House recalls House File 22 to children and families committee; author says bill would create 'parent's bill of rights'

The Minnesota House on Feb. 6 recalled House File 22 from the Committee on Education Policy and re-referred it to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy.

Representative Gilman moved the procedural change and described the measure as relating to families. "So this bill, is relating to families, and it's going to create a parent's bill of rights," Representative Gilman said during floor remarks.

The motion to recall and re-refer was adopted by voice vote. The clerk called for ayes and nays; the chair declared the motion carried. The motion as moved does not record a roll-call tally in the minutes.

Representative Gilman said the bill should proceed first through the children and families committee and then return to education policy. No additional bill text or detailed provisions were read on the floor during the motion; the transcript records only the sponsor's brief description and the referral motion.

The action moves HF22 to a committee whose jurisdiction typically oversees child welfare and family-program funding, where staff and lawmakers can hold hearings and consider amendments before the bill returns to the full House. No hearings, amendment language, or fiscal impacts for HF22 were provided in the floor record during this session.

The House also completed other routine business that day, including reporting first readings of a batch of introduced bills (House files 26 through 308); those introductions were announced by the chief clerk and received their first reading without debate.

What happens next: HF22 will be considered by the House Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy according to the House referral; any committee hearings, fiscal notes or amendments will be recorded in committee minutes if and when scheduled.