Minnesota Senate Committee Bill Log
Committee on Higher Education
 
S.F.0268: (AUTHORS: CARLSON and Fischbach; Companion to HF No. 856.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; temporary freezing and permanent limiting of tuition increases at public higher education institutions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 136F; 137.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF0268
02/16/2011   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 123 Capitol
    Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
S.F.0342: (AUTHORS: BAKK; Companion to HF No. 33.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for Cook County higher education.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF0342
03/14/2011   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
S.F.0504: (AUTHORS: MILLER, Carlson, Pederson and Sheran)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring cuts in spending for administrative costs at public higher education institutions.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF0504
03/07/2011   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
S.F.0546: (AUTHORS: FISCHBACH; Companion to HF No. 821.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; changing eligibility for the senior citizen higher education program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 135A.51, subdivision 2.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF0546
03/07/2011   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
S.F.0565: (AUTHORS: BENSON; Companion to HF No. 378.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring a study of graduate education.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF0565
03/09/2011   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
S.F.0591: (AUTHORS: NELSON, Senjem, Michel, Koch and Sparks; Companion to HF No. 862.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for the University of Minnesota and Mayo Foundation Partnership; requiring a report.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF0591
03/21/2011   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
S.F.0603: (AUTHORS: JUNGBAUER and Goodwin; Companion to HF No. 717.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring credit transfer within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF0603
03/09/2011   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
S.F.0695: (AUTHORS: FISCHBACH, Brown, Gimse, Limmer and Carlson; Companion to HF No. 998.)
 
A bill for an act relating to health; establishing the Human Cloning Prohibition Act; providing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF0695
03/21/2011   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Recommended to pass
 

 
S.F.0698: (AUTHORS: MAGNUS, Miller, Dahms, Saxhaug and Skoe)
 
A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the agriculture experiment station and the Minnesota Extension Service; requiring a report.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF0698
03/14/2011   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
S.F.0799: (AUTHORS: MILLER and Fischbach; Companion to HF No. 1130.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing for the use of student data; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF0799
03/21/2011   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
 

 
S.F.0897: (AUTHORS: SHERAN; Companion to HF No. 1240.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; amending postsecondary education provisions; modifying definitions; modifying SELF loan revenue bonds provisions; making changes to eligibility requirements for safety officer's survivor education benefits; phasing out Minnesota college savings plan matching grants; making technical changes; ending the achieve scholarship program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 136A.101, subdivision 8; 136A.1787; 136A.87; 136G.01; 136G.03, subdivisions 1, 18, 27; 136G.05, subdivisions 1, 6, 8; 299A.45, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 136A.127, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 9b, 10, 10a, 11, 14; 136G.11, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; Laws 2009, chapter 95, article 2, section 39.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF0897
03/21/2011   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
S.F.0924: (AUTHORS: FISCHBACH, Robling, Gimse and Senjem; Companion to HF No. 1101.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; amending postsecondary education provisions; prohibiting use of certain public funds to support human cloning; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 135A.51, subdivision 2; 136A.1787; 136G.01; 136G.03, subdivisions 1, 18, 27; 136G.05, subdivisions 1, 6, 8; 299A.45, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 136G.11, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF0924
03/23/2011   Meeting scheduled for 05:30 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance
03/23/2011   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Discussion only
 

 
S.F.1512: (AUTHORS: PAPPAS; Companion to HF No. 2126.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing an exemption from state regulation of certain schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 141.35.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF1512
02/22/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
S.F.1531: (AUTHORS: OLSON, Pappas, Fischbach, Pederson and Torres ray; Companion to HF No. 2025.)
 
A bill for an act relating to education; expanding the postsecondary enrollment options program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 124D.09, subdivisions 9, 12, 13, 24, by adding a subdivision; 135A.101, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.09, subdivision 23.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF1531
03/19/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance
 

 
S.F.1573: (AUTHORS: FISCHBACH; Companion to HF No. 2065.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring the provision of textbook information to certain students; providing for the continued operation of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities in certain circumstances; increasing Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system revenue bond authority; prescribing uses of the permanent university fund; requiring an expanded waiver for mandatory healthcare coverage; providing a graduate study benefit to certain safety officer survivors; providing funding for the Hennepin County Medical Center graduate family education programs; establishing textbook work group; making miscellaneous technical changes; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 135A.14, subdivision 1; 135A.25, subdivision 5; 136F.58, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 136F.71, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 136F.98, subdivision 1; 136G.03, subdivision 7; 137.022, subdivision 4; 141.35; 299A.45, subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 135A.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF1573
03/12/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
03/21/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance
 

 
S.F.1780: (AUTHORS: CARLSON, Miller, Pederson, Dahms and Nelson; Companion to HF No. 1990.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; clarifying the authority of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system to continue operations during a budget impasse; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 136F.71, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF1780
02/22/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance
 

 
S.F.1781: (AUTHORS: REST, Latz, Pappas and Reinert; Companion to HF No. 2191.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; graduate family medicine education programs; appropriating money; amending Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 5, subdivision 5.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF1781
03/14/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Not heard
03/19/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
S.F.1799: (AUTHORS: TOMASSONI, Saxhaug and Fischbach; Companion to HF No. 1137.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; directing a portion of the permanent university fund for a mining engineering program and forestry research; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 137.022, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF1799
03/14/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
S.F.1858: (AUTHORS: CARLSON, Dahms, Sheran, Wiger and Saxhaug; Companion to HF No. 2213.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring disclosure of certain course material and course information; establishing a MnSCU textbook task force; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 135A.25, subdivision 5; 136F.58, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF1858
02/29/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
S.F.1869: (AUTHORS: MILLER, Pederson, Fischbach, Saxhaug and Sheran; Companion to HF No. 2210.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing an internship program; allowing a tax credit; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 290.06, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF1869
02/22/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Removed from agenda
02/29/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Taxes
 

 
S.F.2036: (AUTHORS: VANDEVEER, Ingebrigtsen, Fischbach, Harrington and Hann; Companion to HF No. 2507.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; authorizing a safety officer survivor education benefit for graduate study; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299A.45, subdivisions 1, 2.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF2036
03/12/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
S.F.2201: (AUTHORS: OLSON, Stumpf, Bonoff and Chamberlain; Companion to HF No. 2658.)
 
A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying terms for an education site achievement contract focused on individualized learning goals for each student; directing districts with successful contracts to enter into similar achievement contracts with other school sites; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.04.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF2201
03/14/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance
 

 
S.F.2252: (AUTHORS: FISCHBACH and Miller; Companion to HF No. 2377.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing an account for tuition reciprocity payments; modifying tuition reciprocity payments and transfers; transferring appropriations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 136A.08, subdivisions 3, 4, by adding a subdivision.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF2252
03/14/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Removed from agenda
 

 
S.F.2289: (AUTHORS: FISCHBACH; Companion to HF No. 2573.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying definition of contingent account owner for purposes of the college savings plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 136G.03, subdivision 7.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF2289
03/12/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
S.F.2423: (AUTHORS: FISCHBACH, Carlson, Dahms, Miller and Pederson; Companion to HF No. 2834.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing funding to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for leveraged equipment acquisition; appropriating money.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR SF2423
03/19/2012   Meeting scheduled for 03:00 PM in Room 107 Capitol
    Amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill
 

 
H.F.0821: (AUTHORS: FISCHBACH; Companion to SF No. 546.)
 
A bill for an act relating to higher education; changing eligibility for the senior citizen higher education program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 135A.51, subdivision 2.
 
 
DATE    UNOFFICIAL STATUS FOR HF0821
05/06/2011   Meeting scheduled for 10:30 AM in Room 107 Capitol
    Amended and recommended to pass