House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee on 3/27/2024

Bills

Committee Members

Rep. Zack Stephenson

House, 35A, DFL, rep.zack.stephenson@house.mn, 651-296-5513

(Heard as: Stephenson Stevenson )

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Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn

House, 49B, DFL, rep.carlie.kotyza-witthuhn@house.mn, 651-296-7449

Rep. Tim O'Driscoll

House, 13B, R, rep.tim.odriscoll@house.mn, 651-296-7808

(Heard as: Cleo Driscoll Driscoll O'Driscoll Lito Driscoll )

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Rep. Robert Bierman

House, 56A, DFL, rep.robert.bierman@house.mn, 651-296-5506

(Heard as: Bierman )

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Rep. Ethan Cha

House, 47B, DFL, rep.ethan.cha@house.mn, 651-296-1147

(Heard as: Charlene Breiner )

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Rep. Kurt Daudt

House, 27B, R, rep.kurt.daudt@house.mn, 651-296-5364

Rep. Jeff Dotseth

House, 11A, R, rep.jeff.dotseth@house.mn, 651-296-4308

Rep. Mike Freiberg

House, 43B, DFL, rep.mike.freiberg@house.mn, 651-296-4176

(Heard as: Freyberg )

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Rep. Ginny Klevorn

House, 42B, DFL, rep.ginny.klevorn@house.mn, 651-296-5511

(Heard as: Clevarn )

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Rep. Erin Koegel

House, 39A, DFL, rep.erin.koegel@house.mn, 651-296-5369

Rep. Larry Kraft

House, 46A, DFL, rep.larry.kraft@house.mn, 651-296-7026

(Heard as: Representative Kraft )

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Rep. Tina Liebling

House, 24B, DFL, rep.tina.liebling@house.mn, 651-296-0573

Rep. Anne Neu Brindley

House, 28B, R, rep.anne.neu@house.mn, 651-296-5377

(Heard as: New Brinley Brinley )

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Rep. Harry Niska

House, 31A, R, rep.harry.niska@house.mn, 651-296-2439

Rep. Bernie Perryman

House, 14A, R, rep.bernie.perryman@house.mn, 651-296-6316

(Heard as: Perry � Perryman )

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Rep. Brian Pfarr

House, 22B, R, rep.brian.pfarr@house.mn, 651-296-7065

(Heard as: Pharr )

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Rep. Brad Tabke

House, 54A, DFL, rep.brad.tabke@house.mn, 651-296-8872

Rep. Liz Olson

House, 08A, DFL, rep.liz.olson@house.mn, 651-296-4246

Noteworthy Content:

00:04:44,940 - We welcome, in particular, the inclusion of our recommendations to strengthen social equity provisions, including license preapproval,

00:05:10,160 - and create an early mover advantage for social equity applicants.

00:05:26,440 - the social equity outcomes anticipated in Chapter 342.

00:05:34,120 - with advocates and industry experts to build the right system for Minnesota to achieve our shared equity goals,

00:12:38,120 - I'm extremely grateful for everything that you guys have done in recognizing that social equity is important.

00:12:50,660 - with 60-year sentence and 40-year sentences while people in privilege are making billions of dollars.

00:12:56,000 - I appreciate Minnesota recognizing social equity as a huge step.

00:13:55,920 - especially social equity applicants

00:15:52,380 - especially social equity applicants and microbusinesses,

00:39:37,880 - take a look at social equity and the definitions that are at play in this underlying law.

00:43:34,880 - that they didn't have the outcomes when it comes to social equity applicants

00:44:21,880 - nationally the statistics are not promising in terms of social equity outcome.

00:45:04,940 - on social equity applicants

00:45:10,720 - Couldn't we focus on social equity applicants

00:45:19,520 - We are looking at a lottery system for both social equity applicants

00:46:48,640 - biggest concern here is that we have candidates who are social equity candidates for this

00:47:13,680 - are there are folks who qualify as social equity candidates

00:47:52,380 - focus on the social equity but there has to be merit within that

00:48:41,540 - used for both social equity and the general population so it's still a lottery either

00:48:46,480 - way I don't know how a lottery does a better job at addressing social equity applicants

00:48:52,740 - than taking that bucket of social equity applicants