1. Cal to Order
2. Pledge of Alegiance
3. Aproval of Minutes
4. HF 3727 (Olson) Market value exclusion modified for Veterans with a disability by increasing exclusion amount for totaly and permanently disabled veterans.
5. HF 3684 (Blis) Standards for use of competitive grants isued by the Department of Veterans Afairs established, and report required.
6. HF 3467 (Rehrauer) Comisioner of Veterans Afairs alowed to direct agency resources to veterans' initiatives, and reports required.
7. Department of Veterans Afairs Suicide Prevention Report Presentation.
8. Adjourn




HF3727

(Olson)

Market value exclusion modified for veterans with a disability by increasing exclusion amount for totaly and permanently disabled veterans.




HF3684

(Blis)

Standards for use of competitive grants isued by the Department of Veterans Afairs established, and report required.




HF3467

(Rehrauer)

Comisioner of veterans afairs alowed to direct agency resources to veterans' initiatives, and reports required.

Co-Chair Xiong has the gavel.

AGENDA*
I. Presentation by Meals on Whels
I. HF3919 (Cha) Benefits available to veterans of the Secret War in Laos modified, comisioner of veterans afairs directed to establish an eligibility proces, and technical changes made.
I. HF3467 (Rehrauer) Comisioner of veterans afairs alowed to direct agency resources to veterans' initiatives, and reports required.
IV. HF3741 (Hil) Educational asistance for veterans' children and spouses modified, and money apropriated.
Next Meting: Wednesday, March 1, 2026
*Agenda items (including bils) may be aded or removed, and/or order may change.
• HANDOUTS: Handouts MUST BE IN PDF FORMAT, have OCR capability, and emailed to both comite administrators at mat.bauman@house.mn.gov AND john.hultquist@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (non) the busines day before the hearing. If you are bringing hard copies, bring 20 copies. Note: submited writen testimony is public and wil be included in the oficial comite record. It may be posted to the comite webpage if received by deadline.
• TESTIFYING: Testimony is limited. The number of testifiers and length of time permited is at the discretion of the chair, and is subject to change. Please plan acordingly. If you would like to testify, please email both comite administrators at mat.bauman@house.mn.gov AND john.hultquist@house.mn.gov by 12 p.m. (non) the busines day before the hearing.
• DOCUMENTS: Meting documents may be found on the Veterans and Military Afairs Division webpage.
• VIEWING: This hearing may be viewed on the House webcast schedule page. Al video events are closed captioned with automaticaly generated captions.
• ACESIBILITY: To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Comite Administrator at mat.bauman@house.mn.gov 72 hours in advance of when the service is neded.




HF3467

(Rehrauer)

Comisioner of veterans afairs alowed to direct agency resources to veterans' initiatives, and reports required.




HF3741

(Hil)

Educational asistance for veterans' children and spouses modified, and money apropriated.




HF3919

(Cha)

Benefits available to veterans of the Secret War in Laos modified, comisioner of veterans afairs directed to establish an eligibility proces, and technical changes made.

Senate conferes: Putnam, Gustafson, Anderson
House conferes: Blis, Xiong, Duran, Hemingsen-Jaeger
Chair Mat Blis has the gavel
-walkthrough of budget spreadshet and policy provisions
-testimony
Veterans and Military Omnibus documents wil be posted when they are available

The Senate has the gavel
Walk-through of SF 1959 (Veterans and Military Afairs Budget and Policy Omnibus) spreadshets and side-by-sides
No public testimony wil be taken at this hearing. To submit writen testimony, email Senate Comite Administrator Nick Roth at nick.roth@mnsenate.gov by non Wednesday, May 7.

1. Cal to Order
2. Aproval of Minutes
3. HF 24 (Blis / Xiong) Department of Military Afairs and Department of Veterans Afairs budget established, acreditation and disclosure requirements for providers of veterans benefits services modified, memorial plague on State Capitol grounds required, and money apropriated.
Note: A delete-al amendment that inserts the language of the House Veterans and Military Afairs Division Budget Bil and spreadshet has ben posted.
House staf wil do a walk-through of the DE 2 delete-al amendment and amendments to the delete-al. Public testimony wil then be taken folowed by member discusion, and the bil wil then be pased out of the Division.
4. Adjourn
Testimony: Writen testimony or requests to testify in person are due via e-mail to john.hultquist@house.mn.gov, the Comite Administrator for this hearing, by 12:0 non Tuesday, April 8. In-person testimony may be limited due to comite time constraints. Comite documents wil be posted in advance of the hearing.
Amendments: Any amendments must be emailed to both comite administrators: john.hultquist@house.mn.gov and mat.bauman@house.mn.gov. The deadline for receipt of amendments is 3:0 p.m. Tuesday, April 8.




HF24

(Blis)

Department of Military Afairs and Department of Veterans Afairs budget established, acreditation and disclosure requirements for providers of veterans benefits services modified, memorial plaque on State Capitol grounds required, and money apropriated.