30 PM, 1200 Minnesota Senate Bldg.

Minutes

Present: Senator Bobby Joe Champion - Chair, Senator Zaynab Mohamed Vice Chair, Senator Rich Draheim, Senator Heather Gustafson, Senator Foung Hawj, Senator Karin Housley, Senator Carla J. Nelson, Senator Eric R. Pratt, Senator Aric Putnam

Absent: No Members Absent

Chair Senator Champion calls the hybrid Jobs and Economic Development Committee Meeting to order at 5:32 PM conducted in Minnesota Senate Building room 1100 and over zoom broadcast. Chair, Senator Champion: Present Vice Chair, Senator Mohamed: Present Ranking, Senator Draheim: Present Senator Gustafson: Present Senator Hawj: Present Senator Housley: Present Senator Pratt: Present Senator Putnam: Present Senator Nelson: Present A quorum is present.

Call To Order


S.F. 2200: Senator Port: WomenVenture appropriation to establish a business expansion program for women food entrepreneurs Testifier: LeeAnn Rasachak, CEO, WomenVenture Vanessa Drews, Founder and Owner, Cheesecake Funk.

S.F. 2200 Port: Women Venture appropriation to establish a business expansion program for women food entrepreneurs presentation begins at 5:34 PM by Senator Port and ends at 5:36 PM.

 

S.F. 2200 Port: Women Venture appropriation to establish a business expansion program for women food entrepreneurs presentation continues with a testimony by LeeAnn Rasachak, CEO, WomenVenture, starting at 5:36 PM and ending at 5:38 PM.

 

S.F. 2200 Port: Women Venture appropriation to establish a business expansion program for women food entrepreneurs presentation continues with a testimony by Vanessa Drews, Founder and Owner, Cheesecake Funk, starting at 5:39 PM and ending at 5:41 PM.

 

Questions Begin at 5:42 PM and ends at 5:48 PM

 

Senator Champion moves for SF 2200 to be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill


Be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.

S.F. 2: Senator Mann: Paid family, pregnancy, bonding, and applicant\'s serious medical condition benefits establishment and appropriation.

S.F. 0002 Mann: Paid family, pregnancy, bonding, and applicant's serious medical condition benefits establishment and appropriation presentation begins at 5:56 PM by Senator Mann and ends at 5:59 PM.

 

Senator Gustafson offers the A-83 amendment. Senator Mann offers an oral amendment to the amendment deleting lines 2.13 and 2.14. Senate Counsel walks through the oral amendment and offers an oral amendment on lines 1.28 deleting 286.046 to … at 6:00 PM. Senator Mann walks through the amendment at 6:05 PM and ending at 6:18 PM.

 

Senator Gustafson motions for a vote on the A-83 amendment. The motion prevails and the amendment is adopted.

 

Senator Gustafson moves the A78 amendment at 6:19 PM. Senator Gustafson walks through this amendment at 6:20 PM.

 

Questions on the A78 amendment begin at 6:21 PM and end at 6:34 PM. The motion prevails and the amendment is adopted at 6:35 PM.

 

Senator Gustafson moves the A79 amendment and gives a walk through at 6:36 PM.

 

Questions on the A79 amendment begins at 6:37PM and end at 6:39 PM. The motion prevails and the amendment is adopted at 6:39 PM.

 

Senator Pratt moves the A85 amendment at walks through the amendment a 6:40 PM.

 

Questions on the A85 amendment begin at 6:41 PM and ends at 6:43 PM. The motion prevails and the amendment is adopted.

 

Senator Draheim moves the A86 amendment and walks through the amendment at 6:43 PM.

 

Questions on the amendment begin at 6:45 PM and ends at 6:54 PM

 

Senator Draheim withdraws the A86 amendment at 6:55 PM.

 

Senator Draheim moves the A87 amendment and walks through the amendment at 6:55 PM.

 

Questions on the A87 amendment begin at 6:57 PM and ends at 7:00 PM. The motion fails and the amendment is not adopted.

 

Senator Pratt motions for a roll call vote to lay SF 2 on the table until there is an updated fiscal note. A roll call vote is granted at 7:06 PM

 

Chair, Senator Champion: No

Vice Chair, Senator Mohamed: No

Ranking, Senator Draheim: Yes

Senator Gustafson: No

Senator Hawj: No

Senator Housley: Yes

Senator Pratt: Yes

Senator Putnam: No

Senator Nelson: Yes

The motions does not prevail.

 

Senator Pratt Motions for SF2 to be passed without recommendation to Higher Education at 7:08 PM.

 

Questions on the motion begin at 7:10 PM and end at 7:11 PM

Senator Draheim motions for a roll call vote on Senator Pratts motion to pass without recommendation to higher education at 7:12 PM. A roll call vote is granted at 7:13 PM

 

Chair, Senator Champion: No

Vice Chair, Senator Mohamed: No

Ranking, Senator Draheim: Yes

Senator Gustafson: No

Senator Hawj: No

Senator Housley: Yes

Senator Pratt: Yes

Senator Putnam: No

Senator Nelson: Yes

The motion does not prevail at 7:13 PM.

 

Senator Nelson motions for SF 2 to be laid on the table. A roll call vote was requested. A roll call vote was granted at 7:14 PM.

 

Chair, Senator Champion: No

Vice Chair, Senator Mohamed: No

Ranking, Senator Draheim: N/A

Senator Gustafson: No

Senator Hawj: No

Senator Housley: Yes

Senator Pratt: Yes

Senator Putnam: No

Senator Nelson: Yes

The motion does not prevail at 7:16 PM.

 

Questions on the presentation begin at 7:19 PM and ends at 7:36 PM

 

Senate Counsel gives a walk through of the fiscal note at 7:37 PM.

 

Questions on the presentation resume at 8:05 PM and end at 8:50 PM

 

Senator Housley motions for SF2 to be passed as amended without recommendation and be re-referred to finance. The motions fails and is not adopted at 8:52 PM

 

Senator Mohamed motions for SF2 to pass as amended and be re-referred to finance committee at 8:53 PM. The motion prevails and SF2 is re-referred as amended to the finance committee.

 

 

 

 


Senator Mohamed moved that S.F. 2, as amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:54 PM


 
                                                                      
Senator Bobby Joe Champion, Chair
                                                                      
Alexis Varner, Legislative Assistant