State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Monday, February 19, 2024
11:00 A.M.
EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Introduction and First Reading of Senate Bills
The bills listed on today's introduction calendar are given their first reading and referred as indicated.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 3804: A bill for an act relating to higher education; waiving the per-credit cost of tuition for student teachers; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 3805: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for flood hazard mitigation in the city of Moorhead; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Kupec, Mitchell, and Fateh introduced--
S.F. No. 3806: A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing matching funds to institutions for childcare programs; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Kupec and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 3807: A bill for an act relating to housing; requiring landlords to test for radon and provide disclosures; providing penalties and remedies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senators Kupec, Howe, and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 3808: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; eliminating shotgun zone for taking deer; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97B.031, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97B.318.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Boldon and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3809: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying home and community-based services standards for out-of-home respite services for children; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 245C.03, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245D.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 3810: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for infrastructure improvements in the city of Fulda; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 3811: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to water and sewer infrastructure and street reconstruction in the city of Hanley Falls; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Kreun and Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 3812: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring an annual report by the attorney general on activities of the office; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 8.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 3813: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying driving rules for implements of husbandry; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169.801, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 3814: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a pilot program to issue grants to local law enforcement agencies to purchase equipment to respond to active shooters in schools; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 3815: A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a felony offense for reporting a fictitious emergency and directing the emergency response to the home of certain individuals; making a conforming change; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.78, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Carlson and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 3816: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying Traffic Safety Advisory Council members; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 4.076, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Carlson and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 3817: A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying crash reporting requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169.09, subdivisions 5, 14a, 19; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 169.09, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Westlin, Carlson, Boldon, and Mitchell introduced--
S.F. No. 3818: A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying various provisions related to election administration; modifying voter registration requirements; amending requirements related to voting instructions and sample ballots; amending requirements relating to tabulating votes and tabulation equipment; amending the timeline for notification provided to counties of certain elections; amending recount threshold requirements; amending the vacancy in nomination process; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 201.071, subdivision 3; 204B.13, subdivision 2; 204C.20, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 204C.35, subdivision 2; 204C.36, subdivisions 2, 3; 204D.29, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 205.16, subdivisions 4, 5; 205A.05, subdivision 3; 205A.07, subdivisions 3, 3b; 205A.11, subdivision 2; 447.32, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 201.061, subdivisions 3, 3a; 201.071, subdivision 1; 204B.09, subdivision 3; 204B.13, subdivision 6a; 204B.16, subdivision 1; 204B.295, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; 204C.24, subdivision 1; 206.61, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Pappas, Morrison, and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 3819: A bill for an act relating to health; providing for an exception to the hospital construction moratorium; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 144.551, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3820: A bill for an act relating to child protection; requiring the commissioner of human services to conduct a review of child maltreatment reporting systems and make recommendations; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 3821: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a youth transitional facility in Otter Tail County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 3822: A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System; general state employees retirement plan; providing an unreduced early retirement annuity to select Department of Corrections employees if the employee is at least 62 years old or has at least 30 years of service; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 352.116, subdivision 1a, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senators Hauschild, McEwen, and Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3823: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Canyon Integrated Solid Waste Management Campus in St. Louis County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3824: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to Central Iron Range Sanitary Sewer District infrastructure; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3825: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for drinking water infrastructure in the city of Hibbing; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3826: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to water and sewer infrastructure in the city of Floodwood; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3827: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to the Chisholm Sports Arena and Curling Club; amending an appropriation for the Chisholm Sports Arena and Curling Club; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; amending Laws 2023, chapter 71, article 1, section 14, subdivision 12.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3828: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a public works maintenance facility in the city of Chisholm; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 3829: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new city hall in the city of East Gull Lake; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 3830: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to The Bridge for Youth.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 3831: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to the 36-inch water main located in Minneapolis; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Cwodzinski, Kunesh, Gustafson, Putnam, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 3832: A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a grant for the activities of the Minnesota Youth Council; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.957, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Wesenberg, Lieske, Green, Eichorn, and Lang introduced--
S.F. No. 3833: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; requiring an open season for wolves; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97B.645, subdivision 9.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Wesenberg, Green, Eichorn, Lang, and Drazkowski introduced--
S.F. No. 3834: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying walleye stocking provisions; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97C.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3835: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for construction of the Drill Core Library; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Wesenberg and Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3836: A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited lands in Aitkin County.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3837: A bill for an act relating to game and fish; allowing additional firearms to be used during the muzzleloader deer season; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 97A.015, subdivision 32a; 97B.311.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Rest, Abeler, Hoffman, Champion, and Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 3838: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring commissioner of human services to develop a program to provide supplemental medical assistance payments to a provider of level I trauma care and statewide emergency medical transportation services.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Boldon, Port, Abeler, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3839: A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying certain licensing and zoning requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 245A.11, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Abeler, Utke, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3840: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing own home services provider capacity-building grants; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Maye Quade and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3841: A bill for an act relating to human services; delaying implementation of new rates for family residential services and life sharing services; establishing the Advisory Task Force on Family Residential Services; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 61, article 1, sections 5; 27; 30; 32; 47; 85.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 3842: A bill for an act relating to construction codes; allowing design and installation of water service lines by licensed well contractors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 326.02, subdivision 5; 326B.46, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Weber introduced--
S.F. No. 3843: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to water and sewer infrastructure and street reconstruction in the city of Ruthton; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Duckworth, Gustafson, Dornink, Coleman, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3844: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the short-call substitute teacher pilot program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 122A.441.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Kreun, Hoffman, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3845: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for campus improvements at Anoka-Ramsey Community College; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Limmer and Latz introduced--
S.F. No. 3846: A bill for an act relating to real property; providing for property insurance for grantee beneficiaries of transfer on death deeds; making technical, clarifying, and conforming changes to transfer on death deeds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 507.071; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 507.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Limmer introduced--
S.F. No. 3847: A bill for an act relating to public safety; enhancing the penalty for arson directed at a political organization or motivated by a political purpose; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 609.561, by adding a subdivision; 609.563, by adding a subdivision; 609.5631, by adding a subdivision; 609.5632.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Limmer, Howe, and Kreun introduced--
S.F. No. 3848: A bill for an act relating to human rights; making changes to the Minnesota Human Rights Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 363A.20, subdivision 2; 363A.26.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 3849: A bill for an act relating to data; classifying certain data regarding transportation network companies.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Pappas and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 3850: A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; modifying provisions relating to occupational health and safety; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 182.664, subdivisions 3, 5; 182.665; 182.666, subdivision 6; 182.667, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 182.6526, subdivision 1; 182.677, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 3851: A bill for an act relating to employment; modifying the definition of employee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 181.9445, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 3852: A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; making policy and technical changes to construction codes and licensing provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 326B.0981, subdivisions 3, 4, 8; 326B.33, subdivisions 7, 21; 326B.36, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 326B.36, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 3853: A bill for an act relating to liquor; permitting persons that are 17 years of age to serve alcoholic beverages.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 3854: A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing certain third-party testing by transit operators; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 171.3213.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Coleman and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 3855: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; authorizing special license plates for firefighters who are also emergency medical technicians; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 168.12, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 3856: A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; amending eligibility for a veteran designation on drivers' licenses or Minnesota identification cards and burial in state veterans cemeteries; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 197.236, subdivision 8; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 171.07, subdivision 15.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 3857: A bill for an act relating to railroads; clarifying clearance requirements for certain carriers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 219.46, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3858: A bill for an act relating to public safety; creating a Wambdi Alert system to aid in locating missing Indigenous persons; establishing a dedicated phone line for missing and murdered Indigenous relatives; providing a criminal penalty; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 299A; 626.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3859: A bill for an act relating to public safety; creating a Silver Alert system to aid in locating missing persons who are senior citizens with cognitive impairments; providing a criminal penalty; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3860: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying English learner programs and alternative education programs; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.901, subdivisions 3, 4; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 5, section 64, subdivision 14.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Kunesh and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 3861: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money to the commissioner of agriculture to establish an anonymous means for a person to report potential land ownership violations.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 3862: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Lawshe Memorial Museum.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Carlson and Murphy introduced--
S.F. No. 3863: A bill for an act relating to state government; adding a position under agency head salaries; making changes to the Compensation Council provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15A.082, as amended; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 15A.0815, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senators Carlson and Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 3864: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a renovation of the Mendota Heights City Hall and Police Department; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Morrison, Mohamed, and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 3865: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for acquisition of land and easements for habitat and natural area management purposes; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 3866: A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing immunity for individuals assisting another to seek medical assistance for a drug-related overdose; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 604A.05, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 3867: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying administrative penalty order authority for enforcing public water and drainage ditch buffer requirements; making certain lawns to legumes program data private; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 103B.101, subdivisions 12, 12a; 103F.48, subdivision 7; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 103B.104.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 3868: A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for ranked choice voting; authorizing jurisdictions to adopt ranked choice voting for local offices; establishing procedures for adoption, implementation, and use of ranked choice voting for local jurisdictions; allowing local jurisdictions to use electronic voting systems with a reallocation feature; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 204B.35, subdivision 1; 204C.21, by adding a subdivision; 204D.07, subdivision 3; 205.13, subdivision 2; 206.57, subdivision 6; 206.58, subdivision 1; 206.83; 211A.02, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 206; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204E.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Morrison and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3869: A bill for an act relating to environment; adding installation of permeable synthetic turf to best management practices to control stormwater runoff.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Morrison and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 3870: A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; modifying backflow rebuilder designations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 326B.42, subdivisions 1b, 1c; 326B.437; 326B.46, subdivisions 1, 2.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators Cwodzinski, Boldon, and Marty introduced--
S.F. No. 3871: A bill for an act relating to elections; amending voter registration application and reporting requirements for school districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 201.1611, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Westrom, Rasmusson, and Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 3872: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for campus improvements at Alexandria Technical and Community College; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Murphy, Mann, Mohamed, Kupec, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 3873: A bill for an act relating to health; requiring informed consent for sensitive examinations of an anesthetized or unconscious patient; establishing a penalty; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Coleman, Pratt, Lang, and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 3874: A bill for an act relating to employment; modifying paid family and medical leave insurance; modifying definitions; fixing the premium rates and amount of benefits; repealing administrative authority to adjust the premium rates; amending the maximum length of benefits; adding certain notice requirements; modifying reinstatement requirements; authorizing certain small employers to voluntarily participate in the paid family and medical leave insurance program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 181.942; 268B.01, subdivisions 15, 17, 18, 23, 35; 268B.04, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 268B.07, subdivision 2; 268B.085; 268B.09, by adding a subdivision; 268B.11; 268B.14, subdivision 6; 268B.18; Laws 2023, chapter 59, article 1, section 41; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 268B.04, subdivision 5; 268B.09, subdivisions 6, 7; 268B.14, subdivision 7.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Mitchell, Pappas, Boldon, and Westlin introduced--
S.F. No. 3875: A bill for an act relating to state government; clarifying applicability of census activity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 2.92, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Mitchell and Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3876: A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing counties to appropriate money to certain organizations to defray expenses of Veterans Day exercises; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 375.35.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Mitchell introduced--
S.F. No. 3877: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water infrastructure in the city of Woodbury; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Mitchell, Boldon, and Murphy introduced--
S.F. No. 3878: A bill for an act relating to redistricting; requiring the allocation of certain incarcerated persons based on their last known address in Minnesota; requiring the Department of Corrections to collect the last residential address of an inmate before incarceration; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 2; 241.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Klein, Morrison, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 3879: A bill for an act relating to taxation; gross revenues; creating a health insurance claims assessment; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 295.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Mohamed, Utke, Mitchell, Marty, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3880: A bill for an act relating to health-related licensing; modifying and moving provisional licensure sections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 148D.061, subdivision 1; 148D.062, subdivisions 3, 4; 148D.063, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Farnsworth, Eichorn, Hoffman, and Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 3881: A bill for an act relating to transportation; designating a portion of marked U.S. Highway 169 between Taconite and Virginia as "Senator David J. Tomassoni Memorial Cross Range Expressway"; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 161.14, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Eichorn, Hauschild, Morrison, and Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3882: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing liability for costs incurred for search and rescue operations on unsafe ice; requiring county sheriff reimbursement; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 86B.106; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 86B.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Eichorn introduced--
S.F. No. 3883: A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing all cities to appropriate money to a public or privately owned cemetery; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 471.84.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senators Mitchell, Hawj, and Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 3884: A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for a grant to the Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Lucero, Kupec, Duckworth, and Pratt introduced--
S.F. No. 3885: A bill for an act relating to education finance; establishing general education disparity aid; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Hauschild and Kupec introduced--
S.F. No. 3886: A bill for an act relating to taxation; aid to local governments and private ambulance services; establishing a onetime aid program for certain licensed ambulance services; requiring reports; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3887: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying grant terms for a previous appropriation for a grant to the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center; amending Laws 2023, chapter 60, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Seeberger and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 3888: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for property acquisition for Firefighters for Healing.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 3889: A bill for an act relating to environment; providing for labeling of certain nonwoven disposable products; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Seeberger and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 3890: A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; making policy and technical changes to the apprenticeship program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.7905, by adding a subdivision; 178.011, subdivision 9; 178.012, subdivision 1; 178.035, subdivisions 2, 4, 6, 7; 178.036, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; 178.044, subdivision 3; 178.07, subdivisions 1, 3; 178.09, subdivision 2; 178.091, subdivisions 2, 4, by adding subdivisions; 178.10; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 178.01; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 178; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 178.036, subdivision 10; Minnesota Rules, part 5200.0400.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 3891: A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Jobs Foundation.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Mohamed and Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 3892: A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to Bolder Options for youth programming.
Referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
Senators Boldon and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3893: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying disability parking privilege eligibility to include persons with a developmental disability under certain circumstances; revising terminology; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 168.021, as amended; 169.345, subdivisions 1, 2a, 3; 169.346, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 169.345, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Boldon and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3894: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to issue a request for proposals for a continuous improvement study of access to disability services; requiring report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Boldon and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3895: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a supplemental food assistance program for persons with a disability; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256D.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Boldon and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 3896: A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a grant for literacy interventions; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 3897: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the restoration of the Carver levee in the city of Carver.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Gruenhagen introduced--
S.F. No. 3898: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for infrastructure improvements in the city of Gaylord; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 3899: A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting possession, sale, purchase, and dissemination of child sex dolls; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 243.166, subdivision 1b; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 617.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Seeberger and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 3900: A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money to develop digital geographic information system mapping data for certain school facilities.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 3901: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to the Hastings Civic Arena; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Seeberger and Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 3902: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to St. Croix Curling Center.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 3903: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for renovation of a homeless shelter in the city of Minneapolis.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Champion introduced--
S.F. No. 3904: A bill for an act relating to delinquency; extending the jurisdiction of the juvenile courts to individuals under age 21; including individuals aged 16 to 20 who are alleged to have committed murder in the first degree in the definition of delinquent child; eliminating the presumption that certain individuals will be certified as adults; amending the public safety factors a court must consider before ordering that a case charge in juvenile court be certified for trial in adult court; removing the ability of a prosecutor to designate a proceeding as an extended jurisdiction juvenile procedure; extending the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over individuals adjudicated delinquent in extended jurisdiction juvenile proceedings to age 24; limiting the period of supervision over juveniles adjudicated to be delinquent; making certain technical and conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 260B.007, subdivisions 3, 6, 16; 260B.101, subdivision 1; 260B.103, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 260B.125, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8; 260B.130, subdivisions 1, 4, 5; 260B.141, subdivision 4; 260B.163, subdivisions 1, 6, 7, 8, 9; 260B.193, subdivisions 1, 5; 260B.198, subdivisions 7, 9; 260B.255, subdivision 1; 260B.331, subdivision 4; 260B.415, subdivision 1; 609.055, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 260B.157, subdivision 1; 260B.171, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 260B.101, subdivision 2; 260B.125, subdivisions 3, 10; 260B.130, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3905: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for new electronic license system; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 14.386; 84.027, subdivision 15; 84.0874; 84.152, subdivision 3; 84.788, subdivision 11; 84.798, subdivision 10; 84.8035, subdivision 1; 84.82, subdivisions 2a, 11; 84.8205; 84.83, subdivision 2; 84.922, subdivision 12; 85.41, subdivisions 1, 4; 85.45, subdivision 1; 85.46, subdivision 3; 86B.415, subdivision 11; 97A.015, subdivision 3a, by adding a subdivision; 97A.215, by adding a subdivision; 97A.255, subdivision 5; 97A.405, subdivisions 3, 4, 4a; 97A.420, as amended; 97A.445, by adding a subdivision; 97A.473, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 5a; 97A.474, subdivision 3; 97A.481; 97A.485, subdivision 6; 97A.535, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 4; 97A.551, subdivision 6; 97B.303; 97B.401; 97B.603; 97B.716, subdivision 2; 97B.721; 97C.087; 97C.301, subdivision 2a; 97C.355, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 84.83, subdivision 3; 97A.405, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 97A.015, subdivision 27a; 97A.485, subdivision 13.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3906: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at Battle Creek Park in the city of St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Hauschild and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3907: A bill for an act relating to state lands; modifying fee provisions for certain state land transfers; adding land to state parks; authorizing sales and conveyances of certain surplus state lands; deauthorizing Upper Sioux Agency State Park; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 85.015, subdivision 1b; 94.343, subdivision 8a; 94.3495, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 85.012, subdivisions 27b, 58.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 3908: A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying crime of fleeing peace officer in motor vehicle to add heightened penalty for fleeing in culpably negligent manner; establishing crime of fleeing in motor vehicle and failing to obey certain traffic laws; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 171.174; 609.487, subdivision 5, by adding subdivisions; 609B.205.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Frentz, Klein, and Dahms introduced--
S.F. No. 3909: A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; changing application of abnormal market disruption and unconscionably excessive price prohibition; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 325E.80, subdivisions 5, 6, 7.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Hauschild, Boldon, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 3910: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; making changes to the water infrastructure funding program; making changes to the point source implementation grant program; appropriating money for clean water; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 446A.072, subdivision 5a; 446A.073, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 3911: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money from the parks and trails fund; extending availability of certain grants; amending Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 3, sections 2, subdivision 1; 3; 4.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Gustafson, Boldon, Putnam, and Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 3912: A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing free school milk during the lunch meal for students who bring a lunch from home on that day; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.118; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 9, section 18, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Gustafson and Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 3913: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; requiring a report on agricultural land trends; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 3914: A bill for an act relating to public safety; amending eligibility requirements for certain grants for sexual assault prevention; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 611A.212, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 3915: A bill for an act relating to state government; making technical changes under the governance of the Department of Administration; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 16B.055, subdivision 1; 16B.48, subdivision 4; 16C.137, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 307.08, subdivision 3a.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 3916: A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting chain community pharmacies from establishing quotas; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 151.071, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 151.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Gustafson and Mitchell introduced--
S.F. No. 3917: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for renovations on the Haven for Heroes campus in the city of Anoka; canceling a prior appropriation.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Gustafson, Dibble, Hauschild, Frentz, and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3918: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; establishing a refundable credit for certain teachers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Gustafson, Kupec, Hauschild, and Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 3919: A bill for an act relating to public safety; imposing civil penalty on persons who disrupt or interfere with youth athletic activity; establishing youth officiating account; providing for grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 240A.03, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 240A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Gustafson, Duckworth, Klein, Seeberger, and Kreun introduced--
S.F. No. 3920: A bill for an act relating to contracts; defining indefinite subscription agreement and related terms; regulating certain contracts subject to automatic renewal clauses or continuous service; requiring seller notice to consumers; providing for consumer rights in connection with the termination of certain contracts; providing civil penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325G.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Maye Quade and Gustafson introduced--
S.F. No. 3921: A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money to intermediate school districts for special education registered apprenticeship programs.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Maye Quade and Mitchell introduced--
S.F. No. 3922: A bill for an act relating to education finance; allowing school-age care programs to provide preschool care; increasing school-age care revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 124D.19, by adding a subdivision; 124D.20, subdivision 8; 124D.22.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Maye Quade and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3923: A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the process for approving community education adults with disabilities programs; requiring reporting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.19, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 3924: A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a working group on special education licensure reciprocity; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Rasmusson introduced--
S.F. No. 3925: A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying the criminal penalty for use and possession of cannabis by persons under 21 years of age; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 260B.007, subdivisions 16, 18; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 152.0263, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Hoffman, Mann, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3926: A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring health plans to cover intermittent catheters; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 3927: A bill for an act relating to health; modifying membership of the Rare Disease Advisory Council; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256.4835, subdivisions 2, 4, by adding subdivisions.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 3928: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; amending an appropriation for trail and park development in the city of East Gull Lake; amending Laws 2023, chapter 71, article 1, section 10, subdivision 8.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Duckworth, Rasmusson, Kreun, Coleman, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3929: A bill for an act relating to education; providing for public safety; modifying the grounds for the use of reasonable force in schools; defining duties and establishing minimum training requirements for school resource officers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 121A.582, by adding a subdivision; 123B.02, by adding a subdivision; 124E.03, by adding a subdivision; 609.06, subdivision 1; 609.379, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 121A.58, subdivisions 1, 2a; 121A.582, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senators Mitchell, Rest, Klein, and Xiong introduced--
S.F. No. 3930: A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; imposing a public, educational, or governmental programming fee on certain digital video service providers; providing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 238.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senator Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 3931: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to Midway Contemporary Art.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Gustafson, Klein, Seeberger, and Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 3932: A bill for an act relating to commerce; consumer loans; rejecting certain federal amendments relating to applicable interest rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 47.59, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 47.59, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Rarick, Hauschild, Johnson, and Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3933: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for education learning centers for two special education cooperatives in Minnesota; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3934: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at the Mesabi Fit Coalition facility in the city of Mountain Iron.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Farnsworth introduced--
S.F. No. 3935: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for expansion and renovation of the Minnesota Discovery Center in the city of Chisholm; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3936: A bill for an act relating to human services; implementing transfer of duties from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Direct Care and Treatment; establishing general executive board duties, powers, rulemaking authority, and contracting for administrative services; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 13.46, subdivisions 1, 10; 43A.241; 243.166, subdivision 7; 245.073; 245.462, subdivisions 22, 24; 245.464, subdivision 3; 245.466, subdivision 1; 245.474, subdivisions 1, 3; 245.4862, subdivision 7; 245.4871, subdivision 33; 245.696, subdivision 1; 245.697, subdivisions 1, 2a; 245.91, subdivision 2; 245.94, subdivision 1; 245D.10, subdivision 3a; 246.0141; 246.018, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 246.12; 246.129; 246.13, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 246.14; 246.141; 246.15, subdivisions 1, 3; 246.151, subdivisions 1, 2; 246.16; 246.18, subdivisions 1, 4, 4a, 5, 6; 246.23; 246.234; 246.24; 246.27; 246.325; 246.33, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 246.34, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 246.35; 246.36; 246.41, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 246.50, subdivisions 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11; 246.51, subdivisions 1a, 1b, 2; 246.511; 246.52; 246.53, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 246.531, subdivisions 1, 2; 246.54, subdivision 1; 246.55; 246.56, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 246.57, subdivision 4; 246.64, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 246.71, subdivision 2; 246.716, subdivision 2; 246.72; 246.721; 246B.01, subdivisions 2, 2b; 246B.03, subdivision 1; 246B.04, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 246B.06, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 251.012, subdivision 3; 251.041; 251.042; 251.043; 251.17; 252.021; 252.50, subdivisions 4, 5, 10; 253.015, subdivision 1; 253.017, subdivision 2; 253.13; 253.20; 253.21; 253.22; 253.23; 253.24; 253.26; 253B.02, subdivisions 4b, 4c, by adding a subdivision; 253B.03, subdivisions 1, 6a; 253B.09, subdivision 3a; 253B.17, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 253B.18, subdivisions 4a, 4b, 4c, 5, 5a, 13, 14; 253B.19, subdivision 1; 253B.20, subdivision 2; 253B.212, subdivision 2; 253B.22, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 253D.02, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 16, by adding subdivisions; 253D.10, subdivision 2; 253D.11, subdivision 2; 253D.27, subdivision 1; 253D.29, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 253D.30, subdivision 5; 254B.01, by adding a subdivision; 254B.05, subdivision 4; 254B.151, subdivision 2; 256.01, subdivision 2; 256.045, subdivisions 1, 5, 6, 7, by adding subdivisions; 256B.693, subdivision 1; 256B.77, subdivision 22; 256G.01, subdivisions 1, 3; 256G.02, by adding a subdivision; 256G.03, subdivision 2; 256G.04, subdivision 2; 256G.09, subdivisions 2, 3; 256G.10; 256G.11; 256G.12; 299C.093; 352.91, subdivisions 2a, 3c, 3d, 3e, 4a; 524.3-801; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 245.4661, subdivisions 2, 6; 246.0135; 246C.02; 246C.03, subdivision 2; 246C.04; 246C.05; 252.50, subdivision 2; 253B.10, subdivision 1; 253D.02, subdivision 8; 256.045, subdivision 3; 352.91, subdivision 3f; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 198; 245; 245A; 246; 246C; 253; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 246.01; 246.013; 246.014; 246.15, subdivision 2; 246.23, subdivision 1; 246.60; 251.013; 252.50, subdivisions 1, 9, 11; 252.51; 256B.693, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Oumou Verbeten, Hawj, and Murphy introduced--
S.F. No. 3937: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for planning activities related to improvements to the Xcel Energy Center and the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in the city of St. Paul.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Oumou Verbeten and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 3938: A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting consent searches by peace officers; prohibiting use of the odor of marijuana as the basis to search a motor vehicle; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 626.21; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Oumou Verbeten and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 3939: A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing counties to hear otherwise time-barred petitions for postconviction relief in certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 590.01, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Kupec, Hauschild, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3940: A bill for an act relating to solid waste; establishing program to collect and recycle electronic waste; creating an account; requiring a report; requiring rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 115A.121; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 115A.1310, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12a, 12b, 12c, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20; 115A.1312; 115A.1314; 115A.1316; 115A.1318; 115A.1320; 115A.1322; 115A.1323; 115A.1324; 115A.1326; 115A.1328; 115A.1330.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Boldon and Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 3941: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for local recreation grants; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 3942: A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing a public finance program for local candidates; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators Kupec, Hauschild, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 3943: A bill for an act relating to railroads; establishing requirements on wayside detector systems; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 219.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 3944: A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying various policies, including but not limited to legislative routes, driving rules, small business contract preferences, nondivisible loads, and greater Minnesota transit programs; making technical corrections; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 161.115, subdivisions 116, 117, by adding a subdivision; 161.321, subdivisions 2, 2b; 169.19, subdivision 2; 169.34, subdivision 1; 169.444, subdivision 4; 169.80, by adding a subdivision; 174.03, subdivision 12; 174.22, subdivisions 2b, 7, 12, 14, by adding subdivisions; 174.23, subdivision 2; 174.24, subdivisions 1a, 3b, 3c; 174.247; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 161.045, subdivision 3; 174.40, subdivision 4a; Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 1, section 2, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 169.011, subdivision 70; 169.25; 174.22, subdivisions 5, 8, 15; 174.23, subdivision 7; Minnesota Rules, parts 8835.0110, subparts 1, 1a, 6, 7, 10, 11a, 12a, 12b, 13a, 14a, 15, 15a, 16, 17, 18, 19; 8835.0210; 8835.0220; 8835.0230; 8835.0240; 8835.0250; 8835.0260; 8835.0265; 8835.0270; 8835.0275; 8835.0280; 8835.0290; 8835.0310; 8835.0320; 8835.0330, subparts 1, 3, 4; 8835.0350, subparts 1, 3, 4, 5.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 3945: A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying a previous appropriation; amending Laws 2023, chapter 41, article 1, section 4, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senator Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3946: A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money for River Watch program.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Mohamed and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 3947: A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; modifying minimum wage provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 177.23, by adding subdivisions; 177.24, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 204B.19, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senators McEwen, Murphy, and Boldon introduced--
S.F. No. 3948: A bill for an act relating to occupational safety and health; requiring surgical smoke evacuation system policies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 182.
Referred to the Committee on Labor.
Senator McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 3949: A bill for an act relating to energy; modifying provisions governing the siting and relocation of high-voltage transmission lines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216E.02, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 161.46, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senators Hauschild, Duckworth, Rasmusson, Kupec, and Mitchell introduced--
S.F. No. 3950: A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing an annual observance for 1st Minnesota Day; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senator Maye Quade introduced--
S.F. No. 3951: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to the Apple Valley Sports Arena; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Hauschild, Kupec, Frentz, Putnam, and Seeberger introduced--
S.F. No. 3952: A bill for an act relating to broadband; modifying matching requirements for the lower population density grant program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 116J.3952, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Mitchell introduced--
S.F. No. 3953: A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing an exemption for land owned by congressionally chartered veterans service organizations; removing the special classification for land owned by congressionally chartered veterans service organizations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 272.02, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 273.13, subdivision 25.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Putnam, McEwen, Morrison, Carlson, and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3954: A bill for an act relating to environment; establishing certified salt applicator program; limiting liability; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 3955: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; increasing base funding for the agricultural growth, research, and innovation program; amending Laws 2023, chapter 43, article 1, section 2, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senator Putnam introduced--
S.F. No. 3956: A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying an appropriation for farm down payment assistance grants; amending Laws 2023, chapter 43, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development.
Senators Putnam, Gustafson, Kupec, Hauschild, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 3957: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing Keep It Clean program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97C.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Putnam, Gustafson, Kunesh, Lieske, and Hawj introduced--
S.F. No. 3958: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for prepared food sold by certain sellers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297A.67, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Marty, Dibble, Mitchell, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 3959: A bill for an act relating to energy; limiting rate recovery of executive pay for certain public utilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216B.16, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
Senator Cwodzinski introduced--
S.F. No. 3960: A bill for an act relating to elections; amending ballot language relating to school district referenda; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 123B.63, subdivision 3; 126C.17, subdivision 9; 275.60.
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
Senators McEwen and Dibble introduced--
S.F. No. 3961: A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing commissioner of transportation to convey property for and promote the use of passenger rail services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 174.632, subdivision 2; 174.636, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senators Boldon, Mitchell, and Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 3962: A bill for an act relating to child care; establishing the Minnesota Great Start Compensation Board; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 119B.27, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senator Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3963: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying citizen oversight committees; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97A.055, subdivision 4b.
Referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
Senators Mitchell, Port, Fateh, Pha, and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 3964: A bill for an act relating to local government; establishing minimum allowable densities on residential lots in cities; requiring the authorization of middle housing types to be built on residential lots; authorizing subdivision of residential lots; limiting parking requirements established by cities; requiring the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency to create a model ordinance for cities; limiting city aesthetic mandates on residential building permits; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senators Mann and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3965: A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing and indexing English learner program revenue; supporting innovative English learner programs; creating a statewide English learner parent and community advisory council; encouraging local advisory councils; establishing microcredentials for teachers and administrators of English learners; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 122A.14, by adding a subdivision; 122A.187, by adding a subdivision; 122A.19, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 122A.187, subdivision 3; 124D.65, subdivision 5; Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senators Mann and Kunesh introduced--
S.F. No. 3966: A bill for an act relating to higher education; increasing the maximum stipend award for underrepresented student teacher grants; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 136A.1274, subdivision 3; Laws 2023, chapter 41, article 1, section 2, subdivision 26.
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Senators Mann, Mohamed, Port, Mitchell, and Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 3967: A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring health plan coverage of abortions and abortion-related services; requiring medical assistance coverage of abortions and abortion-related services; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 62D.02, subdivision 7; 62D.20, subdivision 1; 62D.22, subdivision 5; 62Q.14; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 256B.0625, subdivision 16; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 62A.041, subdivision 3.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Mann, Kupec, Mohamed, Mitchell, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3968: A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing the SNAP as medicine program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256D.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Mann, Morrison, Mohamed, Mitchell, and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3969: A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to apply for a federal waiver to provide nutrition supports as a covered service under medical assistance.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Mann and Morrison introduced--
S.F. No. 3970: A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring coverage for the management and treatment of obesity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Mann, Boldon, Hoffman, and Lieske introduced--
S.F. No. 3971: A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing the medical assistance dispensing fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 256B.0625, subdivision 13e.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Mann and Klein introduced--
S.F. No. 3972: A bill for an act relating to commerce; establishing sales restrictions of aerosol dusters containing 1,1-difluoroethane; providing criminal penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Senators Mann, Boldon, Mohamed, and Abeler introduced--
S.F. No. 3973: A bill for an act relating to behavioral health; modifying sober home requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 254B.181, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services.
Senators Mann and Coleman introduced--
S.F. No. 3974: A bill for an act relating to education; providing for parental notice of a student pulled out of the classroom; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
Referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Senator Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 3975: A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing registration and operation requirements for roadable aircraft; establishing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 168.002, subdivision 18; 168.12, subdivision 1; 169.011, subdivisions 3a, 44, by adding a subdivision; 360.013, by adding a subdivision; 360.075, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 168; 169.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Hauschild introduced--
S.F. No. 3976: A bill for an act relating to taxation; local lodging taxes; clarifying authority for political subdivisions to impose and collect local lodging taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 469.190, subdivisions 1, 7.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Fateh and Mohamed introduced--
S.F. No. 3977: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an entrepreneur innovation center in the city of Minneapolis.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 3978: A bill for an act relating to early education; modifying the voluntary prekindergarten program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.151, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.151, subdivisions 5, 6.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Senator Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 3979: A bill for an act relating to housing; clarifying tenant's rights to contact emergency services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 504B.205, subdivisions 2, 3, 6.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention.
Senator Pha introduced--
S.F. No. 3980: A bill for an act relating to local government; establishing requirements for multifamily residential developments in cities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462.
Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans.
Senators Oumou Verbeten and Mitchell introduced--
S.F. No. 3981: A bill for an act relating to corrections; establishing the Safety through Support Act; expanding visitation rights of incarcerated persons; establishing a diversity task force to approve licensed professionals to access incarcerated persons; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 241.05; 243.48, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 299A.95, by adding a subdivision.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senator Oumou Verbeten introduced--
S.F. No. 3982: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring independent investigations of law enforcement use of force incidents that result in death; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 626.5534.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Abeler and Jasinski introduced--
S.F. No. 3983: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for rail grade warning devices; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3984: A bill for an act relating to behavioral health; modifying education requirements for licensure; modifying definition of accrediting body; modifying behavioral health licensing and eligibility; modifying paperwork reduction report date; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 148F.025, subdivision 2; 245G.031, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, sections 245G.11, subdivision 10; 254B.04, subdivision 6; 254B.05, subdivision 5; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 11, section 38, as amended.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Senators Abeler and Hoffman introduced--
S.F. No. 3985: A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for an interchange project on East River Road at marked Trunk Highway 610 in the city of Coon Rapids; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation.