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Floor Sessions Date: Friday, March 8, 2002
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About the Debate:
The Senate took action on several Calendar items and took up General Orders.

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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 Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 52-4

HF 58 (Betzold) Beer keg Identification. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 60-0

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. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 62-0

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. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

SF 2572 (Hottinger) A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing the establishment of a specific nonprofit corporation in development region nine for certain specified purposes. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 62-0

SF 2578 (Wiener) A bill for an act relating to county government; providing for client-directed support programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 375.18, by adding a subdivision.
Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

SF 2953 (Hottinger) A bill for an act relating to insurance; prohibiting issuing or requiring
excess insurance on property; regulating real estate appraisals. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 61-0

SF 1030 (Wiger) A bill for an act 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. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 62-0

SF 2448 (Betzold) A bill for an act relating to government data practices; providing for disclosure by the department of public safety of personal data related to operation of a motor vehicles. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

SF 2963(Rest) A bill for an act relating to state government; transferring duties of the state treasurer to the commissioner of finance. Third Reading Final Passage Roll Call - 54-8

SF 2795 (Marty) A bill for an act relating to human rights; adding sanctions that may be imposed; creating standing to seek sanctions. Third Reading Final Passage Roll Call - 62-1

SF 2680 (Limmer) A bill for an act relating to energy codes; adding a member to the construction codes advisory council; changing certain requirements; providing for adoption
of a new energy code. Third Reading Final Passage Roll Call - 64-0

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. Third Reading Final Passage Roll Call - 64-0

SF 3080 (Rest) A bill for an act relating to auditing; modifying certain provisions relating to preneed funeral trust accounts. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 64-0

SF 3147 (Orfield) A bill for an act relating to state employment; modifying the statewide affirmative action program. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 62-2

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. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 62-0

SF 3117 (Metzen) A bill for an act relating to the metropolitan council; providing for the transfer or disposal of interceptor facilities. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

SF 3124 (Foley) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying resident reimbursement classifications; clarifying minimum nursing staff requirements. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 65-0

SF 2960 (Johnson, Deb) A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring that employers allow unpaid leave for employees to perform volunteer firefighter duties. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 65-0

SF 3084 (Rest) A bill for an act relating to auditing; modifying certain state and local auditing procedures and reporting practices. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

SF 2949 (Betzold) A bill for an act relating to government data; background checks; expanding what is considered to be public criminal history data; modifying procedures for certain background checks; authorizing criminal history checks for certain liquor license applicants; clarifying use of data collected on employees of certain license holders. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

SF 3231(Betzold) A bill for an act relating to data privacy; providing that nondesignated addresses on license applications are not public data. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 65-0

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 provision. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

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. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 65-0

SF 3145 (Foley) A bill for an act relating to the military; revising the Minnesota code of
military justice. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

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. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

HF 2742 (Betzold) A bill for an act relating to state government; regulating contested case procedures. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

SF 2768 (Lessard) A bill for an act relating to human services; changing provisions in the medical assistance demonstration project; adding requirements for the prepaid medical assistance and prepaid general assistance medical programs. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

SF 3101 (Samuelson) A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing certain conditions and exceptions for a new class I rest area on state highway No. 371 between Brainerd and Little Falls.
Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

HF 3190 (Ranum) A bill for an act relating to corrections; requiring the juvenile court to send data relating to juvenile petitions to the statewide supervision system. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

SF 2769 (Lessard) A bill for an act relating to counties; Itasca, St. Louis, and Koochiching; increasing or establishing the per capita spending limit for promotion of tourist, agricultural, and industrial development; providing for distribution of proceeds from forfeited land sales; making a technical correction by restoring legal text inadvertently made into a headnote in 1975. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

SF 3100 (Berglin) A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing approved tribal health professionals as medical assistance providers; reimbursement for certain health services; American Indian contracting provisions; requiring an evaluation of managed care regional rate differences; authorizing new rate regions. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 65-0

SF 2752 (Robertson) A bill for an act relating to Hennepin county; providing for design-build contracts; requiring a report. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 64-1

SF 3073 (Knutson) A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse; clarifying the standard for
a misdemeanor violation of an order for protection or no contact orders. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

SF 3184 (Tomassoni) A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; modifying provisions
governing road inspections, first hauls, and weight allowances for commercial motor vehicles; requiring study of load restrictions and increases; making technical and clarifying change. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-2

SF 3115 (Kelley, S.P.) A bill for an act relating to state government; regulating state energy
savings contracts. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

SF 3015 (Scheid) A bill for an act relating to commerce; establishing a division of insurance fraud prevention within the department of commerce to investigate and prosecute insurance fraud; appropriating money; prescribing a criminal penalty for the employment of runners, cappers, or steerers. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

SF 2612 (Kleis) A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; authorizing private
vehicle escorting funeral procession to use flashing red lights. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 64-2

SF 1555 (Higgins) A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing a preemption of local
regulation of fertilizers and plant foods used in agricultural production; regulating the use on turf of certain fertilizers containing phosphorus; providing for enforcement; prohibiting fertilizer applications to an impervious surface. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 64-1

SF 3034 (Robertson) A bill for an act relating to Hennepin county; authorizing certain
contracting with a public or private cooperative purchasing organization subject to a condition. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

SF 2803 (Robling) A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring child care providers to develop policies for reporting suspected child maltreatment; requiring child care licenses to contain certain information. OUT FOR COMPARISON

SF 2998 (Lourey) A bill for an act relating to occupations and professions; waiving the written case presentation and oral examination component of the licensing requirements for certain alcohol and drug counselors. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

SF 3108 (Kiscaden) A bill for an act relating to human service. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

SF 1372 (Betzold) A bill for an act relating to data practices; modifying provisions governing child maltreatment data. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 66-0

General Orders
SF 3256 (Stevens) A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying limits on the sale of prepared foods at community events or farmers' markets-recommended to pass

SF 2875 (Moua) A bill for an act relating to the environment; establishing an environmental sustainability policy-recommended to pass

HF 1189 (Bachmann) A bill for an act relating to annexation; providing for the election of municipal council members after certain annexations-recommended to pass

SF 3293 (Chaudhary) A bill for an act relating to highways; transferring three state highways and vacating one state highway-recommended to pass

SF 3168 (Stevens) A bill for an act relating to municipalities; providing for a bidding exception for certain water tank service contracts-recommended to pass as amended

HF 1620 (Tomassoni) A bill for an act relating to annexation; strengthening the effect of an orderly annexation agreement-recommended to pass

SF 3133 (Stevens) A bill for an act relating to health; requiring legislative approval before the commissioner of health adopts certain new or amended rules governing the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act-recommended to pass

SF 2430 (Wiger) A bill for an act relating to higher education; requesting the University of Minnesota and Minnesota state colleges and universities to complete a study allowing students to rent instructional materials.-recommended to pass

SF 3126 (Foley) A bill for an act relating to human services; making technical changes in health care programs-recommended to pass as amended

SF 1072 (Lessard) A bill for an act relating to state government; designating the photograph "Grace" as the state photograph-recommended to pass

SF 2540 (Betzold) A bill for an act relating to property; changing certain probate and power of appointment provisions-recommended to pass

SF 2458 (Sams) A bill for an act relating to crimes; prohibiting presenting false information for purposes of certain background studies; prohibiting certain entities from employing individuals under certain circumstances-recommended to pass

SF 2422 (Fischbach) A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; regulating dealer transfers;
clarifying calculation of base value-recommended to pass

SF 3345 (Tomassoni) A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating certain credit scoring procedures-recommended to pass as amended

SF 3026 (Kelley, S.P.)A bill for an act relating to health; regulating the provision of interstate telemedicine services-recommended to pass as amended

SF 3136 (Lesewski) A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; modifying payment provisions; modifying intervention procedures-recommended to pass as amended

SF 3174 (Kelley, S.P.) A bill for an act relating to commerce; creating a small business category under the Money Transmitter Act-recommended to pass

HF 2783 (Scheid) A bill for an act relating to insurance; no-fault auto; regulating residual liability coverage-recommended to pass

SF 2970 (Foley) A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; requiring motor vehicle collision
repair to include air bag repair or replacement; providing penalties-recommended to pass

SF 2516 (Sams) A bill for an act relating to agriculture; clarifying the definition of
pastures for the purpose of animal feedlot regulation-recommended to pass

SF 2739 (Metzen) Omnibus Liquor Bill-recommended to pass

SF 2403 (Higgins) A bill for an act relating to finance; authorizing the Minneapolis park and recreation board to lease certain property for the repayment of certain state bond expenditures-recommended to pass

The Senate will reconvene on Monday, March 11, 2002 at 10:00 a.m.