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Floor Sessions Date: Monday, March 11, 2002
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About the Debate:
The Senate passes SF 1495 - a bill that requires that diesel fuel sold in the state contain a 2 percent blend of biodiesel fuel additive (made with soybeans) by 2005; and takes up Calendar, Consent Calendar and General Order items.

Calendar
SF 2433 (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. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 59-0

SF 3204 (Neuville) A bill for an act relating to human services; specifying that a county agency is not required to provide income support or cash assistance when specified state programs fail to do so. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 59-0

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. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 61-0

HF 2783 (Scheid) A bill for an act relating to insurance; no-fault auto; regulating residual liability coverage. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 61-0

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

SF 3026 (Kelley, S.P.)A bill for an act relating to health; regulating the provision of interstate telemedicine services. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 62-0

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

SF 2739 (Metzen) A bill for an act relating to liquor; exempting hotel honor bars from hours of sale restrictions; modifying minimum distance from specified state universities; authorizing the cities of Proctor, Albert Lea, Eden Prairie, West St. Paul, Brainerd, and Coon Rapids to issue on-sale licenses. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 53-9

SF 2516 (Sams) A bill for an act relating to agriculture; clarifying the definition of
pastures for the purpose of animal feedlot regulation. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 61-0

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

SF 3174 (Kelley, S.P.) A bill for an act relating to commerce; creating a small business category under the Money Transmitter Act. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

SF 2875 (Moua) A bill for an act relating to the environment; establishing an environmental sustainability policy. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 59-4

SF 2422 (Fischbach) A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; regulating dealer transfers; clarifying calculation of base value. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 62-0

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

HF 1189 (Bachmann)A bill for an act relating to annexation; providing for the election of municipal council members after certain annexations. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

SF 3168 (Stevens) A bill for an act relating to municipalities; providing for a bidding exception for certain water tank service contracts; authorizing an agreement for the city of Walker to maintain and operate the state's water tower at Ah-Gwah-Ching; Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 61-2

HF 1620 (Tomassoni) A bill for an act relating to annexation; strengthening the effect of an orderly annexation agreement. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

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. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 51-12

SF 3345 (Tomassoni) A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating certain credit scoring procedure. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

SF 3136 (Lesewski) A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; modifying payment provisions; modifying intervention procedures; changing the calculation of special fund assessments. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 62-0

SF 3126 (Foley) A bill for an act relating to human services; making technical changes in health care programs. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

SF 1072 (Lessard) A bill for an act relating to state government; designating the photograph "Grace" as the state photograph. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 51-12

SF 2540 (Betzold) A bill for an act relating to property; changing certain probate and power of appointment provisions. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call -62-0

Consent Calendar
HF 2987 (Johnson, Doug) A bill for an act relating to Cook county; authorizing the county to
convey the Mineral Center cemetery to the Grand Portage Reservation. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 64-0

HF 3202 (Olson) A bill for an act relating to the city of Delano; increasing its public utilities commission from three to five members. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 64-0.

SF 2986 (Robertson) A bill for an act relating to education; requiring school districts to submit timely information about teacher contract settlements- Robertson moved that pursuant to Rule 25 SF2986 be stricken from the Consent Calendar and be referred to General Orders-adopted

HF 2629 (Limmer) A bill for an act relating to professions; allowing retired individuals licensed by the board of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, geoscience, and interior design to use a retired professional designation. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 64-0

HF 3309 (Larson) A bill for an act relating to health; modifying provisions of licensed beds on layaway status. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 64-0

HF 2637 (Vickerman) A bill for an act relating to towns; providing for temporary officeholder. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

HF 3344 (Cohen) A bill for an act relating to courts; authorizing a combined jurisdiction program in the second and fourth judicial districts. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 64-0

SF 3288 (Kelley, S.P.) A bill for an act relating to public employment labor relations; extending the expiration of an interest arbitration provision governing firefighters. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 65-0

SF 3028 (Kelley, S.P.) A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing the Minnesota
commission on national and community service to create and delegate duties to a private, nonprofit corporation-progress. Bachmann pursuant to Rule 25.4 stricken from Consent Calendar and referred to General Orders

SF 3322 (Orfield) A bill for an act relating to the metropolitan council; providing for the external use of existing service capacity; modifying the depreciation rate when assuming ownership of existing facilities. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

SF 2890 (Knutson) A bill for an act relating to contracts; regulating public works contracts. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

HF 3296 (Marty) A bill for an act relating to state employment; shifting social security administrative duties from the department of employee relations to the public employees retirement association; classifying data on employee's dependents as private. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

SF 3315 (Scheid) A bill for an act relating to insurance; making certain changes involving the joint underwriting association's procedures. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

SF 3258 (Larson) A bill for an act relating to state lands; providing for a land exchange with city of Garfield. Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 63-0

Motions and Resolutions
SF 1495 Biodiesel Bill- Murphy motion to adopt report of Conference Committee–adopted
Third Reading. Final Passage Roll Call - 53-11

General Orders
SF 3380 (Knutson)A bill for an act relating to family law; modifying provisions governing postnuptial contracts-recommended to pass

SF 2460 (Kleis)A bill for an act relating to crimes; imposing special civil liability for destruction of field crop products, animals, and organisms; providing criminal penalties for persons who promote, advocate, and take responsibility for criminal acts under certain circumstances-recommended to pass

SF 2627 (Kiscaden) A bill for an act relating to health; requiring optometrists and ophthalmologists to give patients copies of their prescriptions for contact lenses; establishing other requirements for access to and the content of prescriptions for contact lenses-recommended to pass as amended

SF 2988 (Metzen) A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; regulating detached facilities, certain charges and fees, and mortgage prepayment penalties-recommended to pass

SF 3086 (Sabo) A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse; providing for the effect of a
recognition of paternity upon temporary custody; providing a presumption concerning an order of protection-recommended to pass

SF 2492 (Johnson, Dave) A bill for an act relating to economic development;providing extra unemployment benefits for certain workers laid off from Fingerhut Companies,Incorporated, and from the airline and related industries-recommended to pass as amended

SF 222 (Krentz) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing a gross misdemeanor penalty for gross overlimit violations of fish and game laws-recommended to pass

SF 3059 (Higgins) A bill for an act relating to youth employment; modifying the requirements for youth employment involvement in certain construction projects paid for with grant funds-recommended to pass

SF 2678 (Higgins) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; making technical changes and clarifications; modifying certain requirements for nonresident youth small game hunting; modifying requirements for firearms safety certificate; modifying prohibitions of hunting while under the influence; providing for taking unprotected birds; making certain stamp exemptions-recommended to pass

SF 3286 (Johson, Dave) A bill for an act relating to adoption; requiring a registered putative father to serve notice of a paternity action on an interested part-recommended to pass

SF 2989 (Johnson, Dave) Mandatory sentences for driving while impaired offenders-recommended to pass

SF 2611 (Ranum) A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; adopting a new compact for interstate adult offender supervision and repealing the existing compact; creating an advisory council on interstate adult offender supervision; requiring the appointment of a compact administrator; imposing criminal penalties for a violation of the new compact; appropriating money-recommended to pass

SF 2957 (Samuelson) A bill for an act relating to professions; requiring reporting of practice act violations to the board of dentistry; providing complainant immunity-recommended to pass

SF 2463 (Anderson) A bill for an act relating to employment; providing limits on overtime for nurses; providing remedies-recommended to pass as amended

HF 2612 (Scheid) A bill for an act relating to occupations; revising circumstances in which the signature of a licensed architect, licensed engineer, licensed land surveyor, licensed landscape architect, licensed geoscientist, or certified interior designer is required
-recommended to pass

SF 3024 (Scheid) A bill for an act relating to commerce; providing certain cosmetology definitions; regulating continuing education and licensing requirements for certain licensees; regulating the contractor's recovery fund; providing for the adoption and amendment of uniform conveyancing forms-recommended to pass

The Senate will reconvene on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 at 9:00 a.m.


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