Taxes Committee
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Present: Senator Ann H. Rest - Chair, Senator Bill Weber - Chair, Senator Steve Drazkowski - Vice Chair, Senator Matt D. Klein - Vice Chair, Senator Calvin K. Bahr, Senator D. Scott Dibble, Senator Grant Hauschild, Senator Jeremy R. Miller, Senator Carla J. Nelson, Senator Aric Putnam
Absent: No Members Absent
8:30 AM, G-15 Capitol
Minutes
Present: Senator Ann H. Rest - Chair, Senator Bill Weber - Chair, Senator Steve Drazkowski - Vice Chair, Senator Matt D. Klein - Vice Chair, Senator Calvin K. Bahr, Senator D. Scott Dibble, Senator Grant Hauschild, Senator Jeremy R. Miller, Senator Carla J. Nelson, Senator Aric Putnam
Absent: No Members Absent
Senator Ann H. Rest called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m.
Call to Order
A quorum is present
A quorum is present
Adoption of the minutes from 1/23/25
The minutes from January 23, 2025, were approved as presented.
The minutes from January 23, 2025, were approved as presented.
Department of Revenue presentation on the Governor's 2025 Budget Proposal
Testifiers: Paul Marquart – Commissioner, Department of Revenue Joanna Bayers – Legislative Director, Department of Revenue
Testifiers: Paul Marquart – Commissioner, Department of Revenue Joanna Bayers – Legislative Director, Department of Revenue
S.F. 249: Senator Johnson Stewart: Credit modification for attaining a master's degree in licensure field to include a master's degree in special education.
Testifiers: Stevie Middlebrook – Teacher, Metro Deaf School Alicia Lane – Government Relations Director, Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing
Senator Rest moved that S.F. 249, be laid over.
Testifiers: Stevie Middlebrook – Teacher, Metro Deaf School Alicia Lane – Government Relations Director, Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing
Senator Rest moved that S.F. 249, be laid over.
S.F. 297: Senator Klein: Land clearing equipment tax exemption modification.
Testifiers: Greg Krogstad – CEO, Rainbow Tree Company Scott Frampton – CEO, Landscape Renovations
Senator Rest moved that S.F. 297, be laid over.
Testifiers: Greg Krogstad – CEO, Rainbow Tree Company Scott Frampton – CEO, Landscape Renovations
Senator Rest moved that S.F. 297, be laid over.
S.F. 46: Senator Rest: Exemption provision for income earned by certain nonresident employees.
Senator Rest offered an oral amendment: On line 2.20, delete “shall” and insert “must,” and on line 2.32, after “by” insert “the.” The motion prevailed, and the amendment was adopted. Testifiers: Gavin Hanson – Director of Fiscal and Economic Policy, Minnesota Business Partnership Geno Fragnito – Director of Government Relations, MNCPA Doug Lindholm – Special Counsel and Chair, STRI, Council on State Taxation
Senator Klein moved that S.F. 46, as amended, be laid over.
Senator Rest offered an oral amendment: On line 2.20, delete “shall” and insert “must,” and on line 2.32, after “by” insert “the.” The motion prevailed, and the amendment was adopted. Testifiers: Gavin Hanson – Director of Fiscal and Economic Policy, Minnesota Business Partnership Geno Fragnito – Director of Government Relations, MNCPA Doug Lindholm – Special Counsel and Chair, STRI, Council on State Taxation
Senator Klein moved that S.F. 46, as amended, be laid over.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:25 a.m.
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