House committee
Ways and Means
Membership recorded during the 94th Legislature.
Committee members
Zack Stephenson
🏛️ Chair Democrat
HD-035A
He was a non-voting member until 3/17/2025, when he became co-chair. He served on this committee until 9/8/2025.
Bills pending in this committee
HF3093
Minimum eligibility criteria enhanced for state grants, and sworn certification of compliance required.
May 11, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF3624
Food shelf programs funding provided, and money appropriated.
May 7, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF3586
Regional food bank grant program established, and money appropriated.
May 7, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF3936
Greater Minnesota public television station operations funding provided, and money appropriated.
May 6, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF4548
Department of Human Services and Department of Children, Youth, and Families forecasted program adjustments made.
May 4, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF4656
Community tree-planting grants funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
April 27, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF4223
Strengthen Minnesota homes program modified, and money appropriated.
April 27, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF3791
Security and protective services of certain state officials provided, report required, and money appropriated.
April 27, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF3478
Centennial Office Building and Freeman Building site improvements funding provided to prepare for future redevelopment, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
April 27, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF729
Human services; various provisions modified relating to Direct Care and Treatment, the Department of Health, health care, medical assistance provider enrollment, aging and disability services, behavioral health, homelessness, housing, and maltreatment of vulnerable adults; housing stabilization supports provisions removed; rulemaking required; release of initial Optum reports required; Optum prohibited from disseminating private data; reports required; and money appropriated.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF4470
Melissa Hortman memorial at the State Office Building funding provided, and money appropriated.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF4316
Licensing actions modified to indicate whether a violation was self-reported, and child care programs required to give parents materials on how to recognize abuse.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF4213
Forecast adjustments made to prekindergarten through grade 12 education programs, and money appropriated.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF4203
Studies and an annual market analysis conducted by the Office of Cannabis Management modified, and reports required.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF4200
Data reported to Office of Cannabis Management through statewide monitoring system made not public data, and provisions related to public data on cannabis business license applicants and license holders modified.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF3946
Law enforcement agencies required to report information in domestic abuse cases, arrests for suspected nonfelony domestic abuse authorized, person arrested for suspected domestic abuse required to be held in custody until the person's first court appearance, Task Force on Improving Responses to Domestic Violence Crimes established, annual reports required, and money appropriated.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF3750
Requirements governing licenses and license exemptions for crisis nurseries amended, and report required.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF3672
Recommendations of the legislative auditor regarding agency grant, inventory, and debt collection practices implemented.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF3643
Melissa and Mark Hortman Memorial State Park working group established, report required, and money appropriated.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF3356
Removal of identifying equipment and insignia from emergency vehicles sold to the public required.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2291
Palliative Care Advisory Council funding provided, and money appropriated.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2136
Grant funding provided for forensic interview training scholarships, and money appropriated.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF4408
Child fatalities and near fatalities public disclosure required, and child mortality review panel investigations and annual report requirements modified.
March 23, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF4222
State parks; acquisition provisions modified, state parks added to and deleted from, and sales and conveyances of state and county lands authorized.
March 23, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF3455
State Office Building renamed after Melissa Hortman, and signage costs specified.
March 23, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF4111
Transit service consolidation in the Twin Cities metropolitan area provided, implementation requirements established, task force established, study required, and reports required.
March 16, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF100
Unlimited Social Security individual income tax subtraction allowed.
March 12, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF3739
Marked Trunk Highway 610 designated as Hortman Memorial Highway.
March 9, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF7
Public safety; various provisions modified relating to data held by law enforcement agencies; agency bail or bond notice; sex trafficking minimum sentences; reason for dismissing charges; liability and vicarious liability; assaulting a police officer penalty; penalties increased for obstructing trunk highway, airport, or transit traffic; tracking device placement, requirements, and expanded uses; criminal penalties; and money appropriated.
March 5, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF3508
Eligibility for the Dairy Assistance, Investment, Relief Initiative (DAIRI) program modified.
March 2, 2026Pending: House Ways and Means
HF1889
Minnesota State Retirement System; administrative changes made to statutes governing retirement plans, changes conformed to vesting requirements for deferred retirement annuities, annual reporting requirements modified for plan operational and other errors, and reports required.
May 18, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2257
Property tax; provisions related to public charity institution exemptions modified.
May 7, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF841
Food shelf programs funding provided, and money appropriated.
May 1, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF3247
Settlement of certain claims against the state provided, and money appropriated.
April 25, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2783
State government finance bill.
April 22, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2445
Housing finance bill.
April 21, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2443
Commerce policy and finance bill.
April 21, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2440
Labor market trends report funding provided, and money appropriated.
April 21, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2439
Environment and natural resources policy and finance bill.
April 21, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2436
Children and families finance bill.
April 21, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2300
Judiciary finance bill.
April 21, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF1943
Elections finance bill.
April 21, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF979
Board of Animal Health funding provided, and money appropriated.
April 10, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2444
Veterans and military affairs policy and finance bill.
April 10, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF8
Wetland Conservation Act determination efficiency improved, permitting efficiency reporting requirements modified, permit application process improved, Pollution Control Agency required to issue separate permits, expedited permitting process modified, petitioners required to reside in affected or adjoining counties, and money appropriated.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF361
Capitol Mall Design Framework availability of an appropriation for implementation extended.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2127
Judicial official real property records classified as private, and access limited to judicial official real property.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF639
Loss of consciousness or voluntary control amendment provisions rulemaking required, and money appropriated.
March 27, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2596
Special election timing modified.
March 27, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF1048
Charter school general education revenue calculation clarified.
March 27, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF1220
Definition of motor vehicle dealer modified to include dealers licensed under the laws of a contiguous state.
March 26, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF1219
Length of a temporary vehicle permit issued to a nonresident increased from 31 days to 60 days.
March 26, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF1458
Standards for required education and experience modified for certified public accountants, and mobility for licensed public accountants established.
March 24, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF837
Commissioner of commerce required to request the continuation of a state innovation waiver, and money transferred from the general fund to the premium security plan account.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2107
Rental motor vehicle license plates established.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2066
Electric-assisted bicycle tax rebate repealed, appropriation cancelled, and money transferred.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF274
C.J. Ramstad/North Shore State Trail Master Plan update to allow for all-terrain vehicle use on a portion of the trail funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 17, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2028
National Council of Insurance Legislators membership dues funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 17, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF1704
Department of Agriculture, the Board of Animal Health, the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, and the Office of Broadband Development budget established; policy and technical changes made to agricultural and broadband provisions; rulemaking authorized; reports required; and money appropriated.
March 13, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF1169
Commissioner of children, youth, and families directed to make recommendations for paperwork reduction relating to child protection cases, funding provided to improve the Social Services Information System, and money appropriated.
March 13, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF1167
Northern Lights Express passenger rail project expenditures prohibited, prior appropriations canceled, and money transferred.
March 13, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF281
All-terrain vehicle trails funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 12, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF279
All-terrain vehicle trails and studies funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 12, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF1692
Minneapolis; portion of an appropriation for the Stone Arch Bridge cancelled.
March 10, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF1250
Outdoor heritage fund; leveraging of certain land for federal grant funds provided, and money appropriated.
March 10, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF1738
Renewable development account repealed, conforming changes made in associated statutes, utility solar production incentive program sunset, accounts established, and money appropriated.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF10
State-funded payments to undocumented noncitizens prohibited, and undocumented noncitizens provided to be ineligible for MinnesotaCare and North Star Promise scholarship program.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF9
Hydroelectric capacity that qualifies as an eligible energy technology under the renewable energy standard modified; electric utility requirements relating to energy, solar, or carbon-free standards delayed under certain conditions; and sales tax exemption for residential heating fuels and electricity expanded.
March 3, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF1311
Procedures governing cost recovery for public utility electric generation and transmission assets modified.
February 27, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF780
Forecast adjustments to prekindergarten through grade 12 education programs made, and money appropriated.
February 24, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF2
Fraud reporting required when a state employee has reason to suspect fraud, and grants management requirements strengthened.
February 24, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means
HF18
Sales and use tax exemption for certain baby products expanded.
February 24, 2025Pending: House Ways and Means