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A legislative task force is created to identify additional areas within the child welfare system that need to be addressed by the legislature.

The task force must meet at least quarterly. The task force is set to expire on December 31, 2025.

A group by the same name, the Legislative Task Force on Child Protection, was created in 2015 and expired in 2020.

2022 Minn. Laws Chap. 98 Art. 8 Sec. 51 made a number of changes to the function of the task force and mandates initial appointments to the task force be made by July 15, 2022 and that the chair shall convene the first meeting of the task force by August 15, 2022.

Members of the legislative task force shall include: six members from the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house, including three from the majority party and three from the minority party; and six members from the senate, including three members appointed by the senate majority leader and three members appointed by the senate minority leader. 

Members of the task force shall serve a term that expires on December 31 of the even-numbered year following the year they are appointed. The speaker of the house and the majority leader of the senate shall each appoint a chair and vice-chair from the membership of the task force. The chair shall rotate after each meeting. Initial appointments to the task force shall be made by July 15, 2022. The chair shall convene the first meeting of the task force by August 15, 2022.

2021-2022 Membership: Sen. Mark Johnson (co-chair), Sen. Karin Housley (co-vice chair), Sen. Andrew Mathews, Sen. John Hoffman, Sen. Lindsey Port, and Sen. Bobby Joe Champion; and Rep. Dave Pinto (co-chair), Rep. Rena Moran (co-vice chair), Rep. Lisa Demuth, Rep. Hodan Hassan, Rep. Ron Kresha, and Rep. Patricia Mueller.