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| 2023 - 2024 | SENATE INDEX Room 110, STATE CAPITOL, 651.296.5560 MINNESOTA SENATE 92nd LEGISLATURE AUTHOR LIST |
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Torres Ray Chief and Co-Author List Tuesday, May 30, 2023 SF 59 McEwen; Eaton; Dibble; Torres Ray; Cwodzinski HF 148 Davnie Revisor No.: 21-00917 Topic: Mines and Mining Short Description: Nonferrous sulfide ore mining permits determinations requirement prior to permit issuance
SF 165 Champion; Fateh; Torres Ray; Hawj; Murphy HF 6 Noor Revisor No.: 21-01343 Topic: Popular Names Short Description: Providing Resources, Opportunity, and Maximizing Investments in Striving Entrepreneurs (PROMISE) Act; civil unrest investigatory commission establishment; appropriations
SF 178 Nelson; Klein; Eken; Torres Ray; Duckworth HF 313 Lee Revisor No.: 21-01236 Topic: Health and Health Department Short Description: Commissioner of health Alzheimer's public information program establishment requirement; appropriation
SF 218 Eken; Cwodzinski; Lopez Franzen; Carlson; Torres Ray HF 89 Elkins Revisor No.: 21-01458 Topic: Elections Short Description: Ranked choice voting implementation in federal and state elective offices establishment
SF 298 Torres Ray; Marty Revisor No.: 21-00864 Topic: Government-Local Short Description: Prohibition on local ordinances governing plastic bags and similar items repeal
SF 424 Torres Ray; Pappas; Dibble HF 105 Davnie Revisor No.: 21-00317 Topic: Government-Local Short Description: City creation of land-value taxation districts authorization
SF 427 Torres Ray HF 103 Davnie Revisor No.: 21-00318 Topic: Motor Vehicles-Registration, Licensing, and Taxation Short Description: Drivers licensing requirements related to diabetes mellitus repeal
SF 428 Torres Ray; Marty HF 1780 Richardson Revisor No.: 21-00863 Topic: Education and Education Department Short Description: Student discipline and nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices modification
SF 474 Wiklund; Marty; Dziedzic; Torres Ray; Fateh HF 1 Noor Revisor No.: 21-01190 Topic: Children and Families Short Description: Minnesota family investment program, housing, food and broadband assistance appropriation
SF 546 Torres Ray HF 378 Youakim Revisor No.: 21-01864 Topic: Occupations and Professions Short Description: Education paraprofessionals paid orientation requirement; appropriation
SF 547 Torres Ray; Lopez Franzen; Dziedzic; Pappas HF 389 Hassan Revisor No.: 21-00543 Topic: Popular Names Short Description: Women of Color Opportunity Act; appropriations
SF 643 Frentz; Torres Ray; Dibble; Port; McEwen HF 278 Long Revisor No.: 21-01711 Topic: Energy Short Description: Electric utility renewable energy standards obligations modifications; Public Utility Commission authority to issue site permits for electric generation facilities modifications
SF 849 Kunesh; Lopez Franzen; Torres Ray HF 1007 Becker-Finn Revisor No.: 21-01912 Topic: Legal Proceedings Short Description: Federally recognized Indian tribes legal actions court filing fees nonapplicability establishment
SF 877 Torres Ray; Wiklund; Hawj; Murphy; McEwen HF 660 Richardson Revisor No.: 21-00479 Topic: Health and Health Department Short Description: Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act; anti-racism training and implicit bias continuing education requirement; maternal death studies expansion to include maternal morbidity; appropriating money
SF 878 Torres Ray; Pappas; Klein; Carlson Revisor No.: 21-00804 Topic: Resolutions Short Description: A resolution memorializing Congress to overturn the Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. FEC; requesting that Congress clarify that the rights protected under the Constitution are the rights of natural persons and not the rights of artificial entities and spending money to influence elections is not speech under the First Amendment; asking that Congress propose a constitutional amendment to provide such a clarification
SF 879 Torres Ray; Wiklund; Latz Revisor No.: 21-01973 Topic: Resolutions Short Description: A resolution relating to the ratification of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution; memorializing Congress to remove the extra-textual time limit for ratification of the amendment by the states
SF 890 Marty; Torres Ray; Wiger; Cwodzinski; Kunesh HF 1589 Richardson Revisor No.: 21-02464 Topic: Commerce and Commerce Department Short Description: Catalytic converters sale to scrap metal dealers regulation
SF 994 Duckworth; Howe; Coleman; Dziedzic; Torres Ray HF 1138 Agbaje Revisor No.: 21-02551 Topic: Counties-Specific Short Description: Hennepin county housing for burn victims and families during treatment bond issue and appropriation
SF 1008 Champion; Hawj; Torres Ray HF 728 Lee Revisor No.: 21-02528 Topic: Metropolitan Area Short Description: Redevelopment appropriation bonds issuance and appropriation for areas damaged by civil unrest
SF 1048 Torres Ray; Marty; Murphy; Isaacson HF 951 Richardson Revisor No.: 21-02587 Topic: Education and Education Department Short Description: Dismissals of students in kindergarten through grade 3 prohibition
SF 1049 Torres Ray HF 504 Lee Revisor No.: 21-01636 Topic: Highways, Roads, and Bridges Short Description: Public engagement requirements for certain trunk highway construction projects establishment
SF 1050 Torres Ray HF 646 Lee Revisor No.: 21-01706 Topic: Transportation and Transportation Department Short Description: Bus deployment in the seven-county metro area bases on vehicle emissions regulation
SF 1051 Torres Ray; Kunesh; Isaacson HF 700 Lippert Revisor No.: 21-01893 Topic: Forests and Trees Short Description: Carbon sequestration in public and private forests set goals report requirement
SF 1065 Torres Ray; Johnson Stewart; Hoffman; Wiklund; Klein Revisor No.: 21-02621 Topic: Elections Short Description: Voter registration and access improvement; voter intimidation prohibition; campaign finance system modernization; secret spending transparency and disclosure; redistricting fair principles creation; political contribution refund and campaign public subsidy programs repeal; appropriation
SF 1118 Kunesh; Torres Ray; Lopez Franzen; Fateh; Champion HF 952 Richardson Revisor No.: 21-02679 Topic: Task Forces Short Description: Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women task force creation and appropriation
SF 1439 Marty; Fateh; Torres Ray; McEwen HF 1861 Her Revisor No.: 21-01950 Topic: Wages and Salaries Short Description: Phased-in minimum wage increase for low-income workers
SF 1440 Marty; Fateh; Torres Ray; Eaton; McEwen HF 1925 Hollins Revisor No.: 21-01949 Topic: Human Services and Human Services Department Short Description: Phased-in minimum wage increase; low-income workers basic needs fulfillment; working family credit, low-income workers child care assistance and reimbursement rates, and Minnesota family investment program grants increases; high-income individuals social security tax loophole closure; sliding fee child care assistance program forecast; appropriation
SF 1489 Fateh; Kunesh; Murphy; Torres Ray; Wiklund HF 593 Frazier Revisor No.: 21-01794 Topic: Public Safety and Public Safety Department Short Description: Peace Officer Standards and Training Board revision of the standards of conduct for police officers requirement
SF 1630 McEwen; Dibble; Hawj; Eaton; Torres Ray HF 1428 Acomb Revisor No.: 21-02577 Topic: Environment Short Description: State greenhouse gas reduction goals modification; governmental actions consistency with greenhouse gas reduction goals requirement
SF 1640 McEwen; Pappas; Marty; Champion; Torres Ray Revisor No.: 21-02831 Topic: Health and Health Department Short Description: Cannabis provisions modifications
SF 1644 Torres Ray; Klein; Wiger; Eaton; Kunesh Revisor No.: 21-02844 Topic: Health and Health Department Short Description: Minnesota Health Plan establishment and appropriation
SF 1648 Murphy; Kunesh; Fateh; Torres Ray; Pappas HF 1711 Keeler Revisor No.: 21-02978 Topic: Education and Education Department Short Description: Standardized testing suspension for 2020-2021 school year authorization
SF 1675 Torres Ray; Dibble; Fateh; Champion HF 1844 Davnie Revisor No.: 21-03362 Topic: Economic Development Short Description: Civil unrest immediate relief program establishment and appropriation
SF 1682 Torres Ray; Dibble; Eaton; McEwen; Dziedzic HF 1734 Hansen, R. Revisor No.: 21-00153 Topic: Environment Short Description: Landfill Responsibility Act establishment; tribal access to rural recycling grants authorization; closed landfill investment fund use modification; environmental justice considerations in determining state permitting authorization; biodegradable and compostable labeling requirements modification; climate resiliency program establishment; appropriating money
SF 1744 Torres Ray; Lopez Franzen; Wiklund HF 1268 Richardson Revisor No.: 21-02968 Topic: Health and Health Department Short Description: Healthy development of babies during pregnancy and postpartum for families who are black, indigenous, or people of color grants appropriation
SF 1745 Torres Ray; Hawj; Dibble; McEwen; Eaton HF 1093 Lee Revisor No.: 21-02018 Topic: Environment Short Description: Environmental Justice Board establishment in the Pollution Control Agency authorization
SF 1746 Torres Ray; Hawj; Eaton; Dibble; Eaton HF 1445 Hansen, R. Revisor No.: 21-00147 Topic: Environment Short Description: Climate resiliency program appropriation
SF 1747 Torres Ray; Marty HF 1592 Richardson Revisor No.: 21-03144 Topic: Energy Short Description: Annual diversity report energy grantee and utilities submission requirement
SF 1754 Torres Ray; Abeler; Eken; Bigham; Hoffman HF 1082 Richardson Revisor No.: 21-00473 Topic: Disabilities and Access Short Description: Disability impact statement in a presentence investigation report inclusion authorization
SF 1758 Hawj; Torres Ray; Lopez Franzen; Fateh HF 1722 Xiong, J. Revisor No.: 21-03139 Topic: Arts Short Description: Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES) appropriation
SF 1963 Torres Ray HF 529 Davnie Revisor No.: 21-01890 Topic: Transportation and Transportation Department Short Description: Transit operators assisting passengers certain training requirements establishment
SF 2020 Lopez Franzen; Torres Ray Revisor No.: 21-03607 Topic: Economic Development Short Description: Latino Economic Development Center appropriation
SF 2031 McEwen; Fateh; Marty; Torres Ray; Dibble Revisor No.: 21-03517 Topic: Wages and Salaries Short Description: Minimum wage increase
SF 2043 Kunesh; Torres Ray; Wiger; Nelson; Lopez Franzen HF 1092 Hollins Revisor No.: 21-01613 Topic: Education and Education Department Short Description: Girl Scouts River Valleys ConnectZ program appropriation
SF 2118 Torres Ray; Pappas; Marty; Kunesh; Murphy HF 1919 Gomez Revisor No.: 21-03363 Topic: Public Safety and Public Safety Department Short Description: Minnesota designation as a sanctuary state for immigration enforcement purposes establishment; state and local officials restriction from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement efforts authorization
SF 2126 Torres Ray HF 2370 Gomez Revisor No.: 21-03485 Topic: Government-State Short Description: Hairstyling, makeup application, and eyelash application licensing exemption; cosmetology apprenticeships establishment; Board of Cosmetology membership modification; interpreter services requirement; appropriating money
SF 2127 Torres Ray; Dziedzic HF 2334 Agbaje Revisor No.: 21-03697 Topic: Environment Short Description: Environmental justice considerations in determining certain state permitting authorization
SF 2181 Putnam; Torres Ray; Fateh HF 2393 Mariani Revisor No.: 21-03531 Topic: Education-Higher Short Description: Higher education system state grant program parameters and state colleges and universities developmental education restrictions modifications; office of higher education and MnSCU new grant programs creation; appropriations
SF 2281 Torres Ray HF 2136 Richardson Revisor No.: 21-03577 Topic: Human Services and Human Services Department Short Description: Commissioner of Human Services contracting with a public-private African-American community-driven partnership to support the integrated care for high-risk pregnant women grant program authorization
SF 2436 Dibble; Torres Ray; Lopez Franzen HF 2404 Moller Revisor No.: 21-03835 Topic: Natural Resources and Natural Resources Department Short Description: Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness mining restrictions modification
SF 2446 Fateh; McEwen; Torres Ray; Hawj; Port HF 2546 Xiong, J. Revisor No.: 21-04059 Topic: Law Enforcement Short Description: Law enforcement tear gas, chemical weapons, and kinetic energy munitions use prohibition
SF 2462 Fateh; Torres Ray; McEwen; Johnson Stewart; Pappas HF 2529 Frazier Revisor No.: 21-04058 Topic: Law Enforcement Short Description: Peace officer authority to detain drivers for motor vehicle equipment violations limitation
SF 2491 Marty; Cwodzinski; Kunesh; Wiger; Torres Ray HF 2603 Richardson Revisor No.: 21-04109 Topic: Public Safety and Public Safety Department Short Description: Catalytic converters purchase requirements establishment
SF 2512 Torres Ray; Dziedzic HF 2545 Lee Revisor No.: 21-04069 Topic: Government-State Short Description: Legislative Coordinating Commission (LCC) translation services appropriation
SF 2513 Torres Ray; Kunesh; Hawj HF 2586 Richardson Revisor No.: 21-04117 Topic: Government-State Short Description: Emmett Louis Till victims recovery program establishment
SF 2526 Marty; McEwen; Torres Ray; Fateh; Dibble Revisor No.: 21-04178 Topic: Energy Short Description: Planning strategy for equitable, sustainable energy for future by 2040 requirement
SF 2897 Fateh; Kunesh; Torres Ray HF 2839 Hassan Revisor No.: 22-05276 Topic: Short Description: Indian Health Board Medical and Dental Facility appropriation
SF 3026 Torres Ray; Bigham HF 2654 Richardson Revisor No.: 22-05001 Topic: Health and Health Department Short Description: Commissioner of health maternal death studies expansion to include maternal morbidity
SF 3132 Kunesh; Wiger; Lopez Franzen; Hawj; Torres Ray HF 3079 Hassan Revisor No.: 22-05450 Topic: Education and Education Department Short Description: Increase Teachers of Color Act strengthening
SF 3198 Champion; Torres Ray; Hawj; Kunesh HF 3250 Richardson Revisor No.: 22-06054 Topic: Economic Development Short Description: Center for Economic Inclusion appropriation
SF 3199 Torres Ray HF 2918 Richardson Revisor No.: 22-05571 Topic: Health and Health Department Short Description: Uterine fibroid database establishment and appropriation
SF 3370 Kunesh; Pappas; Fateh; Champion; Torres Ray HF 2849 Richardson Revisor No.: 22-05514 Topic: Public Safety and Public Safety Department Short Description: Office for missing and murdered Black women and girls creation and appropriation
SF 3557 Kunesh; Torres Ray; Hawj; Lopez Franzen; Newton HF 3434 Frazier Revisor No.: 22-05472 Topic: Education and Education Department Short Description: Ethnic studies requirement for graduation, Ethnic Studies Task Force establishment; appropriating money
SF 3618 Marty; Eaton; Torres Ray HF 3665 Agbaje Revisor No.: 22-06176 Topic: Insurance Short Description: MinnesotaCare eligibility provision for undocumented noncitizens
SF 3643 Lopez Franzen; Torres Ray; Dziedzic; Champion; Dibble HF 3368 Moran Revisor No.: 22-05809 Topic: Human Services and Human Services Department Short Description: Community restorative antiviolence program funding provision
SF 3648 Kunesh; Fateh; Torres Ray; Champion; Hawj HF 3918 Hassan Revisor No.: 22-06440 Topic: Employment and Economic Development Department Short Description: Urban Indigenous Legacy Initiative appropriation
SF 3674 Torres Ray; Pappas HF 4088 Davnie Revisor No.: 22-06521 Topic: Employment and Economic Development Department Short Description: Latino Community Outreach Center appropriation
SF 3720 Torres Ray; Housley HF 3815 Moran Revisor No.: 22-06448 Topic: Human Services and Human Services Department Short Description: Quality Parenting Initiative appropriation
SF 3769 Dibble; Champion; Dziedzic; Torres Ray HF 4050 Hornstein Revisor No.: 22-06853 Topic: Disabilities and Access Short Description: Public right-of-way facilities ADA compliance requirements capital improvements bond issue and appropriation
SF 3770 Dibble; Champion; Dziedzic; Torres Ray HF 4032 Long Revisor No.: 22-06855 Topic: Economic Development Short Description: Minneapolis Convention Center capital improvements bond issue and appropriation
SF 3786 Fateh; Dibble; Torres Ray HF 4116 Hassan Revisor No.: 22-06742 Topic: Economic Development Short Description: East Phillips Neighborhood Institute grant appropriation
SF 3842 Torres Ray; Kent; Carlson; Kunesh; Hawj Revisor No.: 22-06873 Topic: Housing and Housing Finance Agency Short Description: Rent assistance program establishment for low-income, cost-burdened household
SF 4215 Torres Ray; Duckworth; Newton HF 4585 Greenman Revisor No.: 22-07232 Topic: Veterans and Veterans Affairs Department Short Description: Richfield veterans affordable housing construction and development bond issue and appropriation
SF 4274 Lopez Franzen; Kunesh; Pappas; Torres Ray HF 4630 Hollins Revisor No.: 22-07285 Topic: Corporations and Partnerships Short Description: Publicly held corporations requirement to have a minimum number of female directors and directors from underrepresented communities
SF 4320 Torres Ray; Dibble; Fateh HF 4785 Hornstein Revisor No.: 22-07359 Topic: Immigration Short Description: Undocumented Immigrant Drivers' License Task Force establishment; lawful presence to obtain a driver's license requirement repeal
SF 4342 Torres Ray; Murphy HF 4314 Hansen, R. Revisor No.: 22-07088 Topic: Labor, Employment, and Labor and Industry Department Short Description: Fair labor standards provisions modification for agricultural and food processing
SF 4477 Dibble; Torres Ray; Dziedzic; Champion; Fateh HF 4782 Long Revisor No.: 22-07496 Topic: Education and Education Department Short Description: Prekindergarten-12 grade education provision modifications and appropriations
SF 4533 McEwen; Murphy; Fateh; Torres Ray; Kunesh Revisor No.: 22-07558 Topic: Human Rights and Human Rights Department Short Description: Protections to individuals in Minnesota from enforcement of laws from other states prohibiting or restricting the individual of the individual's child from receiving gender-affirming care establishment
SF 4580 Rarick; Torres Ray HF 4895 Mueller Revisor No.: 22-07489 Topic: Education and Education Department Short Description: Teach for America grant appropriation
SR 102 Clausen; Torres Ray; Cwodzinski; Kent; Wiger Revisor No.: 22-05968 Topic: Short Description: A Senate resolution commending Danna Elling Schultz for over 25 years of service with the Minnesota State Senate
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