Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee, Minnesota House of Representatives
The Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee (formerly the Agriculture Finance and Agriculture Policy Committees) is a standing committee of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
Per Rule 6.01 of the House Rules, standing committees of the Minnesota House of Representatives are appointed by the speaker of the house.[1] Committees are appointed at the beginning of each biennial session. Up to 30 days before the session, the speaker-designate is to submit a list of proposed standing committees and divisions to all minority caucuses. Up to 15 days before the session's start, the minority leader may submit proposed minority assignments to the speaker-designate, who must comply in keeping with attaining proportionate representation. With the exception of the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration, one may not serve as chair of a committee or another with a similar jurisdiction for longer than three consecutive two-year sessions.[2]
See rules: House Rules
Function
| “ | The committee holds public hearings on bills to put each bill into its best form. During the bill's hearing, the committee can take testimony from the bill's sponsors, the general public and experts in the areas the bill affects.
The committee has several courses of action it can take: |
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Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members(0) |
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Samantha Vang (D, Vice Chair) left this committee on January 03, 2023.
John Thompson (Independent) left this committee on January 03, 2023.
Ginny Klevorn (D) left this committee on January 03, 2023.
Jessica Hanson (D) left this committee on January 03, 2023.
Rick Hansen (D) left this committee on January 03, 2023.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Agriculture Finance Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (11) | |||
| • Jeanne Poppe | • Rod Hamilton, Chair | |||
| • David Bly | • Tim Miller, Vice chair | |||
| • Karen Clark | • Paul Anderson | |||
| • Rob Ecklund | • Calvin Bahr | |||
| • Rick Hansen | • Steve Green | |||
| • Clark Johnson | • Tony Jurgens | |||
| • Ben Lien | • Debra Kiel | |||
| • Tim Mahoney, Minnesota Representative | • Nels Pierson | |||
| • John Poston | ||||
| • Joe Schomacker | ||||
| • Dean Urdahl | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Agriculture Finance Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (12) | |||
| • Jeanne Poppe, DFL Lead | • Rod Hamilton, Chair | |||
| • Jon Applebaum | • Debra Kiel, Vice Chair | |||
| • David Bly | • Mark Anderson | |||
| • Karen Clark | • Paul Anderson | |||
| • David Dill | • Peggy Bennett | |||
| • Rick Hansen | • Brian Daniels | |||
| • Clark Johnson | • Dan Fabian | |||
| • Jason Metsa | • Glenn Gruenhagen | |||
| • Mike Sundin | • Dale Lueck | |||
| • Tim Miller | ||||
| • Nels Pierson | ||||
| • Jim Knoblach, ex officio | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Minnesota House of Representatives, "Permanent Rules of the House 2021 - 2022," February 24, 2021 (Rule 6.01)
- ↑ Minnesota House of Representatives, "Permanent Rules of the House 2021 - 2022," February 24, 2021 (Rule 6.02)
- ↑ Minnesota House of Representatives, "Committees," accessed February 24, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
