Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy Committee, Minnesota House of Representatives (decommissioned)

Minnesota House
House Committees
Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee Children and Families Finance and Policy Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee Commerce Finance and Policy Committee Education Finance Committee Education Policy Committee Elections Finance and Policy Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee Ethics Committee Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee Health Finance and Policy Committee House Capital Investment Committee House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee House Housing Finance and Policy Committee House Taxes Committee House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee Human Services Finance and Policy Committee Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee Labor, Industry, Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee Legacy Finance Committee Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Committee Rules and Legislative Administration Committee State Government Finance and Policy Committee Transportation Committee Ways and Means Committee Workforce and Business Development Finance and Policy Committee
Senate Committees
Joint Committees

The Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy Committee was a standing committee of the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Function

The House website described the function of this committee as outlined below.

“

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: amend the bill; combine two or more bills under one file number; recommend a bill to pass as introduced; recommend it be passed as amended; send it to another committee for consideration; vote not to approve the bill; or table it, which in essence delays action.

”

“

(a) Except as provided in Rule 1.15, a House or Senate bill that directly, substantially, and specifically affects any present or future financial obligation, budget policy, or revenue of the State must be referred as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) to the appropriate Committee before the bill receives its second reading. A bill that negligibly affects any present or future financial obligation, budget policy, or revenue of the State is not subject to mandatory referral under this rule. (b) A bill subject to paragraph (a) reported by a finance committee must, if recommended to pass, be subsequently referred to the Ways and Means Committee, unless the bill has a negligible fiscal impact and is subject to direct reference to the Floor under Rule 6.05.

”

Membership

Minnesota on

Check out Ballotpedia articles about policy in your state on:

Budgets • Civil liberties • Education • Elections • Energy • Environment • Healthcare • Pensions

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy Members, 2013
Democratic members (12)	Republican members (8)
• Joe Atkins, Chair	• Joe Hoppe
• Patti Fritz, Vice chair	• Sarah Anderson
• Tom Anzelc	• Gregory Davids
• Raymond Dehn	• Jenifer Loon
• Laurie Halverson	• Tim Sanders
• Debra Hilstrom	• Chris Swedzinski
• Melissa Hortman	• Kelby Woodard
• Sheldon Johnson	• Kurt Zellers
• Leon Lillie
• Dan Schoen
• Linda Slocum
• Mike Sundin

External links

• Minnesota House of Representatives