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2023 - 2024

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MINNESOTA SENATE 93rd LEGISLATURE

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2023 - 2024

Westlin
Chief Author List
Friday, September 22, 2023

SF 28 Westlin; Gustafson; Maye Quade; Cwodzinski; Duckworth
HF 18 Wolgamott
Revisor No.: 23-01358
Topic: Education and Education Department
Short Description: School districts special education services fully funding establishment and appropriation

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
01/04/2023	76	Introduction and first reading
01/04/2023		Referred to Education Finance
01/11/2023	146	Authors added Gustafson; Maye Quade; Cwodzinski; Duckworth
		See HF2497

SF 256 Westlin; Rest
HF 188 Carroll
Revisor No.: 23-00644
Topic: Parks and Trails
Short Description: Plymouth Chankahda Trail improvements bond issue and appropriation

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
01/12/2023	176	Introduction and first reading
01/12/2023		Referred to Capital Investment
01/17/2023	210	Author added Rest
		See HF669, HF670

SF 257 Westlin
HF 134 Klevorn
Revisor No.: 23-00653
Topic: Taxation
Short Description: Plymouth tax increment finance authority establishment

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
01/12/2023	176	Introduction and first reading
01/12/2023		Referred to Taxes
		See HF1938

SF 258 Westlin
HF 102 Klevorn
Revisor No.: 23-00708
Topic: Lodging
Short Description: Plymouth local lodging taxes expiration date removal

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
01/12/2023	176	Introduction and first reading
01/12/2023		Referred to Taxes

SF 259 Westlin
HF 56 Feist
Revisor No.: 23-00480
Topic: Real Estate
Short Description: Recording and title provisions modifications

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
01/12/2023	176	Introduction and first reading
01/12/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
02/06/2023	644	Comm report: To pass
02/06/2023	659	Second reading
		Referred to for comparison to HF56
02/27/2023	1057	Rule 45; subst. General Orders HF56, SF indefinitely postponed
		See SF2909

SF 323 Westlin; Rest; Jasinski
HF 159 Freiberg
Revisor No.: 23-00752
Topic: Government-Local
Short Description: Additional investment authority provision for qualifying local units of government

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
01/17/2023	198	Introduction and first reading
01/17/2023		Referred to State and Local Government and Veterans
01/26/2023	421	Author added Jasinski
		See HF1830

SF 418 Westlin; Kunesh; Mitchell; Maye Quade
HF 1151 Hill
Revisor No.: 23-01742
Topic: Education and Education Department
Short Description: Provision for including suicide prevention information on student identification cards

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
01/19/2023	297	Introduction and first reading
01/19/2023		Referred to Education Policy
02/16/2023	824	Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Higher Education
04/19/2023	5423	Author added Maye Quade
		See HF2497

SF 502 Westlin; Cwodzinski; Gustafson; Oumou Verbeten; Abeler
HF 620 Youakim
Revisor No.: 23-01642
Topic: Education and Education Department
Short Description: Paid orientation for paraprofessionals requirement and training appropriation

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
01/23/2023	328	Introduction and first reading
01/23/2023		Referred to Education Policy
02/13/2023	781	Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Education Finance
02/13/2023	810	Author added Abeler
		See HF2497

SF 604 Westlin; Latz; Limmer; Pappas
HF 2078 Edelson
Revisor No.: 23-01892
Topic: Public Safety and Public Safety Department
Short Description: Supplemental nonprofit security grants appropriation

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
01/23/2023	346	Introduction and first reading
01/23/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
03/08/2023	1439	Author added Limmer
03/09/2023	1479	Author added Pappas
		See SF2909

SF 605 Westlin
HF 187 Klevorn
Revisor No.: 23-01196
Topic: Highways, Roads, and Bridges
Short Description: Hennepin County Trunk Highway 55 project bond issue and appropriation

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
01/23/2023	346	Introduction and first reading
01/23/2023		Referred to Transportation

SF 606 Westlin; Mitchell; Boldon
HF 601 Her
Revisor No.: 23-01568
Topic: Public Facilities Authority
Short Description: Lost or stolen firearms reporting promptly to law enforcement requirement

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
01/23/2023	346	Introduction and first reading
01/23/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety

SF 749 Westlin; Carlson
HF 451 Stephenson
Revisor No.: 23-00657
Topic: Elections
Short Description: Requirement modification related to the ordering of candidates for partisan offices on the state general election ballot

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
01/25/2023	381	Introduction and first reading
01/25/2023		Referred to Elections
02/27/2023	1053a	Comm report: To pass as amended
02/27/2023	1119	Second reading
		Rule 47, returned to Elections
		See HF1830

SF 865 Westlin; Oumou Verbeten; Cwodzinski; Duckworth; Mitchell
HF 932 Clardy
Revisor No.: 23-02125
Topic: Education and Education Department
Short Description: Minnesota Council on Economic Education ongoing grants authorization and appropriation

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
01/27/2023	462	Introduction and first reading
01/27/2023		Referred to Education Finance
03/01/2023	1204	Author added Mitchell
		See HF2497

SF 866 Westlin; Gustafson; Kunesh; Morrison; Duckworth
HF 879 Youakim
Revisor No.: 23-02109
Topic: Education and Education Department
Short Description: Future increases in local optional revenue linkage to the growth in the general education basic formula allowance

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
01/27/2023	462	Introduction and first reading
01/27/2023		Referred to Education Finance
		See HF2497

SF 1030 Westlin; Seeberger; Kreun
HF 244 Feist
Revisor No.: 23-00612
Topic: Courts
Short Description: Uniform Electronic Wills Act adoption

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/01/2023	564	Introduction and first reading
02/01/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
02/16/2023	872	Author added Kreun
		HF substituted in committee HF244

SF 1069 Westlin; Port; Kupec; Murphy
HF 398 Elkins
Revisor No.: 23-00929
Topic: Consumer Protection
Short Description: Monopoly and monopsony power regulation

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/01/2023	570	Introduction and first reading
02/01/2023		Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection

SF 1070 Westlin; Port; Kupec; Murphy; Pha
HF 399 Elkins
Revisor No.: 23-00928
Topic: Consumer Protection
Short Description: Price discrimination prohibition in commercial transactions

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/01/2023	570	Introduction and first reading
02/01/2023		Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection
04/19/2023	5423	Author added Pha

SF 1101 Westlin
HF 698 Klevorn
Revisor No.: 23-02486
Topic: Public Facilities Authority
Short Description: Medicine Lake public water system capital improvements bond issue and appropriation

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/02/2023	588	Introduction and first reading
02/02/2023		Referred to Capital Investment
		See HF669

SF 1191 Westlin; Carlson
HF 1140 Freiberg
Revisor No.: 23-01952
Topic: Elections
Short Description: Election administration provisions modifications

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/02/2023	604	Introduction and first reading
02/02/2023		Referred to Elections
02/21/2023	938a	Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary and Public Safety
03/20/2023	2088a	Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Elections
		See HF1830

SF 1283 Westlin; Carlson; Rest
HF 205 Bahner
Revisor No.: 23-00580
Topic: Elections
Short Description: Prohibitions clarification on soliciting at or near a polling place

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/06/2023	672	Introduction and first reading
02/06/2023		Referred to Elections
02/08/2023	746	Author added Rest
		See HF1830

SF 1300 Westlin; Abeler; Hoffman; Rest; Kreun
HF 1103 Stephenson
Revisor No.: 23-02791
Topic: Public Safety and Public Safety Department
Short Description: Local public safety aid program establishment

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/06/2023	675	Introduction and first reading
02/06/2023		Referred to Taxes
03/27/2023	2727	Author added Kruen

SF 1401 Westlin; Rest
HF 160 Freiberg
Revisor No.: 23-01359
Topic: Education and Education Department
Short Description: Service-learning integration into Minnesota's education system

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/08/2023	738	Introduction and first reading
02/08/2023		Referred to Education Policy
02/21/2023	1002	Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Education Finance
03/15/2023	1799	Author added Rest
		See HF2497

SF 1402 Westlin; Boldon
HF 1525 Curran
Revisor No.: 23-02593
Topic: Firearms and Weapons
Short Description: Visitor carrying of firearms regulation on campuses of public postsecondary institutions

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/08/2023	738	Introduction and first reading
02/08/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety

SF 1428 Westlin
HF 1102 Clardy
Revisor No.: 23-02710
Topic: Education and Education Department
Short Description: Elementary counseling services inclusion for nonpublic pupils in nonpublic pupil aid

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/08/2023	743	Introduction and first reading
02/08/2023		Referred to Education Policy

SF 1429 Westlin; Boldon; Mitchell; Maye Quade
HF 577 Clardy
Revisor No.: 23-02422
Topic: Firearms and Weapons
Short Description: Criminal background checks requirement for firearms transfers

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/08/2023	743	Introduction and first reading
02/08/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety

SF 1434 Westlin; Boldon
HF 558 Frederick
Revisor No.: 23-00730
Topic: Elections
Short Description: Early voting provision

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/08/2023	744	Introduction and first reading
02/08/2023		Referred to Elections
02/27/2023	1148	Chief author stricken, shown as co-author Boldon
02/27/2023		Chief author added Westlin
		See HF1830

SF 1449 Westlin; Latz
HF 1483 Moller
Revisor No.: 23-00356
Topic: Corrections and Corrections Department
Short Description: Community supervision agents inclusion as public officers for line of duty death benefits authorization

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/09/2023	751	Introduction and first reading
02/09/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
02/16/2023	873	Chief author stricken, shown as co-author Latz
02/16/2023		Chief author added Westlin
		See SF2909

SF 1474 Westlin; Housley; Limmer; Oumou Verbeten; Pappas
HF 420 Reyer
Revisor No.: 23-00486
Topic: Children and Families
Short Description: Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership funding increase

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/09/2023	755	Introduction and first reading
02/09/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
03/16/2023	1958	Authors added Limmer; Oumou Verbeten
03/20/2023	2125	Author added Pappas

SF 1554 Westlin; Murphy; Marty
Revisor No.: 23-03323
Topic: Constitutional Amendments
Short Description: Constitutional amendment providing for free, fair and equal elections

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/13/2023	796	Introduction and first reading
02/13/2023		Referred to Elections

SF 1642 Westlin
HF 922 Becker-Finn
Revisor No.: 23-02220
Topic: Children and Families
Short Description: Statewide Office of Appellate Counsel and Training establishment

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/13/2023	810	Introduction and first reading
02/13/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
		See SF2909

SF 1921 Westlin
HF 824 Curran
Revisor No.: 23-01194
Topic: Corrections and Corrections Department
Short Description: Different discharge plans from county jails provision

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
02/20/2023	915	Introduction and first reading
02/20/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
		See SF2909

SF 2482 Westlin; Mitchell; Dibble; Boldon; Maye Quade
HF 1946 Becker-Finn
Revisor No.: 23-03803
Topic: Public Safety and Public Safety Department
Short Description: Possession of dangerous weapons prohibition in the Capitol complex

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
03/02/2023	1283	Introduction and first reading
03/02/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety

SF 2745 Westlin
HF 2895 Scott
Revisor No.: 23-04157
Topic: Marriage and Marriage Dissolution
Short Description: Spousal maintenance modifications

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
03/08/2023	1437	Introduction and first reading
03/08/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety

SF 2759 Westlin
HF 3204 Moller
Revisor No.: 23-04158
Topic: Children and Families
Short Description: Parenting time provisions modification

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
03/09/2023	1472	Introduction and first reading
03/09/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety

SF 2760 Westlin
HF 2822 Clardy
Revisor No.: 23-04183
Topic: Education and Education Department
Short Description: Suicide prevention training appropriation for teachers

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
03/09/2023	1473	Introduction and first reading
03/09/2023		Referred to Education Finance

SF 2812 Westlin
HF 2474 Huot
Revisor No.: 23-03698
Topic: Corrections and Corrections Department
Short Description: Local correctional officers discipline procedures act establishment

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
03/13/2023	1688	Introduction and first reading
03/13/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety

SF 2914 Westlin
HF 2832 Frazier
Revisor No.: 23-04495
Topic: Public Safety and Public Safety Department
Short Description: Grants authorization to county attorneys to reduce criminal caseload backlogs and fund innovative initiatives

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
03/15/2023	1793	Introduction and first reading
03/15/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety

SF 2915 Westlin
HF 2309 Elkins
Revisor No.: 23-03726
Topic: Data Practices and Privacy
Short Description: Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
03/15/2023	1793	Introduction and first reading
03/15/2023		Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection

SF 3013 Westlin; Oumou Verbeten
HF 2611 Frazier
Revisor No.: 23-02810
Topic: Boards
Short Description: State Board of Public Defense membership increase

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
03/20/2023	2122	Introduction and first reading
03/20/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
05/02/2023	6907	Author added Oumou Verbeten
		See SF2909

SF 3222 Westlin
HF 2201 Hollins
Revisor No.: 23-03534
Topic: Courts
Short Description: Bail data collection to improve bail posting practices

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
04/04/2023	3416	Introduction and first reading
04/04/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety

SF 3230 Westlin
HF 3255 Bahner
Revisor No.: 23-04863
Topic: Elections
Short Description: Major party candidates requirement to be certified by a major party before being placed on the ballot

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
04/11/2023	4248	Introduction and first reading
04/11/2023		Referred to Elections

SF 3317 Westlin
HF 3309 Frazier
Revisor No.: 23-00023
Topic: Government-State
Short Description: Uniform Public Expression Protection Act

DATE	D-PG	ACTIONS
05/02/2023	6906	Introduction and first reading
05/02/2023		Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety