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Floor Sessions Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2002
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About the Debate:
The Senate took up items on the Consent Calendar and General Orders.

Consent Calendar
S.F. No. 2592: (SENATE AUTHORS: OLIVER, Scheid, Larson, Wiener and Metzen;Companion to H.F. No. 2763.) A bill for an act relating to insurance; authorizing the reorganization of a mutual insurance holding company into a stock company; modifying accounting provisions for certain ceding transactions. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 57-0.

S.F. No. 1072: (SENATE AUTHORS: LESSARD; Companion to H.F. No. 1097.) A bill for an act relating to state government; designating the photograph "Grace" as the state photograph. Pappas - motion to strike from Consent Calendar and be placed on General Orders -adopted.

S.F. No. 3189: (SENATE AUTHORS: PAPPAS; Companion to H.F. No. 3499.) A bill for an act relating to local government; establishing a retroactive effective date for St. Paul civil service separation. -Pappas motion to strike from Consent Calendar and be placed on General Orders-adopted

S.F. No. 2971: (SENATE AUTHORS: KNUTSON, Robertson and Day; Companion to H.F. No. 3133.) A bill for an act relating to state government; state procurement; codifying references relating to competitive bidding for building and construction contracts. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 59-0

S.F. No. 3347: (SENATE AUTHORS: MOE, R.D. and Murphy; Companion to H.F. No.3655.) A resolution Urging Congress to ensure replacement of Indian trust land in the event of a nuclear incident at Prairie Island. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 62-0

S.F. No. 3109: (SENATE AUTHORS: SCHWAB, Fischbach, Johnson, Debbie, Kleis and Ourada; Companion to H.F. No. 3362.) A bill for an act relating to public safety; permitting municipal police departments to utilize black patrol vehicles; striking references to constables in the law addressing the color of police vehicles. Third Reading. Final passed as amended Roll Call - 59-4

13) S.F. No. 3244: (SENATE AUTHORS: SCHWAB, Neuville, Kleis, Marty and Chaudhary; Companion to H.F. No. 2842.) A bill for an act relating to evidence; authorizing electronic signature on certain laboratory blood sample reports. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

General Orders
SF2433 (Betzold) A bill for an act relating to crimes; defining the crimes of sexual conduct in third and fourth degrees to include persons who sexually penetrate vulnerable adults under certain circumstances and who are agents of special transportation service providers; prescribing penalties-recommended to pass

SF 2381 (Berglin) A bill for an act relating to health; regulating hospice care providers; providing criminal penalties-recommended to pass as amended

HF 58 (Betzold) Keg Registration bill-recommended to pass

SF 2580 (Foley) A bill for an act relating to crimes; providing that certain license revocation
hearings do not give rise to an estoppel on any issues in criminal prosecutions; providing for jurisdiction over persons found to have caused a delinquent act or charged by a juvenile petition; making it child endangerment to permit a child to be present when a person possesses certain chemical substances used to manufacture controlled substances; prescribing penalties for persons who escape from electronic monitoring-recommended to pass

SF 1861 (Ranum) A bill relating to crime prevention; requiring firearms to comply with certain requirements-progress

SF 2486 (Samuelson) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying requirements for major spending commitments of radiation therapy facilities-progress

SF 2568 (Rest) A bill for an act relating to Hennepin county; removing certain limitations on the county board's ability to lease real property; removing limitations on the county board's authority to construct off-street parking facilities-recommended to pass

SF 2572 (Hottinger) relating to local government; authorizing the establishment of a
specific nonprofit corporation in development region nine for certain specified purposes-recommended to pass

SF 2578 (Wiener) relating to county government; providing for client-directed support programs
relating to government data; providing for a National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact; providing for an electronic information sharing system between the federal government and the state to access criminal history data-recommended to pass

SF 1030 (Wiger) relating to government data; providing for a National Crime Prevention and
Privacy Compact; providing for an electronic information sharing system between the federal
government and the state to access criminal history data-recommended to pass

SF 2448 (Betzold) relating to government data practices; providing for disclosure by the department of public safety of personal data related to operation of a motor vehicle-recommended to pass

SF 2795 (Marty)relating to human rights; adding sanctions that may be imposed; creating standing to seek sanctions-recommended to pass

SF 2680 (Limmer) relating to energy codes; adding a member to the construction codes advisory council-recommended to pass

SF 3026 (Kelley, S.P.) Regulating the provision of interstate telemedicine services-recommended to pass as amended

SF 2533 (Foley) A bill for an act relating to corrections; authorizing counties to collect room, board, and other related correctional expenses for offenders who have been convicted of a crime and confined in a county jail, workhouse, or correctional farm in certain instances-recommended to pass

SF 3080 (Rest ) A bill for an act relating to auditing; modifying certain provisions relating to preneed funeral trust accounts-recommended to pass

SF 3147 (Orfield) A bill for an act relating to state employment; modifying the statewide affirmative action program-recommended to pass

SF 2419 (Lesewski)A bill for an act relating to human services; defining portable wading pools; clarifying the use of portable wading pools at family day care settings-recommended to pass as amended

SF 2963 (Rest) A bill for an act relating to state government; transferring duties of the state treasurer to the commissioner of finance-recommended to pass

SF 2638 (Foley) A bill for an act relating to crimes; providing that whoever employs runners to procure clients under certain circumstances involving motor vehicle insurance is guilty of a felony-recommended to pass

SF 2953 (Hottinger) A bill for an act relating to insurance; prohibiting issuing or requiring
excess insurance on property; regulating real estate appraisals-recommended to pass

SF 3124 (Foley) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying resident reimbursement classifications; clarifying minimum nursing staff requirements-recommended to pass

SF 2960 (Johnson, Debbie) A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring that employers allow unpaid leave for employees to perform volunteer firefighter duties-recommended to pass

SF 3117 (Metzen) A bill for an act relating to the metropolitan council; providing for the transfer or disposal of interceptor facilities-recommended to pass

SF 2792 (Betzold) A bill for an act relating to legislation-progress

SF 3084 (Rest) A bill for an act relating to auditing; modifying certain state and local auditing procedures and reporting practices-recommended to pass

SF 2949 (Betzold) A bill for an act relating to government data; background checks; expanding what is considered to be public criminal history data- recommended to pass

SF 3020 (Ranum) A bill for an act relating to crimes; requiring presumptive executed sentences for persons convicted of certain criminal sexual conduct offenses in the second degree-progess

73)SF 2739 (Metzen) Omnibus Liquor Bill-Progress

SF 3231(Betzold) A bill for an act relating to data privacy; providing that nondesignated addresses on license applications are not public data-recommended to pass

SF 3257 (Solon, Y.P.) A bill for an act relating to municipalities; housing and redevelopment authority officers; adding an exception to conflict of interest provisions-recommended to pass

SF 2937 (Hottinger) A bill for an act relating to the environment; further clarifying the statute of limitations for actions to recover response costs under the Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act-progress

SF 3331(Berglin) A bill for an act relating to health; removing the cost of obtaining health records when applying for a disability benefits program-recommended to pass as amended

SF 3145 (Foley) A bill for an act relating to the military; revising the Minnesota code of
military justice-recommended to pass

SF 3167 (Betzold) A bill for an act relating to corrections; providing access to data for purposes of the commissioner's preliminary determination whether a petition of civil commitment as a sexual psychopathic personality or sexually dangerous person is appropriate-recommended to pass

SF 2752 (Robertson) A bill for an act relating to Hennepin county; providing for
design-build contracts; requiring a report-progress

The Senate will reconvene on Thursday, March 7, 2002 at 9:00 a.m.