State of Minnesota
SENATE BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
12:00 Noon
EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Introduction and First Reading of Senate Bills
The bills listed on today's introduction calendar are given their first reading and referred as indicated.
Senator Housley introduced--
S.F. No. 2267: A bill for an act relating to real property; prohibiting certain restrictions on the use of residential solar energy systems; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 515.07; 515B.2-103; 515B.3-102; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 500.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy.
Senators McEwen and Port introduced--
S.F. No. 2268: A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; establishing a subtraction for supplemental unemployment insurance benefits.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Anderson introduced--
S.F. No. 2269: A bill for an act relating to claims against the state; providing for the settlement of certain claims; appropriating money.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senators Westrom and Anderson introduced--
S.F. No. 2270: A bill for an act relating to civil law; prohibiting online content discrimination; authorizing civil action; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 363B.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 2271: A bill for an act relating to local governments; appropriating money for a grant to a Tribal government.
Referred to the Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy.
Senators Abeler, Port, Dziedzic, Hoffman, and McEwen introduced--
S.F. No. 2272: A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for lawns to legumes grant program.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Senators Rosen and Gazelka introduced--
S.F. No. 2273: A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring federal funds received for COVID-19 purposes to be spent pursuant to a direct appropriation by law.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senator Rosen introduced--
S.F. No. 2274: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a justice center in Martin county; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Clausen introduced--
S.F. No. 2275: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Apple Valley Red Line transit station improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Clausen introduced--
S.F. No. 2276: A bill for an act relating to human services; adding two members to the opioid prescribing working group; changing requirements of annual prescribing reports related to the opioid prescribing improvement program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256B.0638, subdivisions 3, 7.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senators Benson and Draheim introduced--
S.F. No. 2277: A bill for an act relating to health care; modifying the prescription drug price transparency public posting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 62J.84, subdivision 6.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senator Frentz introduced--
S.F. No. 2278: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring certifying entities to timely process visa certification documents; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 611A.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senators Kiffmeyer, Wiklund, and Rosen introduced--
S.F. No. 2279: A bill for an act relating to state government; expanding the authority of the Legislative Budget Office to order fiscal notes; changing data classifications for data related to fiscal notes; modifying the treatment of unofficial fiscal notes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 3.8853, by adding a subdivision; 3.98, subdivision 1; 13.64, subdivisions 3, 4.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senators Eichorn and Duckworth introduced--
S.F. No. 2280: A bill for an act relating to education; creating a licensed school nurse position at the Department of Education; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.
Senator Torres Ray introduced--
S.F. No. 2281: A bill for an act relating to health; directing the commissioner of human services to enter into a contract with a public-private African-American community-driven partnership to support the integrated care for high-risk pregnant women grant program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256B.79.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senator Kiffmeyer introduced--
S.F. No. 2282: A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use; providing a sales tax exemption for certain senior cooperatives; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 297A.70, subdivision 4.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced--
S.F. No. 2283: A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring commissioner of transportation to implement trunk highway performance measures and annual targets; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 174.03, subdivision 12.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Senator Utke introduced--
S.F. No. 2284: A bill for an act relating to critical services; creating a task force to facilitate development of a statewide public-private telepresence strategy; requiring a report.
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance and Policy.
Senator Bakk introduced--
S.F. No. 2285: A bill for an act relating to parks and trails; extending the availability of an appropriation for the Proctor-Hermantown Munger Trail Spur.
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Senator Tomassoni introduced--
S.F. No. 2286: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Canisteo Flood Mitigation Project to mitigate threats to public safety, property, and regional water quality; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Dziedzic introduced--
S.F. No. 2287: A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to replace the pedestrian and bike bridge over Interstate Highway 94 connecting Cedar-Riverside and Seward neighborhoods in Minneapolis; authorizing the issuance of state bonds.
Referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Senator Howe introduced--
S.F. No. 2288: A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring three-fifths majority approval from both legislative bodies to extend peacetime emergencies beyond 30 days; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 12.31, subdivision 2.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.
Senator Eichorn, by request, introduced--
S.F. No. 2289: A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable construction exemption for the Grand Rapids civic center; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 297A.71, subdivision 52.
Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Isaacson introduced--
S.F. No. 2290: A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing for employee health insurance; increasing the minimum starting salary for nonlicensed school personnel; providing for paid orientation and professional development for paraprofessionals; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 125A.08; 471.61, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.
Senator Isaacson introduced--
S.F. No. 2291: A bill for an act relating to education; modifying requirements for interpreters; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 122A.31, subdivision 1.
Referred to the Committee on Education Finance and Policy.
Senator Isaacson introduced--
S.F. No. 2292: A bill for an act relating to courts; amending the formula for distribution of fine proceeds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 484.85.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Senator Isaacson introduced--
S.F. No. 2293: A bill for an act relating to labor relations; modifying public labor relations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 13.43, subdivision 6; 179A.06, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 179A.07, by adding subdivisions; 572B.17.
Referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy and Elections.