Labor Committee
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Present: Senator Jennifer A. McEwen - Chair, Senator Grant Hauschild - Vice Chair, Senator Gene Dornink - Ranking Minority Member, Senator Robert J. Kupec, Senator Bill Lieske, Senator John Marty, Senator Clare Oumou Verbeten, Senator Sandra L. Pappas, Senator Jason Rarick
Absent: Senator Nathan Wesenberg
12:30 PM, 1100 Minnesota Senate Bldg.
Minutes
Present: Senator Jennifer A. McEwen - Chair, Senator Grant Hauschild - Vice Chair, Senator Gene Dornink - Ranking Minority Member, Senator Robert J. Kupec, Senator Bill Lieske, Senator John Marty, Senator Clare Oumou Verbeten, Senator Sandra L. Pappas, Senator Jason Rarick
Absent: Senator Nathan Wesenberg
Senator John Marty called the meeting to order at 12:37pm
Call to Order
S.F. 1714: Senator Johnson Stewart: Public contracts payment transparency requirement provision.
Senator Kupec requested a roll call vote for the adoption of A-7 amendment. 5/3 (Ayes: McEwen, Kupec, Marty, Oumou Verbeten, Pappas; Nays: Dornink, Lieske, Rarick) MOTION ADOPTED The following individuals testified on S.F.1714: Heather Hoffman, Commercial Drywall, Inc. Blake Nelson, Hellmuth & Johnson
Senator Pappas moved that S.F. 1714, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION ADOPTED.
Senator Kupec requested a roll call vote for the adoption of A-7 amendment. 5/3 (Ayes: McEwen, Kupec, Marty, Oumou Verbeten, Pappas; Nays: Dornink, Lieske, Rarick) MOTION ADOPTED The following individuals testified on S.F.1714: Heather Hoffman, Commercial Drywall, Inc. Blake Nelson, Hellmuth & Johnson
Senator Pappas moved that S.F. 1714, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION ADOPTED.
S.F. 4212: Senator McEwen: State Energy Code compliance streamlining competitive grants appropriation.
Senator Kupec offers the A-1 amendment. The A-1 Amendment is ADOPTED unanimously by voice vote. The following individuals testified on S.F.4212: Megan Hoye, Director of Climate Equity Action, City of Minneapolis Will Nissen, Director of Policy, Center for Energy and Environment (CEE) Josiah Moore, Legislative Director at MN Department of Labor and Industry
Senator McEwen moved that S.F. 4212, as amended, be laid over. - MOTION PREVAILED.
Senator Kupec offers the A-1 amendment. The A-1 Amendment is ADOPTED unanimously by voice vote. The following individuals testified on S.F.4212: Megan Hoye, Director of Climate Equity Action, City of Minneapolis Will Nissen, Director of Policy, Center for Energy and Environment (CEE) Josiah Moore, Legislative Director at MN Department of Labor and Industry
Senator McEwen moved that S.F. 4212, as amended, be laid over. - MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:30pm
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Senator John Marty |
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